Wyoming Gossip and Local Happenings May News
F J Sokol of Onslow and Nick Maurice of Monticello were visitors in Wyoming. May and Mrs Calkins left for St Paul for weeks. Mayor Paul and wife visited. Several from Wyoming attended Mrs Sokol's funeral in Onslow. Comet party, church events, and local games enrich the week. Stage play "Down in Dixie" slated for Decoration Day funds. Local jurors, new City Pharmacy owner E L Barber, and baccalaureate address noted. Graduation set for June 2 with fourteen seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
F. J. Sokol
Onslow
Nick Maurice
Monticello
L. L. Calkins
May
St. Paul
W. C. Paul
E. E. Brown
Jessie
Lew Turner
Anamosa
L. L. Ireland
Christ W. Bramer
G. M. Hogeboom
Mike Berger
M. E
W. O. Shaffer
H. E. Wilcox
Robert Overley
Traer
Overley
B. H. Chamberlain
Nettie White
Iowa City
Seat of Justice
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
A. G. Alden
Madison
Down In
Dixie
Opera
Center Junction
Be. L. Barber
South Side
City Pharmacy
Opera House
Ralph Wilcox
Inglis
Ralph
Boy Performs Dangerous Torpedo Experiment on Track
An eight year old boy struck a torpedo found on a track with a hatchet to test its noise. The blast injured him in several places, with metal lodging in flesh. He was returned home and received medical aid. He is recovering but his parents are not needed to restrain future experiments.
Prairieburg Notes May 24 1910 Local Socials and Travels
Prairieburg items record visits by John and Mrs Sibel to Monticello, travelers at home from Canada, community members attending class of 1910 events, and various short notes on residents. Mentions include Miss Lillian Williams entertaining the 1910 class, Miss Aletha Gillilan visiting, and local preparations and visits around town. The commencement of the class of 1910 is praised for effort and promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
John Sibel
Monticello
H.S. Joslin
Canada
Ralph Drexler
Coggan
Burg
R. D. Crouch
Central City
Lillian Williams
Aletha Gillilan
Manchester
Raymond Richards
Thomas Baker
Josephine Leonard
Ryan
F. P. Doran
Cedar Rapids
Caldwell
Elmo DeLancey
Anamosa
Miss Fish
Lou Cruckshank
J. Drexler
Albert Truesdell
Dale Ward
Fairfax
Iowa
Thomas Abbey
la Verna Crew
Marion
Hazel Applegate
H. G. Rowley
Florence Lawshe
Hanold
Mell Peet
Leonard Stone
John Walmut
T. Loder
George Cowan
Local notes from Castle Grove May 25
Shipped stock to Chicago D J Hogan. Eastwood Monticello visitor. Heiken left for Fatherland trip. Stimpson cows killed by lightning. Fairbanks shipped cattle to Chicago. Deiay and Noble on Union township business. Mrs Caspers with mumps. Caspers in Garden City land trip. Brown hauling corn crib material. Attorney Gorman of Anamosa interviewed. Bessie and Bertha Harken to Mount Vernon May Festival. Kehoe Bros cow lost to lightning. insured Farmers Mutual. Hull family in Monticello. Mary Hull visits Astle Grove. Harriet Lubben home from Des Moines. E V Monroe Monticello painter active locally. W R Keough painting. McCulloch couple to Cherokee then Long Beach. Eclipse and Halley’s comet visible. Miss Alice Deischer home for grandmother Noble funeral.
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Castle Grove
D. J. Hogan
Chicago
G. W. Eastwood
Monticello
Henry Heiken
John Stimpson
Arthur Fairbanks
Dennis Deiay
E. J. Noble
Union Township
A. F. M. Caspers
Herman Caspers
Garden City
Kansas
Philip Brown
Attorney Gorman
Anamosa
Bessie
Bertha Harken
Mount Vernon
Kehoe Bros
Farmers’ Mutual
A. Hull
Mary
Astle Grove
Harriet Lubben
Des Moines
E. V. Monroe
W. R. Keough
Kenneth McCulloch
Long Beach
California
Halley
Alice Deischer
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Noble
Uncle Tom's Cabin show and Onslow parade news note
May 24 Onslow report notes Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin screening on Saturday the 28th and a noon street parade. Mentions M B Walters selling his implement store to his son and others, plus local social news. A Hopkinton Onslow game ends 2 to 6 in favor of Onslow, followed by a hall dance. Funeral of Mrs Sokol heavily attended with multiple relatives from What Cheer Monmouth Maquoketa and Wyoming burial.
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Maquoketa
Graduation notices and schedule for local school
Mrs. Shuttleworth will stay with her father a week or more. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached at the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening the 29th. Graduating exercises in the opera house on June 8th. The school board has added another year to the high school, a great benefit to the school and its patrons.
