Wyoming Social and Business Roundup At Local Hall
Wyoming residents completed the Liberty loan allotment with 85 000 of 87 000 secured on weekend night while volunteers processed entrants at the hall. Obituary notes for Mrs Loraine Pelkey and soldier Grover Holub. farm sales and purchases, silo work, and local moves including Saxon buying land and George Wye moving to a tenant house. Local movements, harness shop closure, and visits by J A Ralston are noted as community updates.
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Wyoming
Loraine Pelkey
Charles
Liberty
Missouri
Grover
John Holub
Navy
Great Lakes Training School
Chicago
John Jansen
Floyd Chatterton
Chatterton
Charles Saxon
Madison Township
Thomas Brodersen
John Franks
Joe Dolozel
Mr. Saxon
George Wye
Will Wilcox
William Garside obituary and local notices
William Garside of Onslow born June 9 1865 in Spring Brook Iowa died Sept 28 after long illness. Survived by wife four children and four grandchildren. funeral at home with Rev Wilson in Wyoming and burial at Wyoming. Nearby items note relatives, students, and community events and a schoolhouse literary society gathering Friday night.
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Onslow
William Garside
Springbrook
Iowa
Jones County
Wyoming
Lillie B. Paul
Harry
Nancy Paul
Jessie
Oskaloosa
Paul
Frank
France
Marion
Maria Mullin
Red Oak
Gault
California
Hol
Charlotte
M. E. Church
Presbyterian Church
Wilson
Otha Johnson
Thelma
William Rul
Maquoketa
Melissa Chase
Jessie Garside
Wm. Garside
Frank Halil
Clay Center
Nebraska
Kossuth Paul
Dallas Center
Will Garside
Thomas Kinney
Paralta
Kenneth Kennedy
Emma Overholt
Ames
Cecil Smith
Iowa City
Isabelle Scroggie
Mount Vernon
Emory Cole
Jack
Clinton
George Sears
W. E. Smith
Bert Hall
Mr. French
Estherville
W. H. Orr
Gratia Brown
Dillon Marxhill
Sioux City
Countryman
Anamosa
Knight
Literary Society
Local social notes from Center Junction area events
Center Junction and nearby communities report visits to Cedar Rapids and Maquoketa events, a Red Cross meeting planned for October 5, school basketball results with Onslow defeating Center Junction, and multiple family gatherings. Attendees include Will Leech Livingston Burmeister Leech families Prahm Seehusen Bergeson Kleineck Leggett and others with trips to Solon Cascade Strawberry Point and Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Iowa
Will Leech
Frank Livingston
C. A. Burmeister
James Leech
J. F. Livingston
Myrtle Livingston
Pete Robinson
Cedar Rapids
John Livingston
Will Serbousek
Pyed Carson
Peter Prahatti
Dily
Maquoketa
Harry Dice
Prairieburg
Red Cross Chapter
City Hall
Onslow
Jacob Coder
Strawberry Point
Frank Jones
B. Wills
M. J. McNielly
Paul Holm
Pete Prahm
Holm
Maqu
Castle Grove News Briefs and Local Updates
Castle Grove notes actions from town and surrounding areas July through October. Readers attended Jones county service flag events in Anamosa and Monticello to hear the Great Lakes Training Station band. Catherine McGovern leaves No 8 teaching for farm work near Waterloo. Liberty Loan committees report strong bond subscriptions. Mrs Delay fractures an arm but improves. Rev Irvine preached at a new union church dedication in Stanley. H. C. Bohlen visited Camp Dodge. Fred to transfer to California for guard duty. Mason and Jones land overseas assignments. Thurrett promotes accident insurance. Anna McQuillen begins No 9 term in Cascade. Steve Petersen and Md Muller ship sheep to Chicago. Mary Waddick teaches at Valley Junction. J C Cramer builds a silo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Anamosa
Jones County
Great Lake
Monticello
Catherine McGovern
No. 8
Waterloo
Delay
Tim Delay
Howard GC
Irvine
Stanley
New Union Church
H.C. Bohtken
Jed
Camp Dodge
Fred
California
Claude Mason
Carl Jones
Thurrett
Town City
Anna McQuillen
Cascade
Steve Petersen
MD Muller
Chicago
Mary Waddick
Valley Junction
J. C
Cramer
Sand Spring Community Notes From October 1
A large crowd attended the Great Lakes Naval Training Station band concert in Monticello Sunday afternoon and evening. Mrs J P Schuster and son Lawrence returned from Dubuque after visiting relatives. Miss Edith Gestel and Jeannette Blair attended the Manchester teachers institute. Mr and Mrs I T Gestel and George Gestel spent Sunday with Mrs Jennie Gestel in Anamosa Hospital. Rev W G Rowley and H Ju Main of Hopkinton visited Mrs Jennie Garlinghouse Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Arthur Huggins of Hopkinton visited the Allen Olmstead home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Andrew Scheer of near Manchester visited J G Bohlken Sunday. Many relatives and friends from Dubuque visited the Schuster home Sunday. Teed Cross meeting held Monday at the Irredigger home. Miss Clara Gestel spent Friday in Monticello. Andy Miller drove to Worthington Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Monticello
J. P. Schuster
Lawrence
Dubuque
Edith Gestel
Jeannette Blair
Teachers’ Institute
Manchester
IT. J. Gestel
George Gestel
George Jestel
Anamosa
W. G. Rowley
H. Ju. Main
Hopkinton
Jennie Garlinghouse
Arthur Huggins
Allen Olmstead
Andrew Scheer
J. G. Bohlken
Teed Cross
Ifredigger
Clara Gestel
Andy Miller
Worthington
Local moves and social visits across Prairieburg and nearby towns
Prairieburg residents report the Knapp and Fehr families moving to Marion with several teams aiding. The Marine band drew audiences in Anamosa and Monticello. Carl Jenkins visited from Cedar Rapids, L. J. Minehart from Monticello called on friends, and further moves include Wollmut to M. Peet’s vacated house and M. J. Peet purchasing Knapp land. Louis Gehringer’s fall leaves him feeble. Mrs. F. McLaughlin visited Cedar Rapids. Gertrude Dye spent Sunday near Marion. Mrs. FH. G. Rowley ill in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Knapp
