Packwood and County Notes Reach Across Homes
Absent details show D. Mowery of Hedrick died last Sunday evening. funeral held at Chris church in Hedrick and burial at Abingdon. Several local residents attended, with members of Webb families and neighbors visiting at Isaac Webb’s home. Married couple Miss Lena Kesney and Iville Barron tied the knot at the Mo ney home on Wednesday evening with pastor Asbell officiating. Nearby visits include Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Gobble, and Miss McClain. Davis and others ill or visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ckwood
Abraham Hell
Aite Low
D. Mowery
Hedrick
Abingdon
Charles McVey
Kansas
W. Webb
Afton
R. A. Webb
Shannon
B. D. Mowery
Isaac Webb
Place
Farmer
Iss Peterson
Samuelson
Erma Nelson
Elmer Davis
Whitson
Ioka
Iville Barron
Lena Kesney
Money Home
Mr. Asbell
Tian
Local Social News From Libertyville Area Highlights Visits and Gatherings
April notes from Libertyville list J W Rankin of Rankin Illinois visiting J E Rankin and Mrs Frank Speers of Fair and Miss Jessie Speers. families host gatherings at Charley Arts home and Wm Riggs home. Bertha May of Hedrick visits Thornton Fordyce and Edna Warren leaves for Ottumwa. Communities report visits, engagements, sales, and social events with neighbors and local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ertyville
Thornton Fordyce
Edna Warren
Gton
el Business College
W. Fordyce
Fairpent
Price
Local Briefs From Stockport and Nearby
April 13 Stockport notes report Isaiah Har is building a new addition to his company. F Wainscott and family plan a move to Clearwater Kansas. A J Leffler and niece Miss Vale traveled to Beaver Falls Pa. after a telegram regarding a farmer’s sister and husband’s condition. Greene, visiting, has returned home. Hiatt of Centerville spent time here with his son and Jam. Clements moved into A Gregory property. Iles Johnston and wife secured part Brown Fox property. Jp Williams and family visited Fairfield. Huff bought two fine horses, a Percheron and a roadster. Rain is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Kansas
Gus Garber
Den
Jon Ashmead
Ity
Oen
J. W. Hurst
M. Club
J. V
Hurst
T.rter
Ed Warren
Edna
Kekport
Isaiah Harbuilding
F. Wainscott
Clearwater
A. J. Leffler
Miss Vale
Beaver Falls
Greene
Liam Clements
A. Gregory
Union Central
Iles Johnston
Brown Fox
Jp Williams
Fairfield
Huff
Glendale school openings report with teachers named
Glendale and Union schools opened on April 13 with Miss Bertha N. as teacher at Glendale and Ruth Rangner as teacher at Union. James S. Turner Wm Fordyce and John Howell are listed among attendees or local residents.
Easter services planned at Parsonville church
Albert Olson and family visited the For bey Carlson home on Sunday. Eva Larson attended a recital at Miss Flora Gilley’s Friday evening. Mrs. Jack Parson of Fairfield visits with E. R. Parson and other relatives. Mrs. Carrigan is on the sick list. Jean Parsons visited Orin Fry on Sunday. Ladies' Aid has beautified the church with new carpets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsonville
Albert Olson
Forbey Carlson
Eva Larson
Flora Gilley
Jack Parson
Fairfield
E. R. Parson
Carrigan
Jean Parsons
Orin Fry
Ladies’ Aid Society
Elm Grove Social News Notes From April Visits
Elm Grove notes report visitors and local gatherings across April including C D M Rains and brother Chas visiting Douds, McPhersons with Richards near Libertyville, Ike Shanstrom at Junkin, a baby born to Harry Junkin, visits to Packwood, a party at S P South, and travels of the Fisher Myers and Salts families plus Gilly visit from Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Grove
C. D. M. Rains
Douds
Chas, Rains
C. D. McPherson
Richards
Libertyville
Ike Shanstrom
T. M. Junkin
Harry Junkin
Wm. Lyon
Packwood
Edith and Mae Hafferty
C. D
Sam Anderson
Griff Myers
Abington
Sam Myers
Scare at Night Prompts Vigil From Merrimac Home
Merrimac Iowa reports a burglary scare as Maggie McGuire spotted a man peering in at night. She and her family, including Henry Shippy and Estrus Norton, share concerns after tracks were found near two windows. School starts at Mohawk with Mrs Gowey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimac
George Paul
Brighton
Chas. Haifley
Henry Norton
Estrus Norton
Sam McGuire
Margaret McGuire
Maggie
Henry Shippy
Fairfield
Mohawk
Jean Gowey
Four Corners Community News
Four Corners notices include a new school term with Miss Winnie Bennett and Miss Clara Roberts teaching two grades. A baby boy born April 16 to Mr and Mrs Henry Graf. Local visits include C J Gilly and D R Lynn households. Rev E S Ternberg from Mt Clair has moved here to lead the Swedish Lutheran church. Mrs John Stephenson ill. Hugh Miller of Fairfield visited. Farmers finish oats sowing and many begin corn plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Corners
Winnie Bennett
Fairfield
Clara Roberts
Pleasant Plain
Henry Graf
C. J. Gilly
D. R. Lynn
Alta
Myrtle Wyatt
Hillsboro
John Graf
E. S. Ternberg
Mt. Clair
N. D
John Stephenson
Hugh Miller
Progressive Democrats Back Bryan For Democratic Nomination
In New York on April 10 the progressive democratic party held a meeting and formed a committee to push Bryan at the state convention next Tuesday. Speakers praised Bryan and Wm Harmon Black stated there is no feeling...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Progressive Democratic Party
Bryan
Wm. Harmon Black
Bryan Progressive League Formed Amid Anti Bryan Sentiment
An argument over Tam many Hall politics led to applause and the organization adopting a new name, the Bryan Progressive League, signaling a shift in party alignment and leadership approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Bryan
Tammany Hall
Bryan Progressive League
Property transfers and acreage details April transfers and notices
A fragmented list records land transactions with dates in April and May, naming grantees such as Maggie May Clinkinbeard Isaac O Webb J M Baldwin and others. The entries specify parcels including sw quarter se quarter nw quarter and various fractional interests with acre counts ranging from about 60 to 7 900 acres and scattered ownership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vis
Maggie May Clinkin Beard
Hosette Erickson
Isaac O. Webb
Jacob Greber
Frankson
Dee
J. M. Baldwin
F. H
J. P. Ashmead
Frank Mitchell
N. A. Brick
K. Wallace
Ney
P. Witkosky
Sword
Charles W. Sturgis
Charles Winner
Charles Harris
Weidmann
Harriett A. Hague
S. K
Son
Mary M
Colleen
Guaranteed matrimonial knots by Judge Roe in Des Moines
Des Moines on April 9 reports Judge Zell G. Roe offers marriage certificates with a free divorce coupon valid for a divorce within one year. Couples wed in his private room are told plain duties and forbearance, and thus far no divorces have been needed. The judge, a bachelor, has attracted hundreds of couples with his ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Zell G. Roe
Noted Fort Dodge Philanthropist Weds Old Flame
Fort Dodge announces the marriage of Hon L. S. Coffin at Detroit to Nellie Ingall. Coffin, 85, founder of Hope Hall and a prominent temperance activist, will return to Willowedge for a birthday reception and local greetings from friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
L. S. Coffin
Hope Hall
Anti-Saloon League of
Iowa
United States
Willowedge
Carrie Rutledge
Coffin
Ingall
Arlington Heights
Caught After Thrilling Attempt to Rob a Bank at Barker Show
A 1000 foot feature titled Caught After Thrilling Attempt to Rob a Bank at the Barker Moving Picture Show on Monday April 20. The drama follows crooks digging into a vault, surprised by police after a struggle, with several killed and others captured, ending at Sing Sing. A Strange Love Story also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Ossinging
New York
Sing Sing
Barker Moving Picture Show Presents Francesca di Rimini and More
A Barker program features Francesca di Rimini a tale of two brothers who love the same girl along with Out of Work and Desperate a drama of a seaman’s struggle. The men are mistreated jailed and aided by Jack before escaping cannibals and a return home.