Memorial and Decoration Day to be observed locally
Cascade notes a Memorial Sunday and Decoration Day observance planned. Several residents travel for family and business, including Emestedt and Tiening returning to Dubuque, and Frank Burger of Spokane killed in an accident with burial expected in Cascade. The year sees multiple family losses within the Strain clan and deaths prompting sorrow.
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Cascade
Mesdames Emestedt
Tiening
Dubuque
J. A. Martin
Quincy
Illinois
D. Barton
East Cascade
G. W. Croft
Peter Pederson
W L. Crawford
J. M. Reichart
Dewitt
Lulu Higgs
B. Beatty
Aon
Clarence
Will Hanright
Cedar Rapids
Frank Dodd
Dyersville
R. M. Dahlem
Herbert Carlton
Portland
Oregon
Carlton
Jennie Hawkins
E. Kearney
St. Paul
Paul Strain
Strain
Frank Burger
Anton Burger
Spokane
Washington
Illness and family notices from Clay area
George Bullock is seriously ill with blood poisoning. A fine boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ward Streeper last week. Mr. and Mrs. Chatterton visited relatives south of fale. Mrs. John Scroggie recovered after stepping on a rusty nail. The silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton was celebrated with nearly 150 friends. Thomas Corbit spoke and gifts were given. Mrs. Corbit led in Blest Be The Tie That Binds. Mrs. M. M. Franks of Onslow played piano selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
George Bullock
Stork
Ward Streeper
Chatterton
Fale
John Scroggie
James Hamilton
Thomas Corbit
Letter From Noyes Encourages South Dakota Settlement
A reader from Stamford South Dakota writes that settlers are hopeful about prospects in the area. He notes grain and corn planting, compares land quality and prices west of the river, and urges others to consider moving, with remarks on alfalfa timothy and clover, cream sales, and travel routes via Milwaukee and Northwestern rail lines.
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Stamford
S. D
The
Express
South Dakota
Milwaukee
Midland
Rapids City
Jones County
Iowa
Sioux City
John Arduser
Peter Lincoln
Monticello in May 1880 a look back in The Express
Thirty years ago May brought no frost to Monticello. Local items note Castle Grove creamery sale, Dawson Bros store transfer, high school principal Luther Foster elected, Dr. Isaac Rus sell’s Omaha visit, a death at 82, new sales routes, census work, rail extension talk, cemetery move by Catholic society, four acres bought by Maquoketa river grove, Holstein cattle introduction, Elm farm herd linked to Thomas Wales and D S Hosford & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
the Express
Marvin & Cammack
Castle Grove
Dawson Bros
Hosea Oliphant
M. W. Herrick
Isaac Russell
Omaha
Luther Foster
Horace Scott
H. H. Starks
J. B. Smith
George Runkle
Bellevue
Cascade
Roman Catholic Church Society
Maquoketa River
Thomasb. Wales
Farmingham
Mass
D. S. Hosford & Sons
Local School Honors And Celestial Event Report
The year’s roll of honor lists high school pupils Lou Austin Anna Mc Connon Emma Moody May Hickok Charles Sloan Emma Vehon Clara Weir Rose White Ola Summerville Alicia Whiting Nellie Magner Addie Crouch plus primary Daniel Smith Willie Scherven Johnnie Haeusler John Schoenherr Willie Podhaski Zeptha Rodman Bertie Dickerson Nellie Simmons Lilly Sloan Rosie Fuller Tillie Williams. The total lunar eclipse Monday night drew many observers as earth obscured the moon while Halley’s comet appeared dim in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Lou Austin
Anna McConnon
Emma Moody
May Hickok
Charles Sloan
Emma Vehon
Clara Weir
Rose White
Ola Summerville
Alicia Whiting
Nellie Magner
Addie Crouch
Daniel Smith
Willie Scherven
Johnnie Haeusler
John Schoenherr
Willie Podhaski
Zeptha Rodman
Bertie Dickerson
Nellie Simmons
Lilly Sloan
Rosie Fuller
Tillie Williams
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J. W. Doxsee
N. B. Noyes
Nucey
Macey
Price
K. A. Hubbard
Doutrick Dry Goods CO
M. McLaughlin
Fred Matthiessen
J. E. Foster
Miss Adama
M. W. Kehoe
J. H. Perrine
F. P. Stuhler
J. S. Hall
E. &. Hicks
O. S. Bidwell
O. H. Soetje
W. H. Waugh
J. E. Bateman
John Bates
Langworthy
A. W. Starks
N. Maurice
East Monticello
John Fitzsimmons
P. Ommen
Catholic Cemetery
Sand Spring
Fred Lawrence
M. Breen
Bowen’s Prairie
Samuel Eby
Fred Himes
Francis A. Heald
Stuhlers
C. N. Patrick
Optometrist
E. C
Kelloy
Barrington Hall
St. Regis
C. A. Errickson & Co
Otoh Les
Just. Wright Ohoe
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