Local notices and elections color Wyoming correspondence
Miss Ida Fishwild of Coe College Cedar Rapids visits parents. Town election results show 73 votes with J S Brownell mayor and seven council members elected. Death of Horace G Ames age 58 5 18 buried Frozen Hill. Various church lectures and sermons plus community updates from March 29.
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Wyoming
Ida Fishwild
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
EH. L. Barber
O. W. Hye
Rob White
Walter Carr
South Dakota
B. Paul
Anamosa
John Paul
Onslow
Hartley
Hopkinton
Nickless
J. S. Brownell
R.M. Corbit
F. L. Hodgeman
A. N., Reade
E. E. Myers
E. L. Barber
C. B. Price
W. J. Beckwith
Brownell
Horace G. Ames
C.S. Ames
Ohio
Joseph P
Lydia Ames
Clay Township
Ames
C. S. Ames
A. F. Nickless
Presbyterian Church
Frozen Hill
Castle Grove Briefs: Illness and Home Repairs
Castle Grove March 30 Henry Knake Jr. is ill with pneumonia. C S McAleer plans to reshingle and repaint the house on his farm in this township. He will also supervise other farm maintenance projects.
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Castle Grove
Henry Knake Jr
C. S. McAleer
Onslow Mourns Two Elder Citizens Pass On
Onslow loses two long time residents in a single week John Paul age 92 and E E Brown age 82. Paul died of old age and Brown was found dead after a night in which he had retired in good health. Both men moved here in the 1850s and served in local offices. Paul’s funeral was today at the Presbyterian church with Rev S B McCleland officiating. Brown’s funeral follows tomorrow with a Cedar Rapids minister delivering the sermon. Pallbearers for Paul were six grandsons.
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Onslow
John Paul
E. E. Brown
Brown
Paul
Ioven
Wyoming Township
Sherman
Board of Supervisors
Clay Township
Presbyterian Church
B. McCleland
Cedar Rapids
Cascade News Roundup Includes Local Visits and Elections
Cascade reports Miss Lettie Crawford visiting Ana mosa, Mr. and Mrs. Redmond visiting from Grandinet Mills, infant illness of the Welter baby, and Delaware county resident Frank Swindel's week in the city. Carl Miller dies with family mourning, North and South Dakota tours by local residents, a 76th birthday surprise for Mrs. Armstrong, a barefoot plow novelty on Worthington road, and bank cashier M. E. Moore visiting. Town election yields 265 votes with Conlin mayoral win by narrow margin. councilmen Klinkner Dirkin Foulkes Dominy Herard elected. assessors Dunigan and Drummond. treasurer Devlin.
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Cascade
Lettie L. Crawford
Anamosa
John F. Redmond
Qrandinet Mills
Yesteray
Virginia
H. L. Welter
Frank Swindel
Delaware County
Carl
Charles Miller
Wm. Hucker
A. W. Aitchison
Geo. Ganfield
E. F. Kearney
North
South Dakota
James Armstrong
Worthington Road
M. E. Moore
State Bank
Henry
E. Moore
Peter Drucker
Clara Miller
John
Otto
J.L. Conlin
Frank Keefe
J. E. Conlin
F. M. Klinkner
T. A. Dirkin
J. W. Foulkes
J.B. Dominy
Scotch Grove News Briefs Update March Notes
Scotch Grove reports various local movements and visits. Ed Hughes left for Cedar Rapids. Frank Sutherland of Canton called. Louis Fagan of Minneapolis visited family. Miss Josephine Sutherland called in Monticello. Will Rickles moved to his brother’s farm. Geo Driebelbis of Alaska visited relatives. Dell Kerr of Lake Preston helps B L Hoyt in nursery work. Mead family from Manchester visited Fred Sutherland. Misses Zena and Hannah Leese list unfolds.
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Scotch Grove
Center
Ed Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Frank Sutherland
Canton
Louis Fagan
Minneapolis
Josephine Sutherland
Monticello
Will Rickles
Henry
Geo. Driebelbis
Alaska
Astor House
Dell Kerr
Lake Preston
South Dakota
B. L. Hoyt
Mrs. Mead
Manchester
Fred Sutherland
Zena
Hannah Leese
Monticello Visitor Stays With Himebaugh Family
Kamp of Monticello visited over Sunday at the home of their parents. Mrs Himebaugh and granddaughter Ella Loomis of Haworth are visiting in the E L Himebaugh home.
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Kamp
Monticello
Amber News Snippets From March Local Notes
Amber reports a series of short notes: D J Dierks returns from a Dakota trip. Will Robertson returns from Cedar Rapids Business College. James McNeilly home from Lenox for a week. Barney Hartman shipped cattle to Chicago. Miss Mattie Robertson visited near Martelle. Miss Bradley’s school closed with a program at Black Oak. Lillian and Mary Farragher at the Ana mosa institute this week. Tomlinson of Center Junction on a business trip through Jackson township.
