Ladies' Aid to Stage May 7 Readings and ventriloquism
Center Junction April 30 The Ladies' Aid secures Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt Milton Marsh for Tuesday evening May 7 at the opera house with readings impersonations instrumental music and ventriloquism Admission 15 and 5 cents. May 7 leap year alert and town news fill the rest of the items.
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Center Junction
Ladies’ Aid
Hewitt
Milton Marsh
Opera House
Harry E. Stingley
Ethelin A. Moses
Anamosa
Robinson
Harry
Stingley
T. Hatch
George F. Killinger
George
C. W. Preston
Caroline Sutherland
J. Vernon Dawson
American Falls
Idaho
Thomas Dawson
Minnie Dawson
Hopkinton
S. G. Thompson
W. S. Pangburn
Scotch Grove
K. M. Richardson
John Weir
Martha Hanken
Iowa City
Messrs
M. J. McNeilly
John Alexander
Onslow
Cedar Rapids
Kiburz
M. G. Alsever
Luella McDonald
Blanche Collier
Gene McMurrin
Wyoming
Ralph Peck
Morley
Jim Porter
Maquoketa
Felton
John Hanken
Lila Fickle
James Young
Monroe
Monticello
C. H. Dixon
Mary Carson
Bessie Welch
Clinton
Albert Welch
H. O. Dixon
Winthrop
Clarence
Emery Leggett
Joseph Leggett
J. M. Young
Helgens
Wayne
J. L. Serbousek
Joseph Krob
Lisbon
John Kleineck
M.&e. Barrett
Savannah
Illinois
John Grant
Stanwood
Will Alexander
Kate Norris
Langworthy
Ray Young
Florence Livingstone
Henry Underwood
Our Town
Victoria Fowler
O. W. Preston
Ryan
Harry Johnson
Monmouth
Ross Stingley
Iowa Senator Kenyon Visits Wyoming and Local Events
WYOMING Iowa U S senator Wm Kenyon stopped in town with W W Chamberlain and others by auto. He spoke to the G A R and W R G at the G A R hall. Rev Dillon Bronson may visit mid May with illustrated lectures. R L Masson elected town school principal. Miss Miller and Miss Otten of Lenox College present a sacred concert next Sunday.
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Barkley
J. M. Henderson
Kansas
Wyoming
U. P
G. A. R. Hall
J.C. Haun
B. G. Leffler
Marshalltown
Ruth Gilbert
Marshfield
Missouri
Dr. Gilmore
Monticello
O. ©. Overley
Yankee Robinson Circus
Lee Ireland
Anamosa
Dora Leek
South Dakota
L. L. Ireland
Wm. Phelps
Tipton
Emma Ballard
Davenport
Artie Arnold
Chicago
Wm. Kenyon
Iowa
U.S
W. W. Chamberlain
Cedar Rapids
George L. Schoonover
J. H. Ramsey
F. J. Cunningam
Auto
Kenyon
W.R. G
Dillon Bronson
State University
Iowa City
Presbyterian Church
Missa Miller
Miss Otten
Lenox College
Prairieburg Birth and Local Notices Across Towns
Birth announced for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. F Sallinger at Lovell South Dakota. Various residents attend Knights of Columbus initiation in Cedar Rapids. Sunday School convention at Buffalo Township drew small crowd due to rain. Local clergy changes and visits noted with many travel moves and social visits among Prairieburg and Marion residents.
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Prairieburg
F. Sallinger
Lovell
South Dakota
Sallinger
Nellie Haeussler
Monticello
Lauser
Kula
H. Dolan
J. Dolan
McLaughlin
Delay
Flanigan
Cedar Rapids
Knights of Columbus Lodge
Buffalo Township
Parkhill
Hopkinton
Buckley
Mr. Buckley
Mrs. Buckley
Marion
O. L. Postlewait
Postlewaite
L. A. Schoonover
Mesdames Schleicher and
Pillard
Charles Lamont
Titus
O. A. DeLancey
Jenkins
C. E. Bland
Teacher’s Association
Sara Dolan
John Lauser
Roy Fisher
R. W. Baker
C. O. Rowley
L. F. Floyd
Allie Whitney
Central City
Lilly Bell
Coggan
Richards
Anamosa News Roundup: Escapes, Politics and Local Notes
Mecum Brothers escaped jail in Anamosa a year ago and were recaptured within hours after a recent breakout. Cook the paroled burglar was arrested in Cedar Rapids awaiting grand jury action. Senator Kenyon spoke briefly after a reception at the courthouse. State University honor society election news and Boosters Club efforts boost town morale. A district court term is expected to shorten due to farm duties, and a second son was reported for Ray Fairbanks. Ex Warden Barr of Oskaloosa visited the city.
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Anamosa
Mecum Bros
Kingston
Canada
Cook
Fisher Bro
Cedar Rapids
Senator Kenyon
Court House
Messrs
E. R. Moore
J. Cash
W. D. Sheean
Monticello
Stanley Streeter
State University
Scimetar and Fez
Boosters
Geo. Schoonover
F. J. Cunningham
Cliff Paul
Jap Ramsey
M. E. Church
Ray Fairbanks
Barr
Oskaloosa
Hiawatha Presented At Castle Grove Chapel
The melodrama Hiawatha by Misses Peterson and Mc Caskey entertained at the Castle Grove chapel Monday evening. Despite pleasing delivery the attendance was small due to concurrent farm work.
