Onslow Local News and Updates from June 1896
Pearl Welch visits Wyoming. Charley Lamey goes to Chicago. Johnston Bros. ship cattle to Chicago. Mrs. Smith recovering. Epworth League at Maquoketa. I. O. G. T medal to Ethel Chase. Tornado missing family in St. Louis. Castle Grove baseball game rained out. lightning hits cattle. oats lodged. school program raises funds for flag and library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OnsLow
Pearl Welch
Wyoming
David Simm
Mary Johnston
Smith
Henry Welch
Mary Carter
Lydia Gilbert
Anna Klima
Maquoketa
M. E
Geo. Sturtevant
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Opera House
Ethel Chase
Mary Calkin
John McCready
St. Louis
McCready
John Paul
Castle Grove
Langworthy
Langworthly
I. J. Noble
O. I. Hosford
O. R. Ricker
Carrie Rice
Mt. Vernon
Clay and area notes highlight creamery plans and local visits
June reports from Clay feature a pending creamery operation planned for tomorrow, farm residents like John Dennison and Jim Kennedy visiting nearby towns, marriages in Chicago, and local business moves. A co operative creamery at Temple Hill pays 22 cents per cwt for May milk while some shareholders allege misrepresentation of by laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dennison
Will Kennedy
Buchanan Co
Clay
Clark
Scotch Grove
Thomas Kirkpatrick
Onslow
Tom Street
Monmouth
Amber
John Fletcher
Kankakee
Ill
Chicago
Ike French
Cascade
Finley
Isadore Hart
North McGregor
Jim Kennedy
Jim
Co-Operative Creamery
Temple Hill
A Busy Wyoming Community News Roundup
A wide array of local items is reported. People travel visit and study while business and social events unfold. The note highlights road work, theater fundraising, high school events, a funeral, wedding plans, and community introductions.
Local Notes From Castle Grove June News Roundup
Miss Inez Hope wraps up district No. 3 school term. Rev. Hugo Lutz recovers and returns to duties. Monticello graduation draws many locals. Mrs Jas F Delay and Ellen Haley seek care in Anamosa. Army worms appear. some rye cut. Er B Clark ends No 2 term with Galligan grove picnic. John Mullady burial at Argand cemetery. Mrs F D McLaughlin in critical Chicago hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Hope
Hugo Lutz
P. Healey
Rockdale
Monticello
Jas. F. Delay
Ellen Haley
Anamosa
B. Clark
Galligan’s Grove
C. P. Joseph
Hopkinton
Marion
Harm Rickels
John Buttocks
Folkers Hedden
Hedden
Folkert Kromminga
District No
Scotch Grove News Snapshot from June Excursions to Monticello
In Scotch Grove on June nine Miss Jennie Glenn remains ill and Prof. Firman of Greeley visited to tune pianos. Miss Bertha Applegate attended Monticello graduation, while locals plan a Sabula excursion next Sunday. Ransom Brady returned to work after nursing a felon. Mrs. Sharpland and children visited with Mr. Sharpland boosting McCormick interests. Carlotta Graves closed No. 5 school for Monticello commencement. IF E Bentley takes weeks off. Neil Robinson, 15, fills in, showing capable management. A neighbor urged local news for The Express, prompting a discussion about writing for the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Glenn
Firman
Greeley
Bertha Applegate
Monticello
C. M. Hanna
Ransom Brady
Rans
Massillon
Bentley
Ske
Sutherland Name Wedding Unites Two Couples at Scotch Grove
At Scotch Grove the weddings of Rev. L O Sutherland to Kitty Sutherland and W B Warner to Minnie Sutherland took place with Rev J W Bolton officiating. Robinson of Lenox College attended as did Gracie Sutherland. The ceremony joined the Sutherland families in a single ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt Brothers
Sutherland
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian Church
Cascade
Warner
Paul Warner
David Sutherland
Scotch Grove
L. O. Sutherland
Kitty Sutherland
W. B. Warner
Minnie Sutherland
Robinson
Lenox College
Hopkinton
J. W. Bolton
Gracie
Des Moines
Josie Sutherland
Sand Spring News Briefed With Local Happenings
June 9 report notes Frank Osburn to visit Waucoma this week and Mrs Jos Steele and children leave for Illinois relatives. A washout between Sand Spring and Worthington has been repaired and trains run regularly. S C Irvin injured eye while blacksmithing. no serious damage. M E church to hold a strawberry social Friday to raise funds for a new town to church sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Osburn
Waucoma
Jones County Normal Institute Holds Teachers Institute
The Jones County Normal Institute will convene in Wyoming on Monday June 22 at 9 a.m. and run two weeks ending July 6. The program lists Supts A B Warner D M Kelly W A Doran and others with a lecture lineup by Prof Eastman Kelly Coburn and Henry Sabin. Prices: 50 cents for teachers 75 cents for others. The public is invited to visit and learn about the Institute. Tom J. Cowan Co Supt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Normal Institute
Wyoming
A. B. Warner
Harlan
D. M. Kelly
Colfax
W. A. Doran
Monticello
Prin. L. Buchanan
L. Coburn
Boone
Mary Swanson- Wise
Pollard Reading
Savanna
Illinois
Fred Eastman
E. L. Coburn
John DeWitt Miller
Horace Mann
Henry Sabin
Institute
Tom J. Cowan
Monticello City Council Adopts Bonds to Redeem Warrants
At a regular Monticello Iowa council meeting the weigh master earned 10.05 dollars for the month and bills were approved. The council unanimously adopted a resolution to redeem seventeen hundred dollars in warrants with bonds of the city. The bonds total 1700 dollars, bear 5 percent interest, mature by July 1, 1911, and are issued under Iowa law. The treasurer may exchange bonds for warrants or sell to redeem them at par with accrued interest. Ordinance No. 175 was read once. second and third readings were waived. the mayor to serve on all standing and special committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
General Assembly of
24Th General Assembly
London
Peter Young
Hi D ‘Smith
CL van Meter
State OF
Jones County
J.F. Petcink
Homeseekers
Cairo i
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
New Orleans
Alden
Sioux City
Jowa Falls
Cairo
Southern Homeseeker's Guide
Copurey
Manchester
J. F. Merry
Illinois
Yazoo Valley
Mississippi
Chicago
E. P. Skene
Congressman Cousins Heads West Point Cadet Board
Congressman R. G. Cousins serves as a member of the Congressional board of visitors at West Point. In a recent letter he praises Horton M. Stickle of Jones county as head of his class and notes the strong rank of Iowa cadets overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Cousins
West Point
Congressional Board of Visitors
Jones County May Term Adjourned By Judge Thompson
The May term of the Jones County district court adjourned sine die last Saturday as Judge Thompson left to open the June Marion term. Illness of Judge Wolf required the move, leaving many equity and jury cases untried and continuances noted. a lengthy docket of state and civil matters followed with numerous pleas of guilty or verdicts and fines in nuisance cases.
