Local Correspondence from Center Junction and Anamosa
Community notes from Center Junction and Anamosa dated October 17 list multiple visits and encounters. Residents such as H M Hart, Miss Wynema Trump, and the Hemmingway family are mentioned alongside visitors from Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Monmouth, Clinton, and Columbus Junction. A baby girl was born to Jud and Mrs. Lewis, while cattle deals and church receptions are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
H.M. Hart
Anamosa
John Weir
Davenport
M. G. Alsever
Cedar Rapids
James Johnson
Monmouth
Harry
Jud Lewis
Albert Welch
Clinton
Clarence Mills
Wynema Trump
Pine Grove
H. M. Hart
Hallie
Mae Kent
Floyd Lucia
Robert
Willie Mead
Nebraska
Thomas Shover
Monticello
John Letze
Robert Smith
Oelwein
Howard Leech
Mary
Julius Hemmingway
Anamona
James Duncan
Turkentine
Columbus Junction
Mr. Maxon
Jones
Ruth Maxon
Arthur Crorey
Irene
Livingstone
Frank Shimanek
Oxford Junction
John Kleineck
Shimanek
O. O. Freeman
Freeport
Illinois
McKean
Olive Stingley
Blanche Collier
Helen Meade
Will Spohn
McKelvey
G. W. Dunham
John Hanken
Nelle Livingstone
Amelia
Cascade Obituaries and Local Notices Highlight Week
Cascade notes include deaths, marriages, visitors, and local business activity. Wm Keating, longtime Clay Mills resident, dies. Frank OBrien's daughter dies. Thomas McGovern and Philomena Lees wed at St Marys and depart for a Western trip. Local firms like C M and St P Ry and Farmers Co operative Creamery report work and conventions.
Prairieburg Social News Update
Prairieburg notes report Mrs T Baker is seriously ill again. O E Buckley visited Cedar Rapids on business. Esther Rogers toured Anamosa for work. Hannah Mclaughlin returned from Anamosa for a stay at home. I Cary and spouse visited Walmart over Sunday. H G Rowley hosted Auxiliary dinner. John Lauser and spouse rode to Dubuque for several days. M C Walker slowly improves. Oliver Caldwell and children returned from Cedar Rapids. High school pupils plan a Halloween event. New M E church lights were used for services Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
T. Baker
O. E. Buckley
Cedar Rapids
Esther Rogers
Anamosa
Hannah Mclaughlin
I. Cary
Walmart
H. G. Rowley
John Lauser
Dubuque
M.C. Walker
Oliver Caldwell
M. E
Meritorious entertainment at opera house by National Troubadours
Last Friday evening a well attended benefit program for a Congregational church society featured Meritorious Entertainment with The National Troubadours under Miss Helen N Line. Butter fly and fairy choruses with forty girls each drew praise. notable acts included Dutch children, Spanish Troubadours, and an Indian drill with O B Crane singing encore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Helen N. Line
Caroline Stabler
Billy
Stabler
Gail Magee
O. B. Crane
Miss Line
Dee Agnes Stirton
Eninge
Caroline Stuhler
Italian Troubadours Solo and Chorus Troupe Perform
A dated program lists Italian Troubadours and Spanish and Indian acts with soloists and choruses including Florence Foley Mary George Margaret Pond and Gail Magee. The show features character sketches News Boy and Girl Indian Drill and the Grand Final with ten Little Girls and various troupes and special characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Templeton Chorus
Florence Foley
Mary George Margaret Pond
Mary Coxsee
Pearl Heisey
Helen N. Line
Gail Magee
Billy Stabler
Ogee
Ats
Marie Bell
Helen N. Sine
Hazel Campbell
Kate Stuhler
Louise Schneider
Marjory Nelson
Theresa Bohlken
Fanny Locher
George Heisey
Fred Mastin
Viva Moore
Francis Coyle
Doris Northworth
Laura Moore
Clara Guenstein
Ralph Baker
M. Byers Pond
Mary George
Frank Locher
Theo Lazell
Albert Stuhler
Eugene DeWitt
Louis Hoag
Hartley Wilkinson
