Wyoming News Highlights Local Meetings Sales and Visits
The Olin Booster club toured Wyoming with 22 autos for the M. W. A. Field Day to be held Friday. Hawthorne club opened its year with a six oclock supper and program. Inglis Wilcox stock sale set for Oct 16 includes sixty Hereford cattle. Field Day representation from Wyoming at Stanwood aided attendance. our team lost to Mechanicsville. Facilities update notes a new residence planned after demolishing old structures. Various church and lodge events plus numerous visits and trips by residents fill the page.
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Wyoming
Olin Booster Club
Cornet
Darky Club
A. A. Cole
Hawthorne Club
H. B. Myers
Elias Anderson
W. G. Dawes
Bear Creek
Anderson
Inglis & Wilcox
Opera House
Stanwood
Mechanicsville
A. D. Hunt
Main Street
Dora Thomson
Oregon
Charles Eye
Presbyterian Missionary Society
John Inglis
Hale
E. Edwards
John Conmey
E. C. Vaughn
W. S. Chamberlain
Mabel Kirkpatrick
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Detroit
Aileen Corbit
Lincoln
Nebraska
J. W. Parkhill
Hopkinton
Presbyterian Church
Charles Saxon
Iowa
H. C. Buell
Lone Tree
E. N. Stoffel
John Thomson
Anamosa
Board
Lizzie Crowmell
Maquoketa
G. W. Evans Jr
Evans
Georges L. Schoonover
L. F. Zellers
Oxford Junction
Hugh Campbell
Cedar Rapids
R. M. Corbit
R. L. Seneif
Center Junction
Rh. H. Spence
D. R. Johnson
Marion
Cattle Production debate echoed by Castle Grove editor
Castle Grove editorial laments city talk on farm stock, noting farmers know how much cattle to keep and will pay little heed to urban chatter about farm conditions. The piece mocks idle city men unaware of practical farming limits.
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The
Express
Prairieburg Briefs and Farewell Attendents
Prairieburg notices record a farewell party for Mrs. A A Bowman as she plans to move to Lost Nation where Mr Bowman edits the Herald. The community reports deaths, church matters, rail schedules, travel, and local visits in a compact town record.
Olin boosters visit Onslow with a large parade
The Olin boosters arrived by about 380 cars with many flags and a band. A delegation met them and Editor Cole invited Onslow residents to Olin on Friday. N B Noyes spoke for Onslow wishing success to the Olin visit and its plans.
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Onslow
Olin Boosters
Cole
Olin
N.B. Noyes
Benjamin Brown
Byron
Nebraska
H. E. Brown
Jessie
Platte
Sarah Conley
O. O. Conley
Evelyn Brown
Springfield
Vermont
E. E. Brown
A. D. Mackrill
South Dakota
C. B. Easler
Mil
Visitors and Property Deals Mentioned in Local Notes
A Minnesota visit by aca for a week with Miss Florence Hasler is noted. Ira Stimson sold his local property to a Mr. Luke of South Dakota. Dr. Worthington, from Chicago, sent his office fixtures there. Mrs. Rowe visits her Colorado-born parents.
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Aca
Minnesota
Florence Hasler
Ira Stimson
Mr. Luke
South Dakota
Dr. Worthington
Chicago
Anamosa Community Notes Highlight Local Appointments
Anamosa reports Mrs T R Breanbrack re elected treasurer of the General Grand Chapter of the World Order of Eastern Star for the eighth term after attending the Chicago session. Ed Knott remains U S Marshal while the postmaster keeps his job. Local updates include visits from Mrs O W Merrill of Tacoma and plans of J W Strawman to move to Oregon.
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Anamosa
T. R. Breanbrack
Order of Eastern Star
Chicago
O W. Merrill
Tacoma
Washington
Congregational Church
Ed Knott
U. S. Marshal
Ananias Club
EB. G. Cutler
Decorah
W. A. Hale
France
J. W. Strawman
J. H. Gustineh
Oregon
H. H. Stacy
North Dakota
Bailey Family Plan Rochester Home Trip Friday
Amber notes Mr and Mrs Frank Bailey intend to head for their Rochester New York home Friday. Maurice O Conner of Clinton visited over Sunday. Tom Power and John Morrisey went to Canada last week. The old creamery is being torn down. Bailey Preston shipped hogs to market.