John Wollmut
M. J. Peet
H. G. Caine
Anamosa
M. S. Knapp
Louis Gehringer
F. McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids
Gertrude Dye
Marion
FH. G. Rowley
Death of Grover Holub Brings Gold Star to Wyoming
Miss Mayme Pashek of Chicago visits her Wyoming roots as Grover Holub dies suddenly at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. His mother, Mrs. John Holub, recently returned from Great Lakes. Ten local men head to Iowa City for government schooling with uniforms and privates pay. Geo Lasack and Fred Henak plan Ames departure. Delmar Journal ends after 31 years, blamed on weak business support and wartime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme Pashek
Chicago
John Pashek
Wyoming
Grover. Holub
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
John Holub
Great Lakes
Grover
Iowa City
Ed Benhart
Joe Freisinger
James Cave
Merle Hall
Louie Hodoval
Harry Berner
Joe Hudrick
Dorsey Skinner
Elmer Coon
Kenneth Hall
Geo. Lasack
Fred Henak
Ames
Delmar Journal
Delmar
A Loyalty Court Forms in Anamosa War Era
A loyalty court organized in Anamosa last Friday with Judge F. O. Ellison presiding. Officials include J. E B. Remiley as secretary and H. S. Lee as bailiff, with a broad mandate tied to war activities and public opinion. A service flag with forty three stars was also dedicated at St. Mary's church in Cascede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
F. O. Ellison
J. E B. Remiley
H. 8. Lee
Monticello
Food and Fuel
County Council of Defense
Alseever
Center
Junction
W.O. Brock
St. Mary’s Church
Cascede
John McDonald Hospital opens with modern facilities
The new hospital is equipped in full with large ventilated rooms and ward accommodations for non private patients. Nurses are on duty day and night. Both surgical and medical patients are accepted. Rates including board and care range from $12 to $25 per week.
Best Corn Acre Contest Seeks Statewide Yield Leaders
The Town Corn and Small Grain Growers association and the County Farm Bureaus sponsor an acre corn contest to identify farmers with the largest yield under normal field conditions. Participants must enter in October or early November, selecting a five acre or larger field, with a two person committee measuring and weighing the harvest for the 12 percent moisture dry shelled corn. The state trophy will be engraved with the winner and held for one year. A county trophy may also be awarded to the top yielding acre in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Hog census in Jones County aids food administration
Local children and Jones county school district cooperators conduct a comprehensive hog census at the request of the U S Food Administration. The survey aims to tally hog numbers by size and weight to gauge meat supply for allies and home use, with no other objectives or uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
U. S. Food Administration
Food Administration
Anamosa and Eureka News Roundup
Local notes cover Cyrenus Cole’s war era lecture at the Congregational church and family military service from W A Hubbard’s son Ernest in the navy. Joseph Dunn to perform with the Blue Jacket band. a dove case in Cedar Rapids linked to health rulings. Tom Watters and sons in U S Army service. John Shimanek’s Croix de Guerre in France. butter price rise and dairy industry concerns. U S Food Administration orders on grain malting and allowed uses for malt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrenus Cole
Congregational Church
Turnkey
W. A. Hubbard
Ernest
Blue Jacket
Anamosa
Joseph Moore Dunn
Coggan
T. H. Dunn
Jones County
Joseph Moore
Cedar Rapids
IE. R. Moore
Joseph Dunn
Navy
State Board of Health
Tom Watters
Reformatory
Tom Watters, Jr
France
George
John
Shimanek
Oxford Junction
After Fire Patience Needed in Minneapolis Journal
The Minneapolis Journal notes calm after the blaze and explains fire equipment will continue pumping on the scene for a period after control is achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Good Words For Candidate Hughes
Jones County Times reports G. J. Hughes of Scotch Grove visiting the city and discussing Liberty loans. He plans to buy bonds worth up to his financial limit, already holds 7000 in bonds and war savings stamps, and emphasizes defending the country with funds if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Jones County
G. J. Hughes
Scotch Grove
Times
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
German Defeat Demonstrated In Thorough German Conduct
The Chicago Daily News notes that German actions reveal what a true defeat looks like, underscoring the impact of German conduct in the current context.
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Chicago Daily News
Law Practice and Estate Settlement in Monticello Iowa
Attorneys at law operate a general practice and handle settlement of estates in the probate court from Lovell Block in Monticello Iowa.
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Lovell Block
Monticello
Iowa
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John Kleineck
Ed Kleineck
Solon
Joe Leggett
Newton Parrott
D. D
M. G. Alsever
Anamosa Soma
Earl Tingley
Monticell
Bai
Oxford Mirror News
John McDonald
Farm Bureau Notes
United States Food Administration
Erbockers
Clothes
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Doxsee
Farmers’ Live Stock Insurance Co
Des Moines
John G. Schoon
J. H. Miller
Patrick’s
America
Town
Germany
H. W. Flenniken
W. J. Mills
Lloyd Soper
B. E. Rhinehart
Geo. Walker
John Bodenhofer
George Watt
E. G. Rawson
Louis Gardner
Republican Central Committee
Kamilyo
Ricklefs & McNeill
Swift & Company
C. H. Schipman
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