Wyoming Wedding and Local News Buzzes in May
In Wyoming on May 21 Rev Earl W Benbow of Onslow will wed Miss Ola L Thomsen at Thomsen home near town. The event gathers families and friends. later a reception and trip to Onslow await the newlyweds. Also noted are junior class events, Chautauqua plans for July 27, and various local social and school happenings including graduations and community visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
John Thomsen
Earl W. Benbow
Onslow
Ola. L. Thomsen
George W. Bryant
Coe College
Benbow
Slow
Cupid
Onslow Presbyterian Church
John Thomson
Wyoming High School
Monticello
Edgar A. Benbow
Edith
Hazel
Ft. Madison
Grace Noble
Flossie Martin
Ida Kettlesen
Dallas Swordes
Pauline Kettlesen
Bessie Inglis
Minnie Wilker
Prof
Beebe
Tw. H. S. Boys
Phillis Brown
Ralph Heasty
W. H.S. Girls
Orlyn Shaffer
Miss Westphal
Miss Wherry
Miss Heckwith
Mr. Shaffer
Miss Cripliver
Yompking
Miss Kettlesen
Nedpath Chautauqua Bureau
Paul Garside
Irma Bender
Presbyterian
Anamosa
O. W. Behrends
W. J. Garside
Roy Pender
Alumni Association
The
University of Michigan
Orson Lowell
Ann Arbor Art Association
Memorial Hall
Lowell
Opera House
0. M. Thomas
Maquoketa
A. F. Dawson
Davenport
Thomas
Illness and recoveries mark Cascade notices
Cascade column reports J L Faber’s serious illness with doctors predicting possible recovery. Several locals travel to attend church services, meetings, and hospital care. Updates note Wayne Craft’s injury, Mrs F S Leonard’s needle injury, and various residents visiting, moving, or returning from trips.
Prairieburg Church Fire Narrow Escape
On Tuesday morning at six, a fire was discovered at the M. E. church in Prairieburg. The fire company arrived quickly and contained the blaze, validating the town's recent investment in engine and hose.
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Prairieburg
M. E
Onslow News Briefs and Local Updates May 20
A heavy west wind shower darkened Onslow this afternoon with torrential rain and hail. Farmers report poor corn planting prospects for days. Dr Chamberlain and Mr and Mrs Roberts take Mrs Magpie Mackrill to Iowa City for treatment. Paul Garside and Miss Erma Bender wed at Anamosa last Saturday and reside with Garside’s parents near town. N B Noyes reports strong trade with a full stock of goods. Various visits and travels noted including Mrs Hutton’s return from Monticello, Mrs Hollenbeck’s Nebraska trip, and Ray Beck’s Chicago vacation.
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Onslow
the Express
Martha Hutton
Charles
Monticello
Paralta
Hollenbeck
W. G. Davis
Davis
Nebraska
Overholt
Independence
R. C. Walters
Anamosa
J. A. Hanna
George Overholt
Emory Cole
Clinton
Ray Beck
Chicago
Charles Scroggie
Des Moines
Robert
Mackrill
Mies Eva Faul
Maquoketa
Center Junction Social Notes and Visits Tie Week
Center Junction and nearby towns featured a flurry of social visits and family updates. Robert Livingstone showed improvement in Dubuque while staying longer for care. Local residents attended the Ladies Aid Society in Anamosa and shared community and visiting stories across Cedar Rapids, Marion, Oxford Junction, Monticello, Ryan, Baldwin, and Springville.
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Center Junction
John Livingstone
Dubuque
Robert Livingstone
M. G. Alsever
Ed Springer
John Alexander
J. &. Livingstone
Ladies’ Aid Society
C. A. Crorey
Anamosa
John Prouty
Scotch Grove
Alsever
Ed Tomlinson
Lyman Moats
Cedar Rapids
J. L.club
George Courtney
M. J. McNeilly
J. F. Brown
Guy McDonald
Dorothy
John McDonald
Marion
M. &. Barrett
Roy
Eid Klineck
Oxford Junction
Will Leech
Monticello
J. F
Livingstone
Harry Stingley
Baby
Ryan
Ed Duncan
Frank McNeilly
Springville
Grace Carroll
Near Onslow
Frey
Baldwin
Edna Blanche Norris Leight obituary notes life in Iowa
Edna Blanche Norris Leight of Center Junction died at Marshalltown hospital May 16 1913 at age 27 years 3 months 4 days. She was born February 12 1686 in Scotch Grove Iowa and moved to Madison township. She married Melvin H Leight in 1919 and lived in Center Junction. Her life centered on helping others and family welfare.
