Fellows Visit Fairfield for Encampment Banquet
Members of Industry Encampment No 18 Mt Pleasant and Iowa Encampment met at Fairfield Lodge No 629 to attend a banquet at the Christian church. The evening featured a Golden Rule and Royal Purple degree for fourteen candidates, with staff of Industry Encampment No 18 leading the ritual and a social lunch following. A roster lists numerous participants and visiting patriarchs from Batavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Burlington
Industry
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield Lodge
Christian Church
Mi Pleasant
Perry Dallner
Dick Campbell
Charles Quillen
F. D. Wright
KE. P. Garrison
F. A. Fairchild
A. Barker
J. O. Higgins
Ford van Hon
D. M. Moore
D.C. Maroney
G. W. Keesecker
Wi Rukgaber
A. C. Chronester
Z. Me. Millen
C. Gee
Gus Grau
E. Schnurr
Ww. F. Buaker
H. Bennett
N. W. Spahr
George E. Virdin
W. A. Rouse
Walter Shepp
Harry Virdin
Ralph Ford
Batavia
C. A. Whittaker
Alegazoos
W. D. Morris
Order of Alegazoos
Jefferson Lodge
C. F
Odd Fellows
Orient
Fred Jericho
Fairfield
Gus Jericho
Henry County
Jefferson County
C. O. Carter
The
Dinner Menu Highlights Bread and Butter Roast Chicken
A classic home style supper features bread and butter roast chicken with dressing and mashed potatoes served with cream gravy. New peas and a fruit salad with pickles accompany the meal for a balanced plate.
Interurban Rail Line Feasibility Plans Promising
Fairfield and Keosauqua residents hear Indiana investors propose a $1,000,000 electric railway from Fairfield to Keosauqua with $150,000 preferred stock at 6 percent guaranteed, $500,000 in bonds, and a 3 percent tax along the line to fund construction and power via a Des Moines river dam near Pittsburg Van Buren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wairfield
Keosnuqua
Indiana
Henry Buser
I. T. Carpenter
A. W. Carpenter
Frank Draggoo
Fairfield
Jefferson Commercial Club
Buser
Des Moines
Pittsburg
van Buren County
A. W. McElhany
J.C. Thorne
A. Emry
M. H. Cuddy
EF. Simmons
C. M. Junkin
R. C. Sayers
E. . Smith
H. Ed. Wisecarver
J. 8. McKenney
Fingers Chopped Off in School Accident at Franklin
An incident at the Franklin school during a tree planting session left 9 year old Kenneth Stubbs with two fingers severed from his left hand. A schoolmate, using a hatchet, stuck it in a stump and missed the boy’s hand, causing the injury. The event was ruled purely accidental with no blame assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Kenneth Stubbs
Calamity in California Melted San Francisco and Mount View
A letter from Charlotte Stephenson describes the San Francisco and California earthquake disaster. She recounts fires, collapsed buildings, and devastated towns from Mt View to Palo Alto and San Jose. She notes widespread destruction, telegraph outages, trapped families, and a panicked, strained population, with fears of famine and hard times ahead. The letter highlights the community efforts to shelter the injured and provide aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mt. View
Hessle
Smith
Leader
Olympic Hall
Pacific Press
Seven-Day Adventists Place
Mrs
Palo Alto
Stanford University
San Jose
Frisco
Mil Noet
Grangers Union
California
San Juan
Sweet girl graduate to appear before public again
The sweet girl graduate will soon again make her appearance before an appreciative public.
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Fobekahs
Mr. Morris
Alegazoo
Fpairfield
W. H. Sehleip
George ©. Luberger
N. J. Bartlett
Ww. C. Bartlett
E.C. Shepp
Elmer Brown
BR. C. Lord
H. Brown
W. FE. Faulkner
W. Con
Farmer's Sons
America
J. A. ToMa
Columbus Junction, Iowa
EL. Stephenson
Letts
Columbus Junction
Rock Island
Daller
Morris Fred Vanlion H. Rouse
J. P. Rouse
C. A. Whittaser
Nels
Peru
Grand Alegazoo
Vice
Tehbman
Fred Fairchild Hebriw
A. Faulkuper
Quillen
W. Bartlett
Z. McMillen
George Luberger
R. Boyd Kck. Brown
W. Copover
H. Brown C
Gow
Giarau
A. .Campbell Jericho
George W. Wheeseker
Macailan
Bred Fairchild
Mr Pleasant
Siail
Mr. Fairchild
Ikey Sklestine
Pairfield Odd
Ikey
KB. Rose
Charlotte Stephenson
Hollister
Jericho's Drug Store
Tipton
W Clark
Montgomery Fraseur
D. W. Clark
Kas Kava
Geo. Orton
Jacob Sitzsinger
Kas-Kava
Jericho’s Drug Store
G. W. Morton
Western Adv
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