Local Correspondence Notes Community Visits and Events
School closed at No 9 Friday. Estrus Norton and wife were callers in Fairfield. Several visits to Fairfield and Lockridge noted. A Merrimac baptising scheduled for Sunday at 3 pm. May 30 marked Estrus Norton’s surprise birthday with games and refreshments. Social Thursday benefited Junior Endeavorers. Salina band making radio progress. Effie Cammack’s school closed Friday returning to Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Hollander
Robert McCuley
Rupert Allender
Fairfield
Salina
Effie Cammack
Salem
Salina News Notes From Salina Area Life
Salina highlights include Roy McGuire and Elmer Smith at local homes, D J Laurence preaching in Paton and visiting Salina relatives, and a big skunk river fishing trip yielding 250 pounds. A family reunion at A J Larson's featured a large turnout and hearty meal.
Baggage Clerk Weds in Knoxville This June
Mr. Fred Graham, baggage clerk at the Fairfield Burlington station, married Miss Nellie Jones Sunday June 3 in Knoxville Iowa. The couple will reside in this city soon making their home at the Bradshaw property on West Jefferson street. Congratulations are wished by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Graham
Fairfield Burlington Station
Nellie Jones
Knoxville
Iowa
Graham
Bradshaw
West
Jefferson Street
Iowa Weather and Crop Service June 11 Report Des Moines
The week ending June 11 showed average temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normal with uneven rainfall. Winds high later in the week accelerated surface evaporation and raised concerns for hay and small grain damage in dry areas. Overall corn progressed well, oats and hay affected but not seriously. potatoes and garden truck thriving. pastures ample. County data: corn 94, wheat 98, oats 96, barley 6, rye 97, flax 94, potatoes 101, tame hay 92, pastures 9%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Motines
Iowa
Randall Merekens wedding and local visitors
Mrs Lucy Davis of Valley Juneton attended the Randall Merekens nuptials at the bride’s home Saturday evening. Miss Chloe Thompson visited Oskaloosa with her aunt Mrs Lester Horner. A. E. Horton and Virgil Knoerr of Brighton attended Sunday decoration services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Davis
Valley Juneton
Nice
Mises Randall
Woc. Meekens
Minute Stewart
Richland
Hattie Emerson
Salem
Randall-Merekens Nuy- Uals
Mise Cecil Turner
Des Moines
Elsie Randall
Chloe Thompson
Oskaloosa
Lester Horner
A. E. Horton
Virgil Knoerr
Brighton
Route Notes Through Oklahoma To Texas Panhandle
An editor describes a night train journey from Kansas through Oklahoma, noting growing towns, cotton trade, cattle ranches, rising land values, and broad prairie along the Canadian River. He observes wheat fields in Oklahoma’s Gague area, Pampa’s rolling plains, and the Panhandle toward Amarillo and Bovina, Texas, with cooler air and an expectant harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wovudward
Gague
Pampa
Panhandle
Texas
New Mexico
Amarilla
Bovina
New Mexico Ine
Upon the Texas Panhandle in 1900s travel to Bovina
The narrative describes a train route from Amarilla to Herford and Bovina, noting a growing town with 2500 people, modern homes, churches, and schools. It mentions canopy autos, a depot throng, and a fielding plan to explore wheat and cotton farming beyond the buffalo plains. The writer arrives at Bovina at 7 pm, plans headquarters at a ranch eight miles southwest, and promises further country observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarilla
Herford
Bovina
Panhandle
Texas
Buffalo Plains
Ravch House
Forest City visit praises chautauqua and flaws in sidewalks
Joan A. Briant of Topeka Kansas writes from Fairfield Iowa praising the local chautauqua and the evergreen cemetery while urging better sidewalks. He commends Brother John A. Huglin for organizing events and notes the Forest City’s beauty and civic potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Iowa
Epriok Journal
Forest City
Kansas
Opera House
Knights of Pythias
Tevet
John A. Huglin
Evergreen Cemetery
Europe
Chautauqua Association
Pairfield
Mag Iod
Joan A. Briant
Topeka
Pleasant Surprise For Mrs Vinson By Free Methodist Group
A large company of Free Methodist members and friends surprised Mrs. W. W. Vinson at her home at 8 o’clock. She serves as assistant pastor here and is known for her sermons and social gifts. Rev L Mendenhall presented a dress pattern and jacket, with Mrs Pickett and Mrs Spray credited for organizing the gift and fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Methodist Church