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Edna Blanche
T. F
Anna Norris
Scotch Grove
Iowa
Marshalltown
Madison Township
Melvin H. Leight
Moline
Iiinois
Memorial note honors a wife and mother’s virtues
A long obituary recounts a woman’s year and a half of suffering, hospital care, and a May death after surgery. She leaves a husband, parents, brothers, and a sister, revered for unselfishness, music, and flowers. Funeral at M E church, North Madison cemetery. Also notes Monticello events from May 1873 and local notices.
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Marshalltown
Frank
Pierce
Balle
M. E. Church
Hill
Mount Auburn
North Madison Cemetery
Rural Route 3 Local News May 21
Rural Route 3 reports Sunday visits at J Martinson residence in Lord Scrabble. Willie Behrends visited his parents. Colts owned by J Kissling struck by lightning Monday night. Wm Behrends and sister Augusta visited Monticello. Mrs lb Reuter and Margaret Bowen visited. John Husman stayed with uncle Albert Seimers in Wayne. John Proll and family visited Castle Grove. About fifty youths enjoyed a picnic at Killias spring. Steve Peterson called at the Barney residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Decker
J. Martinson
Lord Scrabble
Willie Behrends
J. Behrends
J. Kissling
Wm. Behrends
Augusta
Monticello
Lb. Reuter
Margaret
Bowen
John Husman
Albert Seimers
Wayne
John Proll
Castle Grove
Killias Spring
Steve Peterson
J. Barney
Anamosa Eureka Names New German Latin Instructor
Miss Franc Schoonover has been elected to teach German and Latin at Anamosa high school. H. BE. M. Niles, a court bailiff, is missed at this term due to illness. Mrs. Milton Byerly remains gravely ill at the sanitarium after an operation, with a second deemed useless. Lawrence Dutton of the local high school led in an interscholastic meet at Cornell college with three firsts and one second, aiding Anamosa to second place with 19 points. Hellberg earned third.
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Franc Schoonover
Anamosa
H. BE. M. Niles
Milton Byerly
Lawrence Dutton
Cornell College
Hellberg
Presbyterian Convention in Atlanta to Draw Thousands
The Presbyterian convention opens in Atlanta next Thursday and will be the largest assembly of its kind. All branches of the church in America will be represented from every state and city, with an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 visitors including 1,500 official delegates.
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Springfield
Mass
Presbyterian
Atlanta
Presbyterian Church In America
Union
Job Printing Plant in Trouble in Anamosa
Anamosa Eureka reports the Welch job printing plant will be sold at sheriff's sale on June 7 as part of winding up a trusteeship begun when W M Welch of Chicago attempted to regain control. The plant employs a weekly payroll of about $450 and observers hope the final disposition avoids shutdown or relocation. Broken lenses duplicated. McNeal's.
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Anamosa Eureka
Welch
W. M. Welch
Chicago
Property transfers list in Monticello area notices
A sequence of real estate deeds recorded including Hefner to Hogan for lot in Monti cello, Wurzbacher to Miller and Lindly, Easterly to Grafit covering 11 acres in Rome, and multiple other transfers in Rome and Hale townships with prices ranging from $1 to $18,000. Includes sheriff sale to Lovell State Bank and numerous acreages in Scotch Grove and Monticello areas.
