Fairfield News Roundup Highlights Local People and Events
Community notices include marriages license issued to C. W. Quillen and Mrs. Kathryn Miser, health updates on James Louden, and Penmanship school plans by Prof. H. R. Fuller. Local firms advertise sales and home services as farmers report crop and pasture conditions. civic groups hold conventions and church activities. livestock, crops, and hunting licenses update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Quillen
Mt. Pleasant
Kathryn C. Miser
Fairfield
Thief Takes Horse and Buggy From Newton Square
A horse and buggy owned by George Wormley was stolen from the Newton square yesterday afternoon. Eyewitnesses saw the thief drive away but assumed it was borrowed and did not pursue. The outfit is valued at 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Town
George Wormley
First Legal Road in Jefferson County Detailed
The article outlines the first legal road in Jefferson County with districts and overseers. It lists district numbers 12 5 and 4 for townships Round Prairie Lockridge and Walnut and names overseers Gillman Parsons and Wood. It notes a July court session defining Road District No Sixteen with Jonathan Turner as overseer and explains dissatisfaction with district symmetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Prairie
John H. Gillman
Lockridge
John Parsons
Walnut
John D. Wood
William Tilford
Brush Creek
Skunk River
Jonathan Turner
Fire Claims Fourteen Iowa Lives in First Half of 1912
Iowa fire statistics report fourteen deaths by fire from January through June 1912. Most fatalities stemmed from careless gasoline or kerosene handling, with one case from burning hair clippings. Four Maxwell children died in a February gas explosion. overall deaths rose by one from mid-1911 to mid-1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ole O. Roe
Maxwell
Fatal Blaze Traps Children and Adults in Locked Rooms
A devastating fire traps children and adults inside burning rooms as fire crews struggle to reach them. Emergency responders report multiple injuries and fatalities with ongoing rescue operations and evacuations underway.
Runaway Team Ends With Farm Injury And Community Help
A team pulling a spring wagon with two small children led to a runaway on Briggs and Court streets. John Coffin, a nearby farmer, tackled the danger and broke his leg stopping the horses. He was treated and later home, while a subscription drive raised funds for medical and farm expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggs Street
Court Street
John G. Oliver
Frank Coats
Oliver
McElhaney
F. S. Cummings
East Burlington Street
Connor
Fordyce
Coffin
Woodrow Wilson Club Started by Local Y M C A Graduates
In Sioux City Iowa young men living in YMCA dormitories began forming a Woodrow Wilson club. Most members are college graduates and hold strong belief in former Princeton president Woodrow Wilson. Twelve signed the call for a formal meeting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Back Wilson Club
Sioux City
Iowa
Woodrow Wilson Club
Princeton
Big religious mass meeting planned at Chautauqua Park
W S Colegrove of Kalamazoo Mich prominent in evangelical work will address a large Sunday gathering at Chautauqua park July 14. Ottumwa delegation will bring music led by a business quartet with Unkrich’s orchestra performing morning and evening. Della Sawtell will sing and Hugh Newsom will coordinate Fairfield music. Shuttles will run like Chautauqua days with no admission for sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Colegrove
Chautauqua Park
Kalamazoo
Mich
Billy Sunday
Gipsy Smith
Mel Trotter
Ottumwa
Unkrich
Della Sawtell
Hugh Newsom
Fairfield
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Our Nation
Wilson Dress-hook Co
Cleveland
Ae Coe Mere
A. V. Frazey & Son, Undertakers
Thoma’s
Dain Hay Lauder
Thoma
James Louden
West Burlington
H. R. Fuller
Kirksville
Alex Easton
A. M. Johnson
Chicago
Olive Kearns
Dragon Club
West Washington Street
A. C. Hull
Wellman
Florence Moyer
Pence
Crayne
Jefferson County
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Roscoe P. Thoma
Leo D. Thoma
Harry Free
Beckwith
G. L. Sutton
Osceola
Mr. Sutton
Des Moines
Homer C. Davis
C. T. Rowland
Rowland
Hattie Davis
Mr. Davis
Bloomfield
Chariton
Kansas City
Methodist Church
Pleasant Grove
Prairie Chapel
A. R. Trasy
Red Oak
City
L. D. Savage
Brighton
Tae
John F. Ready
David A. Ricketts
Chester Fulton
E. N. Brown
Southern Pacific of
Mexico
Sonora Ry
Empalme
Sonora
Hattie R. Greer
North Main St
Bentonsport
Mr. Brown
van Buren County
California
State
Arizona
Southern Pacific
Sox
East Side Square
John Coffin
McCall Co
New York City
Fairfield Tribune
McCall’s Magazine
Tribune
McCall
McCall's Magazine
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