Wyoming Rural Routes Improve. Local News Highlights
Our rural routes updated on the 16th now served by carriers 1 and 2 with R. H. White using a Tin Lizzie to cover the route. Iras Sacora injured on the county bridge but recovering. cornstalks need warmer weather. roads remain rough after recent rains. Residents move in, relocate, and progress on the new school lags. many locals travel to Chicago for markets and purchases. social events include a Butter milk Day and a Friday night dance at the opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
R. H. White
Kate
Flossie
Ira Sacora
George Tishwild
Ira
August Hansen
Onslow
J. T. Wherry
Washington Street
Vaughn Building
Main Street
L. A. Leek
Garrison
Amber
C. B. Larkey
Chicago
Julian Day
Will Brown
EH. H. Ladage
Charles DePuy
Olin
C. W. Mallicoat
Ray Heaaty
Mission festival at Castle Grove Lutheran church planned
The Castle Grove Lutheran church schedules a mission festival for next Sunday September 26 with speakers Rev Kehren Jesup Iowa and Rev Ide Monticello. Other local items note H Naether teaching German at Lenox College, Ladies Aid meeting October 1, repairs and reconstructions around town, and several visits and small projects by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Kehren
Jesup
Iowa
Ide
Monticello
H. Naether
Lenox College
German Lutheran Church
Castle Grove
Elbret Heiken
H. N. Appleby
Harold
Union Township
Hosford
Wm. McAleer
Charles Heisey
Harm Rickels
H. A. Deischer
Henry Burrack
Hopkinton
Joby Burrack
Captain O’brien
Louis O’rourke
E. Orcutt
Prairieburg Union SS convention and local notices
Prairieburg hosts a union Sunday school convention on September 28 with Mrs. Holtman of Central City expected to attend and speeches music and discussion planned. Other notes include a successful M E youth operetta, Beatrice Haffrey’s hand injury, and visits and trips by local residents to Cedar Rapids Independence Marion and Wisconsin.
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Prairieburg
Union SS
Holtman
Central City
M. E
Waubeek
Beatrice Haffrey
Harry Schoonover
Cedar Rapids
Schoonover
Roy Fisher
James P. Smith
Henry Dolen
Independence
J. H. Logan
Richland Center
Wisconsin
C. H. Hanold
C. M. Buckley
Tacoma
Washington
Louis Drexler
Minnesota
M.S. Knapp
Marion
Onslow Schools and Marriages Noted in Clinton and Wyoming
Miss Isabelle Scroggie attends a sisters school in Clinton with Ruth Rowe Cecil Smith and Kennedy at Anamosa high school. Frank Garside and Edna Bender of Wyoming were married. date and location incomplete.
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Isabelle Scroggie
Clinton
Ruth Rowe
Cecil Smith
Kennet Kennedy
Anamosa High School
Frank Garside
Edna Bender
Wyoming
Center Junction News Briefs and Social Happenings
Center Junction reports a chicken pie social hosted by Loyals Sunday School at Mrs J N Smith home on Friday. A Presbyterians illustrated sermon titled The Chosen Nation with 40 colored slides is planned for Sunday night. Amber Booster Club promotes Buttermilk Day for September 23. Local visits and moves are listed, plus school and church notes and a humorous column.
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Center Junction
Loyals
Center Junction Presbyterian Church
J. N. Smith
Presbyterian Church
Amber Booster Club
Charles Nelson
Frank Serbousek
Alan Serbousek
Monticello
Margaret McDonald
Marietta Letze
Cedar Rapids
Vrooman
Hale
Mr. Jones
Olin
Mesdamer Dawson
J. H. Courtney
James Livingstone
Lyman Moats
Meade
J. A. McDonald
Ladies’ Aid
John Carson
Ed Kleineck
Tebo
Onslow
Alsever
Maggie
A.J. Lewis
Wyoming
Mr. Brookman
Central City
Robert Mead
Percy Dodson
Canada
James Young
Kentucky
Will Meade
Anamona
Local Folks Visit and Home Projects Near Scotch Grove
Mr and Mrs Robert Clark Bert and Mrs Frank Sutherland returned home after visiting A B Nortis in Paynsville Minnesota Mrs E Wright of Center Junction visited over Sunday with her sister Mrs John Callahan R W Brady works on cement at the Hen ricks farm Mr and Mrs Fuller of Monticello visited at the home of their daughter Mrs J Nichols R P Clark is erecting a new barn on his farm now occupied by Mr Thuman
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O. B. Easler
Florence
Wyoming
BE. L. Anderson
Charles Dawes
van Horne
Iowa
N. B. Noyes
Arthur
Wynot
Nebraska
Karl Crittenden
Tripoli
Town
Lizzie Spooner
Lee
Clinton
Warren
Ben
Pennsylvania
Opera House
Melissa Chase
Maquoketa
M. &. Aid Society
Henry Paul
Florence Easler
Independence
J.B. Lyons
Scotch Grove
Robert Clark
Bert
Frank Sutherland
A. B. Nortis
Paynsville
Minnesota
E. Wright
Center Junction
John Callahan
R. W. Brady
Henricks Farm
Fuller
Monticello
Columbia
Herman
Hall House
City
Uncle Sam
Jim L
Raven
Nevermore
Della Sutherland
Washington
Nerge
What The Judge Wants To Know Center Junction
A column questions local concerns in Center Junction on September 23. The piece mocks officials and social norms from road signs to post office etiquette and respect for elders, mentioning the judge and a range of town happenings.