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F. A. Hefner
M. J. Hogan
Hefner
Monticello
Christopher Wurzbacher
G.I. Miller
Wurzbacher
Morley
Mary M. Easterly
Wm. Grafit
Rome Township
Joseph Paulista
Otto Grothest
Henry F. Stohs
Noah Wolf
George L. Schoonover
Webster
Anamona
J. F. Scoles
Cronkhites
Maquoketa
Lovell Township
Ellen E. Eldred
Almira Taylor
Town of
Wyoming
C. Phillips
Delano M. Phillips
Hale Township
Enola A. Vernon Et al
L. KH. Starry
Wilbert Starry
J. P. McCleery
Ng Neg and
Sey Nw
Christopher Wurazbacher
G. QO. Lindly
H. M. Carpenter
E. J. Lightfoot
J. J. Locher
Bradstreet
OC. L. van Meter
Nomany P. Nickelsen
Clara M. Nickelsen
Blanche Hayt
F. W. Royden
Scotch Grove
Ice cold drinks prescribed for hot weather use
The text extols fresh, cold invigorating fruit flavored carbonated drinks as essential for hot weather. It claims health considerations dictate these beverages and forbids substituting any alternative for the ice cold fluids nature demands during heat.
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J. W. Doxsee
Nettie Clawson
Virginia Finch
Ruth Green
Mary Hernon
Harold Hodgman
Bessie Inglia
Cecil James
Gerald Mader
Marian Sha
Wilma
Ensign Pho
Peewee C. Ensign
Ph D
Obiiol
Sanday Mor
Sbyterian
de’ Ting
Rev. O
Dunoxt
O. O. Dupuy
M. BE
Wyoming Baby
Diamond
F. &. Russell
Wm. Wilkins
Chris Anderson
J. HW. Guthrie
J. F. Tasker
Levi Mallicant
A. A. Vaughn
BK. D. Chassell
Aileen Corbit
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Wm. Wilkins, ©. A. Reade, LW. N. Stoffel, J. E. Kegley
H. P. Barber
J. I. Cohoon
Cedar Falls
Frank Bender
Jd. J. Bender
Olin
John Bender
L. L. Ireland
Grace
A. G. Bender
J. ‘J. Swordes
MccMurrin
East Main Street
W. G. Krause
Indians
Emmons Horton
Salem
Oregon
James Stephenson
J. A. Heminway
O. A. DeLancey
Madge
Kelly—Jenkins
Apent Minehart
Quasqueton
Pierpoint
Banaay
California
Marion Simms
Vinton
Kate Wrenshaw
Doon
Charles Bland
Center Point
Allin Mangold
Caggon
Meineke
Qherrill Parker
Central City
George Schoonover
Paul Sauser
Seward Smith
Coggan
N. GQ
Burk
Main Street
George Benrose
Burg
Ed Burlingham
N. L. Floyd
Cascade
J. L. Faber
St. P. Ry
G. W. Craft
Mount Vernon
South Dakota
F. S. Leonard
Presbyterian Church
George FE. Kelly
Methodist Church
C. A. Tenny
Baptist Church
Northern Baptist Association
Detroit
Michigan
Archie Macomber
Finley Hospital
John Ronek
Lees Farm
South Garryowen
Miss Collins
Epworth Seminary
W. C. Aitchison
George Patterson
Thos. Kingsley
John Boland
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
H. B. Smith
Leon Wallace
Lillian
Bellevue
W. Allen
Waterloo
George F. Kelly Boma
Joan W. Foulks
Leo
J. S. Conlin
Ed Hogan
Monay
Hxpress
GO. F. Crane
Peak
H. Sandhouse
First Street
Charles J. Crane
O. G. Fairchild
LeMars
Messrs. Stambaugh & Wiebel
Peter Karst
George Karst
Worthington
Wisconsin
O. Burlingame
Flrat Street
Alonzo van Sant
Express
M. W. Herrick
D. H. Pond
Matt Noyes
P. O. Babcock
Queen
Kinsella Hall
O. E. Hoover
Danforth
J. E. Eaton
Anna Smith
H. D. Sherman
Lydia Austin
Allie Tryon
Laura Wright
J. KE. Janes
J. H. Eaton
G. O. Goodrich
T. Holden
Maria Gill
Hattie West
Ff. W. Langworthy
A. F. Rudolph
Emma Clark
J. BK. Jones
M. A. Towne
M. A. Wright
Tillie Herrick
Jennie Herrick
Delia Babcock
Amanda White
I. H. Barrowcliff
Alice Kehoe
Agnes Matthews
Mary Cool
Flora van Vliet
Anna B. Wilson
Ruby Stone
McNeal
Doutrick Dry Goods Co
Stuhlers
Panamas
Barton & Tutt
Peter Meyer
J. E. Bateman
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