Wyoming Public School Closes Year of Work
Our Wyoming public school ends its year with high marks in teaching and administration led by Prof. R N Beebe and assistants Miss Koop and Miss Martin. A memorial is installed for the turning of the first furrow in Madison township. a Memorial Day program and baccalaureate address marked the holiday. Local business moves include W R Gage opening a shoe shining parlor in the Collins building, while weather and rain affected attendance at Memorial Day events.
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Wyoming
R. N. Beebe
Koop
Martin
James French
Madison Township
John Bender
W. A. Gage
Collins
Gage
Hotel Williams
Presbyterian Church
O. O. Depuy
Misa Ada Ames
W.R. C
M. E
O. O. Dupuy
Eugene McMurrin
August Svenksen
Battle Creek
Iowa
F. A. Pankow
Opera House
Krause
E. M. Babcock
J. T. Paul
C. B. Paul
W. J. Embree
J. T. Swordes
Park Chamberlain
Anamosa
Jennie Robertson
Cedar Rapides
E. A. Compton
St. Louis
J. &. Robertson
A. W. Peck
George Corman
J. N. Swordes
Dallas
Texas
Shriners
John Neelan
Clay Township
W. N. Morse
Mary Luke
Oscar Raapids
W. S. Chamberlain
Mt. Vernon
W. G. Kronuse
Chicago
G. C. Overly
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Johnson
Daughters Visit Anamosa Family Guests
Daughters of Anamosa visited the home of W. J. Nichols and wife E. T. Bates Sr. and visited friends in Anamosa last Thursday.
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Anamosa
W. J. Nichols
E. T. Bates, Sr
Center Junction Memorial Sermon and Festival Notes
Center Junction reports a May Festival at Mount Vernon with Mrs J N Smith and family attending by Jim McNeillys car. A memorial sermon by Rev Elges drew few attendees due to rain though enjoyed by those present.
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Center Junction
J. N. Smith
Gladys
Jim McNeilly
H. H. Moyer
Mount Vernon
Jim
Elges
Harry Stingley
Babe
Robertson
Olive Stingley
John A. McDonald
Charles Preston
Davenport
Luella McDonald
Bernice Lewis
Elia Bailey
Wyoming
Beth McDonald
M. &. Barrett
Savanna
John Klineck
Everett Stickley
Little Son
Cascade
John McDonald
Leo Coder
Guendlen
Amber
Kate Maurice
Anamosa
Charles Heil
M. G. Alsever
Lee Fuller
Monticello
Bell Moncrief
Maggie Carson
Guy McDonald
Marion
J. F. Livingstone
Prairieburg Social Notes Mark Abbey Anniversary
About 76 people visited the Abbey home in Prairieburg on Saturday evening for the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Tr. Abbey. Guests extended congratulations, shared music, and left a shower of golden coin as a token of goodwill. The couple express appreciation and will remember the event fondly. Mrs. Anna Wenger visited, plans a Switzerland trip, and O L Postlewaite suffered a paralytic stroke in Shellsburg.
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Prairieburg
Abbey
Tr. Abbey
Anna Wenger
Burg
Monticello
Roy Hisher
Cedar Rapids
F. McLauglin
John Souser
J. J. Dolan, Jr
Albert Kula
F. P. Doran
O. Caldwell
Ernest M. Adams
Central City
McQueen
Onslow Notes Onrus: Marriages and Creekside Runners
Rev H W Benbow wed a Wyoming girl marking the 11th such bride to come to Onslow in recent years. The item lists families she joins and notes local activities. Rural carriers have new motorcycles though rain limits use. Various residents travel for work, banking meetings, and family visits.
Farmers report two small losses and weather delays
Castle Grove reports two small losses for the Farmers Mutual Insurance association in two weeks. Hazel Green resident W F Drummy lost a cow to lightning on the 14th, the first loss in nine months. PD Hogan had a yearling steer killed. Rain delayed corn planting and some first plantings may need replanting. Mrs W F Hintz hosts the Lovell township ladies aid Thursday. Wind damaged the old McAleer farm occupied by W H Hansen. Miss Morse closed her No 4 school with a picnic for the children. W H Rockwell of Farley was in.
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Castle Grove
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
W. FF. Drummy
Hazel Green
PD. J. Hogan
W. F. Hintz
Ladies’ Aid Society
Lovell Township
McAleer
W. H. Hansen
Miss Morse
No. 4
W. H. Rockwell
Farley
Motley Local Notes On Trade Travel And Illness
Last week in this vicinity the Moorman hog remedy was sold. Hopkinton music dealer Mr. Hill visited the area on Wednesday. John Hasler traveled to Chicago with two car loads of cattle. Mrs. L. O'Rourke remains seriously ill.
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Mr. Hill
Hopkinton
John Hasler
Chicago
Memorial services planned at Scotch Grove church and cemetery
Scotch Grove to host memorial services Friday with a 1 30 program at the church. J J Locher of Monticello to speak as neighboring schoolchildren sing. Schools closed for vacation and teacher salaries reportedly raised. Weather delays planting corn. some replants likely. Children’s Day program planned for June 8 under Mrs D O Sinclair.
