Center Junction Correspondence Highlights Local Happenings
Milton Henderson, a former Center Junction boy, visited friends after serving in the trenches until the armistice. News notes include a Children's Day cantata at M. I. church, plans to attend the Monticello Chautauqua, a silver loving cup exhibit in the bank window, and various visits and local events among residents and nearby towns.
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Center Junction
Milton Henderson
Henderson
M. I
Monticello
Onslow
Knight
Maquoketa
Pauline Holm
John Otten
Saskatchewan
Canada
Hudson
Miss Wilcox
Mason City
Wi_ Wilcox
Hazel
Irma Pangburn
Christian Endeavor Society
Percy Dodson
Roy Leggett
France
J. M. Smith
Mount Vernon
Mary Let
Miller
M. G. Alsever
Anamosa
Peter Prahm
Jane Shover
J. B. Letze
Sand Spring Graduates Lead County School Picnic
Sand Spring held the County School picnic and eighth grade graduation in Manchester on Monday. Graduates include Melvin Nichol Iwin Egger Bernard Murray and Thelma Browne. Local visits feature Mrs J L Batchelder Sunshine club and guests Miss Rose Lindquist Deer Lodge Montana and Miss Lillian Currier Evanston Illinois visiting Ruth and Ann Guthrie.
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Sand Spring
Manchester
Melvin Nichol
Iwin
Egger
Bernard Murray
Thelma Browne
J. L. Batchelder
Sunshine Club
Henry Bohlken
Rose Lindquist
Deer Lodge
Montana
Lillian Currier
Evanston
Illinois
Ruth
Ann Guthrie
C. BE. Martin
Harold Garlinghouse
Buck Creek
Jennie Garlinghouse
J. F. McManus
Sioux City
F. W. Lawrence
Wyoming
Will Sears
Will Joostin
Manley
Iowa
Allen Olmstead
M. C. Green
Minnie
Viola
Hopkinton
Margaret Greer
Marion
Marshall Neil
Anamosa
Alex Blair
Cedar Rapids
A. Blair
Monticello
Prairieburg Social Notices and Local Updates
Prairieburg residents report visitors and moves including R Zimmerman from Central City checking property, Holub family seeking hospital treatment, Flahertys from Anamosa visiting Benson home, and Ollie Kula’s overseas return announced. Minnesota visitors Babak, Martina, Kula relatives. Sible ill. Flockhart buys new piano. Lenin article notes money value in Chicago News.
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Prairieburg
R. Zimmerman
Central City
Francis Holub
Little Baby
John McDonald Hospital
John Flaherty
Anamosa
N. J
Tony Kula
Minnesota
John Sible
Mable Flockhart
Surprise party honors returning veteran in Scotch Grove
In Scotch Grove on Tuesday evening Mr and Mrs W F Rickless hosted a surprise party for Wm Bartels who has returned from overseas a few weeks ago. The column notes local visits and short items including a Topsy Turvy social at D O Sinclair’s on June 17 and various residents’ activities and travels.
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Scotch Grove
W. F. Rickless
Wm. Bartels
D. O. Sinclair
Robert Balster
Herman Lange
Carol Lightfoot
Anamosa News: Weddings, staff changes, and a Homecoming
James Larson and Myrtle I Cusher wed at the Methodist parsonage on May 22. They will live on a farm near Anamosa. T M Clevenger and wife move to North English then Waverly for his new role as school superintendent. The board approves a 950 dollar reclamation ditcher for county drainage. W I Brewer of Camp Lewis visits, en route to New York for Y M C A duties. Wm Snyder, longtime Anamosa resident, dies in Miles City Montana. Idogene McMurrin leaves for Camp Upton after overseas service. Congressman Charles H Sloan of Nebraska will speak at the July Fourth Homecoming.
