Local Cedar Rapids Notes April 4 1900s
County correspondence reports on C G Watkins visiting father Captain Sam Watkins. sermons at M E and Presbyterian churches. teachers at Ottumwa. moves and arrivals around Fairfield Stockport and Des Moines township. farm work and local accidents. illness and travel notes. depot improvements and livery updates. several residents moving or visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Watkins
Cedar Rapids
Sam Watkins
Rev. Truett
Central, Ill
M. E
S. E. McCartney
North Dakota
Miss Hope
Mr. Dole
Ottumwa
Chas. Taylor
Fairfield
Knowles
Garretson
L. E. Warner
Carrie Wilson
No. Sin Des Moines Township
Caldwell
Troy
C. Springer
Erskins
Ella Richard
Chas. McClain
Ada Anderson
Mt. Pleasant
W.H. Bennett
John Garber
Krum
Clarence
Bert Hague
Sam Blair
Seth Anderson
Washington
Local social notes common in Fairfield community
Mrs James Bartlett and son Shirley of Fairfield visit her mother Mrs Carse. Mrs E Edwards hosts friend Miss Minnie Scott of Ottumwa. Dr Corell settled in new home bought from H A Mohler. George Carse of Winfield spent Sunday at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bartlett
Shirley
Fairfield
Carse
E. Edwards
Minnie Scott
Ottumwa
Corell
H. A. Mohler
George Carse
Winfield
Brighton
Terry
Flora Crumley
Colorado
New Mexico
Dean
Hot Springs
Ark
Fry
Unionville
J. Harvey
A. P. Ogier
Clarinda
W.K. Hill
Birmingham
Fred Hanna
T. D. McClellan
Washington
Lightning strikes Gus Brights house in April damage reported
Lightning hit Gus Brights house last Wednesday morning causing considerable damage though no fire. The Swedes Mutual insures the home. Rev. Taylor will preach next Sunday afternoon. Quarterly church meeting planned for Easter Sunday with Elder Tuttle of Mt Pleasant expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus. Bright
Mutual
Taylor
Tuttle
Mt. Pleasant
Wm. R. Smith
Burlington
Oliver Schillerstrom
Des Moines
Walter Rizer
Stella Clark
Union
M. Damm & Son
Bert Howard
Mr. Satterly
Nebraska
Mrs. Jane Bartow moves to Mr. Spencer's for safety
Mrs. Jane Bartow, ill all winter, is moved to Mr. Spencer's as living alone is unsafe. J. T. Rodgers is elected director of No. 9 district. Miss Tisha Kendall visits friends near Beckwith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Bartow
April Moves and Local Farm Notes
Albert I Hadley moved from the Dennis Kilroy farm to a new farm near Eldon. Mrs Wray relocated to the vacated Kilroy farm. Rock Island Railway section men arrived Monday. John J Kyle visited Pleasant Plain on business. Fay Bates was a Fairfield visitor. Johnnie Smith, Frank Smith’s son, nearly had a serious accident Friday when unmanageable team kicked him in the face. Dad Leaser’s party shot fourteen ducks on the Skunk River last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert I. Hadley
Dennis Kilroy
Eldon
Skunk River
Fairfield Land Transfers Across Multiple March Dates
A ledger of real estate deeds lists transfers in Fairfield and surrounding areas from March 5 to March 8. Properties include lots, blocks, and tracts in Southwestern and Railroad additions, new plats, and various acreages with amounts ranging from 1 to 12,500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C McClain
Joseph Hudgell
John F Black
R Roy Black
John B Stever
C D Tomy
Et al
Chester Carl
Railroad
Fairfield
RT McClain
R E Ramsay
R T Rains
Alexander Daub
R T McClain
Alex Daub
Robert F Rateliff
J A Lemley
Lee Mahon
Clara Trout
Millie M Hawkins
March
Elizabeth E Pearson
M L Parker
Emma Greenup
William Turnhan
J H Bowermaster
H C Bowermaster
Southwestern
Valeria E Anderson
Frank Cooper
New Plat
James RK Peters
J A Clark
John Peters
J R Peters
Aaron Greenland
James
Greenland
Mary J Frost
Henry Pickerel
N B Lyon
U W Lyon
Elizabeth A Gray
Joseph H
Sarah Alverson
Marion Whitmore
J W Hayden
Wm . Manning
William Ernest Manning
Mull's Pioneer Cures Promise Quick Relief
Slogan style notice invites relief from various ailments with Kidney and Bladder Impure Blood Liver Stomach and Dyspepsia Rheumatism and Female Complaints. Chocolate tablets offered as pleasant and quick with 25c and $1.00 prices. A dollar draft guarantee applies if the medicine fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mull
Be a good boy Goodby poem reflection by John L Shroy
A Saturday Evening Post poem recalls school days at a wooden gate and the lifelong refrain Be a good boy Goodby guiding a brother through life. The verse urges honest effort despite mistakes and frames the motto as a constant companion in struggle and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Shroy
Saturday Evening Post
Rawlins orders mutilated reporter shot, mule hit
Harmon W Brown recalls General Rawlins telling a journalist to be taken to the front and lost. The plan backfired as the mule was killed and the reporter survived, quipping that the enemy is beyond the ridge. Rawlins demanded the reporter be discarded, but the tale ends with the mule and a cautious report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon W. Brown
Ohio
General Rawlins
Vicksburg
Saturday Evening Post
A Navajo Superstition About Lightning Scorched Wood
The article explains Navajo beliefs against using wood from trees struck by lightning for campfires. It says whites who ignore the rule are feared for bringing danger, and Natives will keep distance and go supperless rather than eat food cooked on such flames. It notes many pines in the mountains are lightning scarred and cites anecdotes of lightning deaths.