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Scotch Grove
J.J. Locher
Monticello
D. O. Sinclair
Charles Nelson
W. H. Elges
Onslow
Miss Wood
Mildred Sutherland
Ethel Rice
M. M. Sinclair
Harvesting Machinery Arrives As Community Stirs
Amber reports B D Herren received a car load of harvesting machinery last week. Otto Otten and Lee Switzer visited the county seat on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs W N Daly spent Sunday at Cedar Ranida. The creamery is doing a large business this spring. Henry Mere of French Ridge was here Tuesday. Henry Harmes held a barn raising last Friday. A dance took place at the hall Friday night. Herne Atwood is hauling barley today.
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Amber
B. D. Herren
Otto Otten
Lee Switzer
Tuesaday
W. N. Daly
Cedar Ranida
Henry Mere
French Ridge
Henry Harmes
Herne Atwood
Death of Hopkinton Girl Myrtle Irish on Vacation Trip
Miss Myrtle LaRue Irish, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Irish, died in Nora Springs from acute appendicitis while on a weeklong visit with her parents. The Hopkinton High School and Lenox College student was 16 and highly regarded, with a large circle of friends. Funeral held at the Presbyterian church with Rev. S Turner Foster officiating.
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Hopkinton
Myrtle Irish
Frank A. Irish
Nora Springs
Presbyterian Church
S. Turner Foster
D. D
J. W. Parkbill
Charles Ensign
Marion
Myrtle LaRue Irish
F. A. Irish
Greeley
Iowa
Irish
Myrtle
Hopkinton High School
Lenox College
School Board Proceedings May 26 1913 Special Session
The Board of Education met in special session with five members present. Bills totaling labor janitor and supplies were approved. Salaries for teachers were authorized and two weeks pay orders issued on term reports. Lovell Chase to purchase Kennedy interest in school property. Adjourned. The page ends with a humorous Harpers excerpt about a boy and his parents.
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Board of Education
T. M. Redmond
C. D. Chase
W. F. Rohn
A.M. Maurice
L. W. Lovell
J A McNeal
Frank Page
W B Sloan
Newson & Co
Hoag Duster Co
D. Chase
New York Tribune Notes Bry an Punch Lacks Knockout
The New York Tribune observes that in all events the Bry an punch shows no knockout effect, noting the lack of decisive finish in the reported bout.
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New York Tribune
Bryan Punch
Monti cello high school plans 37th commencement events
The Monti Cello High School will hold its thirty seventh annual commencement on Thursday evening June 5. Rev W Z Allen will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at a union church meeting next Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church. Class day exercises are scheduled for Wednesday at 9 am in the high school room. Alumni banquet set for Friday evening at Lovell House. Eighteen graduates led by valedictorian Eda Hein and salutatorian Josephine Meyer.
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Monticello High School
W. Z. Allen
Presbyterian Church
Lovell House
Doris Northrup
Florence Barnts
Howard Hosford Marcella Britting
Fern Hubbard
Lois Cowan
Arche Koop
Lillian D’autremont
Joseph Locher
Blanche Deischer
Josephine Meyer
Alice Hanawalt
Laura Moore
Kida Hein
Ward Peet
Frank Hicks
Ethel Taylor
Rachel Hofacre
Edna Wenger
Eda Hein
Marcella Britting
Alice Hannawalt
Arcie Koop
Rav
M. A. Breed
Chorua
Wilson
Sonny
Woodman
Blanche Deischar
Real Estate Transfers Listed for Several Iowa Townships
Lovell State Bank transfers to Charles C Oeschger part of sw half of section 23 Lovell township and other deeds record transfers of 1 to 4 acres in Maquoketa river area Clay Hale Oxford and Monticello areas. Transactions involve numerous individuals and small parcels with values from 1 to 470 dollars plus larger lots in Olin Anamosa and Monticello. Archbishop Keane transfers property for St Marys church of Oxford Junction.
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Lovell State Bank
Charles C. Oeschger
Maquoketa
Lovell Township
Rs Tighe
HE. L. Barder
Nely
Clay Township
Gertrude A. Freeman
H. J. Dowell
Hale
Helen L. Shaw
W. W. Hunter
J. H. Fisher
Anamosa
George Haines
Bila L. Lacy
Varvel
Monticello
John Edward Dickson
Robert Joseph Dickson
J. M. D. Crockwell
J. E. Dickson
John Coleman
Mary A. Duncan
Cronkhitu
W. H. Crain
Cronkhite
W. J. Duncan
Olin
Q. Gc. d
Edgar Ferguson
Walter Ferguson
H. M. Carpenter
Isaac Schneider Jr
Isaac W. Suter
Fred ‘J. Cunningham
Lucinda Trego
Fairview Township
James J. Keane
Dubuque
St. Mary’s Church
Oxford Junction
Oxford Township
Capital funds to send Gettysburg veterans to July reunion
The Des Moines Capital raises funds to supplement the legislature for Iowa soldiers who fought at Gettysburg to attend the fiftieth anniversary reunion in early July. It reports over 1500 dollars raised with subscriptions from 1 to 100 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Harper’s Magazine
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Girl’s Glee Club
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