W. W. Vinson
Social Notes From Brighton And Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs T B Davison of Brighton visited at the E J Black wood home Sunday. Mrs Lynn of Pleasant Plain spent Saturday with her brother A J Green. Charles Heer and wife spent Sunday in Glasgow with his father Fred Heer. Ralph Irwin of Iowa City is home for the summer. Miss Clara King of Austin Texas visits in the city at Mrs Praik Kerrick’s. An infant child of Mr and Mrs Axle Peterson near town was buried at Salina Saturday. A local ad remark promotes Frank S Shriver’s Helllater Rocky Mountain Tea at 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shuppy
George
Lockridge
Estrus Norton
George Shuppy
Fairfield
Jerry Welcb
Ottumwa
Jake Smith
Alfred Eshelman
Mabel
Mt. Pleasant
William Duttweiler
Wayland
John William
Elmer Smith
Bride
Glendale
J. Schillerstrom
Axel Peterson
George Luellen
Mr. Hillman
Beckwith
C. A. Erickson
Salina
Mrs.t. ©. Lynn
Pleasant Plain
A J. Green
Charles Heer
Glasgow
Fred Heer
Clara King
Austin
Texas
Praik Kerrick
Axle Peterson
Town
Fairfield Chautauqua seeks new grounds for meetings
Fairfield plans to acquire Slagle grove on Burlington street as permanent Chautauqua grounds aided by a ten thousand dollar option to purchase. The board recommends accepting the option with paid up stock funding eight thousand in notes at four percent. Citizens urged to support the subscription and preserve a forest park for future generations. The piece also notes a Kansas Health Board baking powder report listing brands and ingredients for consumer knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Chautauqua Assembly
Slagle Grove
Burlington Street
C. J. Fulton
J.B. Monfort
George Ball
Fairfield
Lowa
Chautauqua Association
Chicago Board of Trade quotes and New York markets recap
Chicago Board of Trade quotes for wheat corn oats pork lard and short ribs shown for July September and May contracts with cash and by sample prices for winter and spring wheat. East Buffalo and Dunning Stevens report live stock prices with cattle hogs sheep and lambs at various grades and receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Hayes
Ogao
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Were Wedded Monday Eve
Word comes to this city today of the marriage Monday eve at Tripoli Iowa of Miss Nellie Boyd to Mr. William Prewitt young people of our city The marriage was performed by the bride s uncle Rev A A Randall The wedding comes as a surprise to many friends but it will hasten to extend a tonos Mr and Mrs Prewitt will be at home in Fairfield in about six weeks after a wedding trip to California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Iowa
Nellie Boyd
William Prewitt
Our City
A. A. Randall
Death notices and social updates from a small town
Mrs. Jemima Burt died Saturday at oo pom. Funeral held at 2 o'clock from her late home two miles west of the city conducted by Rev. Pearse Pinch. Notices also mention Miss Elizabeth Burnside visiting Buchanan home from Urbana and students in Illinois, Laurel items include advertisements for Rocky Mountain Tea and Cass tor oil suppliers King & Bosworth, and social visits of Miss Florence Paramore and Mrs. John Kyle amid local family scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jemima Burt
Oo Pom
Pearse Pinch
Elizabeth Burnside
Oskaloosa
Buchanan
Urbana
Illinois
State University
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Knerr
Charles Haifley
Raper Duttweiler
John Williams
Oscar Lillyblade
Merrimac
Frank Burke
Maggie
Margaret McGuire
Ella Hancock
Monon
Indiana
Cecil
Sadie Baker
Iinsey
Canada
M. R. Collins
Fairfiel
Wm. Grumholtz
B. F Ogden
Wapello
Mrs. H. Allender
Minnie Johnson
Chalie James
Oran Geen
Richwoods
William Hendricks
Four Corners
Roy McGuire
Iowa City
H. B. Lesher
Frank Hollander
Hillman House
D. J. Laurence
Paton, Penn
T. B. Allender
Mr Just Hollander
Mr. Shriver
Harve Edwall
Harlan Johnson
Skunk River
A. J. Larson
Baggage Man
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Grandpa Bright
John A Bright
Topeke
Possibilities of
M.D .K. Weeimeer
T. B. Davison
E. J. Blackwood
Ralph Irwin
Helllater
Shriver
State Board of Health of
Pickwick
Manhattan
Chicago Grain
Beauty Town
Rocky Mountain
Frank S. Shriner
Hollister
King & Bosworth
Florence Paramore
Ottumwa, Iowan
Addie and
Lettie Smith
West Adams Street
John Kyle
J. I McConnell
L. S. Bradshaw & Co
Grandpa
Grandma
Pathe
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