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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
3
Miss Nellie Ogden closes a term at Union and will teach winter term. Miss May Hafferty begins Glendale term. Several residents travel, visit hospitals, farms, and relatives. Deaths, marriages, and church activities punctuate a busy week in Brookville, Packwood, Fairfield, and Washington.
Mrs Bowers and two children plan to stay through winter to pray and assist in caring for her ailing mother Mrs Dunbar. Also mentioned is Mrs George Whisler of Eldon visiting.
Pleasant Plain reports farmers delayed by rain in corn husking. Charley Pierson of near Libertyville visits friends. Miriam Jones moves into Noah Lynn property as Noah relocates to Elden. Mrs Clark Hoskins schedules sale for Friday November 26 and Bert Montgom.
The notice mentions a sale scheduled for the 24th. It reports visits by Joe Davis and wife of Ainsworth to their daughter Mrs. George Dickinson, Walter Ellis and wife returning to Fairfield, Ruth Emery visiting Cedar Rapids and Robert, Milton Macy and family of Oska loosa visiting his mother.
Ed Hull house painted by Hupp Bros. and many residents share visits and errands around Fairfield Brookville Ottumwa and Monmouth. News includes weddings church repairs new barn three thousand dollar project school texts desks and a brief illness.
Little corn remains in fields while county reports say yields are ahead of average yet below potential. Attendees of last year's Short Course claim they have seed corn stored. People plan to attend the Short Course again this year as tiling continues, with J. P. Manatrey finishing tiling his farm and Mrs. Kate McClain involved in Brown and Mitch.
Mrs Tip Allman visits relatives in Ottumwa this week Bernard Seitz spends time with uncle James Poling in Leando Isaac Griffits hosts Thanksgiving guests Those on the sick list show some improvement Mrs Vina Sickels returns to Ottumwa after visiting her parents Tip Allman Jacob Schlotter makes a business call in Eldon
Mrs Axel Jacobson of Orient Ia will visit brother A Cassel this week. School opens at No 5 with Miss Nellie Hopkins in charge. John Thye and Theo Woepking of Burlington visited F H Miller last week. D R Lynn traveled to Burlington on business. Rev T G Harper returned home from meetings at M E church west of town. A M Kaufman sold George Miller property in Lockridge to Harry W Rupp. William Turner Jr of South Dakota, now employed on the railroad, visited his parents. Andrew Murphy and family of West Burlington spent Thanksgiving locally. Elliott Lynn, civil engineer, was also noted.
Finetta Shelladay returned to Denver after visiting friends. Mrs. Sam Goram formerly Eliza Myers died of hemorrhage in Pleasant Grove and is mourned by a husband, two sons and relatives. C L Collis and family spent last Saturday with Lou Miller and recalled long residence in Missouri.
At 1 30 P M thirty to fifty head of the best milch and dairy cows ever sold in Iowa will be offered. Cows fresh soon or calves by their side from Enlow Carbaugh and Wilson herds and others from Montpelier Vermont. Rain or shine sale. Ladies invited. Terms announced day of sale by auctioneers I T Wisecarver and T B Allender.
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In Mingo county near Devon West Virginia, Mrs. Charles Daniels and her 16 year old daughter were shot to death by a sheriff s posse while defending their home during a family feud with the Christians from Kentucky. Jim Daniels and Charles Daniels escaped as officers pressed the attack.
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