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Barker Moving Picture Show
Francesca di Rimini
Jack
Neal Jones Named Private Secretary to Des Moines Mayor
Neal P. Jones former assistant editor of The Tribune and more recently with the Des Moines Daily News has become private secretary to Des Moines' new mayor Mathis. The Des Moines Daily News praises his brainy newspaper work on the plan campaign and city election and notes his youth at 25 and Cantril birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Jones
Neal P. Jones
The
Tribune
Des Moines Daily News
Des Moines
Jones
I. D. Jones
Mathis
Washington
New York
Iowa
Cantril
Open Entry Guarded for 100000 Acres in Eden Valley
Wyoming will open more than 100000 acres in Eden valley Sweetwater county for public entry under the Carey act on June 1. Robert S Lemmon named commissioner of deeds for Wyoming will run the middle west district from Kansas City Missouri. Entry price 30 50 an acre with 25 down and the rest in ten annual installments. Thirty days residence required for title. Water rights financed by the irrigation works built under state supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Robert S .Lemmon
Wyoming
Brooks
Eden Valley
Sweetwater County
Lemmon
Kansas City
Middle West
Broken Spectacles Repaired by Expert Glassmaker
A local repairer offers to fix broken spectacles without using eye-test medicines. Bring your broken glasses for repair and return to clear vision.
Spectacles valued by Fairfield residents praise Clyde Bell
In Fairfield Iowa on March 10 1908 Mr and Mrs George Lambert attest to Clyde Bells eye care. They praise his fittings for their 12 year old daughter who suffered headaches and blurred reading but improved and could return to school. They urge others with eye troubles to visit him for satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Clyde Bell
Three Fine Stallions at J W Wilson Farm 1908
Octavian Sansonnet and Electioneer stallions offered for 1908 season at J W Wilson Farm four and a half miles northwest of Fairfield on the Fairfield and Brookville road. Prices: Octavian 12.50, Sansonnet 12.50, Electioneer 10 with colt-insurance. Pedigrees available. farm not responsible for accidents. Contact J W Wilson Horse Co. 5-6 phone N-469.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Wilson
Fairfield
Fairfield and
Brookville
Octavian
Sansonnet
J. W. Wilson Horse CO
Libertyville
W. G. Allison
Admiral Dewey
Ile
My Farm
Glasgow
Martin Bros
Wine versus Whisky in Temperance Debate
A Philadelphia Record summary notes Thomas Jefferson argued wine reduces drunkenness and urged low wine duties. A White House caller pointed to French and Italian armies where wine is rationed, noting very low drunkenness. The American army surgeon general reports thirty in a thousand treated for alcoholism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
White House
Chevalier Andrea Sharbo
Philadelphia
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertised in Local Drug Store
Purifier pills claimed to clear liver and bowel stagnation that cause biliousness and headaches. Marketed as reliable and gentle, the ad notes 25 cents at Shriner’s drug store, with location Apr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Shriner
Apr
Fairfield Markets and Zeigler Prices Report
Local market listing shows grain and hay prices at Zeigler Elevator for MOOS 2b oats corn and barley. Includes live stock quotes for Steer Calves Shipping Steers and Stockers plus Miller goods from Voorhies Mill with flour and meal prices and miscellaneous staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Zeigler
MOOS
Hl Np
Ener
Zeigler’s
Ci Ccceves Voorhies
Graham, Roth
Did Bossun and Goodun get their money honestly
The speakers joke that both men ran banks that failed. Bossun became receiver of Goodun’s bank and Goodun became receiver of Bossun’s bank, implying they recovered money legally through receivership.
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Bossun
Goodun
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Ottumwa
Claude Confectionary
Hisel
van Patten
Rice
Charley Roberts
Stockport
Ph Hiatt
Centerville
Eek
Jam
Glendale
Guranteed
Clyde C. Bell
North Fourth Street
Admiral Dewey II
D. G. Higley
East Side Square
J. W. Simpson
Fledboro
Newark
England
Pioneer Stud
Bushnell
Illinois
Boscobel
Royal Gem
Purina
Dickenson Crescent
Globe
Maddox & Maxwell
South Side
A.w.chase Medicine Co
Buffalo,n
Tl Fairfield
W. Ghase
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