Wyoming notes and town updates in September
Correspondence from Wyoming on September 14 reports Route No. 3 abandonment tomorrow with new carriers 1 and 2. L A Leek departs for Garrison Iowa after twelve years serving the route. School board struggles with temporary classrooms due to unfinished new building. Marriage announcements for Miss Mable Sage and Vernon Carson and Miss Edna Bender and Frank Garside announced. Local notes cover weather, farm transfers, sales, new buildings, church progress, and community events with many residents visiting nearby towns and fairs.
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Wyoming
L. A. Leek
Garrison
Iowa
Presbyterian Parsonage
DeBest
Mable
Henry Sage
Vernon Carson
Center Junction
Edna
Roy Bender
Frank Garside
Onslow
J. H. Byerly
I. A. Lewis
Hhis
Jackson Township
Snell
George Fishwild
Henry Beichborn
C. W. Mallicoat
W. G. Wherry
Hopkins
East Green St
John Ricketts
Springville
Hotel Williams
Lillian Griffin
Letcher
South Dakota
W. P. Lamotte
Kenyon
Minnesota
St. Paul
R. H. White
Davenport
Lewis
Mrs. Chamberlain
D. E. Curtright
Dubuque
ySbieralny
Mra
Will Lesch
O. C. Mallicoat
Community notices from Center Junction area
September 14 report lists social visits church events and travels including Mrs Andrews hosting the J L club at Mrs Dodge home. Delegates to M E K conference discussed by Rev Phillips and Dr Young with Stingley as alternate. Barn work started for Ben McGuire and many residents took trips to Anamosa Oxford Junction Cedar Rapids and Wyoming. Presbyterian church reopened last Sunday.
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Monticello
le Clair
Dwelle
M. E
Thomas Abbey
James McQueen
Center Point
Clyde Tilton
Harley Whitney
Paul Lauser
Minnesota
Warren Whitney
Ellen Hull
Missouri
L. Rogers
George Leclerc
Alf Pillard
Burg
M. I
Came Hall
F. Augustine
Mr. Augustine
George Courtney
Sim Courtney
Young
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Merle Moses
Jim Mead
Belle Moncrief
Anamosa
Will Spohn
Mildred
Elwood
Robert Moncrief
Tom
Ed Duncan
Hearst
Evert Stickley
Cascade
Lester Preston
Cedar Rapids
Hal Smith
Ben McGuire
Misella Bailey
Amber
Prairieburg Trade Run Headed to Chicago
Seward L. Smith drove a car load of stock to Chicago during the past week departing from Prairieburg.
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Prairieburg
Seward L. Smith
Chicago
Merritt Fined in Liquor Nuisance Case and Related Notes
Merritt paid a 300 dollar fine and costs after pleading guilty to maintaining a nuisance in a raid on a western city house. Roy Sherman, bound over to the grand jury on the same charge, faces potential penitentiary time on a second liquor-law conviction.
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Join Merritt
Merritt
Roy Sherman
Grand
F. O. Fllison
Chambers
Gorman
Sherman
Pat Chesire
Anamosa
Mike Neville
Mercy Hospital
Chesire
M. F. Hogan
Monticello
F. A. Hefner
Stone City
Davia McCain
McCarn
J. K. Hale
Northwestern Good Roads Congress
Cedar Rapids
James Robert Shaw
Olin
Scotland
District Court
Funeral for Arthur Alexander Held in Clay Township
Funeral services for Arthur Alexander, who died after an accident at a plow in Anamosa, were conducted September 8 1915 at Bethel Presbyterian Church Clay township with Rev Earl Wm Benbow officiating. Alexander born December 26 1882 near Onslow and survived by widow Nellie Hanna and three children. Burial at North Mineral cemetery. Weather report notes 13 week conditions with limited early harvest and rye sowing, clover curing difficulties, and blight affecting potatoes while pastures remain excellent.
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Arthur Alexander
Anamosa
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Clay Township
Earl Wm. Benbow
Onslow
Wm. H
Amy Alexander
Nellie Hanna
Bessie Iona
Joseph
Grace Catharine
Alexander
North
Mineral
Iowa and Weather Crop Service
Obituary of Mrs. John Byerly
Laura FE Silsbee born January 28 1863 in Wyoming township Iowa. She married John H Byerly July 1883 and left four children Austin Frank and Ernest and a daughter who died in infancy. Survived by brother George Silsbee two sisters and three grandchildren. Funeral Friday at South Mineral M church with burial in South Mineral cemetery.
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John Byerly
Laura FE. Silsbee
Thomas
Susan Silsbee
Wyoming Township
Iowa
John H. Byerly
Austin
Frank
Ernest
Earl Wm. Benbow
South Mineral M. Church
South Mineral Cemetery
Lenox College Opens Year With Strong Enrollment Promise
Lenox college started the new term on Tuesday with enrollment equal to last season as many students are yet to arrive. Dr. W H Ensign filled the chapel a week due to Dr. Guthrie’s absence delivering an uplifting address on Founders Day and Maintainers Day urging ongoing support for the college. The public schools opened with 200 pupils, many classrooms crowded, and local art prizes highlighted from the Monticello fair while district court proceedings began with jury empanelment and numerous probate and guardianship actions underway.
