Local Notes From Fairfield and Surroundings
Township news from Fairfield area reports April activities including Easter services at the Baptist church and Sunday meetings. Family visits are noted, new baby welcomed at Wright Fickel home, and Frank Smith and Jac Green form a store partnership at Stockport. Cerebro spinal meningitis concerns reach Mys tic as Mrs. Geo. Davis travels with her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smith
Jac. Green
Wapello
Stockport
Green
Nebraska
Fred Bowermaster
Art Woods
Geo
Rally at the UN Church Aids Repairs and Debts
April 20 reports a Wednesday rally at the UN Church with the presiding elder and Beatrice Brier providing entertainment. Funds raised aim to cover church debts and repairs while attendees include Ethel Long Winnie and Dine Rich with ties to Tacoma and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Ia
Sers
Beatrice Brier
Local Notes From Iowa and Nearby Towns
Discharged Ralph from Hedrick visits Pleasant Ridge and Amanda Fox of Jefferson plans a summer trip to Oklahoma. Ann plans improvements north of here as J H handles the work. Bomack near Linby seen in the city. Bell injured by a brick shows signs of recovery. Abel Everett from Mt Pleasant ends week here. Stockport resident Anna Rava spends summer with Mrs. Clark Scott as market prices hold at low per dozen rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Fox
Jefferson Ohio
F. C. Woolson
Fairfield
Oklahoma
Ann
J. H
J. A. Bomack
Linby
Bell
Abel Everett
Mt. Pleasending
Anna Rava
Stockport
Clark Scott
Marriage Notice in Sle, Iowa Promises Joyful Event
A brief notice from Sle Iowa dated April 22 expresses pleasure about an upcoming marriage between Anderson and Maude Bright on April 24. The item notes Mr Linder as a prominent young man connected to the event.
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Sle
Anderson
Maude Bright
Lindere
Round Prairie News Highlights and Local Happenings
Billy Sunday draws crowds as the main attraction with services well attended. Gus Peterson and family traveled to Fairfield to hear Rev Sunday. Mrs Belle Hutton shows improvement after illness. A son was born April 13 to Frank Heer’s family. George Lowen’s smoke house burned, destroying eighty five chickens and more. Mat Watkins and wife plan to move to Bellville Kansas. Dollie McCarthy departs for Chicago with a gold watch for her eighteenth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Prairie Two
Billy
Gus Peterson
Fairfield
Belle Hutton
Frank Heer
George Lowen
Mat Watkins
Bellville
Kans
Dollie McCarthy
Chicago
Four Corners Local Notes Amid Deaths and Visits
Four Corners Illinois reports visitors from West Burlington Mr and Mrs Andrew Murphy and daughter Anna at the Charles Graf home. John Stephenson aged near this place died after a five day illness. Rev J O Borgeson led the funeral at the M E cemetery. Grandmother Hildebrand near here died this morning. funeral expected tomorrow. Ernest Giese moved to farm north of town to live. Farmers plowing for corn as spring weather continues. Rev Sundays meetings in Fairfield drew many locals.
