Onslow News Highlights and Local Happenings
May 3 reports show Prof John Sokal at home over Sunday and Geo Miller visiting from Anamosa. Klondike plans lure Chas Miller to Rock Island. Main Street improvements and new hardware stock at Franks attract attention. Lulu Noyes returns from Valparaiso and Chicago. embalmer student T H Lightfoot prepares to open a furniture store May 14.
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John Sokal
Geo. Miller
Anamosa
Mrs. Scott
Maquoketa
Litton
Geo. Chase
Mrs. Underwood
Davenport
Mesdames Graham and
Howard
Chas, Miller
Rock Island
Mesdames
Wall
J. M. Paul
Hattie Lamey
Monmouth
Lewis Dow
Port Bryan
Sam Richardson
Robi
Corbit
Hopkinton
N.B. Noyes
Walter
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Main Street
Onslow
Franks
Lulu Noyes
Valparaiso
Ind
Chicago
Trotter
T. H. Lightfoot
Dubuque
Post office move discussed for Castle Grove area
Castle Grove residents consider relocating the local post office to the Diamond Creamery near the Linn county line. Harm Rickels opposes the shift citing disruption to Prairie Hill proximity and milk suppliers. Andrew Glass would run the new office if moved, which opponents say harms many residents despite some milk-hauling benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Galligan
Josie Kehoe
W. A. Hogan
Anamosa
Margarette Cramer
Union Township
Delaware County
R. Shear
Jas. S. Laude
Rickels
Andrew Glass
Monticello
Prairieburg
Local Notices From Scotch Grove and Surrounding Areas
May 4 updates show Selina Hughes visiting Cedar Rapids last week and David Sutherland returning from Lenox over the weekend. Alex Rice and daughter stay in Marion this week while Saml Ehy and Rev Hugh Robinson with wife and child visited Sabula recently. Mrs Robinson traveled to Minneapolis for a Woman’s Board meeting. D K Glenn hosted sister Viola Glenn from Humboldt after Chicago shopping for a family store.
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Scorcu Grove
Selina Hughes
Cedar Rapids
David Sutherland
Lenox
Alex Rice
Marion
Sam’l Ehy
Sabula
Hugh Robinson
Little Daughter
Scotch Grove
Anamosa Knights of Pythias Nominates Cunningham for Iowa Grand Chancellor
Sumner lodge No. 92 Knights of Pythias votes to nominate W. A. Cunningham of Anamosa for grand chancellor of Iowa at the grand lodge gathering in Council Bluffs this August. The circular praises his knightly qualities and urges state lodges to back his bid. Cunningham is a long serving member with strong Jones county support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Wheatland Spectator Suspends Publication After Seventeenth Year
The Oxford Mirror reports the Wheatland Spectator has temporarily suspended publishing at the end of its seventeenth year. Publisher Gault plans to collect back subscriptions and hopes to resume soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Mirror
Wheatland Spectator
Bro. Gault
Lhek
Two Local Youths Enlist From Anamosa Office
Two former Anamosa office employees, Edmund Leclere nephew of the writer and a student at Ames, and Leslie Wildey in a cornell program, have enlisted. The note comments they may be too young but praising their patriotic spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Leclere
Ames
Leslie Wildey
Cornell
Jones County Recruits for Des Moines Companies
Sheriff Arnold names applicants George Hernan John Hernan from Wyoming D R Perkins from Oxford Junction Wm Moehl from Olin and F W Briggs from Onslow in response to the governor's call for trained men to fill Des Moines companies. Transportation expected soon.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Des Moines
Sherif’ Arnold
George and
John Hernan
Wyoming
D. R. Perkins
Oxford Junction
Wm. Moehl
Olin
F. W. Briggs
Onslow
Jones County Man Accepted for Hospital Corps Duty
Mr FL W Briggs from Clinton, visiting Adjutant General Byers of Des Moines, received acceptance to join the service. Not tall enough for front ranks, he will be assigned to the hospital corps with possible summons. Briggs, 25, is son in law of George Sears of Onslow and has represented Metropolitan Accident Association of Chicago and Southwestern Mutual of Marshalltown. His family has strong Civil War fighting heritage. several relatives served.
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FL W. Briggs
Clinton
Anamosa
Byers
Des Moines
Briggs
George Sears
Onslow
Metropolitan Accident Association of
Chicago
War talk and a prisoner returned to the penitentiary
The Wyoming Journal notes cautious views on new war for Cuba with volunteers on light duty. Sheriff R Fisher travels to Anamosa to return Jack Haguewood to the state penitentiary for a four year sentence on larceny after violating his pardon by drinking in Cedar Rapids. Haguewood had fled and was recaptured this week. Manchester Press.
