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Garden Grove Express So far as heard from there are eight candidates for the republican nomination for recorder. They are C. R. QUIGLEY, of Decatur, Dan ANDERSON of Fayette, Home DYE, of Leon, Clyde RAYN, of Woodland, Valentine WHITE, of Fayette, Ralph SPURIER, of Bloomington, J. F. MCMORRIS, of Eden, and J. J. EVANS of this township. There will certainly be a lively contest. If there is any bad feeling engendered among the disappointed ones it will be spread out over so many candidates that it will not be thick enough to hurt them or the party. Copied by Stacey McDowell Dietiker |
| Garden Grove Express Thursday, June 7, 1894 Garden Grove, Iowa LOCALS. Mrs. T. S. ARNOLD of Leon was in town on Tuesday. Arthur MCCARTNEY of Weldon was in Garden Grove last Monday evening. Joe JOHNSON, one of the young farmers of Center township was in Garden Grove last Tuesday. Mrs. BRADY returned from Mt. Pleasant Friday where she has been visiting the past four weeks. Four couples of young people went down to Davis City last Sunday morning on a picnic excursion. Mrs. Fannie HOWARD of Chariton, came down last Saturday to visit with her daughter, Mrs. John SCOTT. We notice by the JOURNAL that Judge TOWNER is to deliver the address on K. P. Decoration Day at Leon. J. D. BROWN of Center Township was in Garden Grove last Friday doing business and visiting with friends. The Chariton PATRIOT comes to us this week filled with an account of the dedication of their new court house. A bicyclist, who had made the trip from Omaha to Des Moines and was on his way to St. Jo. was in town Monday evening. Mrs. J. J. EVANS, who has been sick for a month past is now recovering and will probably soon be able to be out again. Mrs. Levi TRISLER died last Thursday very suddenly of appoplexy. Her remains were taken to Van Wert for burial on Saturday. Rev. W. D. POND, of Lucas, arrived Friday and preached the funeral of Grandma TRISLER, who died Wednesday evening. Van Wert is to have a new paper, with C. P. HALL as editor and Mrs. Geo. BOYCE as compositor. The first No. is to come out this week. W. H. JENNINGS and Edward were down from Garden Grove Sunday. Mr. JENNINGS will soon move his family to that place. - Dow City Advance. A. B. STEARNS has been repainting his elegant residence the past week; also the fences and outbuildings. It makes it one of the nicest residences in the county. A paper-sack man was in town last Thursday trying to "work" our business. They did not seem to take kindly to his scheme and he went away without an order. Just as we go to press the engine house at the reservoir is burning. It has gained considerable headway and will probably be destroyed; supposed to be spontaneous combustion. The special term of the District court meets at Leon next Monday with Judge TOWNER on the bench. We notice that B. O. PRYOR and Geo. SPAETH of this township on the trial jury. T. B. SHORT of Fairfield, Iowa, was here last week visiting with Mr. L. W. SULLIVAN, south of town, and looking at some land with a view to buying. He and Mr. SULLIVAN were neighbors in Illinois. Mrs. Michael SULLIVAN died yesterday after an illness of only a few days duration. Her remains will be taken to Mt. Pleasant for interment beside her husband, who died but little over a year ago. J. S. BROWN left Tuesday for Tiffin, Ohio, to be gone about a week. When he returns his daughter, who has been attending school there, will come home with him. He expected to stop in Chicago for a day or two to buy goods. Mr. BENEFIEL, the proprietor of the new restaurant, presents our readers with an adv. this week. We have sampled his "eatables" and we know that what he says is true, viz. that everything he has in stock is neat and clean and of good quality. S. P. MCNIELL, returned from Des Moines last Saturday after having been there four weeks as a grand juror of the United States Court. The court had not yet adjourned but at his earnest request, the judge excused him from further attendance. W. H. JENNINGS moved his family here Thursday. They will occupy the residence formerly occupied by S. L. WOOD. The family have many friends here who will be pleased to hear that they have decided to make their home in Garden Grove once more. