Local notes record votes and visits in Sand Spring area
Correspondence from Sand Spring lists sub-director election results in district No. 3 with names Garlinghouse Murray Eggers and Lawrence. It notes residents visiting Hopkinton Monticello and Delhi, several trips, illnesses, and social calls among families and teachers in Lovell township Jones county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Appleby
Manley Bryan
Anamosa
Colorado
Ruth Guthrie
Lovell Township
Jones County
W. P. Bryan
Fred McVay
Worthington
Henry Eggera
Eggers
Stella Donaldson
Washington
Iowa
R. J. Guthrie
Jessie Glass
Prairiebureg
M. C. Green
James Littlefield
Alex Blair
Misa Jeannette
Hopkinton
Alfonse Schmidt
Dubuque
Jules Seibold
Farley
John Batchelder
Monticello
Jennie Garlinghouse
Orpha
Andy Miller
Leo Murray
Ernest Gearhart
J. L. Paulsen
J. V. Murray
Tom Grapes
Delhi
E. Gearhart
Ed Miller
James R. Gearhart
Matt Faber
Wyoming Local Notes Report Road and Hotel News
A Wyoming column lists road maintenance concerns with small culverts and drainage, calls for a railroading style patrol, and notes a hotel change to Billy’s Meir. It mentions a March 11 horse sale by GC B Larkay, a critique of town cleanliness, a 65th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. R. H. White, and various local happenings including a storm damage report and a found gold watch at the Scotch Grove Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy’s
Meir
Hoffman
Cedar Rapids
GC. B. Larkay
Cooley
Larkey
Wyoming Beautiful
D. A. White
R. H. White
H. L. Barber
Mileap
Billy
Hodgen Broa
Oxford Junction
Khrons Blacksmith Shop
Ford
Louis Gardner
Anamosa
Nona Kirchner
Waterloo
S. 4. Brainerd
Wyoming
Town votes to build new schoolhouse in district 8
At the annual township meeting Castle Grove voters approved building a new schoolhouse in district No. 8 by 24 to none. The old building will be disposed of as unfit for school use while other local notes include weather, deaths, investments and farm trade updates from Monticello Hopkinton and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Monticello
A. W. Cramer
Carl Deaton
Spion Kop
Montana
C. C. Wenger
Wenger
Arthur Fairbanks
Mildred Garvin
Hopkinton
Nora White
Argand
Presbyterian Church of
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
James F. Hogan
Haley
Mary Wilson
Will Hiller
A. M. Fairbanks
S. M. Hosford
John Hasler
Jackson Station
Mary Delay
R. E. Hayes
W. A. Billick
Ed Kromminga
C. A. McLaughlin
Chicago
Onslow News Roundup: Funerals Fire and Local Happenings
John Dennison dies after years of suffering. Funeral at Presbyterian church with Wyoming male quartet music. CharIes McMaster dies after five weeks illness. funeral planned. Hotel fire causes damage repaired quickly. Lecture planned at M F Church by Rev Ward of Sunshine Mission Cedar Rapids. Mrs Kay’s baby ill with pneumonia. Local residents visit Monticello restaurant. Dennison and other funeral attendances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dennison
Presbyterian Church
Carey
Wyoming
Rev. Benbow
J. W.smith
Charles McMaster
Kay
Huber
Tarlan
Ryperson
Monticello
Verne
W. Ft Lamey
Dennison
Sears
M.A. Aid Society
Prairieburg News Roundup: Anniversary, Obituary and Local Notes
In Prairieburg on March 12, about forty relatives surprised Louis and Pillard on their 20th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Dupall, mother of Mrs. M C Welker, died at 93 at her daughter’s home. Services were held at St Josephs. Christina Geiken starts at central while John Wollmut bought a 1700 dollar auto truck. Frank Walker from Stewartville came for his grandmother’s death. O A DeLancey missed work due to illness. Other items note Mrs Rose Chesmore in Anamosa for an operation and various local visits and absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s
Clara Fehr
Tony Holub
Protoom
Joe Smith
Rose Chesmore
Anamosa
Younger
O. A. DeLancey
Frank Walker
Stewartville
Minnesota
John Wollmut
Christina Geiken
Central
Harry Flockhart
The Cost of High Living Editor’s Parable
A Plain Dealer note cites an Arkansas paper's single paragraph allegory on imbalance in spending and values. It mocks rural ambition by contrasting local industry and purchases with education and travel costs, questioning American exaggeration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
