Local Notes and Moves Across the County
Mrs Pearl Davidson is on the sick list. T F Stansberry will return to work after illness. C B Spencer and wife visited at Vee Wednesday as roads remain very bad. Harry Baker plans to move Monday to a Penn township farm he bought. C E McPherson attended Brown Bros sale in Keokuk county Wednesday. Andrew had a sale last week and plans to move to South Dakota soon to establish a home there. Bird Copeland finished a large barn on his newly purchased Black farm. A son was born to Berce Pickens on February 27. mother and child are doing well though neighbors uneasy about Berce who has been visiting. John Lynn started work March 5 for Eli Spidel near Noble. Frank Nelson began work the same day near Noble for Mr Monson. The Merrimac W O W hall oyster supper was postponed due to bad roads. Roper Duttweiler moved from the Wm Dnuttweiler farm to the Odeon farm last week. John Williams of Wayland moved to the farm vacated by Duttweiler.
School Closes Winter Term in Township No 6
The winter term at district No 6 closed Friday with a program by teacher Miss Lulu Gilchrist and pupils. The occasion drew patrons who praised the students, the decorated room, and wished Miss Gilchrist success in her future work.
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Lulu Gilchrist
Lulu
Local notices and school exhibition update
Mohawk Henry Nortons visited Es trus Nortons this week. Alfred Gates, off the sick list, is better. Wm Hilderbrand began work March 1 for Mr Conrad near Noble. An excellent program by pupils and the teacher at the exhibition evening. Simon Baldosier returned home from Fairfield Saturday after a stay there.
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Simon Baldosier
Fairfield
Fairfield and surrounding towns social notes
Nellie Johnson is ill with ton silitis in Brookville. Fred Ireland visits his sister in Fairfield township. Fr P Sears travels to Ottumwa on business Thursday. B Gilyeart did business in Packwood Tuesday. Alice Clinkenbeard spent Wednesday with Ed Armstrong. Georges Horn and Henry Schooley were Fairfield callers Monday. Walter Goodman and W T Abraham were Packwood callers Saturday. Edna Garrett of Denmark visits Ed Armstrong home. Mrs John Hupp returned from a short visit at Abingdon and Farson. Mrs Lillie Goodman spends the week with her Fairfield township sister. J F Stanford and wife went to Burlington Friday for stomach treatment. B N Degood’s family moved to a farm northwest of Fairfield. We are sorry to lose this estimable family. Mrs Virginia Clendenning of Siloam Springs Arkansas, guest at the T Laughlin home with daughter Miss Mabel.
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Virginia Clendenning
Siloam Springs, Arkansas
T'S Laughlin
Miss Mabel
Local Notes on Residents and Family News
Des Moines Township reports H Lt Rodabaugh back at work. Pauline Clinkenbeard visited Libertyville friends. Mr and Mrs Will Games announce a baby girl. Emery Carter and wife welcome a baby girl. Mr and Mrs Roy Price spent Sunday in Fairfield visiting Roy’s parents, Ed Ward resumes school duties after a week.
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Rodabaugh
Pauline Clinkenbeard
Libertyville
Will Games
Emery Carter
Roy Price
Fairfield
Roy
Ed Ward
Local News Briefs From Agency Fairfield And Libertyville
Absence with sickness properties update rural life as Mrs Hawkins returns from a week with her parents in Agency Iowa Lilly Scoval visits Fairfield relatives Guy Copeland near Libertyville ill with pneumonia John Glotfelty and wife plan a Fairfield move Burlington depot robbed last Thursday night. money drawer broken and about twenty five cents taken two express packages torn but no items of value stolen no clue to suspect
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Burlington
Local Notes and a Farm Wedding in Packwood
Packwood social notes report residents visiting relatives and moving placements. Lillie J Fray married Ivan C Fray at Sophia Andersons home with Rev Norbon officiating. The couple will farm north of Packwood and begin married life amid well wishers.
Pleasant Plain Community Notes and Local Moves
Pleasant Plain brief items include Mrs Heston on sick list and Rollin Lynn back after eight weeks with a broken leg. Dr Bailey and wife welcome a 10 pound boy. Henry Pickard buys land and plans a house. Tom Nicholeson property sold to Lyon couple. Grammar and primary schools close, academy to end term. Frankie Heston injures shoulder. Rev James Pickard moves from Chicago hospital to Keokuk for treatment.
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Rollin Lynn
Dr Bailey
Frankie Heston
James Pickard
Chicago
Keokuk
Henry
Ir. Bailey
Cavern Found Along Libertyville Road
An observer reported a subsurface cavity near the Rock Island bridge on the Libertyville road two and a half miles out. The hole measures about fifteen to twenty feet square with solid walls and a small opening. It appears to be a former coal mining void now a hazard to travelers and should be fenced or repaired by authorities.
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Kelly
Reading matter for public places proposed as moral influence
A local writer urges placing religious and moral literature in depots and waiting rooms to counteract yellow journalism. The plan envisions custodians gathering second hand papers and magazines, creating racks at public points, and inviting donations from readers to benefit travelers.
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Police Gazette
Agun
Stone
Miss Manatrey Hosts Card Party Honor Ottumwa Doctor
Miss Bonnie Manatrey entertained a small group at a card party held at their East street home in honor of Dr. Lee of Ottumwa. Splendid refreshments were served and guests reported a pleasant evening.
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Bonnie Mianatrey
East As Street
Mra, Lee
Ottumwa
Ess
Fairfield Real Estate Sale Sees R T McClain House Sold
Jones and Roth completed another Fairfield property deal Friday selling the R T McClain residence on West Broadway to Dr J S Gaumer. Possession is set for April 1 with McClain undecided, possibly moving to his farm north of town.
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Jones & Roth
Fairfield
R. T McClain
West Broadway
J. S. Gaumer
McClain
Circle at head of ticket dropped by legislature
A legislative enactment will remove the circle at the head of the ticket in the upcoming election. The move is praised as strengthening the franchise and reducing machine influence. Mrs. John W. Crosby and her daughter Alice arrived from Grangsville Idaho, planning Fairfield as their new home. Mr Crosby has resided here and is foster son to Mr Gilbert McKee. they will occupy his house.
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John W. Crosby
Alice
Grangsville
Idaho
Fairfield
Crosby
Gilbert McKee
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