Local correspondence from Castle Grove area
June notes report barn re shingling hog house construction and carpentry in Hazel Green. Sermon at chapel and Sunday School visits. Relatives gathered at Appleby home with Chapmans and Chapman family. Veterans graves garlanding observed. Ladies' Aid to meet June 10. Township trustees test wheel scrapers and discuss road work assignments.
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Castle Grove
F. Kromminga
J. L. Siebels
Chris Specht
Hazel Green
Shenandoah Nursery
Parkhill
Cr. H. Heiken
Maloney
Rock Rapids
Olive Cramer
Hazel Hubbard
Margaret Deisher
Monticello
Foote
Ottumwa
Appleby
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mattie Clark
Cascade Highlights and Local Notices from June
Alva Bessi's horse escaped a nearby car and ran home after breaking the buggy shaft. Mrs. H R Williams, former Baptist pastor’s wife, visits the RE Moore family, home in Silbey Iowa. Mrs. Jennie Dudley of Manchester visits relatives in Cascade. Eastern Star Chapter 406 attends Waterloo banquet May 26. Chas Huttons welcome a son born May 25. Dan Kelly moves to Farmington Iowa for a new job. Mrs. J S Beatty recovering in Dubuque Tinley hospital. Cement walks being laid. carpenters kept busy locally. J T Bevan attends Masonic assembly in Davenport. Cascade Cubs vs Cedar Rapids Railsplitters game. score 6 to 7 visitors. Dennis Driscall ill in Fillmore. Ida Lutoy of Anamosa visits for Separation Day. Large crowd at Cascade Decoration Exercises. Oliver Longueville of Dubuque is orator. Town and cemetery decorations praised. Nettie Jones of Chicago visits. Rev W J Geen and Thomas Kingsley attend S A convention in Des Moines.
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Cascade
Alva Bessi
H. R. Williams
The
Baptist Church
RE. Moore
Waterloo
Chas. Hutton
Dan Kelly
Farmington
Iowa
J. 5
Beatty
Tinley Hosiital
Dubuque
J.T. Bevan
Davenport
Masonic Assembly
Cascade Cubs
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Driscall
Fillmore
Ida Luttoy
Anamosa
Oliver Longueville
Nettie Jones
Chicago
W. J. Geen
Thos
Kingsley
S. A
Des Moines
Memorial services and social visits fill Center Junction local week
Center Junction notes a busy week with Memorial services at Scotch Grove and Wyoming, visits from Cedar Rapids and Monticello residents, and several local residents travelling or hosting. The town reports on sick lists, family visits, alumni events, and ongoing building and carpentry work as summer begins.
Wyoming Decoration Day Fete Raises Soldier Monument
Decoration Day exercises in Wyoming feature a sodiers monument dedication in the cemetery. The Ben Paul post organized fundraising that paid about 900 for the monument. Rev J C Magee of Fayette gave the address as crowds attended from the G A R and local citizens.
Onslow Notes and LocalDeaths and Visitors
Miss Jennette Bates of Chicago returns from visiting her parents and practices law in the city. Mrs. McKelvey of Center Junction visits her daughter Mrs. Dunham. Mrs. Sandhouse of Monticello and Mrs. Faust of Anamosa visit their mother Mrs. Overley. Lizzie Russell attends Decoration Day in Wyoming. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bates in Cody Wyoming. Mrs. JT. B. Johnston travels to Cedar Rapids for her niece Miss Bess Graft’s wedding. Wm. Paul dies at 85 near his daughter-in-law’s home. leaves a son and two daughters. Onslow to cement sidewalks amid spring improvements.
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Onslow
Jennette Bates
Chicago
Bates
McKelvey
Center Junction
Florida
Dunham
Sandhouse
Monticello
Faust
Anamosa
Wm. Overley
Lizzie Russell
Wyoming
Cody
Bert Bates
JT. B. Johnston
Cedar Rapids
Bess Graft
Ella Curttright
Curt
Ben
Blairstown
Dr. Vincent
Belle Plaine
Franks
Monticello School Board Meets in Regular Session
The Monticello Board of Education met in regular session on May 28. Members present were J. W. Coxsee, J. B. Bateman, F. B Bolton, F. A Hefner, and Geo. Inglis. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Bills were then approved for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Athe Board of Education
J. W. Coxsee
J. B. Bateman
F. B Bolton
F. A. Hefner
Geo. Inglis
Deaths of Alexander Bugh and Shocking Omaha Killing Detail
Obituary notes Alexander Bugh dies at his Scotch Grove home on May 21. Civil War veteran previously lived in Jones county and leaves Mary Tubbs Wells and six brothers and two sisters. Funeral at Delano Sanford home, burial in South Madison Cemetery. Separate report: Edward R. Shaw, Cedar Rapids native and Omaha broker, dies from a fatal blow after an alcohol fueled altercation with Charles Doyle in Omaha. Doyle jailed awaiting preliminary hearing. Additional notices include school district bid invitations and a public auction of household goods and property by Ethel Smith.