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. BURNS returned from Clearfield Friday. The material has been placed on the ground for the new town building. Mrs. Geo. SNYDER of Grand River, and Mr. and Mrs. Jas. SNYDER and family of Sharpsburg, Md., and Mrs. Dr. DEKALB of DeKalb visited Miss Lue KIDWILER this week. Rev. James BRUCE, of Andes New York, came last Tuesday for a short visit with his brother, Hon. Bryson BRUCE of High Point township. He was on his way home from a trip to the Pacific coast. A committee from the G. A. R. Post, consisting of J. P. JORDAN, L. W. SULLIVAN, W. H. WEBSTER and W. K. MACY went down to High Point last Wednesday morning and assisted by several old soldiers of that locality, decorated the graves of the soldiers lying in that cemetery. S. H. AMOS, master L. J. EDE, junior warden and M. V. STEWART, past master, went to Cedar Rapids last week to represent the masonic lodge in the Grand Lodge. They have a good report to carry up as this lodge has been doing a large amount of "work" this spring. S. H. AMOS of Garden Grove was in town Monday and Tuesday and made this office a pleasant call. Mr. AMOS retires from the sanctum of EXPRESS office this week and will hereafter devote his entire attention to the law business. He made the EXPRESS an attractive local paper under his management - JOURNAL. Last Saturday morning quite a serious runaway took place at the crossing where the wagon road runs under the railroad. Mrs. Jno. SANDERS who was in the vehicle, was thrown out and had her shoulder dislocated. Dr. DOOLITTLE set the arm and she will soon recover. Mrs. SANDERS is a sister of Mrs. S. H. BRILEY and has been staying with her for some time. Copied by Stacey McDowell Dietiker December 31, 2003 |
| Garden Grove Express Thursday, June 14, 1894 Garden Grove, Iowa HIGH POINT ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. Geo. KING and Mr. and Mrs. KIRBY of Humeston, and Mrs. John MCKIBBEN and daughter Libbie, were High Point visitors last Friday and attended the picnic and closing exercises of the High Point school. J. F. HITCHCOCK attended the Chariton district conference at Mt. Ayr last week. Mrs. W. A. BROWN and son Fred, of Leon, were the guests of friends and relatives here last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. SWOPE visited with their daughter Mrs. Jessie RIDGEWAY, in Leroy last Wednesday. Messers. Pete DANIEL, Sam MASON, and Elmer MCGUIRE and Miss Grace MCGUIRE of Garden Grove attended the school picnic here last Friday. Miss Jennie WOLVERTON is spending this week with friends in Humeston. As Misses Gertie and Jessie KELLER, were returning home from school last Wednesday evening, the horse they were driving took fright at some object just as they were turning the corner at the Brant school house, ran into the ditch at the side of the road and threw them out. Miss Gertie was so severely injured that she remained unconscious for two or three hours after being taken to John ATEN's and was unable to leave her bed for some days, but at this writing she is, we are glad to say, able to be up most of the time, and we trust will soon be entirely recovered from her injuries. Miss Jessie escaped unhurt. Verily, road carts are not the safest of vehicles to ride in. Wasn't that a fine rain Saturday and Sunday, and just in the nick of time? Truly, God is good to us. Mrs. Helen MCFARLAND closed a very successful term of school at High Point last Friday. She reports 19 pupils enrolled and an average daily attendance of 14. She gave a picnic and celebration last Friday and report says more than 100 persons were present to enjoy the occasion. Miss Mary BRANT finished her term of school at the BRANT school house. We have not heard what her report will be, but we can say it will be a good one as she is one of Decatur county's best teachers. Miss CURRY, who taught in District No. 6, closed her term of school last Friday. This is her first term of school and she is reported to have given good satisfaction. She reports 16 pupils enrolled and an average daily attendance of 14. Miss Emma BAY, who taught the young idea how to shoot in Sub-district No. 2, also closed her school last Friday. Her report, 22 pupils enrolled and an average daily attendance of 10, would indicate that the parents were not as anxious to have their children educated as they should be, or that the larger children attended in bad weather and had to stay home to work in good. Harry FLEMING and Albert MCCLEARY went to Grand river fishing last Friday returning Sunday. Ask them how many fish they caught. Lawrence KONKLIN called on his best girl at Crown last Sunday. Mr. Hal SMITH and Misses Nellie KONKLIN and Ida RAINS called at John ATEN's Thursday eve to see Miss Gertie KELLER, and to offer her a word of encouragement. Frank SMITH and Ella TRAUPEL were Leon visitors last Thursday. Will BROWN, Ed HITCHCOCK, John BARDWELL, Ed SWOPE and lady and Miss Bina SWOPE were seen in Leon Saturday. I. N. MCDONOUGH of this place has traded for MASSEY and CHANDLER