Fan Fan party and community notices from Center Junction
Center Junction July 23 Mrs Charles Nelson hosted about 20 ladies for a Fan Fan party in honor of cousin Mrs Frank Jones. Contests and a two course lunch followed by ice cream social plans and band fundraising events are noted. Many visitors and local citizens are listed with travels between Monticello Delhi Scotch Grove and Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Charles Nelson
Frank Jones
Myrtle Livingstone
Lizzie McDonald
Amelia Weir
J. L. Club
Jacob Courtney
Band Boys
Gould
Anamosa
M. E
John Weir
Thomas
Henry Collier
BE. L. Tomlinson
Elva Collier
Monticello
White
Delhi
Della Meade
Milledgeville
Illinois
Dora
Florence Smith
Nelle White
Amelia Wier
Scotch Grove
Leo Courtney
Ross Stingley
Ruth Berry
Irma Robertson
Charlotte
Marietta Letze
Will Leech
Montigello
Ethel
Miriam Rice
Johny Weir
Clara Keith
Belle Moncrief
Mr. Gibbs
Lanark
A. C. Senniif
Lester Preston
Nebraska
Hubert Blaney
Olin
Glen Platner
Isa Carson
Goose Lake
Tom Carson
L.A. Kell
Oxford Junction
Nell Livingstone
Wyoming
M. G. Alsever
Arthur Glick
Heiken Injured In Timber Fall At Castle Grove
J A Heiken suffered a fractured rib and severe bruising when a falling tree pinned him at Castle Grove last Thursday. Accompanied by Washington Rearick he was taken to the Fabrni home and Dr Stuhler attended him. he will be laid up for several days. The town notes a heavy rain that soaked the dry ground, plus local social visits and upcoming church preaching by Prof Fritzell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
J. A. Heiken
Washington Rearick
Mr. Heiken
Fabrni
Stuhler
Chris Hiben
Anamosa Usanitarium
Nellie
Mary Siebels
Rena Harms
Chris Eiben
Anamosa Sanitarium
Lutheran Church
Fritzell
Dubuque
M. Hosford
Ladies’ Aid Society
Lena Heiken
Beery Bros
Monticello
John Hiben
Prairieburg
G. J
Farragher Returns From Bacus and Wellington Trip
Amber July 24 report notes Frank Farragher arrived back from Bacus Minnesota yesterday morning and planned to head to Wellington Kansas in the evening. Mentions Miss Mary Farragher and Miss Lillian Green traveling to Iowa City for several days. County exam results suggest rural teacher shortages pending a retake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Frank Farragher
Bacus
Minnesota
Wellington
Kansas
Mary Farragher
Lillian Green
Iowa City
Ezra Clark
Cedar Rapids
Peter Schwartz
Herman Dannerman
Austin
Anamosa
Carl Olivier
John Bailey
Across Scotland and England with Fourteen on the Road
Mary E. Coxsee details a three week journey from Chicago through Scotland and eastern England to London. She highlights rail travel, temperance hotels, abbeys and castles, Stirling and Edinburgh memories, Abbotsford and Melrose, Rob Roy, Mary Queen of Scots, and pubic tours with Mr. Foster's party, ending with Windsor and Hampton Court before joining the group in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook & Son
Cchicago
London
Hampton Court Palace
Windsor Castle
Foster
Royal
Henry VIII
George V
King
Cardinal Wolsey
Henry
Windsor
Margaret
Ait
Stoke Pogis
Gray
Regent
Oxford
Rail line promotion hoped for Olin Iowa area
Olin residents push for an interurban rail connection to link north and south. Promoters are scarce and locals say funding is needed before wind can be turned into money. Several area families and visitors from Chicago Anamosa and Des Moines are noted in social items. The column also reports tile drainage work on Arthur Miller’s farm and local visits, with mentions of a Freemasons county picnic and various residents’ comings and goings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson
Mothers of Scotland
Olin
Wind
M. E. Lamb
Chicago
Will Lamb
Anamosa
Will Sherman
South Dakota
Sherman Merritt
George Lamb
Arthur Miller
Baugh
Joe Clay
George Clay
Morley
Anamoga
Dr. Peck
Des Moines
Peck
Joe Peck
R. ©. Walker
John Hasterly
George Grabble
Jackson Township
M. H. Crissman
Neta Mershon
Ethel Cruse
Oxford Junction
Mabel Mitchell
Lela
Delmar
John Glick
Kilgore
Mr. Weber
C. H. Green
Charlotte
Court Miles
Cedar Rapids
July 1877 Monticello News In Briefs And Tragedies
A July 1877 recap notes marriages of Mrs. Lockwood to A. D. Kline and Miss Susan Preston to Er. Sesamand. Obituaries include Mrs. Holcomb of Monticello, Mrs. Sullivan of Richland, Mrs. Morgan of Marshall, and William H. Whitney of Farley. The cornerstone of a new school was laid with John Dyer in charge. A marriage in Brooklyn joins Miss Ella Langworthy and Kaufmeyer. Accidents include Peter Lees’s self harm near Cascade, a child’s fall in Monticello, and a wagon accident at Castle Grove injuring Michael Berlin and family. Neal Tanner dies in a Davenport yard incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Express
Lockwood
A. D. Kline
Adaline Holcomb
Monticello
Susan Preston
Er. G. Sesamand
Wyoming
George Wood
State Agricultural College
Ames
John Sullivan
Richland Township
N. McDonald Morgan
Marshall
Minnesota
M. M. Moulton
William H. Whitney
Farley
Bowen’s Prairie
C. W. Gurney
Michael Berlin
Castle Grove
Mr. Berlin
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Doxsee
Scotland
Cathedral
England
Scott
Endinburgh
Highlands
Bose
Neil Stewart
Rob Roy
Mary Queen of Scotts
Stirling
Edinburgh
Langside
James Stuart Murray
Katyine
Ellen’s Isle
Wilds
Loch Katrine
Ivhens
Ellen
Drake
Salloch Pier
Old Castle
James VI
John Knox
James II
Earl of Douglas
Blair Atholl
Perthshire
Irving
Dryburgh Abbey
Abbotsford
Bonnie Scotland
Durham
York
Lincoln
York Minster
Ely
Peterborough
Cambridge
University City
Melrose
Walter Scott
Sir Walter
Genevra
Washington Irving
Andrew Carnegie
Dunfermline
Neal Tanner
Clinton
Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern
Rock Island
McNeal
A. G. Hanken
Undertaker
Lins
Doutrick Dry Goods Co
Avery
E. L. Himebaugh
Iowa
Bell Service
Cit Eees Ars At
Jowa Telephone Company
W. A. Mirick
South Cedar St
Fred Puleston
Qfeice
Eilers & Bolton
H. M. Remury
James Remley Remley
Herrick, Cash & Rhinehart
Attorn Eye AT Law
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