Local Social Roundup and Real Estate Deals
A mixture of visits and family news from Brighton and nearby towns. A. M. Kauffman hosted clients and sold twenty acres to John Erickson for 800 dollars and the 120 acre Graber place to William Roos for 7000 dollars. Community members visit relatives in Richland Columbus Junction Batavia Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Kauffman
C. J. Starr
John Erickson
Peter Roth
Graber Place
William Roos
Brighton
West Union Oats sowing nears completion
Wm Louis and family visited the Carr home Sunday. Wm Ferris bought trees at the nursery Wednesday. Jericho farm tile work by Mr Brabston. Fruit trees bloom promising a fine crop. James and Ed Duke and families visited EKB Smith Monday. Rev Brown visited at his daughter Mrs George Kerr. Rev Huff and wife welcome a baby preacher staying at home. Ed Kerr foundation of new barn in. Countryman plans to start building soon. Mr Lowe improves his Hugh Rodabaugh farm in several ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Ferris
Mr. Brabston
Jericho
Mr. James
Ed Duke
EKB Smith
Rev. Brown
George Kerr
Huff
Ed Kerr
John Countryman
Mr. Lowe
Hugh Rodabaugh
Parsonville Notes Move In and Social Visits
Parsonville resident John Vedines had a county phone installed last week while few locals have planted corn due to cold ground. Rev and Mrs Bright and Mrs Lundquist of Fairfield visited Thursday. Mrs Frank Droz and Mrs Nellie Kennedy of Fairfield visited Susie Carrigan Friday. Susie Carrigan stepped on a rusty nail Monday morning causing pain. Mr and Mrs Joseph Hickenbottom. Mrs M C Parsons and Jess Parsons spent Sunday at Perry Hickenbottoms. Parsons learned Perry Parsons bought 940 acres near Hereford Texas and speaks well of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Lundquist
Fairfield
John Vedines
Frank Droz
Nellie Kennedy
Susie Carrigan
Joseph Hickenbottom
M. C. Parsons
Jess Parsons
Perry Hickenbottoms
Perry Parsons
Herford
Texas
Salina and Rich woods social notes update weekly
Salina reports visits by Mrs Castell and Mrs Utterbach with family links to Sigourney and Mediapolis. Local creamery restarts while frost harms storm risk, and Everett Hollander sells store stake to Charles James. Pulpit duties shift at Augustana College linked church, with district officers elected at Mt Pleasant. Postal policy bans children from collecting parents mail at the school run.
Interurban road meeting eyed as Fairfield progress pathway
Monday’s Jefferson club gathering drew officials and farmers from Keosauqua Birmingham Stockport Mt Zion and locals to push a proposed interurban road. A public mass meeting is planned for Wednesday May 9 to rally attendance and finalize the plan while noting weather and crop conditions and the 21st annual Woman’s Home Missionary society meeting in Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Club Room
A. W. McElhany
Dr. Sayers
Keosauqua
Birmingham
Stockport
Mt. Zion
Jefferson Club
FD. Kerrick
H. Ed. Wisecarver
H. Messer
F. H. Wells
Fairrfields
Fairfield
Local residents visit across towns and weeks
Packwood P H Roth moved to Fairfield on Wednesday. Mrs O W Bundy visited last week at Martinsburg. Lorell Marsh is visiting friends in Cambridge Illinois. William Walker and wife spent last week in Richland. Henry Walker visited family in Richland on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Walker
Richland
O. W. Bundy
Martinsburg
Lorell Marsh
Cambridge
Ilinois
William Walker
Henry Walker
Fairfield and Keosauqua Interurban Meeting Called
Citizens of Fairfield and surrounding area urged to attend in Jefferson club room on Wednesday May 4 at 7 30 p m for discussion of the Fairfield and Keosauqua interurban railway project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield and Vicinity
Jefferson Club Room
Fairfield and
Keosauqua
Fairfield Native Dr. Harkness Relocates to Chicago Office
Dr Carleton A Harkness announces removal of his office to suite 006 Marshall Field building 31 Washington street Chicago effective May 1 1906 Friends here express pride in his prominence in the great metropolis and wish him continued success