stock of hardware in Woodland and report says that Mr. MASSEY will have charge of the store there, and that Mr. MCDONOUGH contemplates adding a stock of groceries. Wayde MACY and his best girl attended church in Woodland last Sunday. Peas and new potatoes for dinner are now becoming the fashion in these parts. Some of the boys of Garden Grove seem to think that High Point is a good place to go. Why? Ask them. Mrs. BRANT and daughters were the guests of Mrs. P. WOLVERTON Sunday. Several of the young people attended church at Woodland last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. I. N. MCDONOUGH visited Mrs. CHANDLER at Woodland last Wednesday. Mrs. K. L. BROWN of Leon is visiting friends at High Point. Pearl WOLVERTEN and Major SMITH were Unity visitors Sunday. Mrs. Helene MCFARLAND closed her seventh term of school at this place last Friday with a picnic dinner and literary exercises in the afternoon. There were over a 170 persons present. Those from a distance being Mr. and Mrs. Geo. KING, and Mr. and Mrs. A. P. KIRBY, and children from Humeston; Mrs. J. MCKIBBEN and Miss Libbie, and Rev. BENNETT and family from Garden Grove; Mrs. Will BROWN, Neil and Fred BROWN from Leon, and Mrs. Miller CHANDLER from Woodland. All present enjoyed the short talk addressed to the children by Rev. BENNETT. Miss Cora CURRY closed a successful term of school at Spunky Ridge last Friday. BUSY BEE. Copied by Stacey McDowell Dietiker January 6, 2004 |
| Garden Grove Express Thursday, June 14, 1894 Garden Grove, Iowa Locals. S. H. AMOS made a trip to Leon last Friday. There was a dance at the opera hall last Friday night. Our Leon letter has, for some cause, failed us this week. The SHAW boys shipped two cars of hogs last Saturday. John VAIL had business calling him to Leon last Saturday. The brick for the new town building is being hauled overland from the Leon brick-yard. Miss Mable JUDD of Garden Grove, visited friends in town over Sunday - Weldon Messenger. John AIRY, of Smyrna, Clarke county was in Garden Grove last Thursday looking after business. John HAUENSTEIN of Ringgold county was here last Saturday visiting with is uncle M. S. BENEFIEL. John BLEDSOE of High Point, was in Garden Grove looking after some real estate matters Saturday. S. P. MCNEILL, of Garden Grove was transacting business in Chariton last Friday. - Chariton Democrat Freeland BOBBITT, of the Leon cigar factory, was in Garden Grove interviewing our dealers last Monday. The M. E. Conference decided at its meeting at Mt. Ayr to hold it annual camp meeting at Davis City again this year. Miss Margaret YOUNG returned from Fairfield Friday afternoon where she has been attending school at Parsons College. Deputy U. S. Marshal ETHRIDGE of Des Moines was in garden Grove on Monday on business connected with his office. Mr. and Mrs. GIBSON entertained friends at their home on Thursday evening last. The occasion was Mr. GIBSON's birthday. W. H. WEBSTER left last Monday for Chariton, having been called there by a telegram telling of the dangerous illness of his sister. Geo. RUSSELL received a fine new bicycle last Friday. We hear of several others who contemplate getting wheels in the near future. S. R. WAYMIRE who has been at Leon with W. A. ALEXANDER for the past four weeks returned Saturday and intends to travel on the road. Miss Dell MCCONNELL, formerly employed in C. B. FRASE's store, but now living at Humeston, was in Garden Grove the first of the week. S. WILSON proprietor of the barber shop, presents our readers with a new adv. Mr. WILSON is a first-class barber and treats his customers right. Mrs. Wm. ALCHORN, of Garden Grove, arrived in this city Friday for a visit with her sister, Mrs. J. W. O'NEAL and other relatives. - Mt. Ayr Journal. Stated communication of Temple Lodge next Saturday evening. Visiting brethren invited. S. H. AMOS M. The amount of smiling done by the people of this vicinity during the rains on Saturday and Sunday, if reduced to horse power, would run a saw mill. The Ringgold Record makes mention of the presence of Revs. BENNETT and HITCHCOCK of Garden Grove, in attendance on the M. E. District conference held there. College City Chronicle is the name of the new paper to be started this month at Lamoni, by W. H. DEAM, a former employee of the Saints' Herald office of that place. The old joke about the deacon's borrowing a boy to take to the circus is now in order. It has been "on deck" ever since circuses were invented and will never wear out. Major YOUNG returned to Garden Grove last week after several months stay in Wyoming. The Major did not particularly like that country and says that he shall not