Center Junction Dominates Local Contests Amid Reunion Activities
Center Junction wins the Onslow contest 8 to 5 to claim a loving cup. Several students excel in humorous, dramatic and spelling contests as Cedar Rapids judge Miss Gould presides. Moyer returns from overseas to speak on France. Numerous community events include a May festival, musical outing to Cedar Rapids, and the Epworth League pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Onslow
Leone Serbousek
Jane Corbitt
Agnes Corbitt
Gould
Cedar Rapids
Miss Maurice
M. H. Moyer
France
Moyer
Katherine Maurice
Jones County
Burmeister
Geo. McDonald
James Leech
J. F. Livingstone
A. E. Porter
Alsever
Lulu Porter
Mary Cronin
Marguerita McNielly
Clara Ricklefs
Jean Sutherland
Myrtle Livingstone
Francis Ward
Sarah Platner
Martha Hanken
Will Leech
Marion Platner
Pete Robertson
Henry Hanken
Smith
Presbyterian Church
Opera House
Robt. G. Cousins
Campbell
Ames
John McNielly
Hudson
Prahm
Frank McNielly
Springville
Frank Livingstone
Harrington
Mabel Sc
F. L. Serbousek
Monticello
Harry Stingley
Donnon Junction
J. B. Moses
Stingley
Anamosa
Will Alexander
Howard Leech
Mary
Maquoketa
J. A. McDonald
Cliff McDonald
Mary Et
Juattimer
O. M. Miller
Lulu Grimm
Loyals
Dr. Young
A. B. Nken
Martha
Ana
Prairieburg Social Notes Hit By Visitors And Births
Prairieburg records a busy week with Earle Bebee traveling from Bole Montana to take a Milwaukee lumber yard manager post Mrs Rose Chilmore visits Monticello then Marion Ethyl Chandler visits from Cedar Rapids and stays with friends Miles Peet Park DeLancey return to school duties Jake Schleicher announces a new son in Dexter Minnesota Gertrude Dye visits Marion and Father Vojacek absent most of the week George Schoonover visits from Marion Mack Fish of Central City also in town Residents hosted and called on friends over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Earl Bebee
Bole
Montana
Milwaukee
Rose Chilmore
Monticello
Marion
McInerney
Moline
A. Kula
Jake Schleicher
Dexter
Minnesota
Ethyl Chandler
Cedar Rapids
Miles Peet
Park
DeLancey
Guy Church
Martelle
George Sweet
Central City
Burg
Gertrude Dye
Vojacek
Geo. Schoonover
Lauser
Mack Fish
Sand Spring Social Notes and Local Visits
The Sunshine Club met at Mrs. Ray Chaplin’s home with four new members Mesdames Gestel McDonough Littlefield and Koster. Manchester visitors included J G Duncan Harold Robbins and Mr Mrs W H Robbins at Alex Blair residence. Local trips and visits to Monticello Cedar Farley Hopkinton Waterloo and Monticello are listed with residents A Blair Mildred Blair and Miss Ann Guthrie among those noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Club
Ray Chaplin
Mesdames Gestel
McDonough
Littlefield
Koster
J. G. Duncan
Harold
W. H. Robbins
Manchester
Alex Blair
M. C. Green
Minnie
Marie
Monticello
Henry Eggers
Hogansburg
New York
H. S. Pierce
Lois
Hopkinton
A. Blair
Mildred
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Wester
Farley
W. G. Rowley
Ann Guthrie
Waterloo
Clara Murray
Jake Yossi
School Highlights and Contests at Center Junction
Reverend Jesse Smith donated about forty five school books last week. Judges named for the preliminary declamatory contest included Miss Brown and Mrs Wasson among others. Winners in humorous and dramatic divisions received silver medals. A silver loving cup will keep Center Junction’s contest spirit alive next year. A large Onslow turnout attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Smith
Miss Brown
Wasson
Easler
Rawson
Bone
Mabel Hicks
Agnes Corbitt
Mabel Streeper
Irah Greiser
Jane Corbitt
Uncle Ephriam
Bethel
Sears
Gladys Horton
Gladys
Center Junction
Onslow
Wyoming
Leone Serbousek
Mable Streeper
Selma Prahm
Sarah Platner
Leona Serbousek
Rainfall Sets Record Across Iowa in Early Spring
Rainfall in Iowa during February March and April surpasses all prior weather bureau records. Des Moines weather observer notes total precipitation of 9.53 inches versus 8.63 inches in 1897, with 5.78 inches normal for the period, marking this year at 165 percent of average.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Schoonover Goes to New York for Masonic Report
Local items note Geo L Schoonover leaving Anamosa Saturday for New York to attend a Masonic conference and hear the overseas commission report from France. Supt T M Clevenger plans to move to Waverly schools next year with higher pay. Roy Ivee Parker dies in Viola. John Griffith dies near Charles City after paralysis. County supervisors will draw 5 a day and the board spends 150000 yearly. A three member board is urged for full time county work. Burleson delays private ownership of cables and wires, urging public service.