Bradfield's Female Regulator Promoted As Cure All
Advertises Bradsfield's Female Regulator as a natural cure for female troubles including irregular menses Leucorrhea uterine issues nervousness headaches and backaches. Claims high medical standing and soothing herbal formula with a $1 bottle touted as beneficial. Offers free illustrated book from The Bradfield Regulator Co Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfield
Bradsfield
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta, Ga
Do You Get Up with a Lame Back
Advert adds that Dr Kilmer Swamp Root cures kidney and bladder troubles. It claims success in hospital and private practice and offers a free sample bottle by mail with a book on kidney and bladder health. Readers are urged to write to Kilmer Company in Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Swamp Root
Regent Diamond and its dramatic passage to the French regent
The Regent Diamond, also called the Pitt, is traced from its 1701 discovery by a slave in the Par teal mines to its sale for £135,000 to the Duc d Orleans in 1717. The tale recounts the slave's concealment, betrayal by a sea captain who drowned the slave, and Pitt's later ownership and gifting of the gem after costly cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt
Parteal
Althoug
Fort St. George
William Pitt
London
Duc d' Orleans
Louis XV
France
Chambers” Journal
Miners and Morphine
A Washington Star report recounts how a northwest prospector carried morphine to ease pain and end life if stranded after a fall or injury. The story notes many prospectors faced fatal outcomes from accidents, starvation, or wolves, and used morphine as a grim safety measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
No-To-Bac tobacco cure advertisement
Vintage ad promotes No-To-Bac as an easy tobacco quitter claiming to make users strong and full of vigor. It offers a booklet and free sample from Sterng Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Ng Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Farmers Should Read the Western Trail Quarterly
Rail line publication offer from the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway inviting farmers to read the quarterly Western Trail. Free for one year, with subscription details via letter or postal card to John Sebastian, G I A, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
John Sebastian
Chicago
What Joseph Was
A Baltimore News item recalls a Sunday school tale about Joseph with his coat of many colors and his habit of telling on his brothers, as a class lesson on being a favorite and a tattletale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Jacob
Baltimore News
Grenadiers Earned Name from Grenade Use in War
The grenadiers, senior guards regiments, gained their name for throwing hand grenades in late eighteenth century battles. Their badge features a flaming grenade, though the weapon is long obsolete. Scottish American. Ethiopians brew a tea from a plant whose leaves produce tea like stimulation when chewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenadiers
Brigade of Guards
Motivational Quotes From The Washington Post
A aphorism about self praise warns that loud self regard may betray a person to observers. The second maxim urges immediate action for noble deeds and patience for mean acts.
Brush Behind Him A Ride On Riverside Drive
Three young men admire a fine trotting horse on Riverside drive. The driver offers a ride and swiftly invites one of the observers into the buggy, then they depart at a swift pace. The group notes Bill is a judge of horseflesh and an artist on human nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Drive
Bill
New York Mail and Express
Slippers Longed For After Return From Abroad
A young man identified as the late John Lewis, R. A., spent about eighteen years in India and Egypt. Returning to his mother's house in Portland Place he immediately searched the parlor fender for his slippers, puzzled that they were no longer there. The anecdote is recounted in Tit- Bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lewis
R. A
India
Egypt
Portland Place
American Lice Destroyer touted for poultry vermin control
An advertisement proclaims American Lice Destroyer as the cure for mites and lice in poultry. It claims full protection for 250 fowls for a year, boosts profits, offers money back if ineffective, and urges readers to buy through druggists or send $1 for a box from American Mfg. Terre Haute, Ind.
Grand Easter Sale Promises Spot Cash Bargains
Bargains at a Grand Easter Sale highlight early buying and spot cash advantage. The notice lists ladies waists, percale and silk garments, jackets skirts and ready-to-wear, black Italian cloth petticoats with a wide ruffle, and low cash prices on new styles plus neckwear belts buckles gloves and ribbons.
Copy Cain book urged for all readers at Tribune
The Tribune promotes Cain's Money Trusts and Imperialism as essential education and urges every man woman and child who can read to obtain a copy from the Tribune Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Cain’s new book offer at this office for political issues
An office advertises a copy of Cain’s new book to readers interested in current political issues. The offer emphasizes obtaining the book through this location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cain
Cascarets Claim Beauty Through Blood Cleanse
An early advertising blurb touts Cascarets as a beauty aid by claiming clean blood improves skin. It promises ten cent, twenty five cent, and other sizes with a satisfaction guarantee and drugstores carrying the product.
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Henry County
Frank Lutz
Ed. Ulm
Beatrice
Neb
J. Roth
Roth
Mr. Ulm
Cassie Hutchinson
Ola Hobby
Ilinois
Porter
Jessie Wray
Clinton Brabston
Sinlay
J. Londer
Glendale
Buchanan Township
Perlee
L G Carter
Alvin Doughty
George B Smith
John Demarsh
New
Elias C Summers
Peter H Fisher
Sarah Greenland
Frank Fishel
Sarah Jane Wright
Evergreen Cemetery Association
Temple & Bickford’s
Cordova
Pftandard Oll Co
Regent
Washington Post
Ayer
Lowell
Mass
McElhany’s
East Side Square
Fairfield, Lowa
Oak Hill Nursery
Fairfield House
Pattison
Pattison & Droz
Rocky Mountain
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