Castle Grove Tidings and Local Happenings
Castle Grove reports July 27 notes with Henry Evans new bicycle and John Burrock missing a horse. Local visitors include J P Cramer, AW Laude, Lulu Laude, and Miss Emma Laude. Sewing society meets, a waterworks bid is accepted, and Orla Wherry joins the army in Idaho. Fishing parties, socials, and farm updates fill the week.
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Castle Grove
Henry Evans
John Burrock
Suhr
Monticello
J.P. Cramer
Hopkinton
Allie Moore
FA. Scott
Doon
AW. Laude
Lulu Laude
Center Junction
Sewing Society
Margaret’. Noble
Sutherland
Seatch Grove
Jas. F. Gande
JA. Deischer
BR. Henderson
Emma Laude
Dubuque
Arthur Fairbanks
Eby’s Mill
Chas. J
Margaret Noble
Andrew Davidson
Maggie
Canada
Illinois
Scotch Grove News Briefs Highlight Local Illness and Horticulture
In Scotch Grove on July 27 Mrs. Chas Myers is very ill while Mrs Walt Applegate shows improvement. C B McKean’s house nears completion and the family moved from Hopkinton. James Espy harvests 125 to 150 quarts of time blackberries daily and sells them at the usual price. Rev Alfred E Street and wife plan to visit next Sabbath and Street will speak at 1lam in the Presbyterian church about China missions.
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Scorcy Grove
Chas. Myers
J. W. Coxsee
Walt. Applegate
C. B. McKean
Hopkinton
McKean
Myers
James
Wromina Echoes Births Visitors and Travels in Town
Wm McRoberts and wife welcome a boy. Pres Wilson visited Fenox College. J8 Stacy from Anamosa called on friends. Walston family hosted relatives at Hale. Miss Hattie Card from Michigan visits Harry Eldred. Milo Garrison and Miss Harriet Brainard visit Stanwood. Alfred Leresche enjoys newborn son. Fred Hopkins travels to Clinton. John Elmer on two week vacation visiting across the state. Mary Shedeck returns from Mt Vernon. Mrs Johanna Hotchkiss of Althelston with son Clifford visits. W J Beckwith and Harry Cook celebrate first born daughters. B O B Thornton travels to Chicago for daughter Susie’s eye treatment.
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Wromina
Wm. McRoberts
Pres. Wilson
Fenox College
Stacy
Anamosa
Wmn. Walston
Hale
Hattie Card
Michigan
Harry Eldred
Milo Garrison
Harriet Brainard
Stanwood
Alfred Leresche
Pleasant Ridge
Fred Hopkins
Clinton
John Elmer
Mary Shedeck
Mt. Vernon
Johanna Hotchkiss
Althelston
Iowa
Clifford
W. J. Beckwith
Harry Cook
B. OB. Thornton
Chicago
Susie
Lydia Monroe Re-elected Grand Chief of Rathbone Sisters
The Pythian Courier notes the May 20 session in Hanford where Lydia A. Monroe is re elected Grand Chief of the Rathbone Sisters. It praises her energetic leadership and aims to grow temples and membership, citing her dedication to advancing woman’s aid through the organization.
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Pythian Courier
San Francisco
Monticello
Lydia A. Monroe
Rathbone Sisters
Grand Temple
Hanford
Knights
Baby born to Langworthy Whiting family in July
Langworthy July 27 notes a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Whiting. The list recalls deaths, weddings, visits from Clinton Iowa guests, and a pretty wedding at Mrs Albert Bachelders home on the 20th with Mr Chas Guilford and Miss Minnie Bachelder as participants. The groom and bride received many gifts.
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Laxawonry
Albert Bacheloer
Chas. A. Guilford
Minnie Bachelder
No Quarter Should Be Given by the New York Sun
The Democratic New York Sun argues the Republican party is the sole reliable force to defeat Bryanism and uphold honest money, peace, order, and industrial safety. It urges unwavering support for the Chicago platform and warns against bargaining with anti Republican foes that could erode party prestige and compromise the nationwide war effort.
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New York Sun
Dem
Republican Party
Chicago
The Thirst for Gold
A socialist critique argues the desire for wealth drives hardship and conflict yet underpins European founding and American expansion. It condemns clear greed while praising the ambition that fueled Hawkins, Drake, and the Forty Niners as a vital force shaping history and progress.
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New York Tribune
Rome
Europe
California
Alaska
Hawkins
Drake
England
Reverend Street to address Scotch Grove and Center Junction churches
Rev Alfred Street will speak to the Presbyterian congregations of Scotch Grove and Center Junction next Sabbath at the usual worship hours in both churches.
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Alfred Street
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Castle Grove Caucus and Odd Fellows Excursion Notices
Castle Grove Republicans meet at Deer Creek Schoolhouse Saturday evening August 7 to select five delegates for the county convention. J H Leapey is committeeman. 512 Odd Fellows excursion to Davenport August 38d on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line leaves Monticello at 8 25 am fare 1 50 round trip under Jones county Odd Fellows, includes Black Hawk Watch Tower. Three Nickel Plate line trains daily Chicago to Boston with Gen'l Agent J Y Calahan ads.
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Castle Grove Township
Deer Creek
J. H W. Leapey
Chicago, Milwaukee and
The True Story of Marco Polo and New York Life
A serialized piece quotes Marco Polo on giant Chinese snakes and their capture, uses gall as a medicine, and notes New York's composite yet cohesive identity. Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer discusses New York’s diverse foreign-born population shaping a cosmopolitan but distinctly American metropolis.