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Lenox College
W. B. Guthrie
W. H. Ensign
Chapel
Lenox
Ensign
F. G. Matthiessen
Matthiessen
Jones County Fair
Monticello
Huberta Livingston
H. Livingston
Dorothy Gavin
FB. A. Irish
Margaret Greer
Angela Kehoe
L. Main
Miss Blanch
Miss Cummings
Miss Hall
Earhart
Peterson Letters on Early Books and Monticello Name
Prof Roy M Peterson notes an 1587 Lactantius in Lyons and discusses Monticello name origins from Ravenna charters. He mentions access to J Pierpont Morgan library first editions including Guttenberg Bible and Cicero de Officiis, and offers to provide a war correspondent if needed.
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Roy M. Peterson
J. N. Peterson
The
Express
Monticello
New York
Coxsee
Lyons
France
Germany
Acroga
Ravenna
Italy
Bibliotheque Nationale
Paris
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rouge and rabbit foot cure in a strange prescription
A Medical Journal note describes an odd "prescription" using rouge and a rabbit's foot buried two miles from home. The patient must walk out and back daily to check the items remain, delivering a curious blend of superstition and humor.
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Medical Journal
Sioux City Targets Bootleggers and Bawdy House Keepers
The Waterloo Times-Tribune notes Sioux City is again arresting bootleggers and bawdy house keepers. It suggests a quicker method would be to close them down.
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Waterloo
William K Palmer Linked to Governor Nomination
The Sioux City Journal identifies William K Palmer of Sioux City as a candy manufacturer. It notes he is a suggested Democratic candidate for governor and speculates the party’s campaign song would be In the Sweet by and by if he secures the nomination.
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Mason City Times
William K. Palmer
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City
Palmer
Mortgage on a shack crushes a worker's hope in verse
Walt Mason laments the burden of debt as a shack owner takes a mortgage to buy a car. He fears fourteen months of payments will ruin his home and life, comparing debt to hell and preferring a bridge to a hall with mortgage.
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Ton
Oppenheim
Dante
Walt Mason
Devoe Lead-and-Zinc Paint versus Cheaper Options
The note warns against buying low price paints claiming cheaper products require more gallons and more labor. It argues Devoe leads in value, as cheaper paints may increase overall painting costs due to needing more product and time.
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Devoe
Stop Such Waste On Your Farm
A farm advice note urges owners to protect valuable machinery from winter storms Sleet and sun to prevent rust and ruin Avoid leaving equipment exposed and uninsured during harsh weather actions and reminders of prudent upkeep on farms
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Monticello Express
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Hopkinton
Milo P. Smith
L.L. Ireland
W. N. French
Madison Township
J. EF. Fisher
Rome Township
Horton
C. A. Lefingwell
Oxford Township
T. L. Powers
State of Iowa
L. A. Davis
Harry Murphy
Homer McCullough
Probate Matters
Clarence Ruley Et al
Anna Wozenelik
Eliza J. Munsell
John Ruley
Louis Blizek
Iva Burlingham
Thomas Kasper
Richard McLaughlin
Jeff Smith
J. O. Balster
Mary Sleeper
Fannie Switzer
A. W. Brown
W. L. Brown
Ludwig Schwass
August Hartwig
Walter P. Ferguson
Alvina Ferguson
Robert Henderson
Robert W. Henderson
Cecil W. Hosford
George Curtis
Christ Quandt
Walla Leona Shaffer
James Robertson
Mary Brown
Adam Kramer
L. J. Rose
John Aiken Schafer
United States Alum. Co
Cross
Bell Vs. Mortensen
Suter & Son
Stambaugh
Monticello Electric Co
Barton & Tutt
Sigworth & Son
Powers
Hannava. Hewitt
Cruikshank Vs. McCall Co
Zeller Et al
Jessop
Zeller
Brown Garn
Strong Warner Co
Moore
Koppess
Fagan
Frank Furt
Dragoo
Equity
Campbell Holton Co
Regalli Et al
Remley
Niles
Radelhaussen
Robinson Et al
Murfield
Yate
Agsen
Brainard
Ralston
Anamosa Creamery Co
Frey
Harrington
Washington Novelty Co
Sley
Orthamyer & Son Va
McLaughlin
Soper
Farragher
Hannava
Blackmer
Wasson
Townsend
van Ordsdors
Huston
John Schone
Matilda Schone
Joseph Rue
Marie T. Rue
Ada M. Rorah
Charles Rorah
Hannah Snyder
Robert Snyder
Sadie Johnson
Alfred Johnson
O’brien
Walters
Zubler Va
Clark
Gearhart
Keley
Kelly
Wood
Christie
Marfield
Sigworth
Debner
Scheckel
Boner
Holmes
Law
Moran Vas
Martenson
Western Card & Cal. Co
Zimmerman
Tyler & Downing
Hogan
Mallicoat
Kramer
Pender
Monroe
Barber
Accademia Americana
Porto Panerago
W. Ww
Stickford
Central Lumber & Coal Co
Home of
G. P. Rockstad
Mgr
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Vic Neill
Monticello, Iowa
Chester
N. Patrick
J. J. Hayes