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District Court
Jones County
Wm. G. Thompson
Marion
Wolf
Thompson
State
I. Powlester
Henry
Nordman
Ihenry
Hans Friedericksen
City of
Anamosa
John McNally
State Vs. J. Persons
Frank Smala
Chas Brunson
Chas
Brunson
John Dolozol
John
Smala
Gordon Lecture Excursion to Sabula Park Held by Railroad
On Sunday June 14 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers a cheap excursion to Sabula Park for a Gen John B Gordon lecture on the Last Days of the Confederacy. The trip includes park admission and lecture seating in the pavilion tent. The invitation promises a grand time and a brilliant talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co
Sabula Park
Mississippi
John B. Gordon
U. S
Georgia
Mammoth Pavilion
G and C Headache Capsules Aid Citizen in Monticello
A reader reports relief from a severe headache after using G and C headache capsules and recommends them to others. The note is signed by Julia Camp of Monticello Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Camp
Monticello
Iowa
Oak and Pine Wood Use Compared by New York Sun
The New York Sun argues oak offers unrivaled strength durability and versatility for shipbuilding architecture and cabinet work while pine dominates due to abundance and wide uses including houses carpentry turpentine tar pitch rosin lampblack matches and paper pulp. It notes oak bark yields tan and medicinal extracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
The Gallows Machine and Dark Tales from Glasgow
A reminiscence recalls Thomas Young the headsman and a strange gallows erected near the cross. It notes a deadly machine assembled in Buchannan Street and the morbid curiosity of onlookers. The piece also shares editor mischief, Henry VIII lore, and a travel ad for Nickel Plate Road to Buffalo with N E A details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Tom) Young Long
Wright
Buchanan Street
Ordinance Allowing Street Ornamentation in Monticello
The Monticello Iowa city council enacts a measure permitting property owners on residence streets to use a street strip for lawns and ornamentation within set width limits. Violations carry fines up to 10.00 and costs, with enforcement by the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Monticello
Iowa
A. Matthiesben
J. F. Petorna
Executor Named for Kellum Estate in Jones County
Public notice announces J. W. Doxseer attorney appointed by the District Court of Jones County Iowa as executor of Egnajer Kellum deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the Clerk within legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Monticello Iowa May 26 1806.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ellison
John Connery
H. G. Vernimont
Frank Altman
Wm. G. Thompson
Sylvester Adams
Geo. W. Green
Phoebe Culver
Magdalena Nipp
L. Reiger
D. B. Fisk & Co
W. A. Cunningham
A. Strauss
David Holmes
J. W. Callahan
J. W. Norris
Mary Norris
J. M. Bodenhoffer
Chester L. Butler
Jacob Foreman
Porter Weaver
Henry Davis’ Sons
W. Johnson
J.S. Stacy
M. S. Johnson
J. S. Stacy
Catherine M. Nash
Sarah A. McIntyre
Mary IE
Yates
J. A. Overly
John A. Overly
G. W. Marquardt & Sons
W. I. Bingham
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
George A. Gill
Monticello
A. D
Hote J
W. Doxsrr
J. Pickering
Aultman & Co
O. L. Dewald
Jacob Dewald
Bradstreet
Anamosa
Anamosi
P. O. Babcock
Said County
M. W. Herrick
Jowa
Henry H Seimers
Henry H. Seimera
J.B. McQueen
K District Court Jones Co
J. W. Doxson
Joseph Champion
Egnajer Kellum
Simon A. Mead
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Rock Island
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Oxford Mills
Peter Jansen
Inglis & Ingeversen
Dagoes
Milo Loomis
Rush Medical College
Vera Vaughn
Hattie Brainard
Blanch Johnson
Olive James
Matie Brainard
Blanch Elwood
Monticello High School
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Oxford Junction
Joe Elik
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S. G. Franks
John W. Rhodes
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First National Bank
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Sand Spring
Teachers’ Institute
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District Court Proceedings
Cver
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Henry VIII
Milan
W.d. Young
Clinton
Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
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J. Y. Calahan
Gen’l
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J. F. Patcina
J. F. Petecina
J. W. Doxser
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Scotch Grove Station
Township
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J. W. Doxseer
Att Y
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B. Surth
J. W. DoxstEn
D. E. Pon
J. W. Hosttin
Ilinois Central BB
Nolkets
Merry
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Manpue Ano
Bateman & Laing
Eagle Drug Store
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Deutsche Apotheke
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News Depot
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Garland Refining Co
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