Onslow Community Notes and Local Life Updates
Mrs Franks remains very sick while John Millsap returns to work as section foreman. Visitors include James Orr from Buchanan County and families from Mechanicsville and Wyoming. Local arrivals include G B Hall and son, Chas Dockstader visiting childhood scenes, and a Behrends Casseng wedding with about sixty guests. Peter Abrams born in 1832 Pennsylvania, died. funeral held with Masons and I L O H members present.
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Onslow
Franks
John Millsap
James Orr Andson
Buchanan County
George Miller
Mechanicsville
Abrama
Joseph French
Wyoming
Isaac French
N. B. Noyes
E. L. Anderson
Lisbon
Dorbin Kean
Clay Township
W. C. Paul
Anamosa Avenue
Chas, Dockstader
Des Moines
Ben Behrends
Gerhard W. Behrends
Grace H. Casseng
W. L. Schuetz
Mary Behrends
Margaret Brockena
Maria
Eva. M. Orrens
Mary R. Paul
The
Baptist Church
Clay Mills
Keystone Lodge
A. F
A. M
I. L. of
H. Lodge
Presbyterian Church
McClellan
French Burying Ground
Clay“township
Peter Bock
Our City
Mr Bock
Joe Obra
Epworth
John Croston
Armour
South Dakota
C.M McQuillen
Dubuque
James Cooley
Daugthers
Madison
Thos. Boyle
Leadville
Colorado
Boyle
M. Scarry
A. Linderman
Alma Patterson
Harvey Adamson
Calvin Knox
Lenox College
Hopkinton
J. L. Faber
C. H. Huntington, Jr
Thomas Clancy
Valley City
North Dakota
Whitewater Township
Charlie Thomas
Cascade
St. Louis
Charlie
C. H. Huntington
Bernard Doud
Frank Doud
Local notes from Cass and nearby towns
A roundup of visits and travels including Mr. and Mrs. Lonie Turner in Highland Grove, Chas Fairbanks returning from North Dakota, Mrs. A Monroe and Miss Belle Griffith near Olin, and Warren Turner with Guy Mundy picking corn. Attendees at social events include the Alderman fiftieth wedding anniversary and a Crawford home ladies aid gathering with visitors from Martelle Grand Junction Anamosa and South Dakota relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
James Clark
Langworthy
Geo. Croot’s
Clayton Sherrill
Wyoming
Turner
Chas. Preston
Anamosa
Geo. Preston’s
Carrie Mitchell Weatherson
Grand Junction
Cass
Louie Turner
G. T., Ketcham
Cedar Rapids
D. M. Griffith
Wm. Monroe
Carroll
Louisiana
Griffith
Chas Lake
South Dakota
H. J. Cunningham
Edith
F. J. Cunningham
Judson Alderman
H. J. Peet
Martelle
Carrie Weatherson
Mesdames Carrie Hanna
E. A. Osborn
Geo. Bodenhofer
Mise Lena Osborne
Mrs Martha Bock Buried in Dayton Ohio
Cascade reports Mrs Martha Bock aged about 71 was laid to rest in Dayton Ohio last Thursday. She was the mother of Rey and widow of her husband. Local obituaries note her long residence in the community and family ties.
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Cascade
Martha Bock
Dayton
Ohio
Rey
Local notes from Burnal Route district November 20
Aguusta Belling visited the Rieken sisters last Sunday. John Gerdes called on a best girl. Corn husking nears completion with many finished. Mrs. Gerdes and Grandma Gramm visited the Rieken home. Willi Schoon sold the Sutherland farm to Herman Hanken. John and Gerd Harms hauled tile from Monticello. Mrs. Rose Kruel began the winter term in district 9. Wayne farmers attended the Egger sale north of Monticello. Harm Oltman left Pumpkinville after completing work for Geo. Dorsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willi Schoon
Sutherland
Herman Hanken
John
Gerd Harms
Monticello
Rose Kruel
Wayne
Egger
Sewart Sevartson
John Warner
F. Husmann
Emma Hursh
Helen
Cody
Wyoming
Hans Matthiessen
C. T. Bates
Harm Oltman
Geo. Dorsey
Pumpkinville
Castle Grove Notes Reflect Local Happenings
Castle Grove villagers report Wayne visitor C T Bates, Mrs Frank Howie hosts ladies aid, and home re shingling on Deishcher farm. Miller relatives from Cass visit, dance near Amber attended, winter school starts, quarantine for scarlet fever at Larkens home, Dr Purmort preaches, Ben Harris ships cattle and hogs from Langworthy, Chicago trip for fat steers, kitchen moved to separator house, pay day at Downerville creamery yields 29 cents fat, Mrs Brown recovering from bell accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
C. T. Bates
Wayne
Frank Howie
H. E. Deishcher
Frank Miller
Cass
Amber
Blanche Noble
No. 4
Alexander Davidson
Job
John Caspers
Coggan
John Larkens
Purmort
Des Moines
Ben Harris
Langworthy
James Hogan
Pat Troy
M. Haley
Chicago
D. W. Cunningham
Downerville Creamery
M. Brown
Jones County School News Highlights October Exams and Fundraisers
