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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1912
Page
9
West Chester and city residents joined Mrs D R Munro and families to Fairfield for the wedding of Ralph Munro and Flora Gilley at noon. Local visitors, travel home from Burlington and Des Moines, and relatives dispersed after a busy weekend of reunions and farewells.
William Simpson Booton born March 20 1830 in Cable County Virginia died in Fairfield Iowa June 27 1912 aged 62 years two months seven days. Civil war veteran and Seventh Day Adventist member who lived near Sigourney before settling in Fairfield. Funeral held June 30 1912 at his home. services by Minnie Sype with text Revelation 14 18.
A roundup of arrivals and visits includes Mr and Mrs B J Taylor of Warren Ohio with their sons A W and Dean, Stephen Booton from Fort Scott Kansas attending funeral rites for W S Booton, Mrs J T Hoops returning from Cedar Falls Iowa, and brief stops by numerous other relatives and friends from Des Moines Cedar Rapids Chicago and Boise City among others over the weekend and upcoming week.
A series of maxims contrasts value and price in shopping and buying. It warns that low price often hides poor quality and urges careful evaluation of goods, land, and horses before purchase. The adage about penny wise and pound foolish appears alongside notes on mail order furniture and weatherproof umbrellas.
In Richland, Miss Alta Pringle and Frank Smith quietly wed last Wednesday in Fairfield at the M E parsonage with Rev Osborn officiating. They will reside with Mr. and Mrs. J W Smith, the groom’s parents, in Richland.
Miss Dottie A Russell and Fred C Johnson both of Ottumwa were quietly married last Wednesday at the bride’s cousin Charles Moffitt home in Ottumwa. Rev Jonathan Lee performed the ceremony. The couple will reside on East Kirkwood street.
The home of Mr and Mrs C J Gilly hosted the June 26 ceremony uniting Flora M Gilly and Ralph H Munro a young city lawyer. Nettie R Carlson wed Byron A Neibert at a later ceremony with Dr Thomas Osborn performing the vows. The newlyweds will reside on East Lowe street. Separately editors plan a July 11 12 meeting in Burlington with a Mississippi river trip to Keokuk plus a luncheon and theatre party.
Sunday morning wedding at the home of the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs C E honored with simple ceremony. Guests and family gathered as vows were exchanged in a quiet, traditional setting reflecting community ties and family tradition.
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