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Four Corners
Andrew Murphy
Anna
West Burlington
Charles Graf
John Stephenson
J. O. Borgeson
M. E
Local Happenings from Stockport and Surroundings
STICKPORT Stockport Ia April 22 Mrs Anna Ravey has gone to Packwood where she intends to spend the summer E T Harlan and family are preparing to move to Des Moines soon Mr Harlan and son Chester have contracted to build a new house for F M Clark of that city John Gentry and wife of Bloom
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockport
Anna Ravey
Packwood
E. T. Harlan
Des Moines
Visiting relatives and local notices in Fairfield area
Local notices report residents visiting relatives in the Fairfield area including Mary Newman and son Russell moving to Stockport and Walter Huff from Parkston visiting due to family illness. Several townsfolk travel for business and attend Sunday meetings. obituaries note Elizabeth Selma Morris born 1879 died 1907 with Pallbearers, interment at Spencer cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Morris
Keokuk
Lillie Groves
Fairfield
Aaron Holliday
N. T. Holly
Adkinson
Don Woods
Stockport
Elizabeth Selma Morris
Fred A. Fleming
Cedar M. E. Church
E. J. Starr
Spencer Cemetery
Merrimac Notes On Meetings And Residents
Merrimac Indiana April 22 Wade Carper and wife attended Sunday meetings in Fairfield with Frank Shuppy and Miss Haifley also present. Lydia Duttweiler of Wayland visited relatives, while James Baldosier and Walter Shuppy went to Fairfield for weekend gatherings. Mrs Chas Haifley showing improvement and Rev Bean preached at Mohawk schoolhouse Sunday night. Rev May of the old school Baptist to hold Mohawk meetings this week starting tonight. Pete Salzman left for Long Beach California last Tuesday, correcting an earlier report. Henry Shuppy able to sit up and his limb improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimac
Wade Carper
Fairfield
Frank Shuppy
Miss Haifley
Lydia Duttweiler
Wayland
Emma Williams
James Baldosier
Walter Shuppy
Chas. Haifley
Rev. Bean
Mohawk
Rev
May
Old School Baptist
Pete Salzman
Long Beach
Cal
Henry Shuppy
Largest funeral in Lockridge honors farmer John Stevenson
Lockridge Iowa April 19 thousands attended the farewell to John Stevenson a farmer of sixty years whose longtime friends filled the town. The procession featured a four horse hearse and stately carriages reflecting a scene of uncommon size. In another note the Swedish church near here hosted the funeral of John Sharretts who came from Sweden and leaves a wife and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockridge
John Stevenson
Stevenson
John Sharretts
Sweden
Elm Grove Visit Highlights Grace Degood and Family
Elm Grove reports Miss Grace Degood visiting Cross Lane with sister Mrs. Lloyd Stanford. Last Tuesday seven year old Harley Holmes fell while playing at home and incident followed.
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Elm Grove
Grace Degood
Cross Lane
Lloyd Stanford
Harley Holmes
Local Notes from Perlee and Nearby Towns
Elza Bush walks again after illness. Mrs. J W Courtney left for Kansas. Miss Lucie Miller returns home. Ellen Peterson of Ottumwa visits her parents in Perlee. Mr and Mrs O L Macy travel to Fairfield. Residents heard Evangelist W A in Fairfield yesterday. N S Miller Sr spent Sunday in Fairfield. Oats appear above ground and spring plowing progresses.
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Perlee
Jia
Elza Bush
J. W. Courtney
Kansas
Lucie Miller
Ellen Peterson
Ottumwa
Andrew Peterson
O. L. Macy
Fairfield
Evangelist W. A
N. S. Miller
Libertyville Social and Local News Digest
Libertyville Iowa April 22 reports include Mr. and Mrs. Rolla Warner of Richland visiting relatives, a six year old child fracturing the skull from a haymow fall, and several residents at nearby towns attending events. Pie social for Presbyterian church raised 12.50. visits by Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Rollett, Dorothy, and others noted along with local alights and gatherings.
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Libertyville
Rolla. Warner
Richland
Centerville
S. K. Davis
W. M. A. Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Geo. Rollett
Dorothy
FE. Warner
Ida Lawson
Fairfield
Clyde Morley
W. G. Allison
Adkins
Ottumwa
Mabel Burnaugh
C. Vaught
Frank Glotfelty
A. Henderson
Rose
Batavia
Pneumonia the Great Terror
The Kansas City Journal warns pneumonia as the era’s top winter and spring danger. Insurance statistics show rising virulence and mortality surpassing consumption, striking the strong and weak rapidly with few remedies, making pneumonia a feared killer this season.
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Kansas City Journal
Real Estate Transfers March 30 to April 13
Real estate transfers list numerous parcels in Fairfield area with buyers and sellers, parcel descriptions, and prices. Notable entries include M Mickey to Albert Larson for 13 acres and Hopkirk's addition tract. John Q Dudgeon to William Sears for 148% acres. Ivy Hinshaw to William Schultz for 151.75 acres. many transfers involving Parsons College addition and other town plats.
