Christmas sales and seasonal notes from Branson and Jefferson county
A collage of local notices reports Mrs McGregor warning gift buyers at Branson linen shop and Christmas fruit cake 20c lb plus cakes. Davis Grocery advertises turkey prices and Christmas china. A Jefferson County farmer comments December plowing and turkey market. Zeigler Poultry sold about 1000 birds. I O F celebrates 59th anniversary with out of town visitors. Rail fare debates and local short course details at Mt Pleasant Iowa. Banks in Fairfield praised for stability and mutual obligations.
Kraft Clothing corn contest crowns first and second prizewinners
Kraft Clothing Company held a corn contest open to Jefferson and Van Buren county farmers with prizes of a 20 dollar suit or overcoat and a 15 dollar suit or overcoat. J C Frame of Round Prairie township won first prize and W A Hook of Packwood won second.
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Kraft Clothing Company
Kraft Clothing Co
Jefferson
van Buren Counties
Ames, I
J. C. Frame
Round Prairie Township
W. A. Hook
Packwood
A. E. Quaife
G. P. Blucher
Salem, Ia
Frank Carlson
A. L. Cassady
Jas
Grant
Moses Kiger
Fairfield
Clyde Morely
Libertyville
O. R. Johnson
Ray Ireland
Brookville
Merwin Laughlin
Ray Rail
Birmingham
Ottumwa Dentists Host Study Club Meeting
Dr. J B Montfort and Dr Frank Fourt welcomed the Ottumwa Study club and local dentists at their south side square offices for a dental clinic. The afternoon proved pleasant and profitable with a banquet at the Montfort home concluding the day.
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Ottumwa
J. B. Montfort
Frank Fourt
Ottumwa Study Club
Montfort
Fairfield
Gorrell McDonald wedding held in Fairfield
Jennie L McDonald and J E Gorrell wed at the bride’s grandmother Mary A McDonald home with about twenty guests. Rev J H Gorrell officiated and a wedding dinner followed. The couple will live in Albia where Gorrell works as an agent.
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Flora McDonald
Albia
Mrs. Gorrell
Gorrell
Maxon
Western Union Telegraph Office
Fairfield
Yeggmen in custody may be wanted train robbery suspects
Washington Iowa December 14 two men held here may be the pair wanted for the September 12 1907 mail train holdup near Ron do Montana The government Great Northern railroad and London based Marine Insurance company offer a 13000 reward Officers have shared the description with Pinkerton and local police while noting two minor differences including height and tooth condition
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Washington
United States
Rondo
Mont
Government Post Office Department
Great Northern Railway
The
Marine Insurance Company
London
Pinkerton Agency
Chief of Police
Iowa Corn Growers Annual Prize Contest
The Iowa Corn Growers association holds its annual prize contest during the two week short course in grain and stock judging at the Agricultural College in Ames from December 30 to January 11. Prizes include cash and implements with premiums arranged for state sections. southern district prizes listed include a pure bred Shorthorn bull, best 100 ears of corn, portable grain elevator with power and wagon dump, amateur best 50 ears of corn, and portable grain elevator.
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Iowa
Mtt. Pleasant
Louden Machinery Company
Jefferson County
Maasdam & Wheeler
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Agricultural College
Ames
Northern Section
Reid
Silver Mine
Boone County
Souther
Kirk Weeder
Duroc Jersey
Corn judging awards and equipment list with scattered prose
The piece catalogs many corn judging class prizes from Class J to Class D and related farm implements, including gasoline engines, grain drills, manure spreaders, and riding cultivators. It also includes stray musings on professions and a reflective tangent about journalists and lawyers.
The Men to Marry
An alleged authority on mankind lists ideal husbands among which are a fishing fan, a lawyer, and a versatile journalist. He dislikes the popular doctor and finds a musical genius or a man of letters off putting, noting authors are fussy about sentences and irritable about meals.
Bucklen’s Salve Endorsed for Piles by Le Raysville Merchant
O S Whatever of Le Raysville testifies Bucklen's Salve cured his piles decades ago. The remedy also heals wounds burns and abrasions and is priced at 2 shillings at Shriner’s drug store.
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O. S. Whatever
le Raysville Y
Shriner’s
Nine-Year-Old Lad Killed Riding Home From Church
James King aged nine, son of Augusta Siegling, living ten miles southwest of Iowa City, died after falling from his pony near a church on Sunday. He struck his head on the ground, neck broken, despite a farm house call for a physician. The death bore a grim coincidence to a past event in the same family.
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Iowa City
James King
Augusta Siegling
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tribune
Branson
Mrs. McGregor
Davis’ Grocery and Bakery
Zeigler Poultry House
Brighton
Mt. Pleasant
the Tribune
Chicago
Davis’ Grocery
Jos. W. Bannard
Mabel C. Hawbaker
Arthur Stout
Birdie Parker
Jos. E. Gorrell
Jennie L. McDonald
George Unkrich
Prof. Moorhead
Jim Bailey
George West
Iowa State Savings Bank
America
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress of the
Calumet
Hufstedler & Baker
Gog
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Gent
C. F. Long
N. W. Cor. Square
Ayer
Ayers
Nature
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Iowa Corn Growers
Mckihany
Christmas Candig
Pupsy Gandy
Gether
the Prince OF Peag
Fairfield Oratorio Society
J. P. Morehead
Hunt's Shoe
Ato
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