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Alexander Bugh
Delano Sanford
Scotch Grove
Hughesville
Pennsylvania
Jones County
Mary Tubbs Wells
Frank
John
Cherokee
Iowa
Jerry
Little Falls
Minnesota
Dan
Florence
Arizona
Blackburn
Oklahoma
Dennis
Troy
Idaho
Amanda Wihleman
Worthington
Hulda Ensign
Nodaway
Bugh
R. A. Brough
South Madison Cemetery
Anamosa
Rd. BR. Shaw
B. EF. Shaw
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Edward R. Shaw
Omaha General Hospital
Charles Doyle
Doyle
Shaw
Oma
Nathan Smith
Sycamore Street
Ethel Smith
Punishment of Mazeppa by Court Martial Story
An 18th century account recalls Peter the Great punishing Mazeppa by executing a wooden effigy in place of the Cossack chief. The simulation included stripping the figure of decorations and hanging the effigy, illustrating punitive extremes during wartime.
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Peter the Great
Russia
Mazeppa
Sweden
Peter
Kitchen Toy Scolding Cited by Mother
A mother scolds Susie for leaving toys in the kitchen warning she will box ears and throw them in the ash pit. The remark underscores strict discipline and contempt for carelessness.
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Susie
Mother
Lovell House Auction Notice Monticello One Day Event
Lovell House Monticello advertises a one day listing on Friday June Ath from 8:00 a m to 6:00 p m with returns every 28 days. This public notice outlines an operating schedule and service cadence for residents seeking periodic returns.
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Lovell
Monticello
Dr Shallenberger Promises Cure Across Chronic Ailments
A medical notice extols Dr. Shallenberger as a highly successful specialist in chronic diseases with hospital experience and rapid diagnosis. It claims permanent cures without fees, lists conditions from catarrh to Bright's disease, and offers surgical cases attention with guaranteed cures for eye, ear, nose, and throat issues.
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Shallenberger
Bright
Notice to Horse Breeders Announcing Fine Stud of Roadsters
Notice to horse breeders from G. dL. George. The stud of roadsters is kept on a Monticello area farm for the season. Marcos Bazaaris heads the list with 30,856 and a 2:21 record, sired by Nutwood 600, sire of 163 standard performers. Terms 25 dollars with return privilege. Colts Kenyon 2:1134 and Margaret 2.22 trotting, yearling quarter 36 seconds. Two carriage horses Marcos Bazaris sired Brown Beauford and Golden Signet. Also a fine young full blood Clydesdale stallion Terms 12 dollars.
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Roadsters
Monticello
Marcos Bazaaris
Nutwood
Kenyon
Margaret
Jones County
Marcos Bozzaris
Beauford
George
Stung for 15 Years By Indigestion Cure Finally Found
B F Ayscue of Ingleside N I tried many doctors and spent $200 on medicine before using Dr King s New Life Pills which he says fully cured his indigestion and related pains They cure constipation biliousness and various stomach liver and kidney troubles 25¢ at O U Svetje s
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B. F. Ayscue
Dr. King
O. U. Svetje’s
Two Hundred Acre Farm Near Montiecho For Sale
For sale two hundred acre farm within three miles of MontiecHo at sixty dollars per acre. One third cash March 1st, remaining payments on long time at five percent. KR. C. Stirton.
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MontiecHo
KR. C. Stirton
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Jim
Stanwood
Thomas Sutherland
Caroline Sutherland
Ed. Duncan
K. K’s
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D. D. Clark
James Young
J.M. Young
California
Mildred Williamson
Simpson College
Frank Ray
Marion
Opera House
C. O. Watson
Glen
Missouri
Charles Preston
Tong Eilers
Tom Shover
Livingstone
H. J. Smith
Pangburn
Mae Richards
Mechanicsville
W. J. Brainard
John Moffit
H. Brainard
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Cemetery Association
Coffman
Williams
Willard Niles
Henry Cullen
Milan
Illinois
Carrie Daugherty
S. G. Franks
J. W. Glenn
Ada Lunn
Len Mallicoat
Wyoming Cemetery
J. C. Magee
Fayette
Wyoming Cornet Band
Main Street
W. R. CO
W. W. Bronson
Ben Paul Post
JE Foster
Terete Eeee
Clara Barr
Anna Baleur
Lane
M Locher
Nellie Wales
Florence Hefner
Harriet L Smith
Mrs Bolton
Jessie Warnecke
Laura Miller
Rache R Maree
It Sloan
WB Sloan
Glock
Monticello Express
Voorhees Coal Co
Coul
Henning
Hisse Bender
Independent School District
N. Cedar and
Sixth Streets
J. E. Bateman
F. B. Bolton
George Inglis
Rochafou
Dr. Shallenberger
Burson
Rockford
Doutrick D. G. CO
Eulec
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Blvd
Isinois
Drexel State Bank
Eagle Drug Store
A. Kempf
Prop
Columbia
A. Errickson & CO
Young Bourbon
Leen
Lender
Lady Freeman
Bourbon
Jmner
Jack
Black Lady
Compromise Davis
Jennett
Lady Dawson Yeroe Binke
Legal Tun Disa
Messrs
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A. M. Fairbank
Clark & Fairbanks
Stahlers
District Court
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Jaws
Samuel
O. H. Soetje’s
E. A. Hubbard
the Reliable Furniture
Man
Henry Henrichs
Ana
Liaate Wenkichs, Charlies
Pene
D W. Doxsen
Daily Register and Leader
Register and Leader
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