H. c
Nevada
Ark
Illness at Johnson home draws visitors to Scotch Grove
Mrs. Roy Snell of Marion and her father Robert Carson visit Scotch Grove as Harry Johnson hosts relatives due to his daughter Gitte Leola Johnson’s pneumonia. Leola shows improvement with nurse Anna Otten. Gladys Himebaugh and Miss Lucy Swindell spend Sunday at home. Frank Royden serves on jury in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Roy Snell
Marion
Robert Carson
Harry Johnson
Johnson
Gitte Leola Johnson
Anna Otten
Gladys Himebaugh
Lucy Swindell
Epworth
Frank Royden
Anamosa
Miss Hines
Richland
Hd Girclebaugh
Center Junction News Briefs March 18
Center Junction reports a well attended short course opening on Monday with an enjoyable reception. Notables visiting include Art Glick of Olin and Ed Kleineck of West Branch. Mrs Montague, former resident, is noted deceased. Dr J M Young and Ray Young returned from Boise Idaho. M G Alséver had legal business in Abamora. J D Baela was ill several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Glick
Olin
Ed Kleineck
West Branch
J. A. McDonald
James Young
Montague
Center Junction
J. M. Young
Ray Young
Boise
Idaho
M. G. Alséver
Abamora
J.D. Baela
Local Notes From Hopkinton and Vicinity
A variety of community items from Hopkinton and nearby areas. A regulation-weight boy visited the Ferguson home last Friday night. A. D. LeClerc learned of his niece Gertruda LeClere Jones death near Manchester on Tuesday. Rev. E. B. Reed of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, is visiting Hopkinton while arranging to rent land adjoining town. W. A. Milroy invites bids next week for a cement dam replacement. A meeting at Buck Creek tomorrow will discuss school consolidation with Randalia’s superintendent as guest speaker. A. H. McKechnie ends his endowment campaign role this week. field secretaries will continue the drive toward the half‑million goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Ferguson
A. D. LeClerc
Gertruda LeClere Jones
Manchester
H. A. LeClerc
Lenox
Hopkinton
E. B. Reed
Westminister College
Fulton
Missouri
Cascade State Bank Deposits Reach One Million
On March 1 deposits at Cascade State Bank totaled one million dollars. Also noted a birth at Twelve Mile House to Mr and Mrs George Huber. Local transfers include James Curtis of Garryowen buying Mayme Burke farm at 120 per acre and Lizzie Lynch's burial being brought from Corning Iowa to Otter Creek. Postmaster and Mrs J R Lane mention in closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade State Bank
George Huber
Twelve Mile House
James Curtis
Garryowen
Mayme Burke
Lizzie Lynch
Corning
Iowa
Otter Creek
John Rogers
Richland Township
George
Phil Devine
J. R. Lane
Welcome a son named Wilson Lane born March 4
David Fagan of Scotch Grove dies in Colorado Springs Colorado last Saturday March 8. The burial followed at St Peter's church Temple Hill after remains arrived at Scotch Grove station with wife and John Fagan accompanying the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Lane
David Fagan
John Fagan
Scotch Grove
Colorado Springs
Colorado
St. Peter’s Church
Temple Hill
Swindell Sells Five Hog Loads for Farm Trade
O A Swindell delivered five loads of hogs to W T McElliot yesterday in a county first a trade valued at about 1000 dollars The forty hogs averaged 180 pounds and sold at 1370 per head total around the equivalent of twenty acres of land for the farm trade in local markets evidencing a notable barter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
O. A. Swindell
W. T. McElliot
Neither Seeker Nor Loser
The Buffalo Times states the United States has never sought a war and has never lost one, emphasizing a stance against initiating conflict while noting past outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Times
United States
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Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
J. Rice
Onslow
Prairieburg
Center Juusctlion
Buck Creek
Tomarrow
Randalia
A. H. McKechnie
Endowment
Cam
Cascade Pioneer
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Co
Hydro
Iery
Luther
T. S. Lazell
Moticello, Iowa
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