Onslow Correspondence Highlights Local News
Onslow notes mark John Russell’s 82nd birthday and local illnesses. Visitors arrive from Goodland Kansas and Des Moines. A bolt of lightning hits a telephone pole near Mrs. Nobles, causing burns to nearby phones. Death visits with Mrs. Hall at 66, as family mourns and funeral services are held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pool
Clinton
Vincent
Belle Plaine
Ira Stimson
Tress Mackrill
Edna Richardson
Laura Coburn
Cedar Rapids
Henry Wood
Here
Samuel Alexander
Des Moines
Monticello
Madison Townsship
Barber
Jones County
Charles Hall
Silent
Hall
Presbyterian
J. W. Innes
Oakwoods Cemetery
Pumpkin pie social invites Center Junction
Center Junction notices report Mrs Andrew McDonald's health poor. Local events include a pumpkin pie social at the M E church hall on Oct 16, visits from Laura Livingston and Katharyn Leech, and Rev Sheckler's first sermon. A. G. Smith & Co. hardware was broken into. Merlin Moses helped Olin defeat Baldwin at Lost Nation. George Andrews party hosted friends with a noon meal and a baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Andrew McDonald
Cedar Rapids
Laura Livingston
Chas. Shaffer
Wyoming
Phillip Reitz
Jackson County
Thos. Carson
Monticello
Katharyn Leech
M. E. Church
Ellis
Elwood
Alexander
Bowman
A. G. Smith & Co
Sheckler
M. E
Merlin Moses
Olin
Baldwin
Lost Nation
Merlin
George Andrews
Mrs. Andrews
Local Notes From Temple Hill and Castle Grove
Temple Hill reports threshing nearing completion. Rev P J Coffey visited Wyoming last week. J L Bader digs a new cellar. A crowd enjoyed Tom Finn's gathering. Joseph Gavin digs rock for a new dwelling. Miss Loretta Donohoe returns from Castle Grove. Ed Devaney finishes wallpapering Bartley Leonard's new home. Russo's Italian band will play a Cascade dance on the 22nd. Joe Flanigan departs for Chicago for University of Illinois Dental School. Archbishop Keane to administer Confirmation at Temple Hill next Sunday. Castle Grove notes ducks migrate southward. The corn crop looks better than expected. FD McLaughlin winds tower toppled by last week's wind. Fred and Lottie Laude return to Greenfield after visit. J N Ramsey named station agent to replace Chas Davis.
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Temple Hill
P. J. Coffey
Wyoming
J. L. Bader
Tom Finn
Joseph Gavin
Loretta Donohoe
Castle Grove
Ed. Devaney
Bartley Leonard
Russo
Dubuaque
Cascade
Joe Flanigan
Chicago
University of Illinois Dental School
Archbishop Keane
McLaughlin
Fred
Lottie Laude
Greenfield
Adair County
Monticello Clydesdale Sale Echoes A Pioneering Breeder
George Tobiason of a 700 acre farm five miles south of Monticello offers about fifty head of Clydesdale horses on October 21. The lineup includes 35 registered animals with many stallions of serviceable age and brood mares bearing young. Notable entries include Lily 2nd, a 2250 pound mare from Oliver Cromwell and Macgregor lineage, plus descendants from Col Holloway’s Cedric and Cherry Ripe lines. Mares are bred to Imp. Barney and colt progeny are sired by him. The sale features most of Tobiason’s best mares and stallions excluding the older horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tobiason
Monticello
Tobiason
Lily
Lilly 2Nd
Oliver Cromwell
Macgregor
Col. Holloway
Cedric
Scotland
Barney
Farm for Sale in Lovell Township Rettig Farm
I offer for sale my 200 acre Rettig farm in Lovell Township located 2 3 4 miles southwest of Monticello. Terms require one quarter cash and balance in payments to be completed within 10 years with 5 percent interest annually. Sealed bids due at Lovell State Bank by October 24 with right to reject any offer.
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Lovell Township
Monticello
Rettig
Lovell State Bank
Lands for Sale and Hogs for Sale in Local Notices
Lands for sale offering 100000 acres of timber meadow and burned lands in Eastern Central Minnesota at 4 50 to 8 00 per acre and 200000 acres of prairie land in the Canadian Northwest at 5 to 8 per acre. Also bids for delivery of about 45 cards of green second growth hardwood to be delivered before April 1 1904 to Scotch Grove township schoolhouses. Poland China hogs for sale near Langworthy Iowa by John Uhr.
