Death notice and multiple weddings in Hopkinton area
A telegram informs Mrs. I T Wilson of her mother Cynthia Wescott s death in Los Angeles California Cynthia Almira Hamilton born February 29 1858 in Lawrence Kansas came to Tipton and Hopkinton marrying P F Wescott She survives two daughters three stepchildren grandchildren and other relatives Eleanor Marolf Brown wed F Eugene Brown in Hopkinton with reception and guests listed Appleby Milroy wedding at Hopkinton Dexter Krueger home Miss Mildred Appleby and Wilburn Milroy married with reception and local guests Several residents named as guests and visitors including university connections and medical staff moves and routine social notices from Hopkinton Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. T. Wilson
Cynthia Wescott
Los Angeles
Cal
Cynthia Almira Hamilton
Lawrence
Kansas
Tipton
Hopkinton
P. F. Wescott
Baptist Church
Methodist Episcopal
Birmingham
Ala
Howard Craft
Milwaukee
Wis
Duane Wilson
Dubuque
Paul Wilson
Minneapolis
David de Best
Presbyterian Church of
Hopkinton High School
Lenos College
Dundee Consolidated Schools
Brown
Martelle High School
Lenox Junior College
Cedar Rapids Business College
James Alexander
Betty
Dorothy Coakley
Keith Stover
Cedar Rapids
J. W. Brown
Loren Brown
Springville
Dexter Krueger
Ehoepkinton
Mildred Appleby
Ryan
Wilburn, Milroy
Mancheter
David Ce Best
Ison
Delhi School
Manchester High School
S. A
Raymond Joseph
Truman Cummings
University of Dubuque
W. C. Cummings
Betty McKeever
Louisville
Chi Omega Sorority
Mary Elizabeth Gearhart
Hattie Lower
John
Ruth
Sioux City
Miss Lower
Montana
Mary Zeuch
Anlamosa
George
H. C. Reeder
Little Daughter
Chicago
J. D. McAllister
Reeder
McAllister
Elizabeth
Syracuse University
New York State
Ella Reeve
Boulder
Colo
Trenton
N. d
Daugher
Coleman
Carol
Catherine
Donald
Beaver Falls
Wilbur Kirkwood
Sloan
Russell Kirkwood
Kenneth
Detroit
Mich
Jay Jones
Harmony, Minn
Inver Moats
Guttenberg
E. A. Kirkwood
Amber community hosts multiple family gatherings and parties
A sequence of social events in Amber includes Wednesday and Thursday visits at homes of Mrs. W. J. Zimmerman and Mrs. George Zimmerman for birthday and shower occasions. Guests include Mrs. Strasburg, Mrs. Howard Skellex, the Hoag and Barrack families, and Mildred Collman of Tripp. A Holy Week style gathering features the eighth birthday of Margaret Anh Zimmerman with a large guest list. Picnics at the state park in Anamosa and weekend visits across Stanwood Cedar Rapids and Lincoln Neb. accompany showers, quilting, and family meals. Numerous local families attend, with gifts exchanged and birthday celebrations noted.
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Herman Helgens
Strasburg
Howard Skellex
Harry Hoag
Louie Barrack
George Zimmerman
Eliza Thoens
Mildred Collman
Tripp. S. D
Margaret Anh
Herman Zimmerman
Clifford
Dorothy
Jack Hoult
John Behrens
Henry Tobiason
Ed Harms
Louis Heeren
Margaret Ann
Lane
Zimmerman
Michael Martin
John Keegen
Ryan
Rena Lane Doolittle
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Mary Eggers
John Gray
Center Junction
Gray
Foster Joiner
la Plata
William Martin
Herbert
Jennie Martins
Harold
Elmer
Stanwood
Beulah Toole
Bertha Green
Mechanicsville
Wanda Siebels
Margaret May Meister
Julia Toenjes
Dick Bohlken
Lucille
John Rickels
W. R. Zimmerman
State Park
Henrietta Bohlken
Chicago
Mildred Coleman
Otto Otten
Franz Wroblewski
Evelyn Martin
Jennie Martin
Herbert Crocker
Lisbon
H. A. Toenjes
Herman Folkers
Carl
Warner Heiken
Rex
Edward Herren
Dwaine
FE. J. Meister
Margaret May
Elizabeth
Lincoln
Neb
George Siebels
Doris
Ida Pillard
Carl Schoon
Lois Rhoda
John Burrack
Augusta Burrack
Monticello
H. A Toenies
Edwin Wolfe
Schmidt
John Wolfe
Wishek
N. D
J. Willins
E. Willins
Willie Harms
Howard Saper
George Tobinson
Henry Harms
Marton
Louie Behtrends
Henry Higen
Edwin Wilken
Irene
Clara Bodiker
George Harms
Mayeda Wilken
Louie Hagen
Clarence Herren
Gerd Rickels
Irvin
Leonard Bohlken
Ben Paulsen
Earl Herren
Diedle
Louis Collman
George Folkers
Summer Flower Photography Tips From The Snapshot Guild
The article offers amateur flower photography guidance using long bellows cameras or attachments with a ground glass screen and a portrait lens for close work. It advises tripod use, wind breaks, soft light conditions, and timing for sharp results, plus session notes from local gatherings and hospital updates.
