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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1907
Page
9
Libertyville and Elm Grove notes detail a busy period with visits, church events, and a Rankin Heston wedding at the Rankin home. Local residents travel to Ottumwa Des Moines and Tarkio while new homes and farm moves are announced.
Aug 26 report from Perlee Iowa notes threshing machines arriving and soon active. J J Watts travels to Washington Iowa to visit his uncle Isaac Hightshoe. J J Kyle away at an unspecified event or location.
Reverend and Mrs. Chas. Coop, Mr. N. S. Miller Sr., and Mrs. Maggie Simmons joined attendees at the fifty-first annual United Christian church conference.
Round Prairie reports many rose early to see a morning comet in the East and crowds then traveled to Fairfield for the Innes band's performance. Mrs. James Litton moved back to the area after selling her Missouri farm. Earl Litton visits grandparents, and Ted Cox becomes a father to a ten pound boy.
Glendale residents report visits from Mrs. Wm. R. Smith and Mrs. Perry Hickenbot tom in Burlington. G. R. Parsons and wife from Ruskin Nebraska visited here. Mrs. Lewis Green of Middletown spent time with her mother Mrs. C. H. Johnson. Perry Smith, returning from Stockport, plans North Dakota harvest work. M. Damm delivered two cars of calves. Joseph Howell and daughter Ethel visited Ottumwa. Lieut. W. G. Heaton and family visited at the Old Home.
Packwood residents host and visit relatives with trips to Ottumwa Pleasant Plain and Des Moines. R H Myers heads to the state fair in Des Moines. Old People's Day observed at M E church with Searls and family visiting Grafton relatives.
Isaac Webb honored his nephew from Taylor county with a gathering last Saturday evening. Many locals visited Fairfield Friday and Miss Ethel Clevenger stayed with her uncle Frank Shafer in Fairfield for the chautauqua. John Snider of Fairfield stopped by Packwood, and C. C. Davis hosted Sunday school, while Berna Williams and sisters attended a Christian Sunday school picnic. A large crowd enjoyed the day, a ball game, and ice cream. Spells of illness and recovery included Stacy Johnson with measles. visits linked to Ollie, Pekin, and Keokuk county trades and travel. A show at Oskaloosa drew attendees from here, and Philothea class planned a social at the hall. Mrs. Weller left with daughter to visit and attend the Des Moines fair. Jerry home, Robert Davidson, a respected farmer four miles east of Stockport, died last Wednesday.
Fairfield hosts a three day reunion September 1 to 3 with church services, a memorial service, park gatherings, state group dinners, contests for prizes, a baseball benefit, a parade, dress parade, and camp fire events led by the Old Settlers Association and Jefferson County Soldiers and Sailors. Speakers include Hon. T. L. James and Maj. Lacey with music by multiple bands and orchestras.
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