Twenty teachers in training took the October teaching certificates test while funds were raised across the district. Mabel Kness and No. 9 Lovell township hosted a shadow social netting twelve dollars. Alice Deischer and No. 4 Castle Grove hosted a box social raising twenty one dollars and fifteen cents for the library. Newport pupils and Olga Lapper gathered twenty three dollars for apparatus. Loretta Keating of South Temple Hill raised seventeen dollars for supplies. Pleasant Hill in Clay township reports renovations and a new stove. John Freese of No. 9 Lovell aims for perfect grades in math and eighth grade subjects. Franah Schneider of Richland No. 4 earned a raise of five dollars per month from grateful patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Mabel Kness
Lovell Township
Alice Deischer
Castle Grove
Newport
Olga Lapper
Loretta Keating
South Temple Hill School
Pleasant Hill School
Clay Township
John Freese
Franah Schneider
Richland
Ferguson Home for Sale on Main Street
The Ferguson home on Main Street is offered for sale. Enquire at the premises or of Walter Ferguson. 2114. Also note a line ae and heavy hardware at Alsever 8 with a favorable price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Main Street
Walter Ferguson
Short Farm Course Opens in Cedar Rapids January 2025
The eastern Iowa short course led by Prof P G Holden of Iowa Agricultural College will run all week in Cedar Rapids with a six expert staff. Miss Edith Charlton oversees domestic science while prizes and scholarships totaling thousands are planned, with tuition set at 2.50 for agriculture and livestock and 1.50 for domestic science. Senator James H. Trewin chairs a 2000 dollar guaranty fund as 1000 domestic and 2000 grain scholarships are to be offered by November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Department of Iowa Agricultural College
P G. Holden
Prof
Holden
Edith G. Charlton
James H. Trewin
Linn
the Express
Trewin
Red City historical novel to be featured by The Century in 1908
Dr. 8 Wier Mitchell plans a new historical novel set in Philadelphia during Washington's presidency. The Red City follows a Huguenot emigré who links with Hugh Wynne era figures, meets Jefferson and Hamilton, and depicts the Philadelphia plague amid cabinet intrigue. Keller illustrates the work, and rates for The Express and Inter Ocean are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wier Mitchell
Red City
Philadelphia
Washington
Keller
Thanksgiving Proclamations and Local Notices
Proclamations announce a Thanksgiving holiday with church observances. Local items include a Jones County insurance meeting on December 7 1907 to consider English speakers as patrons, a bid notice for wood delivery to Scotch Grove schoolhouses, a farm for rent in Cascade Township, hardware stock purchase in Center Junction, eye care at Lovell House, and a humorous anecdote about a Bible based courtship followed by a Scottish American note and a geese versus turkeys race tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Co
Center School
Wayne Township
Harm Harms
Scotch Grove Township
G. J. Hughes
Des Moines Capital Bargain Week Offer for 1908
The Des Moines Capital announces a Bargain Week from December 21 to 28 offering a full year of the newspaper for $2.00 cash for old and new subscribers who pay arrears by January 1. Mail remittance or deliver payment to Life Young in Des Moines Iowa and receive the 1908 issue with AP wire service, market reports, and world news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Life Young
Des Mo Ea
Iowa
Associated Press
Lowa
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J. W. Doxset
Folito and Proprietor
Vyuar
Ladies of the Sacred Heart Church
Society
Kathryn Koll
Lucile Wogan
Marie Carmichael
Hat
Mary Fitzsimons
Emma’ Florine
al Kiburz
Frank Vernimont
P. D. Bell
Fred Fagan
J. T. Lanigan
John Haley
Gus Ricklefs
J.J. Locher
Kate Breen
Lillian Hopi
Miss Faber
J. Kiburz
Hogan
Express
Inter Ocean
J. A. Voorhees
Nelson
Cascade Township
Dubuque County
Peter Dondelinger
White Lake
Thos. Daweon
Center Junction
M. G. Alsever
Coffman
Davenport
Lovell House
George IV
Damasess
A. E. Stiller & Co
Empire
U. S
Alaever
W. E. Daly
Actioneer
Ernst Vogel
Mmy
Franz Karbaum
Boston
Mass
Springfield Fire Marine Insurance Co
Springfield
D. E. Pond
Stuhlers
Monarch
Davis’ Hardware
District Court
George Oltmans
Imina A. Hickels
Finn
John G .Son
Robert Carson
Sarah Kennedy
Michael Kennedy
Anumosu
J. H. Ramsey
State OF Iowa
Bes District Court
Engel Dirks
Mages Dirks
A. D
J. W. Doxsee
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