Rural School Histories Eagleville and Lime Creek Center
Eagleville on the county line two miles from the county seat traces its origins to 1869 with several buildings and a long history of teachers including Nettie Hergiman and Mariel Detweiller. Lime Creek Center near Wellman traces to 1873, listing many teachers and a 60 year run, with modern facilities and a growing student body.
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Eagleville
Washington County
Ludwig
Nelson Tracy
George Winslow
J.T. Ludwig
Nettie Hergaiman
William Wine
Theodore Zillmer
Sarah Haggaman
Mariel Detweiller
Frances
Marjorie Polton
Wayne
Fraynia
Melvin
Loretta
Rovert
Tee Bruegge
Eastbound Omaha Chicago Bus Schedules
Eastbound Bus No 2 departs Washington at 8 65 p m Bus No 6 at 12 02 a m night service Bus No 10 at 10 23 a m All lines head to Chicago Tickets available at Bus Depot Candy Kitchen North Side Square or at local depot for coast to coast travel A I Canton Agent
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Omaha
Chicago
Washington
Washington Ee
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
AL Canton
Ageng
First Bunker Hill School House Sheds Light On Past Use
The early Bunker Hill building stood on land now owned by J. E. Palmer about a quarter mile south of the present school. It operated from at least 1865 and was used by pupils from Grandview Center Fairview and Bunker Hill while also serving as a place of worship with revival meetings and a Ladies Aid Society.
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Bunker Hill
J. E. Palmer
Grandview
Center
Fairview
Rebecca Lewis
Add. White
Thurston Goodspeed
Leainston
Ladies Aid Society
J. Stinchcomb
Bunker Hill Church
Joseph Wishard
Ru Adams
Henry Clapper
Hulsa Laura Goodspeed
Andrew Salmson
Martin Foster
Ira White
Stinchcomb
Olive Moorman
J A. Huffman
C. M. French
Melvin Squire
Alma Downing
Lizzie Bottomfield
Jennie Turnipseed
Emma Allen
Maud Roberts
Jacob Hicks
Nira
Minnie Downing
Julia MelIntyre
Anna Adams
Addie MelIntroye
Liberty Zimmerman
Nellie Griffith
Carrie Waite
Trussier
Stinehcomb
Adams
Hull
Huffman
Fordice
Hesse
Whetstine
Klockenteger
Claar
McIntrve
White
Ryan
Smith
Robinson
Jobson
Matthews
Wetrick
Moore
Neasmith
Chapman
Green
A. O. Taylor
Whittier
California
Huisa Goodspeed
Chicago
Jake Hicks
Wellman
Blanche Palmer
Herbert Klinefelter
Manila
Hawaii
Noah Beer
Scott Davisson
Libby Butterfield
Scott Griffith
Sadin Butterfield
Northen Beer
Junior Nelson
Evelyn Davisson
Glen Reber
Gene Reber
Richard Lester
Donald Zwiecki
Harlin Berger
Donald Reber
J. &. Palmer
Lime Creek
Old Dayton
Dayton
Smith Creek
English River
Henry Wishard
Palisades
Town City
Sigourney
John W. Griffith
S.W
Range
Hellen Frisby
John Q. Adems
Martha Trowbridge
George Steiner
Sarah Watters
Scott Navisson
Luela Gilson
John Huffman
Lizzie Stinehcomb
Hila Jones
Lime Creek Township
Wash
Ington County
Iowa
W. N. Pank
Martin Stapleton
Francis Lonuwel
Join Bullhavines
J. H. Boyd
J.S. Davisson
John Bull
Willian Ducker, Sr
J. P. Laren
J. F. Griffith
James Griffith
Literary Society
Alva Bull
the Boar
W. D. Bull
Dave Bull
Ralph Bull
Bull
Grant Griffith
George Longwell
Life-Saver Truss Advert with Personal Testimonial
A marketing note for the Life-Saver Truss claims it holds ruptures in all positions and prevents chafing. It includes a testimonial from Wm J. S. of Des Moines praising relief after multiple failed trusses and noting authorized agents in the city.
