Wyoming News Briefs and Upcoming Waterworks Vote
June reports show visits by J A Bronson and relatives in Lisbon and J W Waite in town with family from Anamosa. Waterworks measure set for July 1 as town holds Children’s Day at M E church and Miles ball team visit. 4th of July program planned with Rev Thos Nicholson and Miss Bessie McNamara. Jones County teachers institute attendance listed with many registered names from Wyoming and surrounding towns.
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Wyomi Inc
J. A. Bronson
Lisbon
J. W. Waite
Anamosa
Hester Franks
Monticello
Gertrude Kline
la Porte
Etta Countryman
Dagoes
M. E
Miles
Wyoming
Thos. Nicholson
Mt. Vernon
Bessie McNamara
Jones County Teachers’ Institute
A. B. Warner
Tfarlan
D. M. Kelly
Bragdonk Colfax
W. A. Doran
Prin
L. Buchanan
M. Swanson
Wise
Savanna
E. L. Coburn
Boone
Pasture for Rent on 70 Acres in Timber Bray
70 acres of timber pasture for rent with good water and secure fencing. Contact Cornelia Skelley for details and arrangements.
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Cornelia Skelley
Castle Grove Notes and Local Happenings
June 23 report from Castle Grove notes winners and visitors including McKinley and Hobart praise, Quails abundant, a Sunday Bowen's Prairie outing by Wm Renitz and Mary Hajen, Miss Carrie Rice completes district No.4 school term, farm storm damage to oat crops, O F Hosford barn painting, Monticello men hired for J A McLaughlin house paint, Volkert Kromminga ice cream social well attended, Mr Poppe’s funeral at Prairie Hill, union Sunday school organized in school house No 2 with Jas F Laude elected superintendent and A W Cramer assistant, Elsie Cramer secretary treasurer.
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Castle Grove
McKinley
Hobart
Wm. Renitz
Mary Hajen
Bowen’s Prairie
Carrie Rice
Mt. Vernon
Jas ¥ F. Laude
A. W. Cramer
Elsie Cramer
Amber Notes Summer Plans and Local News
AMBER June 23 reports James McNeilly will build a large hay barn this summer. P. J. Wartman erected a windmill on his farm near town. Amber school closed with an ice cream social. Alex Taylor and family visited J. J. Bailey's in Springville. John Elvidge returned from five weeks in Illinois. Gehr Walker of Strawberry Point visited locally. Rye stands nearly ready for cutting and two weeks earlier than last year. David Smith plans to build a house in Stopkinton and move there. Sanford paid 47 cents per hundredweight for May milk. The area now ships over 100 tubs of butter weekly.
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Amber
James McNeilly
P. J. Wartman
Alex Taylor
Springville
J. J. Bailey
John Elvidge
Illinois
Gehr Walker
Strawberry Point
David Smith
Stopkinton
Sanford
Local Notes From Onslow and Nearby Areas
Miss Lulu Noyes visits Wyoming while Amy Thompkins Cedar Falls joins Miss Mable McKean. Frank Johnston stays with Rev. J. G. Van Ness in Marion. School board hires Mr McMillen from southern Iowa as next year’s principal, Cedar Falls graduate. Bertha McMullen and children head from Omaha to Chicago to reside with parents. W D Shuttleworth of Ocheyedan and Blanche Sokol wed at 6 pm at the bride’s parents’ home with Rev Henry Cullen officiating. Rye harvest begins June 22, the earliest on record. haying underway. corn growth uneven. oats damaged by Saturday shower and wind complicating harvest.
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Onslow
Lulu Noyes
Wyoming
Amy Thompkins
Cedar Falls
Mable McKean
Frank Johnston
J. G. van Ness
Marion
McMillen
Southern Iowa
Bertha McMullen
J. A. Paul
Omaha
Chicago
W. D. Shuttleworth
Ocheyedan
Iowa
Blanche Sokol
Frank Sokol
Henry Cullen
Lemon Juice Cited As Hemostatic In Bleeding Cases
Dr E T Burton praises lemon juice as a hemostatic in several cases. A plethoric young man with bilateral epistaxis, a 30 year old woman with hematemesis, and a typhoid patient with intestinal hemorrhage all showed rapid stoppage after lemon juice or lemon water. The typhoid patient later died of exhaustion.
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E. T. Burton
Noting Growth In Quiet Years Of Agriculture
Frederick W. Robertson reflects on unseen growth in farming and personal development. He argues progress comes gradually through disciplined actions and choices, often unnoticed until decisive shifts occur. Ambitions fade while grace matures as experience shapes the soul.
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Frederick W. Robertson
The Scorcher On The Wheel By Cleveland Leader
A verse in which the speaker proclaims himself the scorcher alive with zeal, demanding a clear track and speedy movement. The speaker mocks critics and would rush through any obstacle, using boastful language about power over others on the road.
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Tam
Cleveland
Honest Dollar and Chance to Earn It Expressed
An old quotation highlights the value of earning an honest wage and the opportunity to prosper through work. The phrase reflects a straightforward ethos of diligence and integrity in economic life.
G and C Headache Capsules End Severe Headache
Miss Julia Camp of Monticello Iowa reports relief from a severe headache after using G and C headache capsules and recommends them to others suffering from headaches.
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Julia Camp
Monticello
Iowa
Sweet Pea Lives Up to Its Name in Garden Tale
Vida Briss writes of a bright morning where a sweet pea plant eyes new life, imagining two tiny buds as if newborn babies. The playful verse contrasts nature’s quiet dawn with a childlike dream of growth and wonder.
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Mrs. Pea
Vida Briss
Grandmother's Diamond Mischief Ends in Wardrobe Secret
A young woman borrows her stepmother's diamonds for a ball and hides the case in a top wardrobe. After a frantic search and a nurse mother, the missing gems are found by her father who recalls a hidden recess behind a spring panel. The tale ends with a moral about disobedience and trust.
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Grandma
Dilly Smith
Daffy
Dilly
Mother
Hayden Ingram
Philadelphia Times
A Treat for the Ladies Dinner Prank on Wall Street Crowd
A downtown restaurant hosts a private dinner for women friends of a regular patron. As the host vanishes after ordering a famed menu the guests are urged to step outside for cocktails while the cafe remains closed. The scene draws brokers and curious patrons amid suspense of the missing host Dick.
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Wall Street
Guests at bar prank reveal host in disguise
A party of eight to ten women crowds a cafe bar to order cocktails while a guide directs them to lean on a six inch rail. The host in a barkeeper costume emerges, serves as the bartender, and joins the women for drinks before being unmasked. Thirteen thousand three hundred women have passed through Salvation Army Rescue Homes in twelve years.
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Manhattan
New York Sun
Salvation Army
Republican Delegate Convention at Jones County Opera House
Jones county Republicans hold a delegate convention at the Onslow opera house on Friday July 10 at 10:00 a m to select 14 delegates for the Iowa Republican convention in Des Moines on July 15 1896 and 14 delegates for the Congressional convention. Representation is by township and 24 votes or fraction over one half for Gov Drake. Townships listed include Cass Oxford Castle Grove Richland Clay Rome Fairview Scotch Grove Greenfield Wayne Hale Washington JACKSON Wyoming Monticello Madison totaling 196 delegates. W F Lak chairs the Republican Central Committee.
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Opera House
Onslow
Iowa
Des’ Moines
Supreme Court
Railroa
Drake
Cass
Scotch Grove
Greenfield
Wayne
C.c
Hale
Washington
Jackson
Wyoming
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