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Castle Grove
Peterson
McCaskey
Rain Delays Farm Work and Local Socials
The article notes spring rainfall delaying plowing for corn and hampering farm operations. It mentions Henry Heiken recovering from appendicitis in Anamosa sanitarium and receiving a postal car shower. Local social items include a rain-interrupted Democratic caucus, visits by Mrs. J. A. Howie and Mrs. S. M. Hosford, Kate Hogan staying with Mrs. J. L. Appleby, Matilda Cramer visiting Castle Grove, and Gretchen Hiller gaining a new piano. Will Hiller and G. J. Heiken are also noted with brief trips and Sunday visits.
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Henry Heiken
Anamosa
J. A. Howie
S. M. Hosford
E. J. Noble
Bertha Jones
Will Hiller
Hopkinton
G. J. Heiken
Cascade Theatre to Close Temporarily This Week
The Star Theater will shut for a period this week as owners Wyrick and Lambert plan to visit other towns and host events at each location. Families including the Rogers and Gratt groups visited locals, and many residents attended the Yankee Robinson circus in Monticello.
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Cascade
Star Theater
Wyrick & Lambert
Thomas
John Rogers
Randolph
Nebraska
David Rogers Jr
Louis F. Gratt
Independence
John J. Ramm
Bride
Amber Town News Briefs
Mary Farragher and J F Green visited Wellington Kansas to see the farmer’s grandson John Kearns who is reported improving. J Bailey and Art Lake attended Monticello last Saturday. Farmers plowed for corn as the ground remains wet. John Robertson went to the county seat on Monday. A dance is planned at the hall Friday night. Philip Bailey is roofing his house.
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Amber
Mary Farragher
J. F. Green
Wellington
Geneva YM and YWCA Rally Opens With Aldrich Lecture
The Geneva rally in the college chapel featured G W Aldrich state secretary of the Y M C A delivering a Lake Geneva lecture using a stereopticon. The event showcased conference spirit with student stunts and a reception in the association rooms followed by light refreshments. The college baseball team departs Thursday for a two day trip to Dubuque College and Wisconsin State Normal at Platteville, Wisconsin.
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Geneva
Y. M
G. W. Aldrich
Lake Geneva
Atereopticon Vines
Aldrich
Dubuque College
Wisconsin State Normal
Platteville
Wisconsin
May 1892 Monticello Notes and Obituaries Recap
Twenty years ago events from Monticello and vicinity in May 1892 include Democratic county delegates to the state convention J L Sheean B H Miller J A Green Q J Hakes L T Alexander J McLees H M Carpenter E C Holt J E Carter John Jacobs R M Peet Sandy Shoemaker Harm Harris Ernest Mason and a factory worker who swallowed a silver dollar and died. Other items report new babies deaths of Louisa Moore Eliza Miller Andrew Cunningham and Kasper Kiburz, local travels, a fishway subscription, a sermon on the Devil, and the Fisk Jubilee Singers at the opera house. The month was very wet and farming discouraged. teachers scarce. Hall of Palmer hardware bought. editor traveled to California with journalists. moral notes and quotes from Lincoln Journal and Topeka Capital.
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J. L. Sheean
B. H. Miller
J. A. Green
Q. J. Hakes
L. T. Alexander
J. Mc Lees
H. M. Carpenter
E. C. Holt
J. E. Carter
John Jacobs
R. M. Peet
Sandy Shoemaker
Harm Harris
Ernest Mason
Hoag Duster
Garrett Schoon
Henry Hogen
Geo. Balster
the Express
California
National Hditorial Association
R. P. Smith
Canton Mill Dam
J. W. Davis
Congregational Church
Louisa Moore
Neiman Moore
Richland Township
Eliza M. Miller
Alfred Miller
J. S. Hall
Mexico
Andrew Cunningham
Castle Grove
G. R. Winner
Major Noble Winner
Brush Creek
Decoration Day
David Street
Reuben Ely
Jane Schneider
A. L. Palmer
Jones County
Fisk Jubilee
Opera House
Johanna Quirk
Kasper Kiburz
Hall
Palmer Hardware
Lynchings in Jones County Highlighted in 1857 Records
The Iowa Journal of History and Politics cites Paul Walton Black noting lynching trials in Jones County in 1857. Accounts detail hangings of horse thieves and suspects by vigilante committees at Fairview and Anamosa, with varying outcomes and doubts about accuracy.
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Jones County
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
Paul Walton Black
Iowa
Muscatine
Burlington
Anamosa
Fairview
Titanic Survivor Bertha Lehmann Recounted Escape Interview
Bertha Lehmann, Swiss Titanic passenger and sister of Fred Lehmann of Monti cello, describes her midnight escape on a lifeboat from the Carpathia's rescuers. She details the ship's dark chaos, calm crew, and the sinking as it unfolded in the North Atlantic before reaching Central City Iowa.
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Express
Bertha Lehmann
Fred Lehmann
Monticello
North Atlantic
Dubuque
Central City
Carl Zumbrunen
Miss Lehmann
Telegraph-Herald
Carpathia
Titania
Ike
Local Ads Offer Jobs, Shoes, Fish and Services
A jumble of small notices includes shoe repair near the depot lunch room, second hand footwear for sale, fresh caught fish shipments each Thursday through summer, spring style displays, and services from Patrick the watchmaker jewelers Balster Lang engines by Balster Lang, and A G Hanken undertaker who responds promptly to all calls.
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F. Reade
A. F. Haeussler
A. G. Hanken
Undertaker
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