return. Quite a number of the young people of Garden Grove went out to Stony Point last Friday to attend the closing day picnic at Carrie JUDD's school. Of course, they enjoyed themselves. President PERKINS, Vice-President HARRIS and J. W. BLYTHE general solicitor of the C. B. & Q. passed through here in their special car Thursday evening. They were going over the Grant City line. Beginning next Sunday, the two churches will unite in a union evening service. Next Sunday evening the service will be held in the Presbyterian church and Rev. BENNETT will preach the sermon. The Teacher's Institute begins at Leon next Monday with Prof. R. A. HARKNESS - so well known to Garden Grove people - as principal instructor. The majority of the other instructors are Decatur county men. Next Sunday is K. of P. Decoration Day. There are no Knights buried in this cemetery, and we understand that the lodge expect to go to Leon to assist in observing the day. News sometimes gets strangely mixed up when it gets a little way from home. The Allerton News of last week says - "Bryan BRUCE of Garden Grove has started for Boston on his World's Pair bicycle." Dr. DOOLITTLE had business in Leon Saturday last. Solon WILSON went to Leon for a few days the first of the week. C. B. FRASE, C. S. STEARNS and Otto JORDAN all received new bicycles last Saturday. S. C. BENEFIEL of Weldon, was here on Saturday visiting with his brother Morris BENEFIEL. Miss NORTHRUP, of Garden Grove is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. A. STEWART - Tingley Vindicator C. S. STEARNS, Geo. STILES, R. D. PIPER, Geo. ROSENGRANT, Thos. QUAYLE, J. E. VAIL and George PENCE were all down to Leon last Friday as witnesses in the LUSE case. E. S. BUFFUM of Leroy was in Garden Grove on Monday transacting business. Mr. BUFFUM has a fine herd of thoroughbred Jerseys and he seems to be in good spirits in spite of the hard times. Geo. STEARNS received last week a fine new silver mounted tenor horn from C. G. CONN, Elkhart, Indiana, last week. It is said to be one of the finest horns ever brought to this county. The Humeston Era announced a game of ball for that place on Saturday last in which the Garden Grove nine was to take part. If there is any such thing as a Garden Grove nine we failed to locate it. Mrs. Rose PARNELL came in from Chicago last week to spend a few weeks visiting with her brother - Will WOOD. She has been attending the Illinois Training School for Nurses at Chicago with the expectation of fitting herself for a professional nurse. So far as we know, the "Glorious Fourth" will not be celebrated in Garden Grove this year. Other towns in the county, however, are making great preparations and Garden Grove will probably furnish a good share of the crowd at those places. Rev. BEER went to Des Moines on Tuesday to attend the meeting of the Presbyterian Sabbath School Institute of the Synod of Iowa. He expects to stop at Chariton one evening to perform the rite of baptism in the Presbyterian church at that place. Maj. R. D. KELLOGG and family returned yesterday from attendance at the commencement exercises of Parsons College, Fairfield. The Major has been on the board of directors for many years and reports the college as in a flourishing condition. - Register T. J. SHEFFER, our enterprising furniture man, presents our readers with a new adv. this week. Mr. SHEFFER certainly has as he says, an immense stock of goods; without doubt much larger than any other in the county. His reputation for fair dealing is well known. The fire at the reservoir Wednesday of last week, was extinguished before any great damage was done. Of course the building was considerably injured by the fire, but the engine was unhurt and was pumping the next morning as usual. The damage is estimated at $75. For a number of years past this paper has been dated Thursday and printed on Wednesday. This required constant explanation in order to avoid confusion in the mind of the reader, especially in reporting events happening on Wednesday. We have therefore decided to go to press hereafter on Thursday morning. We have received the program of the commencement exercises of the State University occurring this week. Garden Grove has one representative in the list, A. K. ATEN, Jr., who graduates from the law department. Mr. ATEN is a young man of good parts and we believe that he will make a success of his profession. Dan ANDERSON, of Fayette township, who is a candidate for the republican nomination for recorder was in town last Saturday and made this office a pleasant call. Mr. ANDERSON is a young man of good appearance and he seems to be considerable of a "rustler" - a