Theresa Boblken
Lorena Campbell
Clara Gruenstein
Suzia Thomas
Grace Podhaski
Cecil Cross
Newton Wilkingon
Earl Young
Percy Quilrop
Libbie Thoeni
Grace Hollings
Edna Templeton
Margaret
American Troubadours
Mr. Galen Mirickford
Harold Podhaski
Local Notes Highlight New Arrivals And Activity
Wm Crosby arrived in town last week and rents the Vitus farm. N J Benson is repairing the DeLancey house roof. Mrs Marion Butler and her son returned from Cedar Rapids and stay at Werner Conklin’s. Sauser Tilton open blacksmith shop on the north end of the Sauser lot. Helen and Laura Fish at Grandpa Schoonover’s look to be returning to health soon. Gordon Wallace Comedy Co begins a weeklong run with strong attendance. The Ladies Aid finished two comforts and held a social with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Crosby
Vitus
N.J. Benson
O. A. DeLancey
Marion Butler
Little Son
Cedar Rapids
Werner Conklin
Sauser & Tilton
Sauser Hardware
Little Helen
Laura Fish
Grandpa Schoonover’s
Gordon & Wallace Comedy Co
Local Farm Sale Attracts Big Crowd In Des Moines Area
The Corbett sale drew a large attendance and yielded over 6000 dollars in proceeds. Weather was fine and the event considered one of the neighborhood’s largest farm sales. Nearby, Miss Lou Noyes received a prenuptial shower hosted by Miss Jessie Brown with gifts described as costly and useful. Lou Noyes will wed Mr. Charles Easler next Wednesday and depart for Independence, Iowa the same night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
K. H. Paul
Dallas Center
Corbett
Lou Noyes
Jessie Brown
Charles Easler
Independence
Iowa
Onslow News Briefs and Local Visits
Onslow on October 17 reports Mildred Lamey home from Coe College and visits by Frank Hall of Clay Center Nebraska Kate Anderson and daughter Mil dred with town visits. Wm Keating dies after long illness in Clay. Emma Carstens returns from Cedar Rapids Laura Johnston enters Davenport commercial college. Rev McClelland swapped pulpits with Rev Armstrong Linn Grove last Sunday. Mrs H L Nash and son Lincoln of Oakland CA guest of Mrs Sarah McIntyre. James Forsyth and Martin Carstens camp Maquoketa for a week hunting. P H Lehmalfeldt to Chicago with cattle two cars and T B Johnston with two cattle and one hog car. Mrs Woodyard returns from visit with brother L JH Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Mildred Lamey
Coe College
Frank Hall
Clay Center
Nebraska
Kate Anderson
Mildred
Wm. Keating
Clay
Emma Carstens
Cedar Rapids
Laura Johnston
Davenport
McClelland
Armstrong
Linn Grove
H. L. Nash
Lincoln
Oakland
California
Sarah McIntyre
Emery Cole
Clinton
P. H. Lehmalfeldt
Chicago
T. B. Johnston
Mrs. Woodyard
L. JH. Paul
Castle Grove News Highlights and Local Notes
Rev M S Murphy visited last week as a Ryan guest. Will Hiller and family spent Thursday at Buck Creek. N C Deischer and S O Pfeil visited Cedar Rapids last Friday. Presbyterians work on chapel with a new cement walk. Ben Harms of Monticello does cement work at the farm. John Specht rented H E Harms place, formerly Menno Siebels. A F Caspers and A W Cramer shipped bags to Chicago Tuesday with Peter and Herman Caspers. A F Barnes of Davenport toured the area introducing a mandolin harp and sold a few. Potato stories circulate as Martin Tremble shows four spuds from one hill weighing six pounds and total ten pounds from the same hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
M. S. Murphy
Ryan
Will Hiller
Buck Creek
N.C. Deischer
S. O. Pfeil
Cedar Rapids
Ben Harms
Monticello
John Specht
H. E. Harms
Menno Siebels
A. F. M. Caspers
A. W. Cramer
Chicago
Peter
Herman Caspers
A. F. Barnes
Davenport
Martin Tremble
Amber October 18 school show and visits noted
