Sand Spring News Briefs from May gatherings and travel
Local notes from Sand Spring record numerous visits and trips. Families including Lux, McDonough, Eggers, Matthiessen, Slauson and Guthrie visited or traveled to Dubuque Monticello Independence and Hopkinton. Ill Olive Eggers threatened with pneumonia and several residents shopped or called on friends in Monticello and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Spring
Frank Lux
Emmett
Dubuque
Clarence Matthiessen
Monticello
J. J. Matthiessen
Alfonzo Schmidt
Vernon Slauson
Fred Egger
Olive Eggers
Lew Reardon
T. Gearhart
Hopkinton
Anna Guthrie
Eva
Louise Warner
J. P. Schuster
W. W. Hanken
F. J. Murray
Montice
Red Cross Organizing Meeting and Local Notes
Onslow May 29 a Red Cross organizing meeting will be held at the Odd Fellows hall with 241 members signed up. Mrs. Strawman, Mrs. Osborn, and Louis Gardner of Anamosa attend. Bertha Stimson donated the headquarters building. Astrurian club met with Mrs. Kennedy. Fragments of spring rites and refreshments noted. Married life joins Steve Miller and Julia Wilcox on the bridegroom’s farm. Isabel Scroggie and Ruth Rowe graduate from Wyoming and Jyons high schools respectively. Mrs. Lamey returns for the summer. Mildred Lamey comes home for vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Lamey
Maggie Lamey
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Rowe
Jyons High School
Bess
George Sears, Sr
Clinton
Mildred Lamey
I O O F Unit Organized at Center Junction
Last Monday afternoon a Red Creasy unit was organized in the I. O. O. F. Hall at Center Junction with about seventy five members. Mrs J M Young was elected president Mrs Will Leech secretary and J M McNeilly treasurer. Committees were appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
J. M. Young
Will Leech
J.M. McNeilly
Local Notes From Castle Grove May 29
Margaret Deischer returns home from Rock Rapids where she taught this year and plans to teach again next year. A canning demonstration led by County Agent Clark is set for June 6 at 2 PM at Fred McLaughlin's. Residents discuss lots in Castle Grove cemetery and path of recent silo demolitions on Harken and W D McLaughlin farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Margaret Deischer
Rock Rapides
Fred Mclaughlin
Clark
L’. Shaffer
Merle Matthieasen
Monticello
Harken
W. D. McLaughlin
A. F. Caspers
Chicago
Iis
Herman
Tobe
Milo Tuttle
Linn County
Fair
Herman Hahn
Peter Caspers
Anamosa
Lena Caspers
Mercy Hospital
Elsie Noble
New York City
Columbia University
Mr. Steele
Cedar Rapids
R. W. Tenderson
Peter
Carl Caspers
Anna Husmann
Laura Hahn
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
A. M. Fairbanks
Sheriff Milla
Auditor Hines
Pat Leonard
Pfeil
Fred Fahrni
Independence
Maggie Caspers
Miss James
Bellevue
Jr. C. Irvine
Radcliff
Arthur McDonald
Union
John Egper
J. F. Mann
Prairieburg Social Notes and Local Visits
Prairieburg events include a Singer sewing machine demonstration at Truesdell store with aprons given as souvenirs. Town City visitors Antone and Otto Wyjack return with Mrs Wyjack after a two week stay. Four wolves near Delancey attract shoppers at the mercantile. Students Harry Flockhart and Kenneth Dew from Cedar Rapids business college spent Sunday at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Singer
Truesdell
Mr. Antone
Otto Wyjack
Town
Paul Wyjack
Harry Flockhart
Kenneth Dew
Cedar Rapids Business College
J. Wolmatt
Emma Stone
Barbara Wolmatt
Iowa City
C. ©. Wiles
Charles Wood
Marion
M. S. Knapp
Florence Wyjack
Hester
Nan Walsh
Stone City
Hopkinton Leaders and Local Notices From A Week
Hopkinton merchants and garages observed blue laws last Sunday with no arrests reported. Mrs Hurlburt Moulton died aged 88 years 4 months 18 days after a long illness with funeral services held. Rev L A Bradford paid tribute to a pioneer resident. Catherine Eggleston born in 1828 in New York state married Hurlburt Moulton in 1848. Lincoln Hawkeye Pike meeting at Manchester drew delegates despite bad weather as trail plans shift from Clinton to Monticello and from Ryan to Monticello for future routing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Hurlburt Moulton
L. A. Bradford
M. E. Church
Catherine Eggleston
New York State
Galena
Delhi
Manchester
Clinton
West Union
Ryan
Monticello
Route debate splits on ridge road choice for railroad
Hopkinton and Delhi advocates argue the ridge route serves four towns Sand Spring Hopkinton Delhi Delaware with oil depots and Hawkeye access versus Ryan route with one town. A three member committee D B Allen C W Keagy J J M Carpenter will decide the final path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Allen