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Amber
Frank Bailey
Rochester
New York
Maurice O. Conner
Clinton
J. B. Bradley
Lamont
Iowa
Tom Power
John Morrisey
Canada
Bailey & Preston
Obituary of Elizabeth A Courtney Ends Life of a Pioneering Resident
Elizabeth Alexander Courtney born December 6, 1838 in Dearborn County Indiana died October 6 1913 at nearly eighty after a life spanning fraught moves. She married Joseph Courtney year after caring for her mother and bore two daughters before family losses and a move to Story county then Center Junction. Last of nine children she was linked to the Gilbert Baptist church and returned to Ames for burial after short services.
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Prairieburg
A. A. Bowman
Bowman
Lost Nation
Then Herald
Andrew Richley
Richley
Ladies’ Auxiliary
M. E
Central City
Dwelle
M. L. Spoon
Richland Center
Wisconsin
Ralph Richards
Minnesota
R. O. Pinch
Martelle
Anna Holub Houser
Pipestone
Mreg
O. D. Dean
Rolfe
Dean
N. J. Benson
Roy Fisher
C. O. Rowley
Cedar Rapids
Car! Case and
Marion
Knapp
Mesdames Pytrzelka
Resler
E. J. Knapp
Viola
L. B. Minehart
Monticello
Monay
Gertrude Richards
Springville
Seward Smith
Mary Wignall
B. Richley
F. Richards
Esther Ratigan
Anamosa
Elizabeth Alexander Courtney
Courtney
Dearborn County
Indiana
Joseph Courtney
Charles Leggett
Story County
Iowa
Center Junction
W. H. Alexander
Baptist Church
Gilbert
Ames
Call for Improved Gasoline Car Service on Milwaukee Line
Citizens along the Farley line urge better rail service and note the current inadequate schedule. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald mentions gas line motor cars on the Turkey River line and argues for a connecting car between Monticello and Farley to link with all trains at Monticello.
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Farley
Turkey River
Dubuque
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Calmar
Twenty Five Years Ago At Monticello In October
October records from Monticello list events including W H Samels ill with lung fever, two marriages Nellie Young and D B Shrig ley and Alice Tryon and A D Marr, deaths of W H Chapman and Stoner Svenson, a leg fracture of Andreas Guler, pastor Thomas Oliver returning, and many political activities with torch light processions.
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Monticello
The
Express
W. H. Samels
Nellie Young
D. B. Shrigley
W. H. Chapman
Alice Tryon
A. D. Marr
J.T. Blanchard
Andreas Guler
Thomas Oliver
Methodist Episcopal Church
E.M. Thompson
Thompson & Hicks
W. G. Eilers
Charles P. Henderson
Mattie Bort
J. T. Blanchard
W.H. Gregory
Nathan Smith
Almon Starr
Brush Creek
Minnie Noble
Castle Grove
P. Kimball
Stoner Svenson
O. D Hosford
Harrison and Mortyn
I. W. Grover
James ‘I’. Perley
C. B. Rundle
E. Gruenstein
Charles Graves
James D. Graves
Oxford Junction
W. M. Stone
Opera House
John Herrick
William Rearick
Mr. Dickeragon
Alexander Livingston
A. D. Kline
Rev. Pierce
Joseph Price
Democrats
Witty social maxims from a Fremont Tribune note
A collection of aphoristic lines on marriage wit and gender dynamics. The Fremont Tribune quips about wise virgins, and the social cunning of men and women, including rugby like terms about rubbers and bleeding hearts, noting a vegetarian dog in a playful aside.
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Fremont
High School Notes Highlight Exams and Activities
Ivan Steiner reports a week of high school events. Visitors from Audubon attended classes, seniors led in spelling, and exams arrive for those seeking better grades. The football team travels to Manchester, while a domestic science bread baking class and a fish talk by Mr. Miller enlivened school life.
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Ivan Steiner
Oscar Bucklid
A. O. Ross
Audubon
Iowa
Manchester
Miller
Florida
Variance Notes On Public Life From Thomas Jefferson
The Indianapolis Star quotes Thomas Jefferson on avoiding public office ventures for personal gain. The remark contrasts his stance with that of Mr. Bryan on engagements tied to public service and future improvement.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Jefferson
Bryan
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 for any uncured case, and urges readers to send testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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J. W. Doxsee
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Mary Folkers
John Hiben
H. Naether
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Cornelius Hiben
Wymore
Henry Folkers
Katie Caspers
Mirick
Anna Heiken
Beery Bros
Joseph Minnis
J. A. McLaughlin
Albert Nichol
D. B. Kemp
Baker
M.J. Hogan
Ford M. Clark
Edgemont
Banda
Monmouth
Baldwin
Scotch Grove
Hepburn
Kerr
Sorene
C. N. Patrick
Bell
Athena
Doutrick D. G. Co
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