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carleton A. Harkness
Marshall Field Building
Washington Street
Carl
March County History and Endeavor District Notes
Jefferson County history for March 1906 records a colder month with poor roads prompting highway reforms led by a new Good Roads group under J. P Manatrey as president and J. L Knight secretary. Rural mail delivery expands after April 2 with Fairfield hosting eight routes and others statewide. The month also notes several serious railway accidents near Lockridge, losses and later deaths, plus obituaries of local figures including Mrs. A. H. Hibbard. The Christian Endeavor district met at Mt. Pleasant May 4–6 1906 with Fairfield representatives and elected officers for 1907 including J. A. Huglin as president and J. Rice Bell as vice president. Keokuk will host next year’s convention with plans for Mississippi River tours. Fairfield is urged to send delegates and seek to host in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Iowa
Burlington
M. E. Church
Mt. Pleasant
Livby Allen
Des Moines
L. G. Murphy
Keokuk
FE. L. Stephenson
Laura Echilcott
Jefferson County
J. P Manatrey
J. L. Knight
King Road
P. W. DeGraw
Fairfield
Lockridge No. 2
James Gautmer
Lockride
Bloom
Peterson
Olaus Olson
Lockridge
Christian Endeavor Union of Town
J. A. Huglin
Jennie Catlin
Pearse Finch
W. F. Jones
Congregational Church
Mississippi
Public School Election Yields Teachers by Building
The school board elected grade teachers, with Room 2 of the Logan building excluded. High school staff chosen earlier includes Principal Martha Ek Emery and assistants Nellie Jordan Martha Hutchinson Helen M Eddy Katherine Tappert WC Hicks Mustee Cora Ball. Franklin Miss Elizabeth Locke principal Miss Mable Moyer and others. Logan and Lincoln buildings listed with names. The Ministerial Alliance held its regular meeting electing officers: Pearse Pinch president G F Reinking vice president Luther Kright secretary treasurer T Jones signed constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
J. A. Wray
Franklin School
James Filgg
Lincoln
Martha Ek. Emery
Nellie Jordan
Martha Hutchinson
Helen M. Eddy
Katherine Tappert
Mr WC. Hicks
Allance
Pearse Pinch
G. F. Reinking
Luther Kright
T. Jones
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Bighton
Katie Lawson
Win ‘Turner
Minnie Odean
Gust Hollander
Salina
Charles Burke
Swedesberg
J. O. Borgerson
Victoria, Illinois
M. KE. Church
Retha Kauffman
Mrs. O. G. Orcutt
Columbus Junction
Albert Grafton
P. B. Grafton
Mrs. Widner
Mrs
J. O. Caviness
Mrs. Rains
Ray Gillette
Charles Hood
Abingdon
Dr. Homerson
T. F. Paris
Batavia
G. T. Everett
C. W. Moorman
Ray Bowman
Nettie Downey
J. E. Reed
Gillette & Ridgeway
West Union
Wm Louis
Carr
Parsonville
Mrs Castell
Rich Woods
Mervyn Allender
Erich Asonson
Mediapolis
Effie Cammack
Frank Masden
Utterbach
Sigourney
George Luellen
Everett Hollander
Hollander & Johnson
Charles James
Merengo
Lutheran League
Albert Anderson
E’mgrove
River Sale
M. R. Collins
D. C. Collins
Hillander
Burlington Road
Arthur
Augustana College
Rock Island
Illinois
Afe Johnson
Johnson
Gobble
Our City
Hollister
Frank S&s. Shriner
Post Office Department
Club Room
Joe Cratl
Packwood
P. H. Roth
Grand Opera House
D. W. Robertson
Thoma
Colorado
Rockies
H. A. Mohler
Tenth Endeavor
March
Historical Association
A. H.hibbard
Libertyville
Hibbard
Susan Beach
Roswell Beach
Mr. Beach
Joseph Brewer
Oklahoma
Brewer
West Point
Johnson Gilham
Clendening
Joseph Brooks
Arkansas
J. W. Clendening
Walter Billingsley
Supervisor Billingsley
Bell Bowers
Benjamin Bower
Andersonville
Atty
J. Rice Bell
W. SS. Maddux
Russell Byrum
Next Convention
Mustee
Miss Cora Ball
Franklin
S—Mise
Elizabeth Locke
Prin
Helle Mise
Mable Moyer
Miss Margaret Black
Miss June Chidester
May Scott
Ben M. Woolsey
Mise Laura Mahon
Mary Thorne
Bessie Buchanan
Katherine Banfield
Mary Brown
Mres
Lida Wilson
Edna Bennett
Jessie Baker
Itate Calhoun
Nellie Linder
Jessie Wray
Elizabeth Dorland-Price
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