very essential requisite for a candidate for office. Mrs. Grace AMOS went to Allerton Saturday for a short visit with relatives. Mr. MITCHELL is treating his residence to a new coat, which will brighten it up considerably. Miss Edna BROWN returned this week from Tiffin, Ohio, where she has been attending school. Ralph BAKER shipped four car loads of cattle to Chicago on Tuesday. Will BRUCE also shipped two car loads the same day. The C. B. & Q. construction train has been here this week driving new piling under the bridge south of the school house. Mrs. JONES, from near Decatur City is here visiting with her daughter, Mrs. CARDER. Mrs. JONES is very nearly a centenarian - 95 - and it is quite a trip for one of her age. A fire in the grass along the railroad track last Thursday afternoon was the cause of some little stir. It having been so very dry it didn't require much fire to make people interested. L. H. THOMAS our dealer in agricultural implements has a new adv. in our columns this week. Read it and profit by it. Mr. THOMAS has a well-earned reputation for fair dealing and good bargains and it will pay you to call on him. The boys comprising the new band are practicing with great enthusiasm on their instruments and they expect to make their first public appearance in a few weeks. We hope that our people will give them substantial encouragement in their efforts. A good brass band is no small advantage to a town. The lightening during the storm last Saturday afternoon cut up some pranks at the depot which Agent STROHL did not particularly enjoy. It ran in on the wire burning out the key and giving Mr. STROHL a slight shock. The line repairers came down from Chariton on Monday and put things in good shape. We spent a few minutes at the depot last Tuesday morning and judging from the business going on there, we judge that the Q is not suffering greatly if the times are hard. The construction train was on a side-track, and before we left, two more freights arrived from the south. Copied by Stacey McDowell Dietiker January 6, 2004 |
| Garden Grove Express Thursday, June 21, 1894 Garden Grove, Iowa COUNTY SEAT NEWS The case of JOHNS vs. STRONG et al. tried to a jury last week resulted in a verdict of $100 for plaintiff. This was for suffering etc. of Mrs. JOHNS. Suit for loss of time, medical attendance and of Mr. JOHNS against same defendant are as yet to be tried. The STRONG and SMITH boys were running their horses on the way home from church and ran over Mrs. JOHNS causing serious and permanent injury. The Jury returned a verdict for one cent damaged in case of LAMB vs. DREW for slander. Judge HARVEY and A. J. ALLEN are attending G. A. R. encampment at Council Bluffs this week. S. A. GATES has traded a farm for a $3,000 stock of goods which he will open up in the opera block. Frank CLARK of Des Moines, is at the home of his father I. N. CLARK suffering from appendicitis and a surgeon has been wired at St. Joe to perform an operation. The twelve year old son of Cal ADAIR, while fooling with a revolver, shot himself through the leg, making a serious wound. R. L. PARRISH is the happy father of a new son since Monday. A large crowd attended the dedication of the new Grand river bridge last Saturday. As soon as bridge builder LEEPER makes his report an itemized report of the cost will be furnished. The board very wisely revived an order made by a former board prohibiting peanut stands, etc. in the court house park. Henry, the ten year old son of Michael CORCORAN a former resident of Garden Grove, was taken to the reform school last week by Sheriff BECK. He persistently thrashed his invalid mother and was a nuisance generally. Copied by Stacey McDowell Dietiker January 1, 2004 |
| Garden Grove Express June 28, 1894 Garden Grove, Iowa Capt. Wm. BOYLE, who for many years has been one of our most influential citizens, left this city on Wednesday of this week, with his family for their new home at Des Moines. Mr. BOYLE will occupy and conduct the hotel formerly called the Miller House, which has become his property at 801 East 4th and Walnut streets, and by adding thereto many valuable improvements make it a welcome home for all who may call upon him. The members of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. lodges of this city gave Capt. Wm. BOYLE and family a very pleasant surprise at their home on Saturday evening last, as a mark of respect, and testimonial of the high regard in which they are held by the people among whom they have lived so long - Knoxville Reporter. Copied by Stacey McDowell Dietiker February 22, 2004 |
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