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New York
New World
Summer Outing Along the Nickel Plate Line
Seek rest and recreation this summer with trips along the Nickel Plate Road. Choose quiet resorts with good fishing and bathing facilities. Elegant coaches, sleeping cars, and dining service aboard daily through trains between Chicago and the east. Address J Y Calahan Gen Agent Chicago Ill.
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Nickel Plate Road
Mirco
Chicago
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
Ill
Lullaby of the Future Read at Liberty Farmers Club
Mrs. H. D. Wetherby read a poem titled Lullaby of the Future at the Liberty Farmers Club meeting in Michigan. The verse portrays a political scene with a mother electioneering and a father resting, while the child sleeps as the nation awaits leadership and cake imagery appears in supportive lines.
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H. D. Wetherby
Liberty Farmers’ Club
Michigan
How U S Senators Are Elected According To 1866 Law
Ex President Harrison cites the 1866 law detailing legislative selection of U S senators. It describes how the legislature chosen before a senator’s term ends must vote separately in each house, then a joint session, and rules for majorities and daily ballots until a senator is elected. It also notes the governor’s certification to the president of the senate.
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United States
Ladies’ Home Journal
Harrison
Congress
Joint Assembly
Senate
Doctor recovers ink swallowed child tale from Chicago Record
A medical man recalls an old negro woman bringing a child who had swallowed a pint of ink. The mother says she gave the child blotting paper sheets to eat and asks the doctor if that was right.
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Chicago
Ounce Avoirdupois Equals 28 1 3 Grams
A measurement note states that one avoirdupois ounce equals 28 1 3 grams. This establishes the standard conversion between the ounce and metric gram for weight.
G A R Encampment Train Tickets For Buffalo Trip
Tickets on the Nickel Plate Road for the G A R Encampment in Buffalo New York run August 28 with good traveling days August 21 22 and 28. Round trip price 10.50 departing from Chicago with modern day coaches and sleeping dining cars. Commander Clarkson selects the line and invites comrades to join. J Y Calahan Chicago agent will provide details. Depot at 12th and Clark streets. Aug 19. Town property sale notice for Louis Gardner included.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Clarkson
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
12Th
Clark Sts
Getting Acquainted in Monticello Piano Shop Promotes Confidence
A Dubuque branch music dealer urges Monticello residents to visit 04-910 Main St Monticello Iowa for high grade pianos and organs. The ad promises easy exchanges on old instruments and flexible payment terms as prices trend downward, stressing trust as essential for future sales.
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Monticello
Wancer & Buisu
Main St
Dubuque
Towa
For Sale Farms Buena Vista and Webster Counties Iowa
Three hundred seven acres with buildings valued at $3 000 priced at 35.00 per acre one half cash balance at seven percent for five years Three hundred sixty acres near town with 35.00 per acre satellite improvements 2500 to 8000 seven acres of grove 240 acres tiled all cultivable 120 acres pasture mostly tame grass One fourth cash balance to suit purchaser seven percent Interest One hundred twenty acres within six miles of town at 26.00 per acre 1500 can run five years at seven percent balance cash or good notes One hundred sixty acres in Webster county within three miles of town price 45.00 per acre one half cash balance at seven percent Address A J Wilson Marathon Town 3w3 A splendid residence Inquire of J 8 Houser
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Buena Vista
Iowa
Webster County
A. J. Wilson
Marathon
Town
Planted trees need care and fall planting guidance
The note urges cultivating spring planted trees and mulching as weather allows. It recommends contacting Hoyt Bros for fall planting advice and varieties, claiming their nursery stock is superior and well tested. Scotch Grove, Jones Co., Iowa.
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Hoyt Bros
Scotch Grove, Jones Co
Iowa
Republicans of Jones county to hold delegate convention
The Republican county central committee calls a delegate convention at Center Junction on Wednesday August 11 1897 at 11 o'clock am to select sixteen delegates for the Cedar Rapids state convention on August 18 1897. Representation is one per township plus one per 25 votes for McKinley electors in 1896 and a fraction of thirteen or over. Delegates per township listed with Monticello Oxford Richland Rome Scotch Grove Washington Wayne Wyoming ton and others. O R Ricksor and Matthiaessen serve as secretary and chair respectively.
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Clay Township
Stone School House
Center Junction
Orpen
Com
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Wm. McKinley
Monticello
Oxford
Richland
Rome
Scotch Grove
Washington
Wayne
Wyomington
Notice of Suit in Jones County Court
Original notice states Douglass H. Smith as administrator sues Nancy A. Sackett and others in Jones County District Court seeking six hundred dollars plus eight percent interest from January 24, 1896 on six notes and mortgage deeds. Plaintiff seeks foreclosure of two mortgages and an attorney fee. Defendants warned to appear before noon on September 18, 1897 to avoid default judgment.
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District Court of the State of
A. Suckett
M. D. Sackett
St. P. M
Nancy A. Sackett
Jones County
A. D
Administratrix Notice for Robert A. Rynerson Estate
Public notice from Jones county Iowa appoints administratrix of the estate of Robert A. Rynerson deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the district court clerk. debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello July 22, 1897.
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District Court
Jones County
Town
Robert A. Rynerson
Monticello
Iowa
A. D
State of
Francis Walker
Towa
Obituary Note for Estate of Barney Magee
July 100d. on J. W. Doxsor attorney for the estate. Barney Magee serves as administrator.
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J. W. Doxsor
Barney Magee
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