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R. Fisher
Anamosa
Jack Haguewood
Delaware
Haguewoon
Cedar Rapids
Haguewood
Manchester Press
Noted Iowa Lawyer Charles Husted Dies in Dubuque
Charles Husted a well known lawyer formerly of Manchester and Dyersville died in Finley hospital Dubuque last Sunday afternoon. Born Kingston New York December 28 1843 he served in the Civil War then practiced law in Mason City Manchester and Dyersville. He leaves a widow and five daughters. The Dubuque bar association adopted resolutions of respect.
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Charles Husted
Dyersville
Manchester
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Kingston
New York
Mason City
Bar Association of
Dubugque
Vassar and Smith Featured in Scrib ners Magazine
Miss Sherwood describes Vassar in the June Scrib ners number while Miss Fallows profiles Smith in the July issue, both articles to be richly illustrated.
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Vassar
Miss Sherwood
Scribners Magazine
Smith
Miss Fallows
Jones Mill Co Buys 250 Angora Goats in Manchester
The Jones Mill Company of Manchester purchased 250 Angora goats brought from Texas. The fleeces will be used for manufacturing purposes.
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Jones Mill Co
Manchester
Texas
Democratic state convention set for Marshalltown on September
The democratic state convention will be held in Marshalltown on the fifteenth of September, with officials announcing plans and attendees expected to attend from across the state.
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Marshalltown
Unclaimed Letters in Monticello Post Office May 2 1895
List of unclaimed mail at Monticello Iowa post office includes Claus Pergensen Kisiiane Marie Thomas Culber D I Pon and P M advertised May 2 1895.
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Monticello
Iowa
Claus Pergensen
Kisiiane
Marie
Thomas Culber
Monticello Council Approves April Weighmaster Billing
Monticello Iowa council session approves April weighmaster report with 156 drafts and one car of potatoes, sets salary at 15 dollars, adopts ordinance 181 for claims payment, and reads bond and water fund actions. May balances show totals for general, water, bond, and park funds.
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Abel
Monticello
Iowa
Monticello Hco
Peter Young
Vate
Monticello Express
OG Meyer
Himberg
Cieee
JA Cocci
Cseerteeerens
John Lautan
Northwestern Stip Works
Theeks
HS Lee
Marshal Service
Conner
Lightfoot
Counecil Service
P Young
Suter
Heisey
Schoonover
Bohlen
Bohlken
Petcina
Brooks Oi Co
198 Electric Coal Co
Ma& St P Ry Co
US Express Co
Express
Standard Oil Co
P. H. Conner
Schnieder
Podlaski
Noted Plans for Normandy Chateau Replica Home
Jean expresses intent to build an exact counterpart of a Normandy chateau with Lisette noting it will lack aged mellowing. Jean adds a gentleman with nine children will lease the property for two years before he moves in.
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Jean
Normandy
Lisette
London
Winning a Woman's Love by Indifference and Masks
Algernon Perkenham intends to win Alice d'Orsay by feigning indifference. He slights her, mocks her, and earns her scorn until a failed flirtation ends with a sharp rebuke from the maid and his abrupt exit. Laughter and wrinkles follow in a satirical montage, then civic notices and ads close the page.
Public Notice by Wo Allen on Personal Debt Boundaries
Public notice from Monticello dated May 4 1808 states I will be answerable only for bills I contract personally and no one is authorized to contract debts for me after this date. Wo Allen.
Nickel Plate offers round trip to Rochester on certificate plan
The Nickel Plate road is authorized to sell tickets to Rochester New York and return one fare and one third for the round trip on certificate plan. Tickets valid on through express trains from Chicago Van Buren Street station at 10 35 am 2 55 pm and 10 15 pm. Vestibuled sleeping cars and dining car service. Colored porters in day coaches. For details contact J Y Calahan general agent 111 Adams St Chicago IL.
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Nickel Plate Road
Rochester
N. Y
Chicago
van Buren Street
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
Final Reports Filed in Jones County Estates for Hearing
Final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees named in the annexed list have been filed with the Jones County District Court. A hearing is set for May 16 1898 to approve the reports and allow objections. Also notices of probate for Mary Harrington deceased appear with May 16 1898 fixed for final proof and probate.
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A. P. Jennings
Chas
Louis Gardner
Susan R Rafferty
Willis A. Rafferty
R. A. Ricklefa
H. A. Toenjes
Wm. Helgins
State OF Iowa
Jones County
Mary Unarrington
Mary Harrington
J. A. Hartman
Clerk District Court
Jones Co
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