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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1912
Page
6
County notes describe scattered rain easing dust and a busy social week. Local families visit, attend services, and partake in church events, with reports of birthdays, travel, and community gatherings across Abingdon and surrounding towns.
Farmers in the Abingdon area delivered hogs at Batavia on Tuesday. J W Steele purchased many sheep from Ben Renos near Bladensburg and placed them on his west Abingdon farm last week. A C Wisecarver of Fairfield visited S E Wright on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Frank Gobble were in Washington on business Tuesday. The Masonic lodge conferred first degree Tuesday night. Otto Steele and Jesse Forrest were in Farson for business early this week.
Mr and Mrs Shannon Beem of Springfield South Dakota visited last week with sister Mrs Nettie Rockwell. Mr and Mrs James Mowery went to Oklahoma to visit relatives. Theo Kenyon spent Wednesday at Bowman home Packwood. Mrs John Steel visited sister Sadie Steele Competing Wednesday. A group including W H Steele J A Linder Vern Bradfield James Sutton Mrs Guy Brown and Clara Belle Linder traveled to Ottumwa Friday. Ada Pollock of Bourbon Missouri visited sister Jessie Steele last week. Children’s program set for Sunday night July 7 all invited. Joseph Nelson and wife spent last week with son Virda near Bladensburg. George Clingman and Edith Clingman were inbatavia last week Jas Linder and George Gibeaut unloaded cement blocks in Farson Wednesday. John Smith of Hedrick spent Thursday at M N Smith’s home. Theo Dunn of Gilman City Missouri visiting T M Linder.
Residents rejoice over a nice rain Sunday night. Numerous local families and visitors attended church and social events, including the Christian church gathering, band concert, and a Stewards of the M. E. church social. Notables present included Mrs. Eckley Pekin and families from Ioka Abingdon Richland Ottumwa Linby and Oskaloosa. Several plan to attend Hedrick Fourth of July celebration.
GEo Baldwin and Mrs Day and daughter of Mt Pleasant visit relatives in town. Mrs Hope of Birmingham guests of Mrs Frank Hurst. Mrs Will Swarts returns from Birmingham with children. Pete Potts moves family to Eldon to reside. Miss Li Ma-hi a IW college student visits Miss Edna Warren. Mrs Grant Fell and children of Lincoln Neb visit Frank Fell. Mrs J A Dale to Nevada Iowa. Mrs H L Robertson leaves for Grand Junction Colo. James Fry buys automobile. C W Riggs back from Udell. Miss Yager of Fairfield visits Mrs Raymond Peebler. Earl Howard family to Floris to stay with Tom Raglan. Miss Gail Mills of Richland visiting her father. O S Wilson of Hedrick visiting relatives. A splendid union service held at Presbyterian church led by Eugene Palmer of Fairfield.
Center Township reports fine rain aiding corn growth while hay and oats are less favored. Local residents travel for medical care, visits occur among families, and new autos, bounders, and equipment arrive. Harvest starts with some hay cutting underway and families enjoy weekend gatherings and travel.
The Boy Scouts returned Thursday from a bicycle trip and report a jolly good time. They were entertained at stops in Mt. Pleasant Crapo park Burlington Ft. Madison and Keokuk with swimming a pool tour a ball game at Burlington and an automobile city tour. Warden Saunders of Ft. Madison and J. J. Johnson of Burlington oversaw the trip.
Advertisers claim the mail order house pressures customers into purchasing expensive items while delivering inferior products. The piece argues the practices mislead consumers into paying high prices for poor quality.
Batavia outlines a full day program starting at 10 a.m. with church, speeches, band concerts, a baby show, readings, and a free show by John and Mullican troupe. Contests, prizes, a baseball game, and a large community gathering wrap up a day of free entertainment for all ages.
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