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Minnesota
Canadian Northwest
Henry M. Troy
Guarranty Bld G
Minneapolis
Minn
Scotch Grove Township
Center School
Farm of late James Skelley up for sale
The farm of the late James Skelley will be sold. Inquiries answered at the farm by 16w2 Sarah Skelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Skelley
Legend of the Flood and a Coincident Tale
A British Columbia correspondent recalls northern coast Aboriginal flood legends where all mankind perishes except a man and wife saved by a celestial rope. The Bella Coola myth describes Mes mes sa la nik battling land on water, severing a moon tether with a stone knife, and the earth flooding until two survivors reach a mountain peak and later repopulate. Also a humorous vignette from Youth's Companion follows Mr Pinchpenny and a fare dispute aboard a streetcar.
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British Columbia
Bella Coola
Mesmes-sa-la-nik
Overconfident husband bets wife would notice stray hair
Mrs. Billus scolds her husband for a long brown hair on his coat collar. He boasts he dared her to notice it after a co worker challenged him with a dollar bet. She uncovers the wager and the prank ends with him admitting the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Billus
Jay
Champion
Maria
A Simple Method to Measure River Breadth Without Tools
A man can gauge a river's width without a surveyor's compass by standing at the edge, lowering his hat brim to touch the opposite bank, turning until the brim touches a point on the ground behind, marking the spot, and pacing the distance.
Domestic comedy child mishears quarrel as carfare joke
A theater scene prompts a mother to ask her boy how he liked the play. The child misreports that a couple quarrel in front of many people, likening it to when parents bar doors and windows. A cooking note from Good Housekeeping follows, detailing chicken soup with rice and storage tips.
Monarch Range back flue riveted to body and fire box
A Monarch feature described as essential to durability is a back flue with a malleable bottom that must be riveted, not bolted, to the stove body. The extension from fire box to the Monarch range is also riveted to ensure air tightness beyond stove putty.
Heat Measures Fuel Use Amid Celebration
A report notes fuel consumption tied to an event celebration highlighting energy use and efficiency debates. Officials and organizers discuss impacts, budgeting, and public response as the spotlight falls on consumption patterns and sustainability efforts.
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Atiber
Amber
Tom Schoon
Peter Lincoln
Albert Cripe
Frank Farragher
North Dakota
J. D. Weiss
Langworthy
John Bailey
New York
Pennsylvania
J. N. Ramsey
Chas. Davis
G. J. Hughes
Poland
John Uhr
Sarah Skelley
Stevens’ Comedy Company
Societ
Soetje’s
Dunham Farm
Bradstreet
J. A. Voorhees
Dunham
Cass Center
G. M. Brainard
Anamosa , Iowa
Ani
J. M. Hofacre
China
Scotch Grove Station
Applegate
Castle Grove Township
John Smith
State of
Iowa
Christian Hints
Carl Christian Hinz
Peter Ludwig Hinz
Wm. Albert Schank
August Schlimmer
Christian Hinns
District Court
Anamosa
Albert Schank
J. H. Romney
Jones
County
J. W. Coxsee
Cross
Ayer
Buckingham
Dreugeists
R P Hall & Co
Nashua, N
Lowell State Bank
Geo. L. Lovell
J. W. Doxse Nich
Board OF Directors
R. C. Stirton
Cashier
I, Sandhouse, Willas Holst
A. L. Fairbi
W. A. Mirick
J. 8S. Hall
M. Schodde
Anks
Harger & Blish
Western Distributors Wholesale and Retail
Dubuque
Blickensderfer
Ilus
Gen. Agts
Addie Wilcox
A. Matthiessen
Herrick & Bauder
Isabelle Ash
A. D
Puhebe A
Executrix
J. W
Barrichster’s Drygoods
Monticello State Bank
WM. J. Couchlan
D.D.S
Eilers & Bolton's
Weber
Wabash Ave
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Indian Territories
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas City
California
Aitchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
E. L. Palmer
Pass
Equitable
Monarch
Malleable Iron Range Company
St. Louis, Mo
GEO. W. Davis
Beaver Dam, Wis
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