Notable Local Figures Attend Fringes of War and Life
Miss Agnes Buchanan of Des Moines visits Fairfield. Lee King of Chicago attends Mary Louise Kerrick’s funeral. Sergeant Clarance Glass travels through en route to camp after illness of wife. Various residents attend funerals, illnesses, or recoveries. multiple marriages, promotions, and civic notes across Fairfield with references to military service and relief corps activities.
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Agnes Buchanan
Des Moines
Lee King
Chicago
Mary Louise Kerrick
Clarance Glass
North Dakota
Glass
P. C. Duncan
Sheridan
Wyo
Harry Sands
J. J. Hutchison
Mediapolis
Roy Hutchison
Clarance Ristine
Camp McArthur
Waco
Texas
Fairfield
Women’s Relief Corps
Soldiers
Marshalltown
Soldiers’ Orphans
Davenport
Maude Frazey
Willis Mathews
Guy Beatty
Denver
Colo
West Broadway Street
Leo Blough
Raymond Walker
J. A. Huglin
Death Claims Mary Louise Kerrick A Fairfield Young Woman
Mary Louise Kerrick died of influenza on Friday December 6 in Fairfield. Born December 5 1898 she would have turned 20 the next day. A Fairfield high school graduate class of 1916 she studied at Parsons college and conservatory of music. Active in Elzevir society YWCA and Methodist and Presbyterian circles she planned to lead for the YWCA and was beloved by friends. Funeral services were held Saturday evening at Fairfield Abbey with interment following.
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Parsons Conservatory of Music
Miss Kerrick
Elzevir Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
Unkrich
Presbyterian
Mary Louise
C. L. Tennant
H. A. Mosser
Fairfield Abbey
Death of Mrs. David B. Cassatt
Mrs. David B. Cassatt died Monday December 9 at her parents home on South Main Street from influenza after a short illness. Helen Elizabeth Crail, born June 2 1894 in Fairfield, was Parsons College 1917 graduate and Lucas high school principal before her marriage January 16 this year to Lieut. David B. Cassatt. She was active in the Methodist Episcopal church, YWCA and student clubs. Survived by husband, parents, one brother James, two grandmothers and other relatives. Funeral held Wednesday at the Crail home, with Rev. C L Tennant and Rev. Thos Osborn presiding. interment Evergreen cemetery.
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Cons Grant
J. Earl Vandagriff
Fairfield
Vandagriff
Edith Elmore
Luther Elmore
Pleasant Plain
Clifford Thoma
Jane Ashmead
Bloomfield
X. C. Nady
Chicago
Corp
Ben Burfee
Camp Merritt
N. J
E. R. Smith
Mary Alice
Elzevir Society
X. Y. Z. Club
Parsons College
Lucas High School
David B. Cassat
James
Elizabeth Poulton
Elizabeth Crail
Crail
C. L. Tennant
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thos. Osborn
Centerville
Sands Dies After Brief Illness in Wyoming Home
Harry R. Sands son of Robert and Anna Sands died Saturday December 7 at his brother Robert Sands home in Catham Wyoming after a short illness with Spanish influenza. He was born in Jefferson county May 18 1882 and was 36 years old.
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Sands
Harry R. Sands
Robert
Anna Sands
Robert Sands
Catham
Wyo
Mr. Sands
Jefferson County
Sands Family Remains Mourn Fairfield Man
West of the city on a farm grew to manhood. He spent twelve years in Wyoming in business with his brother. Survived by father Robert C. Sands Los Angeles sisters Mrs. W G Burkhart Pemine Wisconsin and Mrs P C Duncan Sheridan Wyoming two brothers twin Hugh B Sands and Robert R Sands Catham and aunt Mrs Clara Howlett Fairfield. Body returned with Robert Sands to Davies funeral home West Burlington street for services led by Rev C L Tennant Wednesday at 2:30 pm Burial Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Robert
Catham
Wyo
Robert C. Sands
Los Angeles
Cal
W. G. Burkhart
Pembine
Wis
P. C. Duncan
Sheridan
Hugh
Mrs. Howard Ferguson Dies in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Howard Ferguson wife of the Jefferson county agent died suddenly Friday afternoon December 6 in a Cedar Rapids hospital. She had visited Mechanicsville with her parents the Buffingtons when illness occurred. The Fergusons moved to Fairfield last spring and left a son. Funeral services were held at Mechanicsville after which she was buried there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Ferguson
Jefferson County
Cedar Rapids
Mechanicsville
Fairfield civic figure Jacob Mikesell dies at 81
Jacob R. Mikesell, longtime Fairfield resident known for his one horse dray, died Saturday evening at his home on East Washington Street. He was 81, born September 29, and passed from infirmities of old age after his wife’s death August 25 and his brother B Mikesell’s on September 19. He served in the Civil War with Company F of the Third Iowa Cavalry. One daughter, Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob R. Mikesell
Fairfield
East
Washington Street
Mikesell
B .M. Mikesell
Co. F
Third
Iowa Calvary
Survived by Rhodes sisters in Kansas funeral held
Alta Rhodes survives with two sisters Mrs. Laura Prevost Lebanon Kansas and Mrs. George Bunnell Smith Center Kaw. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 from Frazey undertaking parlors with Rev. H A Anspach presiding. Burial followed in Evergreen cemetery.
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Alta Rhodes
Laura Prevost Lebanon
Kansas
George Bunnell
Smith Center
Kaw
Frazey Undertaking
H. A. Anspach
Evergreen Cemetery
McLeland Soldier From Cantril Succumbs to Bronchial Pneumonia
George McLeland of Cantril answered the last roll call Wednesday morning at Jefferson County hospital after illness with bronchial pneumonia. He was 21 years old, a member of Parsons college S A T C, and is the third from his unit to sacrifice. Son of Mr and Mrs Guy McLeland, his remains were taken home for burial with a military escort.
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McLeland
George McLeland
Cantril
Jefferson County Hospital
Parsons College S. A. T. C
Guy McLeland
Classified Frugal Finds Display Shoppers’ Bargains
Readable ad items list clothing and writing gear with prices. Flannel shirts priced from 2.50 to 7.50 dollars, Waterman and Shaeffer fountain pens featured, Shriner and Johnson names appear, with a code 42-1-¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake Clothing Co
Fairfield
Ladies silk hose and fabrics advertised by Drake Clothing Co
An advertisement offers ladies silk hose in all colors from the Drake Clothing Company in Fair. It mentions carbon paper and ty files for machines and notes availability for sale at the Tribune office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Drake Clothing Co
Tribune
Also Mentioned on This Page
Laura Beck
East Burlington Street
Mildred Freguson
Brighton
George W. Slater
Oilfield
Chas. Keltner
California
Madge Vernon
Chisholm
West Burlington Street
Thomas Stout
Otto Westphal
Nat Howard
General Howard
France
Paris
Berlin
Raymond Stewart
Grinnell College
Forum Society
Thoma’s
House of Baldwin
H. P. MeLaughkn Co
Mikeseil
Merrell-Soule Co
Syracuse
Prince Albert
Fred M Raible
South Side Square
Fairfield, Iowa
Germany
America
Hart Schaffner & Marx
M. H. Cuddy
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Manhattan
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