The record records Philip Bailey on the sick list. Mrs. Harry Witham visits Nebraska friends. Mrs. P Lincoln returns home to South Dakota from last week. A show occurred at the school house last Saturday evening. Misa Elizabeth Johnson from And- (text ends).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Philip Bailey
Harry Witham
Nebraska
P. Lincoln
South Dakota
Misa Elizabeth Johnson
And
Amber Creamery Plans Seasonal Closure and Pricing
The Amber Creamery will close Sundays from October 15 to March 1. The Amber Creamery Co paid thirty three cents per pound for cream in the last half of September. James Kearnes of Wellington Kansas was in the area for a couple of days and left for Cass County Minnesota on Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosa
Peter Robertson
Philip Bailey
Waterloo
Amber Creamery
Amber Creamery Co
James Kearnes
Wellington
Kansas
Cass County
Minnnesota
Northwestern Life Policy Offers and Dividends Highlighted
An advertisement from Northwestern details an ordinary life policy for an 85 year old in Milwaukee with annual costs and projected cash values. It touts no stockholders, dividends to policyholders, year by year figures for cash value and death benefits, and strong 1910 performance. Special Agent GEO. G. Bennett is listed as contact in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Northwestern
Geo. G. Bennett
Monticello
Monticello October 1881 Local News Highlights
The Monticello Express records October 1881 events from Monticello including council buying a water works boiler, scarce potatoes selling at 75 cents to a dollar per bushel, several deaths and marriages, a young widow leaving three children, a fatal wagon accident near Sand Spring, and local building progress on the Lovell house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Spears
B. Boyer
Monticello
Maquoketa
Lena
Henry Suhr
William Schodde
Milliners Propose Smaller Hats This Winter
The Chicago Record Herald reports women will wear smaller hats this winter. Milliners say many women still have large hats from last season that are in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Wrestling affair in Chicago hailed as triumph for intensive farming
Denver Republican notes Mr Gotch is a farm product and urges Secretary Wilson to publish a bulletin highlighting the Chicago wrestling event as another success for intensive agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Gotch
Wilson
Chicago
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Monticello Express
W. Doxsee
Cascade
E. Pierce
Marion
McQuillen
W. Billman
Bernard
C. H. Huntington, Sr
W.jr
Iawa Telephone Co
P. Pedersen
Babe
New Boston
W. S. Kearney
Wilfred
Grinnell
E. M. Kearney
Shenandoah
Koos
Henry Koster
Bert Benham
Benham
Thos. Lowham
Fred Lehner
Grant Beckwith
Joe Doris
Fred Crosby
Texas
Oklahoma
B. L. McNally
Kadoka
Frank O’brien
Thomas McGovern
Philomena Lees
St. Mary’s Church
Albers
the Troubadour Entertainment
Rose Girls
Undine Teets
Anna Stirton
Helen Hosford
Arvilla Tuel
Catherine Liddy
Christina Marugg
Rachael Hofacre
Berdina Wenger
Ruth Wilson
Harriet Yhoeni
Nuleeny Hallorn
Lena Kasper
Marie Carmichael
Maude Arduser
THE
Indian Song and Drill
Frances Coyle
Grace Hollingsworth
Doris Northrop
Herman Tiarks
Express
Cramer
Sand Spring
Lovell House
F. M. Robertson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fayette
the Express
Robertson
Kinsella Hall
Charlie Gallagher
Fred Stabler
Morris Velon
Charlie Hogg
J. J
H. L. Rann
Sioux City Journal
Doutrick Dry Goods Company
Zanita
Infant’s
Ruben
Boy’s Union
Doutrick Dry Goods CO
Stuhlers
Norfolk Suits
F. G. Matthiessen
the Home Furnisher
Cross Hardware CO
J. W. Doxber
Lovell Block
Lowa
Ek, Fereed
Kurrichter's Drygoods
Monticelio
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