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M. Mickey
Albert Larson
Hopkirk
East Lockridge
John Q. Dudgeon
William H
George W. Sears
Joseph F. Miller
Peter V. Fritz
J. P. Manatrey
Elmer H. Rubey
George W. Bates
J. D. Bates
Frank Sullivan
Joseph A. Curray
Gage
Fairfield
J. E. Roth
Mary E. Wright
Parsons College
John Harper
Joseph W. Graber
Mary Lamson
Walter W. Robinson
E. R. Smith
Southwestern
J. C. Harter
Fredelon Heer
Margaret A. Craig
John Kleinhen
David V. Carlberg
Charles A. Farman
Ivy Hinshaw
William Schultz
Homer A. Roth
Gilbert McKee
Henn, Williams & Co
John W. Wright
William H. Neibert
Old Plat
J. T. Mitchell
C. L. Staats
Grimes
Solon
Halbert Wilder
Louis V. Hosatte
Centennial
H. E. Clement
M. R. Israel
Noah
Miller
Albert S. Miller
S. O. Russell
Floyd K. Laughlin
Centenarians to Wed Long-Ago Sweetheart in England Plan
John B Bundren aged 101 and Rose McGuire aged 99, once neighbors on adjoining farms in Tateville, Tenn, will wed after reconnecting by letter from Preston England. Bundren, visiting St Louis, plans a reunion of old friends in 1907 and a wedding set for the bride’s 100th birthday Aug 26.
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J. B. Bundren
Sweetheart
St. Louis
John Bb. Bundren
Tatesville
Tenn
Rose McGuire
Bundren
Miss MccGuire
England
John B. Bundren
Preston
Lancastershire
Mr. Bundren
Eads Avenue
Tennessee
Prominent Haverhill Figure Arrested In Liquor Case
A well known Haverhill resident was arrested for the unlawful sale of liquor. The case details an alleged sale conducted by the individual and follows law enforcement actions within the city during the period. Further procedural steps and charges were to be determined by local authorities.
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Haverhill
Woman Named Instructor in Secret Service Fingerprint Dept
Mrs. M. E. Holland becomes the first woman to be an instructor in the Secret Service Department. She taught American police to identify criminals by fingerprints after fifteen years of study with Scotland Yard expert Detective Fernier, becoming a leading authority in the field.
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Secret Service Department
M. E. Holland
Police of
America
Fernier
Scotland Yard
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Reed
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Frank Balls
Nobie Ball
Ethel Fulton
Glasgow
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Parsons
Ron , Michigan
John Septer
Uneeda Biscuit
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
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F. W. Cushman
Hman
Tacoma
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Ethel Long
Winnie
Idine Rich
Washington
Exj
W. A
Ralph
Ethel Henry
Hedrick
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Round Prairie
Chas. Avery
U. M
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Jesse South
Omer Meyers and Family
Abingdon
Chas, Salts
Boston Herald
American Surety Company of
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American Bankers’ Association
American Surety CO
Crail & Crail
Matilda Weygandt
John A. Weygandt
Patten
Frank Light
Nina McWhirter
New Plat
T. M. Rider
Belle M
Charles A. Stephenson
Joseph Bucher
Albert Jacobs
August Jacobs
Peter Salzman
A. E
Leona Carper
Will Prewitt
Harvey L. Brown
J. E .Roth
Wim
Case
J. C. Helfinstine
P. J. Johnson
Chas. F. James
Lewis Fordyce
Homer R. Topping
Thornton Fordyce
Nellie Jacobs
Lincoln
D. G. Higley
East Side Square
Stebele
Big Horn Basin
Wyo
Yellowstone Valley
Muta Hutte
Burlington
Omaha
Kansas City
D. Clem Deaver
Land Seekers’ Information Bureau
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Neb
George W. Unkrich
DIXIE
F. D. Kerrick & Co., Furniture
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