Wyoming June 12 Storm Carries Record Rainfall and Bridge Loss
The June 12 storm brought record rainfall and high water, flooding Little Bear land, damaging many houses and shops. Five of six large bridges are out or damaged. Main street bridge remains usable. Eichhorn north farm bridge and Norm Paul’s county bridge require rebuilding. Roads are passable, crops severely damaged, mail service reduced. Cedar Rapids and Oxford Junction trips resumed late week. Christian Endeavorers meetings continued. school board members elected for next year. Local officials urge bridge openings and farm help continues.
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Wyoming
Little Bear
Main Street
Jones Street
Eichhorn
Norm Paul's
Big Bear
Brainerd
White
Oxford Junction
No. 2
Chris Eichhorn
Eichhorn Bros
Cedar Rapids
ChristianEndeavorers
Presbyterian Church
Florence Monford
Tama
Alice Fohrmeister
Robert E. Guthrie
Toledo
Iowa
Fred Martins
Will Meyers
West Side
John Johnson
Rex Heasty
Henry Eichhorn
James Kegley
Will Hopkins
Pastorate vote and festival invite in Castle Grove
Rev. F Kehren withdraws from Castle Grove Lutheran pastorate and a church meeting will decide a new candidate next Sunday. An invitation to the mission festival at Monticello Lutheran church is extended to all Castle Grove members and friends.
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Castle Grove
F. Kehren
Jesup
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Monticello Lutheran Church
Forrest Deischer
Monticello
F. D. McLaughlin
Charles Murphy
Richard McDonald
Prof. Dunham
Dunham
Castle Grove Township
Bert Shover
Steve Petersen
Olin
F. C. Cramer
Hopkinton
H. C. Irvine
Hazel Hubbard
Wyoming
S. M. Hosford
Marion
Silverdale
Peat
Lena Caspers
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Wendt
Short Summer Visit Noted in Ames
A brief social visit with friends took place in Ames during the summer. Services were planned at the chapel on Sunday evenings. County Agent Clark was in the area on Tuesday.
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Ames
Clark
Sand Spring Social and Travel Notes
June 18 circulars from Sand Spring list visitors and hosts including Mr and Mrs Edward Growe from Hogansburg New York visiting Mrs Henry Eggers family while en route to Nebraska. Names include Miss Dena Hajen Miss Clara Gestel Louis McDonough and others visiting relatives in Monticello Davenport Hopkinton Marion and Hartville with brief notes on outings and stays.
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Edward Growe
Hogansburg
N. Y
Growe
Henry Eggers
Nebraska
Dena Hajen
Louis McDonough
Dubuque
J. P. Schuster
Clara Gestel
Gwendolyn Keith
Delhi
R. J. Guthrie
George Kenny
Hartville
Willa
Iva Warner
Davenport
Clyde Marshal
Monticello
Jennie Tarlinghouse
Orpha
Howard Lang
Moline
Myr
J. J. Lang
Josephine O’brien
Dennis
Harold Slauson
Roy Slauson
Ruth
Priday
J. J. Matthiessen
Dorothy Pierce
Hopkinton
Louis Guthrie
H. Eggers
J. Grove
John Bohliken
Margaret Greer
Marion
Center Junction Community Notes Update
Center Junction reports five carloads visited the Maquoketa caves last Sunday with plans to fence and charge twenty five cents per car and five cents per person for admission. Local residents describe a busy Sunday as guides and guards.
Red Cross box social to aid fund near Onslow
Onslow Iowa June 19 the Red Cross Unit plans a box social and entertainment at the Miller Bros farm two miles north of town on Wednesday evening June 27 free Scotch Grove Band to play and Louis Gardner to speak ladies asked to bring undecorated well filled boxes a food sale by the Red Cross will follow Saturday afternoon and evening
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Onslow
Red Cross
Miller Bros
MD Franks
Davenport
Presbyterian Church
Henningson
Dike
Iowa
N. B. Walters
Red Cross Society
McAllister
Hopkinton
Dennison
Eugene DeWitt
Monticello
Jessie Smith
M. E. Aid Society
Eben Overley
Jane Anderson
Albia
Mildred Lamey
Rawson
Clinton
Gladys Bradley
Prairieburg Sunday School Gathering and Local News
Rev Moore entertained the Prairieburg Sunday school young men and women at his Central City home with games and refreshments. Mr and Mrs Clarence Knapp moved to the Glass place and Clarence will drive on the cream route. A Red Cross rally is planned for Came’s hall on Friday June 22.
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Prairieburg
Moore
Central City
Clarence Knapp
Glass Place
Clarence
Red Cross
Came’s Hall
Local social notes from Cedar Rapids and surrounds
Privileges for the boys at the front are stressed as C O Rowley returns from Waterloo after attending the Masonic Grand Lodge. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Ed Burlingham and Paul Wyjack in Cedar Rapids, Roy Flockhart helping at a Masonville Caldwell home, Mary Divoky back from Oxford Junction, Darrell and Devere Minehart from Monticello, Henry Dolan visiting Marion, Bernice Walmatt with Emma Whitney, Catherine Servert from Ashton Town visiting, and Mrs Mary Burke RN visiting.
