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Local residents take trips and attend fair events
Mr and Mrs C G Hansen and daughters travel to Des Moines and Boone to visit relatives. Mrs S A Howard and grandson Paul Haney return from Newton. Mr and Mrs J E Mathew and Mr and Mrs W S Utterback of Oskaloosa visit W E Richardson. Leo O Niel returns from Edina. Fairfield's Wilson Reed becomes second lieutenant after Fort Snelling reserve training. Henry County Fair opens in Mt Pleasant for five days. Thousands from Fairfield plan to attend the bigger fair. Etna Buchanan of Des Moines visits Myrtle Harper and will join Parsons College class of 1912 reunion. Mrs W S Bellwood Irene Bellwood visit N S Instead home in Batavia Ruth Koons visits Fairfield.
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C. G. Hansen
Des Moines
Boone
Wilson Reed
Fairfield
National Army
Fort Snelling
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Etna Buchanan
Myrtle Harper
Parsons College
W. S. Bellwood
Irene
Abingdon
Illinois
Ruth Koons
Batavia