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Howers
Hettine
Earliest Hebrew Temple Built by Solomon in Jerusalem
The first temple was built by Solomon and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar about 586 B C. A second temple, begun after the return from captivity about 537 B C, was damaged many times by Antiochus Epiphanes Pompey and Herod. The third, largest, temple was begun by Herod the Great and destroyed at Jerusalem's capture by the Romans. Scholars differ on architectural details of the first and third temples.
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Jerusalem
Salomon
Zarabhiahed
Herod
Bolt
Solomon
Nebubadnezzar
Antiochus Epiphanes
Pompey
Vere the Great
Terusalem
Teak Wood: Durable Timber From Asia and Africa
Teak, a highly valued timber, is commercially produced by Burma and used from lands in Sland and Java. Trees reach 60 to 100 feet with trunk diameters of six to ten feet. Logs yield over twelve tons and long lengths, with leaves up to twelve meters, thick rough leaves used for sandpaper. Wood color ranges from yellow brown to dark brown with black streaks, and it darkens with exposure. The wood is hard and very durable.
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Biryma
Twe Ma
Sland
Java
Invest
Seventeen Year Locust Threat to Trees and Crops
A Detroit News writer warns the seventeen year locust damages bark and tree health. The insect burrows under bark to expose trees to diseases and pests, with females laying eggs in sites that weaken forests and orchards. The larvae feed on roots and vegetation, while adults have golden bands and red eyes, signaling widespread concern.
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Detroit News
Trist
Spirituals of the White Folks Have Lived Too
The piece argues white spirituals have a long history alongside black spirituals and traces their roots to English and Scottish refugees and Huguenots. It notes hymns sung in battle and prison as forerunners of later mountain songs in Alabama and nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Cromwell
Calvin
de la Mette
Battefield
Qeirde Chrischins
Alabama
Scoteh
Virginia
Phagnenets
Fran France
North
Carelina
Agricultural Editor Praised Iowa Farmers on March 16 1860
The Cedar Falls Gazette first issue appeared March 16 1860 and praised Iowa farmers. The editorial celebrated farmers, promoted stock and corn farming, and urged progressive farming while criticizing laziness. Melendy and partners launched a literary and agricultural journal to advance rural development.
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Iowa
Cedar Falls
Fap Pneneer
Tosa
Garetip
Petuy
Garena
Chery Farm
Terea
Sidi Ghogee
Kenny Himisely
Cebu
Thas Brydon
Peter Moelendiv
Lurna
Wrichtous
Peter Melende Broggiv
Charnt
Tiv
Thor
Vesumin
Poe
Melendy
Real Estate Transfers from Estate of Geo C Lawrence
W L Dutton as executor transfers land to Mary Breen and Kate Breen under acts dated 4 86 23. Fifty acres valued at 3140 dollars, part of a larger parcel near Coeur d Alene. Kate Breen and her husband cited. fees and dates referenced in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Dutton
Geo C. Lawrence
Mary Breen
Kate Breen
Taiping Rebellion and Its Leaders Recalled
The Taiping rebellion began in 1850 as a major insurrection in China led by a village schoolmaster who proclaimed divine commission to found a universal peace. The uprising, also called Saiping or Great Peace, challenged the Manchu dynasty before its defeat aided, controversially, by British troops under Gen. Charles Gordon.
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Tso
2 Man
Heaven
Peking
Detroit News
Mamed
Sutsuan
Formidale
Charles Gordon
Gordon
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Moore
Thomas Waring
Town City
B. A. Moore
Waring
Joe Beuter
Q Gertrude
G. G. Brown
Charles Dunlap
Charles Mac
Patty Jean Dunlap
Anamoss
Katherine Lang
Ellen Bradke
Lone Tree
Erma
Bradkes
Francis Donahue
Russell Lux
Inver Monts
Lux
Wilbur Icirkwood
Ray Phelps
iCedar Falls
Oxford
Ohio
Miami University
Amber
W. J. Zimmerman
E. J. Meister
Edward Hedren
Amber Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid
George Andrews
James Gray
Lloyd Robertson
Jennie Belknap
Ernest Anderson
Edyth Weir
Henry Holmes
Fred Henry
Ben Eneglebart
Fred Husman
Ralph Gilmore
Ernest Emmertts
Ralph Pedersen
Andrews
Eugene Bailey
Maquoketa
June Wilson
Ethel Jean
The
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Sievert Sievertsen
Will Dirks
Hernan Gutzeit
Onslow
John Petersen
John Rathman
Carl Sievertsen
George H. Schoon
M. D. Foster
la Porte City
Will Craig
William Black
Gladys Benedict
Robert Schoon
Bonita Lee
Oelwein
Forrest Craig
Sand Spring
Foster
Meryl Bailey
Everett Neil
Elkader
Wayne Ladies’ Aid
Engie Point Park
Hanton
Thelma Forward
Tampico
Ed Engiehart
Paul Michel
Mercy Hospital
John Kofoed
Hans Kofoed
Iowa City
Ehald
Kate
Pato
Frontier Park
Hanford Post
Avin Amen Bort
Stahlers
Franklin
Iowa Steel
DE Molays
Potosi Brewers
Greeley
Culver Motor
Niles Theater
Floyd’s Bakery
Earlville
Fhursday
Niles
Floyd
Pam
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