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C. O. Rowley
Waterloo
Masonic Grand Lodge
Ed Burlingham
Paul Wyjack
Cedar Rapids
Roy Flockhart
Caldwell
Masonville
Mary Divoky
Oxford Junction
Darrell and
Devere Minehart
Monticello
LeClerc wedding ties town to Viems area
A June 6 wedding at the LeClerc home joined Bessie LeClerc to Frank Morrison of Vi btory S D. J Gestel reports 1400 spring chickens on his Sand Spring farm with 88 fries sold for 58.80. A tenant Perry Parson died near town with funeral at Colesburg. Mule accident injures Ben Marolf. W Klaus bought wool at 54 cents a pound, a local record. Verne A Wheeless now wireless operator on Mallory line boat Galveston to New York. Public highway petitions seek opening from LeClerc farm to Sand Spring road and extension to the county line junction with a north south road. Petitions pending.
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A. 2D. LeClerc
Bessie
Frank Morrison
Vibtory
Town
Moline House
Colesburg
Ben Marolf
Verne A. Wheeless
Mallory
New York
Galveston
Tie
A. D. LeClerc
Sand Spring
This
Jones Counties
County Line
KEVEH ROYDEN NUPTIALS IN HOPKINTON COMMUNITY
Eva Keith wed Frank A. Royden at the Keith home in Hopkinton in a ceremony led by Rev. W. H. Ensign. Royden, a Lenox College graduate, works with his father in Scotch Grove’s nursery business. The bride, Lenox graduate, comes from a large circle of friends and is seen as a faithful homemaker. Presented with warm regard, the couple receive well wishes as they start life together.
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Hopkinton
A. S. G. Keith
Eva
Frank A. Royden
W. H. Ensign
D. D
Presbyterian Church
Lenox College
Scotch Grove
Keith
Lenox
F. W. Rowden
J. W. Forward
Jennie
Ruth Forward
8. N. Bixby
Blanche A. Hoyt
Benson
Lyman
Cedar Rapids
C. P. Latta
Elizabeth
Marian
Minneapolis
Search for German plots as a tactic to foil plans
A Cedar Rapids Gazette editorial argues that uncovering and neutralizing German plans already in sight is essential, while acknowledging the broader aim of disrupting enemy strategy and safeguarding allied operations. It emphasizes proactive intelligence over reactive measures.
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Cedar Rapids
It Can’t Be Done. A Boon News-Republican Reflection
The Boone News-Republican notes a prevailing view that one nation cannot scare another off the earth, arguing that fear or intimidation cannot erase a rival nation’s grip on global dynamics. The piece contends no single power can compel all others to retreat.
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Boone News-Republican
Red Cross column urges Monticello chapter support
An American Red Cross message from Washington praises the Monticello Iowa Chapter with 600 plus members and urges active participation. It calls for dues, sewing-room volunteering, donations of linen and muslin, and requests sewing machines. An Iowa City note highlights 95 year old Jane Kirkwood knitting for soldiers across four wars.
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Army
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Monticello Iowa
Peat
Opera House
Monticello
T. S. Lazell
A. m
Harriet Hall
P. m
D. Huene
C. Bates
FP. F. Becker
Kirkwood
Republic
Red Cross Society
Anonymous News Letters Rejected by The Express
The Express explains it cannot publish two anonymous communications received this week. The editors say news items require the writers’ names to avoid being imposed upon by untruthful items. Readers are invited to send corrections or information but must identify themselves.
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the Express
Local Notes from Anamosa and Wayne Township
Geo Tobiasson of Wayne township loses a mare and colt to lightning. Mrs Blanche Hoyt and her two sons plan to move to Cedar Rapids and settle on Meadowbrook drive. The Anamosa area chapter of the order of Hayles surrenders its lodge citing dwindling membership. Hugh Flaherty sustains a fractured collar bone after a stock yard accident while loading horses onto a car. he regains consciousness at home. C H Brown is elected cashier of Anamosa National Bank and returns to duty. Levi Keller Miller dies at Olin aged 88 after 73 years in Jones county and fathering 10 children. Millard Joslin, runner for Annapolis naval academy, cannot compete in final exams due to being underage. Congressman Good urges preparation for next year.
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Geo. Tobiasson
Wayne Township
Blanche Hoyt
Cedar Rapids
Meadowbrook Drive
Anamosa Aere
Order of Hayles
Focal Lodge
Hugh Flaherty
C. H. Brown
Anamosa National Bank
Brown
Prool Anamosa
Millard Joslin
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Congressman Good
Millard
Insurance Writer Documents City Property Listings
Ray Hearn writes insurance on city property of all kinds. 40te Eyes tested and glasses fitted. Dr. L. G. Stubler.
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Ray Hearn
L. G. Stubler
Notice to Bidders for Castle Grove School House
Notice to bidders by Castle Grove School School District Jones County Iowa invites sealed bids for erection of a new school house in sub district No 8. Plans and specifications at Lowell State Bank. Bids to J A Deischer Monticello Iowa R R No 1 by July 2 1917 at 1 pm. Board reserves right to reject any bids. By order of the board of directors J A Deischer Sec.
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Moffett
Jackson State Savings Bank of
Mae Hoag
Harry Hoag
Wyoming
Castle Grove
Jones County
Iowa
Lowell State Bank
J. A
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J. J. Brownell
L. Bf. Brownell
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Helen Stingley
Donnan Junction
Harry
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Glass
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M. I. L. A. Society
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A. P. Moats
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Hlesiman
Willie Mead
Minnesota
Mack Sinkey
Allen Robertson
Hopkenpon
Viems
R. T. Jenney
C. N. Patrick
Ricklefs & McNeill’s
Macaune
Dr. Scholl
Stuhlers
Herrick
Ricklees & Men
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Rock Island Lines
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Colorado Rockies
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