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Wm J. S
Des Moines
The
United States Truss Co
War casualty Major Williams arrives in New York in hospital condition
Major Robert B. Williams U.S. Army, wounded by a German bomb fragment, arrives in New York by plane from Europe with a damaged eye. The text then shifts to local history noting a church at Bunker Hill and the 1874 formation of an Independent school district led by FE L Trussler and J Stinchcomb, naming Ira Adams as president and listing early officers and tax details.
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Robert B. Williams
U. S. Army
New York
Europe
U. S
London
Williams
Cross Roads
Bunker Hill
FE. L. Trussler
J. Stinchcomb
Ira Adams
William Hull
J. R. Huffman
Henry Claar
Grandview Lime Creek School Tells Bunker Hill History
A long local history recounts the Lime Creek and Grandview schools near Bunker Hill Iowa. It covers 1867 offerings, grounds, and a new building. It notes teachers, patrons, and notable alumni shaping education into the early 1900s.
Fairview School McGhan Builds on 1889 Apple Shed
Fairview school nicknamed McGhan sits at the southeast corner of Lime Creek township section 7 and has occupied the site since the first crude frame house was erected in 1889 by Mr. J. White. The building served as apple storage before locals purchased the old apple shed to establish a school with minimal equipment.
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Fairview School
McGhan
Lime Creek Township
J. White
Olin Snair
Emporia
Kan
Anna Snair
H. V. Beck
Kermit Ehrenfelt
Nancy
Fairfield
Harry Turner
Jett Yoder
Middlebury
Ind
Harvey Hochstetler
Barkare Peterson
School earns strip of land and moves house at cost
The text notes the school district exchanged land with G G Griffith and moved the school house back from Highway 22 at their expense. It reflects on why the school is valued, citing graduates becoming lawyers doctors pharmacists teachers and business people, and names the current teacher Vera M. Kos and students Milan Gray Arten Gray Verle Gray Richard Enfield Paulette Gislain.
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G. G. Griffith
Schhool
Vera M. Kos
Milan Gray
Charles Waliiel
Arten Gray
Verle Gray
Richard Enfield
Paulette Gislain
Methodist Church at Riverside Holds Fellowship Supper
Riverside March 1 Rev Stuart C Peterson spoke on church discipline at Trinity Methodist during lent meeting. A potluck fellowship supper preceded the session. Honor roll students named from local high school include seniors Marie Bell Donald Birka Cleo Burich Elaine Gerot Eleanor Frost and others across classes. Visitors from Kalona Lone Tree Bemidji and Grandview noted with local hosts named.
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Riverside
Methodist Church
Stuart C. Peterson
Trinity Methodist Church
Marie Bell
Donald Birka
Cleo Burich
Elaine Gerot
Eleanor Frost
Betty Butz
Norma Goetz
Norma Rose Kos
John Soukup
Martha Stober
Barbara Lawrence
Rose Luckey
Lanetta Goetz
Patricia McCreedy
Glenys Marner
Kalona
Emry Sharp
Homer Jackson
Wesley Prehoda
Janice Scherrer
William Shebanek
Lone Tree
Harley Ford
Robert Lee
Bemidji
Minn
I. W. Ford
William Stransky
Iowa City
Allen Snyder
Grandview
Roy Snyder
Kalona Boy Scouts Plan Coming Year at Annual Meeting
Kalona May 29 The Boy Scout executive committee met for its annual meeting to plan the coming year. Attending were T R James Ford Skola R A Hender Raymond Witting Larry Spivey E J Hesselschwerdt H V Stolgrass S Peterson H V Weber and Gerald Teets.
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Kalona
Boy Scouts
R. A. Hender
Tk Boy Scout Executive Committee
T. R. James
Ford Skola
Raymond Witting
Larry Spivey
E. J. Hesselschwerdt
H. V. Stolgrass
S. ©. Peterson
H. V. Weber
Gerald Teets
Co. L. Drollinger
Harry Horesowsky
Heclipse Lumiver
Vere Davis
Kaloua
Neder
Willis P. Wittmer
Woodrow Wilson on The Noncirculating $100000 Bill
The portrait of Woodrow Wilson appears on the noncirculating $100000 denomination. These bills are printed solely for transactions between the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Banks.
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Woodrow Wilson
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
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G. G. Steninger
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Bunker Hill School
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United States
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Dorothy May
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