Gleason’s Celebrated Anniversary Tuesday Fifty Years
Mr and Mrs Ross Gleason of York township observed their 50th wedding anniversary at their home on Tuesday July 6th. Friends visited during the day and evening, with cards calls and well wishes. They were married April 5 1877 in Thomson by Rev Holt of the Methodist Church. They farmed in York township for forty years occupying four farms, retired about twelve years ago, but remain active in farming interests. Local neighbors paid respects at the luncheon and social gathering with music and singing.
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Ross Gleason
Omson
Methodist Church
York Township
Eir
Kyle Rawlins
Charles Schwartz
Ross
Ford
A Clever Epistolary Poem From Frank Steele
Frank Steele presents a peculiar poem written after a street encounter in Elkhorn Wisconsin about forty years ago. A man named Stoddard asked for money, then sketched a verse on scratch paper that hides the author’s name in the acrostic reads Frank Steele. The stunt showcases literary wordplay and a clever signature.
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Frank Steele
Stédk
Elkhorn Isconsin
Frank
Odddard
Ank
Stoddard
Donations For York Cemeteries Contain Several Small Gifts
A list of contributions for York Cemeteries shows many donors from Freeport Waterloo Cedar Rapids and other locations giving amounts from 1.00 to 5.00. Notable names include De Mary Saguer Mrs John Frednoth Edith Senne Lucinda Groharing and Dr D C Atherton. A reader writes of sending a 300 check to “keep the home fires burning” and comments on the newspaper.
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Mary Saguer
John Frednoth
Freeport
Edith Senne
Waterloo
Iowa
Thomas Orcutt
Charles Groharing
Northwestern Utility Co
Lucinda Groharing
G E Mead
Cedar Rapids
Sarah Dyson
Asa Holland
Frank Anderson
Edison Holland Joe Wil
Ed Pratt
Savarma
Maggie Carroll
Fred Groharing
Morrison
Lew Groharing
Prophetstown
Anna B Carroll
C C Hohnadel
Chedwick
Dwight Bennett
Champaign
H W Bradley
Bloomer Wisconsin
Jennie Lowry
Galesburg
Leo Stumphy
Thomson Review
Foster
Hollywood
Paty ‘Leswis
Cap Sweet
Cap- Sweet
Mart Shépard
Bristol
Thomson
Town elections July town vote tally and re election results
Voters faced poor roads on election day with a total turnout of 514. James Sheridan was re elected as supervisor by 145 votes over Rush Carroll. Harry Carpenter won the school trustees seat unopposed. Probate judges had a light day with final counts by 6 30 PM. The meeting re appointed York cemetery sextons for the coming year, and local residents prepared for travel and visits.
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James Sheridan
Rush Carroll
Harry Carpener
Twesdey
York
John Carroll
Argo
Lewis Cness
Wm Kailey
McConnell
Sounding Brave In Words On Meatreal Star Coverage
The fragment debates the value of verbose praise to mask a real stall in coverage. It hints at profitless rhetoric and the urge to sound bold while masking weaker reporting on a notable subject. No clear facts or named entities are present.
Way Back When At The Schoolhouse And Depot Fire
Remembered scenes from a bygone town, a fight under the Christmas tree at the schoolhouse bluff, a revolver purchase in Fal igon, carp hauled from a slough, and a Milwaukee depot fire. Local ads note Albert Dittmar’s cream station, Henry Johnson’s household goods sale, and Porter French planning a Garden City trip with relatives.
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Seat Geisinger
Frank Edgerly
Dick Groharing
Jack Kinsal
Faligon
Sam
Joe Geinger
Thomas Cochran
Main Street
Milwaukee
High Form of Lace
The passage praises nature as a formative love that can purify and elevate any heart. It emphasizes nature’s power to purify and exalt the soul, attributed to E. P. Ree’s sentiment on devotion to natural beauty.
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E. P. Ree
Post Office Gets Papered Today in Town
The post office is being papered to day. Herb always was a slicker when it comes to keeping things nice and showy.
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Herb
Pastry Sale and Local Board Race Notes
A Baptist ladies pastry sale is planned at Leow Garg on Saturday April 26 with articles priced around 100. A candidate for the CUS board had a petition circulated yesterday. George Strubb shows an old account book from Sammy Lord's grandfather dating to the 1850s now in Swans possession, with dates of relatives to check. Elisabeth Myers, wife of Rev LB Myers, former pastor, died March 24 1927, leaving husband and two daughters.
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Mian
H Sterling
Garfield Ave
The
Baptist
Leow
George Strubb
Sammy Lord
Swans
George
Jook
Elisabeth Myers
LB Myers
Christian Grate of
the Place
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Ed Mest
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Porter French
Garden City
South Dakota
Sandridge School
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Dallas Robertson
Irene Rupple
Alice Switser
Ideal School
Raymond Senneff
Doris Green
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Nera Mae Green
Georre Geary
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Hike Geary
William Lartz
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Louise Dachler
Lewis
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Prient Cochran
Pease
Zack
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TNT Club
Christian Church
Griswold Building
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Vern Mort
A. F. Dittmar
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CUS
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