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James Larson
Myrtle I. Cusher
Methodist Parsonage
Anamosa
T. M. Clevenger
North English
W. I. Brewer
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Washington
T. E. Booth
Brewer
New York City
Wmn. Snyder
Miles City
Montana
HH. Richman
Idogene McMurrin
New York
Camp Upton
Charles H. Sloan
Nebraska
Sloan
Monticello
Iowa State Agricultural College
Geneva
Local Leaders and Travelers Share Brief Visits in Hopkinton
Rev. Geo N Greer of Santa Ana California paused in Hopkinton en route to Ohio for Covenanter church synod. Hartzell Milroy visits with Hazel Green parents after accepting summer athletic director post at Fort Dodge. Ned Williamson nears Ames finish then heads to Cassidy Freteford farms near Sioux City as superintendent. Herman Philipp and W R Reeve trip to Maquoketa by auto encounter storm delays near Scotch Grove. creek near Hockey Lawrence’s floods, autos stranded, fir ing apparatus out of commission. Philipp auto stalled midstream, later pulled free. others likely delayed as waters rise.
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Geo. N. Greer
Santa, Ana
Calif
Ohio
Synod of the Covenanter Church
Hartzell Milroy
S. A. Milroy
Hazel Green
Hartzell
Fort Dodge
Vinton
Ned Williamson
Ames
Cassidy Freteford Farms
Sioux City
Ned
Lenox
H. M. Carpenter
Monticello
Local items note health update and marriages
Thomas Kingsley shows great health improvement at Finley hospital in Dubuque. Irene Devlin returns home after nursing training in Cedar Rapids to visit her father J. C. Devlin. Miss Margaret Fagan marries Bernard Keating at St Peter’s Church. Verne Bisenius, Red Cross nurse, returns from Barron Field Texas and plans a summer visit. George Sauser buys his brother’s stake in Sauser Bros grocers. A Sand Spring farmer and a greyhound capture a wolf in a road culvert.
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Thomas Kingsley
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Irene Devlin
Cedar Rapids
J. C. Devlin
Margaret Fagan
Bernard Keating
St. Peter’s Church
M. J. Farrelly
Verne Bisenius
Red Cross
Barron Field
Texas
M. Bisenius
George Sauser
M. A. Sauser
Sauser Bros., Grocers
Crawford Building
Paul
M. A
Sand Spring
Chicago Daily News Reframes Feminism Critics as Masculine Objection
Opinion column challenges modern feminism by arguing its core flaw lies in masculine emphasis and pushback, reflecting era debates on gender roles and public discourse.
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Chicago Daily News
Monticello School Board Minutes May 27
Monticello Iowa board of education met in special session with five members present. Minutes of prior meetings read and approved. Bills allowed including Matilda Crim sweeping lunch room $15, American Book Co textbooks, A H Dick stencil paper, C C Birchard song books, J S Latta classics, Scotch Grove Nursery shrubs, Iowa Telephone service. Board adjourned. R H Ricklefs secretary.
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Monticello
Iowa
Board of Education
H. HM. Reed
T. M. Redmond
L. G. Stuhler
O. E. Brainerd
C. C. Birchard Co
J. S. Latta
Scotch Grove Nursery
Iowa Telephone Co
R. H. Ricklefs
How He Got It
A New York Globe item quotes a veteran explaining his iron cross as a gift from the Kaiser sent by a special messenger. The Sioux City Journal notes a girl who laughs at crude remarks may value a man for his true worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Globe
de Kaiser Hisself
Sioux City
Your Town quote by Helen Perkins in New York Sun
A reflective verse urges community effort over individual self interest to revive towns. It stresses that progress depends on collective work and personal commitment rather than leaving the place behind. The poem frames town improvement as a personal responsibility shared by all residents.
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Iit
Helen Perkins
New York Sun
Topsy Turvy Social At D. O. Sinclair Home
A June 17 1919 Topsy Turvy social will be held at the D O Sinclair home with foolish attire and a prize for the best costume. Proceeds benefit the Sunbeam Mission Band of Scotch Grove Iowa. Attendees should bring spectacles money pencil and ensure boots are well sewn. Proceeds go to charity.
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D. O. Sinclair
Sunbeam Mission Band
Scotch Grove
Iowa
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