Hopkinton Notices Deaths and Local Changes
This morning Hopkinton learned of the death of Mrs. Peter Milroy at her daughter’s home in Parkerton South Dakota. Her body will travel here for interment and a Saturday funeral is planned. Also announced this morning J B Schuster acquired the Livingston corner and will relocate his barber shop and seek a tenant for the drug store room. M J Hogan bought 120 acres near Castle Grove and plans new buildings next spring. Milwaukee surveyors laid out grounds for a new stockyards near Johnston crossing. Lenox college faculty hosted a reception in Clarke Hall for students and teachers. Martin Steen learned of sister Mary Kopp’s death near Elkport and attended the funeral. F G Matthiessen will move to Cedar Rapids October 1 for a furniture house position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Milroy
Parkaton
South Dakota
Hopkinton
Milroy
M. J. Hogan
Castle Grove
Peter Kehoe
Hogan
Milwaukee
Johnston Crossing
Sand Spring Road
Lenox College
Clarke Hall
Martin Steen
Mary Kopp
Elkport
Steen
F. G. Matthiessen
Cedar Rapids
Wedding Bells at Sanford Home
Miss Anna Sanford and Will Scheele were quietly married at the Sanford residence on Wednesday September 15 in a ceremony led by Rev. Mardoff. The bride wore pale blue messaline and carried roses, with Miss Jennie Sanford playing the bridal march. They will live on Scheele’s farm in Louisiana after a wedding dinner for relatives and friends.
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Sanford
Anna Sanford
Sanford Duis
Will Scheele
Hollenberg
Kansas
Jennie Sanford
Rev
Mardoff
Wayne Center
Louisiana
Mrs. Scheele
Ella Foust
Springville
Last Year’s Corn For Seed In Wyoming Journal
Farmers in the vicinity rely on last year corn stored in the crib for seed, testing its quality to ensure safety. The practice aims to avoid possibly inferior seed from this year’s crop, as fertilizers have affected corn quality and sound seed remains scarce.
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Wyoming Journal
Itia
See the California fairs now a travel pitch
A promotional notice urges readers to visit California fairs this autumn. It highlights attractively priced round trip excursions via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, two through trains to California, and a return route via the Northwest. It credits agricultural prizes to Montana and San Francisco and invites readers to obtain rates and literature from the railway agent or General Passenger Agent Geo B. Haynes in Chicago.
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California
West
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
San Francisco
Pacific Northwest
Milwaukee
Montana
Northwest
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
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Pete L
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Ringling Bros
Solomon
Guy W
Guy
Miriam Rice
Eula Loomis
Des Moines
Highland Park College
Marguarite McNeilly
Mt. Vernon
Maggie McDonald
Coe
Milton Henderson
Epworth
Seminary
Mary Philips
Iowa Falls
State Normal
Sim Courtney
George
Jake Courtney
Old Center Junction
Elges
Philips
Scotch Gruyve
Horse Hospital
George Albery
North Cedar Street
First Street
Chester N. Patrick
Devoe
Stickford Agency
Central Lumber & Coal Co
Home of
G. P. Rockstad
Mgr
J. W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Doxsee
Doxsee Attorneys AT Law
Lovell Block
Rickless
KX McNeill
Monticello, Iowa
George Stuhler’s
J. J. Hayes
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