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Geo. L. Schoonover
New York
France
T. M. Clevenger
Waverly
Roy Ivee Parker
Viola
Geo. Parker
Anamosa
John Griffith
Charles City
Burleson
Hopkinton Items Show Hogs to Chicago and Land Sale
D J Schnittjer of Delhi shipped a car of hogs to Chicago, selling at 21.25 dollars for a total of 4001. Milk prices jump as A Morolf of Knollwood Dairy announces milk at 15 cents a quart. Almond Danford sold a 160 acre Hazel Green township farm to Miles McDonald for 230 an acre totaling 36800. Hopkinton State Bank’s twenty year charter expires next January with proposals to reincorporate and increase capital stock to 100000, offering 25000 to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Schnittjer
Delhi
Chicago
A. Marolf
Knollwood
Almond Danford
Hazel Green Township
Miles McDonald
Hopkinton State Bank
Funeral for Miss Gladys Lathrop Shocks Oxford
Frank Sokol of Sierra Madre visits his daughter in Oxford as Prof. Shimek is tapped to deliver Decoration Day address. Miss Gladys Lathrop, 35, dies in Saginaw after moving south of Oxford to train as a Red Cross nurse. Local program to include schools and Boy Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sokol
Sierra Madre
Calif
Frank Shimérda
Prof. Shimek
Iowa City
Boy Scouts
Gladys Lathrop
Saginaw
Mich
Red Cross
Saginaw, Mich
Cascade Pioneer News Briefs: Local Movements and Farm Sale
William MecQuillen sails from Cascade and heads toward Camp Dodge after arrival in New York. The O’Neill farm of 80 acres, four miles north of Cascade, sold last week to Anton Averis of Dyersville for 157.50 per acre. Thomas Kingsley’s illness eased after several anxious days as his son Lieut. Kingsley reports he is 2000 miles from France en route home, bringing relief to the Kingsley family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William MecQuillen
John McQuillen
New York
Camp Dodge
O'Neill
Cascade
Anton Averis
Dyersville
Thomas Kingsley
France
Hospital Notes Update on Local Residents
Miss Alice Lang of Hopkinton returned home last Tuesday after treatment. Joseph Kuhns of Scotch Grove remains a patient. Mrs. Robert Graves of Austin Minnesota recovered from an operation and went home recently. Adolph Dirks is ill at the hospital. Alice Secroggans of Prairieburg seeks medical attention. Frank Marek returned home last Monday. Siebel Harms underwent an operation. Elizabeth Pender, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Pender, went home today. The Omaha World Herald notes German delegates’ credentials have been accepted and little else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Lang
Hopkinton
Joseph Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Robert Graves
Austin
Minnesota
Adolph Dirks
Alice Secroggans
Prairieburg
Frank Marek
Siebel Harms
Elizabeth Pender
Tom Pender
May 1894 Local Notices and Events Recap
Monticello area items include John Herrick selling a Monticello farm at 50 dollars per acre, Lucy Doron’s 13th birthday celebrations, deaths of Elizabeth Scofield and James Boyd Sr., the Wayne township creamery incorporation with 3600 capital, and a May Day Memorial observed by Rev. Hugh Robinson. Also noted are bicycle trips to Wyoming, macadam paving progress on First Street, and a Chicago-area death of Abe Schneider’s son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
John Herrick
Monticello
J. S. Hall
Elgin
Illinois
Wayne Township
Harm Harris
H. A. L. Bigley
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Wyoming
Monticello Brethers
Lucy Doron
Helen Street
Bertha Thoeni
Grace Thoeni
Florence Gregory
Mabel Lawrence
Clara Ricklefs
Kate Stuhler
Mamie Able
Grace Lovell
Daisy Rundle
Maudie Wheelock
Ethel George
Linnie Gilmore
Herman Hildreth
Algona
Elizabeth A. Scofield
Center Junction
H. S. Byers
Fred Sarles
Will Doron
James Boyd
Clay Township
John Cunningham
Amber
Tobe Freeze
Hugh Robinson
Hopkinton
Leroy Clark
Mary Reiger
Edward Porter
Justice Reuger
Gerhard Zimmerman
Castle Grove Township
August Toenies
Wayne
First
Abe Schneider
Chicago
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Chas. A. Doxsee
Mosa
Henry Heneke
N. C
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Douglas
Welch
Peterson
Newhall
E. L. Bergeson
F. L. Cotler
Peter Prahm
Dubuque
M. 12 Aid Society
Henry Collier
Paul Holm
J. M. Young
Onslow School Notes
Rainfall Beats Records
Anamosa Eureka News
Oxford Mirror News
Cascade Pioneer News
Hospital Notes
Omaha World-Herald
C. H. Schipman
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Star Brand
Washington Post
Ole Hanson
Patrick
West Main Street
Marshalltown
Charles W. Bosley
Lara Bosley
Bosley & Bosley Doctors of Chiropractic Princess Theatre Building
H. M. Remley
James Remley
Remley & Remley
Laws
Main Street
Eer
Ricklefs & McNeill
Lovell House
L. P. Waddick Auctioneer
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