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Amber
D. J. Dierks
Dakota
Will Robertson
Cedar Rapids
James McNeilly
Lenox
Barney Hartman
Chicago
Mattie Robertson
Martelle
Center Junction
Jackson Township
Teachers Institute session at Anamosa underway
The Jones County Teachers Institute meets in Anamosa under County Superintendent Kate Maurice with instructors from multiple Iowa towns. Lectures include Rev O N Beaver of Anamosa and Prof J E Foster of Monticello. many teachers are enrolled from towns such as Monticello Oxford Junction Center Junction Stone City Monmouth Viola Springville Martelle Mechanicsville Wyoming Olin Cascade Anamosa and more.
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Jones County Teachers’ Institute
Anamosa
Kate Maurice
Rose Parker
Harlan
Iowa
W. S. Athearn
Iowa City
T. J. Cowan
Davenport
J. HB. Foster
Monticello
M. O. Roark
S. G. Richards
Knoxville
Dora Gladson
Chariton
Chariton; ©. M. Evans, Hopkinton. Last Tuesday Evening Rev. O. N. Beaver
Congregational Church of
J. E. Foster
Scotland
Lena Crim
Belle Davidson
Leona D’autremont
Adelia Marsh
Carolyn Schneider
Marjory Nelson
Florence Errickson
Pansy Carter
Emma Hein
Bertha Locher
Harriet Campbell
Springville
Herbert Peet
Martelle
Elva Hoffman
Mechanicsville
Jennie Morley
Carrie Fry
Wyoming
Herman Errickson
F. R. Ketcham
Ella Sieveka
Mary Pealer
Margaret Wilker
Inez Merritt
Flossie Lyon
Inez Haddock
Alice First
Eva Leeman
Lillian Urban
Laura Eichhorn
Olin
Jessie M. Fawcett
Effie Starry
Eda Miller
Lovie Tedford
Nellie Clothier
Nettie Brown
Cascade
Irene Leonard
Maymie Henneberry
Louise Breitbach
Anna McQuillen
Elizabeth Conter
Mary Dixon
Mary Morrison
Teresa Morrison
Pearl Cooley
Clara Loy
Sadie Conlin
Sadie Lane
Loyola Lane
Sophia Collins
May Leonard
Ida Lake
Adelle Bevans
Lillian Farragher
Mary Farragher
Kathryn
Sleep Superstitions and Nighttime Remedies
A Philadelphia Press item surveys varied sleep beliefs from different cultures. It notes marks on the floor to wake at a chosen hour, hazelnuts under the pillow for dreams, and cautions about sleeping head directions and thirst. It mentions a German belief about the nightmare as a spectral being.
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Germany
Philadelphia Press
Bed Good Enough For Him
A farmer calls up to his son in bed and urges rising. The college boy dismisses the idea, joking about the proverb of the early bird and a tangled chain of variant endings. The exchange ends with the boy still insisting on more sleep.
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Chicago News
Sweet Revenge in a Printed Refusal Sip
The Lovigvitte Courier Journal recalls a boast about exclusive magazine contracts and rival outlets clamoring for work. The speaker imagines the irony of sending a printed refusal sip to competing magazines as a form of satisfaction.
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Lovigvitte Courier-Journal
Ten Kinds of U S Money Legal Tender Facts
The piece lists ten forms of U S money and explains their legal tender status. It notes gold coins standard silver dollars and other currencies. which are or aren’t legal tender. and how double‑checking contracts affects payments. It cites 1890 acts and distinctions among greenbacks, certificates, and national bank notes.
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United States
Treasury
Treasury Department
Jones
Chicago Tribune
Diminutive Farms and Portuguese Farming Conservatism
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes Portuguese farmers are extremely conservative, dividing land among many heirs and using old plows. Small, scattered plots yield marginal output, while southern Portugal holds unused fertile land. North-south disparities hinder large holdings adoption.
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Portugal
United States
Tagus
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Handy Answer on a Chautauqua Faculty Memo
A college secretary uncovers a joking yet revealing entry by a handsome male instructor. In the registrar file he answered Married or single with Yes, prompting amusement among the girl students.
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Chautauqua
Meanest Man Nabbed In City Business Deal
A seedy beggar asked for a nickel to buy coffee and a roll, offering four pennies. The man replied he had only a nickel and asked for four cents in change in return. The beggar requested anonymity regarding the incident.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Calves In the Meadow painting praised by Kittie
In a New York Journal piece a discussion notes that Kittie admired the artist’s work. Dobber recalls she said she could feel the artist’s personal effort in the painting Calves In the Meadow.
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Stippler
Music Lovers and a Family Piano Lesson Motive
A Washington Star quip notes how neighbors reveal music passion by forcing their youngest son to quit piano practice, illustrating social judgment of musical zeal through a humorous anecdote about domestic taste in art.
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Alncore
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
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