West Independence Neighborhood Notes Item
West Independence reports H Schweppe and Fred Eggers delivering hogs to Webster City Saturday. Farmers begin clover hay making. Misses Richie and Henrietta Gray visit Mrs Schweppe. Tillie Heins returns from Mankato to visit siblings Carl and Louisa. Mitchell of Webster City advances on Isaac Smiths barn. Adams and Brock lay cement foundation under Fred Bauers barn. June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Independence
H. Schweppe
Fred Eggers
Webster City
Richie
Henrietta Gray
Near Kamrar
John Schweppe
Tillie Heins
Mankato
Minnesota
Carl
Louisa Heins
Mr. Mitchell
Isaac Smith
J. W. Adams
G. W. Brock
Fred Bauer
Local Social Notes and Rural Happenings Around June 26
Des Moines visitors Miss Ella Anderson and Miss May Craig share family visits while Edith Claflin stays with relatives near Jewell. Ada Richards and family visit Boone, Will Brock family at Harmony Center, and McConnell farm latest barn completion noted. A joyous mix of picnics chautauqua trips and town and county visits marked by illness notes and funeral for B F Morrill in the Christian church.
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Ella Anderson
Des Moines
Edith Claflin
Geo, Claflin
Jewell
D.richards
Boone
Will Brock
Oscar Brock
Harmony Center
W. C. McConnell
Orval Berryhill
Grandview
Helen Gilmore
Rachel Sterling
Webster City
Guy B. McFarland
Emma Amundson
H. E
R. E. Riley
E. F. McFarland
Sioux Rapids
W. B. Kepler
B. F. Morrill
Christian Church
Shaw
Morrill
Charles Wilson
Local families visit in Wort Dodge area events
Mrs Ed Hawks and son Howard of Wort Dodge visited the Ed Sayre home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs H W Stafford and son Clay traveled from Ames Sunday. Odd Fellows held memorial services and decorated graves. Mrs Hansen and son Fred from Forest City visited J W Bell. Sunday school children enjoyed a picnic on the J W McNee lawn despite rain. Races were featured and time deemed very fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hawks
Howard
Wort Dodge
Ed Sayre
H. W. Stafford
Clay
Ames
Odd Fellows
Qodd
Cliff Napp
Sayre, N
Fr. S. van Buskirk
Hansen
Fred
Forest City
Webster City Resident Returns Home After Absent Period
In Webster City the past two months a resident returns home, marking a short absence and reestablishment of daily routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Board honors longtime executive with diamond gift
At the Hamilton County State Bank semi annual meeting Miss Annie C. Smith tendered her resignation after twenty five years as assistant cashier. Murray McMurray was elected to fill the vacancy and the directors presented Miss Smith with a solitaire diamond ring in appreciation of her faithful service.
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Hamilton County State Bank
Annie C. Smith
Murray McMurray
Double Wedding in Chicago Unites Trier and Ruth and Carter Couples
A June 11 Chicago ceremony united Miss Marie Trier and Adolph H. Ruth in a church wedding at Second Congregational in Oak Park with twin Clara marrying Chillis I Carter of Boston. The five Trier sisters, once Des Moines residents, formed a concert company noted nationwide for their merit and sibling bond.
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Chicago
Marie Trier
Adolph H. Ruth
Clara
Chillis I, Carter
Boston
Second Congregational Church
Oak Park
Des Moines
Unusual flowering cactus and fragrant vines on D H Morgan lawn
At east Division street D H Morgan grows a five year old flowering cactus with thirty seven blossoms and scarlet flowers two and a half inches wide and four inches long. A jasmine vine two years old covers a three foot square trellis with white fragrant blooms after rain. The Morgan lawn is well cared for with lush grass and a thriving vegetable garden, a sight for any gardener.
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D. H. Morgan
East Division Street
Morgan
Morgan Lawn
Picnic Day At Club House Sponsored By Social Affairs
Wednesday's outing club day drew about forty members and families to the woods for a rain refreshed picnic. They enjoyed dinner on the porch and lawn and engaged in golf tennis croquet and other pastimes. A complimentary breakfast was hosted at nine by Mrs Clare H Currie for Miss Edith Hazard of Salem Oregon visiting at the Currie home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Maxwell
May Craig
Hill
John Carey
Henry Porter
Albert Craig
Hagle Grove
Woods
Stanhope
May Grover
CLUB
Mrrs
Clare H. Currie
Edith Hazard
Salem
Oregon
F. S. Currie
Smocks Celebrate Seventeenth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs R P Smock hosted about thirty relatives and friends for a lawn picnic supper Wednesday evening marking their seventeenth anniversary. Gifts included a reading lamp and glass dish. Also for sale a practically new kitchen cabinet by W S Clifton for $24 at 26d38 Walnut Street or phone 177.
