Local residents depart for visits and events
The report notes Alma Kansas residents Henry Dickey and children returning home after a pleasant visit with A D Long. Several families including Harris Welton, Wade Bond, Calhoun, and others traveled to Des Moines and Des Moines for fairs and fall shopping, with pastors and locals attending the Chautauqua and church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dickey
Reed
Alma
Kans
A. D. Long
Ocean Dash
Fairfield
Irwin
Hton
Nellie
Banfield
Harine Harris
Archie Welton
Wadead
Chicago
Harris Welton
Wade & Bond
Fair
Calhoun
Des Moines
McClelland
Reles
Ohio
Potter
Muscatine
Alex Corkey
Cedar Bluffs
Presbyterian Church
Glenn Peasley
Des
Fairfield Busy With Chautauqua And Growers
Fairfield residents engage in chautauqua events and social visits as guests and locals travel for millinery studies and fairs. Many attend Des Moines state fair, Davenport meetings, and prepare for Parsons college openings this week.
A Good Woman Gone
Nancy J. Watson Fickel born January 11 1851 in Van Buren county Iowa died August 19 1907 near Fairfield after a long illness. She married S W Fickel November 14 1872 and left a husband four children two sons William Alfred and John at home and Elizabeth Myrtle who died at sixteen months. She leaves brothers Lem and John Watson sisters Mattie Williams Nora Langdon and Sarah Sherman. A Primitive Baptist church member for twenty years she hosted monthly gatherings at her home and was praised as a devoted wife mother neighbor and neighborly model who died within thirty six hours of illness. Funeral at her home led by Elder Sowers of Moulton and burial at Hillsborough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy J. Watson
van Buren County
Iowa
Fairfield
S. W. Fickel
William
Alfred
John
Elizabeth Myrtle
Lem
John Watson
Mattie Williams
Minnesota
Nora Langdon
Sarah Sherman
Missouri
Fickel
Primitive Baptist Church
Wooster
Mrs. Fickel
Hillsborough
Death of James J Pattison at McClelland Home
James J Pattison died last Thursday evening at the home of R A P McClelland after a brief illness. He was about forty nine and unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Pattison
R. A. P. McClelland
School Supply Sale Dominates Local Prices
A local notice advertises a school supply sale with emphasis on unmatched prices and quality. The message claims no other store in the community matches the price and quantity offered.
Retail items and prices from a late summer catalog
A list of school and art supplies and clothing items with prices displayed. Items include Rubber Tip Express lead pencils, erasers, sponges, pen points and holders, various lead pencils, tablets, ink, crayons, dinner pails, lunch boxes, book straps, hose, caps, knee pants, corduroy pants, shirts, girls hats, hair ribbons, and related goods with marked sale prices.
Man Dies on McClelland Farm After Long Residence
An elderly man age and longtime resident of McClellands died at his home on the farm where he was born. Funeral services were held at Cedar Presbyterian Church and he was buried in Pattison Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellands
Cedar Presbyterian Church
Pattison Cemetery
Old Settlers' Day Contests Attend Picnic And Arts
Details outline rules for Old Settlers Day events including a park picnic dinner supervised by Miss Bessie Buchanan on September 3. It lists art sewing and literary contests with entry rules, deadlines, and prize structure, plus a new musical contest with solo events and judge panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Buchanan
Old Settlers
Miss Buchanan
J. Fred Clark
S. J. Chester
Jefferson County
Lee T. Gobble
Weather and Crop Report Week Ending August 26, 1907
The week saw daily temperatures 3 to 4 degrees below normal with sunshine above average. Frequent showers in the north contrasted by dry fair cool weather overall. Rain needed in western districts to aid crops. harvest progress strong with small grain stacking and threshing and initial fall plowing. Oats yield light, winter and spring wheat and barley fair. corn progress steady though nights slowed growth. Pastures and meadows show good condition with robust aftermath growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Merrimac Social Notes Span Visits and Weddings
Merrimac Iowa residents recount travel to Austin Nevada Fairfield and Des Moines for fairs and state events. Harry McGuire married Miss Saunders of Weyland then left for Kansas City and coast. A 67 person picnic honored Mrs Mary Smithline and Jessie with a bounteous dinner under shaded trees. Threshing nears finish as grain turns out fairly well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimac
Mary Smithline
Jessie
Austin
Nev
Mr. Norton
Fairfield
Chautauqua
Art
Harry Carper
Frank Shuppy
Des Moines
Harry McGuire
Miss Saunders
Weyland
Kansas City
Anna Shuppy
Clarence
Henry Shuppy
Stella Clark
Will Rauscher
Lockridge
Spring Pond
Wade Carper
Effie Hailey
Burlington
John Smithline
Fred Williams
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Thoma
Movnes
Lou Thoma
Grand Opera House
Western Theatrical Managers Association
Davenport
J. M. Hammers
J. E. Roth Dry Goods
Eugene Kirby
Roth
Jno
Ters
Etha
Agnes
Oskaloosa
Wisconsin
Ellen Peterson
Boise City
Idaho
Henry Peterson
Lawton
O. T
Maxwell
A. O. Kephart
Toledo
Walter Hunt
I. H. Robinson
Wm. Louden
Frank Sullivan
Siloam Springs
Arkansas
Elizabeth Heaton Whitney
Lila Fulton
Europe
Olive Miller
Castle Gate
Utah
B. F. Crail
C. E. Knowles
I. T
Chas, Taylor
Edith Foster
Margaret Fisher
Ottumwa
Mabel Sanborn
Emerson
Mary Bean
Geo. Rose
Eldon
A. E. McMurray
Fairfield Friends
Arminta Hoagland
Anna Marsh
Myrtle Hufstedler
Council Bluffs
Hilda Zetterlind
Decatur, Til
Pyrle Pierson
Monticello
Ill
Jesse_Andres
Will Wells
Tennessee
Frank Jones
Cedar Rapids
I. D. Jones
W. A. Jones
Cantril
Walter Roth
M. W. Roth
Lettie Case
Lizzie Laurence
Brooklyn
N. Y
Gries
O. J. Israel
Effie Brown
Chariton
J. C. Thorne
M. P. Wells
Clarinda
O. H. Snyder and Family
Tabor
Frank Hutton
Washington
Mary Snyder
Newton Snyder
Mt. Pleasant
Henry Snyder
Skean
Albia
Bruce Gobble
Noble Calhoun
Business
Robt. Higley
T. F. Higley
Anna Pattison
Jeannette Pattison
Parsons College
Pattison
Ballardhal
New York
Pennsylvania
A. W. Phillips and
Memphis
P. H. Fisher
Art Donovan
Emma Knowlton
Frank Gray
Lottie McCaslin
Ollie Young
Messrs
Joseph
Will Black
Chas. Jones
Daisy
Anna Gibson
C. A. Gibson
West Virginia
Hunt Ireland
The
Hunt-Ireland Shoe Co
Grand Opera
J. P Moorhead
Ruth Pinch
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