Arlington
C. W. Keagy
Manchester
JJ. M. Carpenter
Monticello
Anamosa News Bits And Personal Notices
The Anamosa National Bank subscribed for thirty thousand dollars in government bonds. Mr and Mrs Marshall Byerly killed a rattlesnake with rocks near the bluffs. Henry Anderson arrived from Carleton Florida to join his wife and mother in Anamosa. John Irazier’s remains were brought for interment at Riverside cemetery after dying in Mason City. Miss Helen Shaw and Mary Dutton returned from Nassau Cuba and Atlanta trip. The Anamosa Jones County Red Cross unit saw 840 members after a grand final sweep. 540 enrolled that day with about 450 paying cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Irazier
Riverside Cemetery
Mason City
Frazier
Amber
Anamosa
Odd Fellows Home
Helen L. Shaw
Mary Dutton
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Florida
Cuba
Atlanta
Georgia
Jones County Red Cross
Red Cross
Canning Demonstrations Reach Jones County
The Jones County Farm Improvement association started a series of canning demonstrations at Center Junction using cold pack and hot water bath methods. A canning club was formed to share government circulars, with more sessions planned in Amber, Walnut Grove, Olin, Wyoming, Onslow and several towns through June. Miss Maisie Stephenson of Ames and County Agent Fred F. Clark promote attendance, no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Jones County Farm Improvement Association
Center Junction
Everyonus
Amber
Walnut Grove
Olin
Wyoming
Onslow
Oxford Junction
School House
Oxford Mills
East Ridge School House
Morley
U. B. Church
Forest Chapel
Anamosa
High School
Antioch Church
Monticello
Castle Grove
I. D. McLaughlin
Scotch Grove
Hale
Maisie Stephenson
Agricultural Extension Department
Ames
Fred F. Clark
May 1882 Monticello events catalog
In May 1882 Monticello records note 40th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs S G Whitney on the 25th. P O Babcock buys O R Ricker’s share in Ricker and Starks livery on the 29th. Clara Wales returns from a Washington trip on the 14th. Harrison Rosa suffers a paralysis stroke on the 12th. C A Whiting returns from the east on the 19th with goods for his store. A and G Davidson erect a 40 by 85 foot horse barn west of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
G. Whitney
P.O. Babcock
O. R. Ricker
Ricker & Starks
Clara Wales
Washington
New England States
Harrison Rosa
W. L. Rosa
Chicago
C. A. Whiting
G. Davidson
Monticello
C. W. Gurney
Dixon County
Nebraska
Montana
Frank Altman
Alexander Sutherland
Johnsontown
Jones County
Iowa
Jones County Iowa Registration Proclamation June 5 1917
A sheriff issued the June 5 1917 registration order under U S law and President Wilson's proclamation. Men aged 21 to 31 must register with penalties including up to one year in jail for failure. Registration runs 7 am to 9 pm at voting precinct sites with officers to enforce compliance and aid those sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Congress
Ihereby
Jones County
Iowa
W. J. Mills
Monticello School Board Grants Graduation Diplomas
In a May 27 1917 special session the Monticello board of education approved graduation diplomas for 28 pupils of Monticello High School. The board also approved a contingent fund bill of 135 by Houghton Mifflin Company and adjourned after routine business. Dr L G Stabler oversaw eye tests and glasses fitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
I. M. Redmond
M. W. Kehoe
O. E. Brainerd
L. G. Stabler
Monticello High School
Hanna Abel Willis W. Mastin
Inez Hubbard
Harry Wilkinson
Helen Fairbanks
Will E. Moore
Myrtle
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W. O. Parks
North State Street
Davenport
Prof
Farley
Misa Slessor
Kruse
Eye and Wilcox
Mitchell & Allen
Monmouth
Leslie Fishwild
Extra
Frank Fritz
Walker
Amelia White
J. N. Smith
Paul Smith
Cora Nichols
Mount Vernon
James Mead
J. A. McDonald
Robert Moncrief
Gladys
Goldie
Mae Kent
Oxford
T. R. Young
Epworth
George Andrews
Ora
Frank Peterson
Mast Dubuque
Dale Dodge
Anamosa National Bank
Banda
Liberty Loan
Marshall Byerly
Byerly
Henry Anderson
Carleton
Henry
School Board Proceedings
L. G. Stubler
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Central’’ Office
N. Patrick
Ricklefs & McNeill’s
Ricklees & McNeill
Little Miss
Peterson
Brunswick
House of Brunswick
Pathe
America
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co
Kettlitz & Kay
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