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R. P. Smock
W. S. Clifton
Walnut Street
Third church in Hamilton County noted in 1869 history
The article recalls the 1869 election results with I Doane A A Wicks John Eckstein and others re elected and J D Hunter re elected to the legislature. It details the 1869 census data and early county development including the second church in Webster City and a new bank organized as Young Estes and Company in 1870.
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Hamilton County
I. Doane
A. A. Wicks
John Eckstein
John McMiller
J. D. Hunter
Hamilton
Wright
Franklin
Dr. Curtis
Congregational Church
Webster City
Willson Avenue
Bank Street
J. M. Funk
Willson
W. N. Browning
Browning
Seneca Street
Rosenkrans
R. I. Burleson
Lewis Crary
Blairsburg
Lakin’s Grove
Randall
Homer
Hook’s Point
Homer Circuit
Mershon
Hunter
Notice to Contractors for Hamilton County Drain No 147 Bids
Hamilton county Iowa seeks sealed bids for Cass township drain No 147. Bids due July 5th 1913 at 1 30 p m with a ten percent certified check. Bids must use first class salt glazed vitrified clay tile. Work to begin within 30 days of letting and be finished by September 1st 1914. County Auditor Ai J Peterson signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Hamilton County
Iowa
Webster City
Cass Township
Ai J. Peterson
Bank Robbery Indictments in New Westminster
Indictments charge Charles Dean with the 1911 Bank of Montreal robbery in New Westminster where over 273000 dollars was stolen and John McNamara with the alleged attempted auto theft to aid the escape. Dean was arrested in Los Angeles and McNamara in New York. both were extradited.
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New Westminister
B. C
Charles Dean
Bank of Montreal
John McNamara
Dean
Los Angeles
McNamara
New York
Vaccination is Serious in Towa City Case
Deputy county recorder J M Kadlee testified in court while ill with smallpox. Court reporter Addie M Sheff, vaccinated to avoid contagion, was hospitalized with severe vaccine reaction and is sicker than Kadlee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
J. M. Kadlee
Addie M. Sheff
Golden wedding of B F Barge celebrated in Yakima
Fifty year couple B F and Mrs B F Barge long-time Webster City residents celebrated their golden wedding in North Yakima. The Yakima Independent notes a church ceremony at First Baptist with organist H W Sharpe, a quartet, and a reception by the Twentieth Century Club. Notables W L Steinweg and Col W W Robertson praised Prof. Barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Barge
Webster City
of Washington
North Yakima
Yakima
First’ Baptist Church
H. W. Sharpe
Barge
L. C. Meigs
A. A. Ames
W. H. Hellen
C. I. Eberle
EB. B. Leckey
Miriam Eberle
H. L. Boardman
Twentieth Century Club
W. L. Steinweg
First National Bank
Col
W. W. Robertson
The
Republic
Professor Barge
Personal Briefs in Spokane Visit Family Members
Mrs. Wm. FL Hawley of Spokane Washington is in the city visiting her aunts Mesdames Chas. Stoddard D. S. Jewett and Wm. Moore and other relatives. Mr. Hawley will arrive next week. Miss Elizabeth Chamberlin re-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. FL Hawley
Spokane
Wash
City
Mesdames Chas. Stoddard
D. S. Jewett
Wm. Moore
Mr. Hawley
Elizabeth Chamberlin
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County Statistics
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Mrs. B. F. Barge
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Poland
Lee Davis
Kansas City
Davis
H. M. Ware
Stephen
Waterloo
Leta Wolgamot-Wilson
Frankfort
Kentucky
J. B. Kennedy
N. H. Bawden
Gilbert
T. Trimble
Clarinda
C. J. DeFrance
Leon
Allsbury Violin
Lloyd DeFrance
J. O
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Cherokee
W. GC. L. Brown
Iowa City
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Martha McDonald
Clara Gabrielson
A. C. Kraemer
J. C. Krueger
Mabel Richter
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W. H. Cook
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