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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1912
Page
5
County correspondence details a bountiful oat crop harvest and Fourth of July activities across towns. Residents such as Albert Nelson and families from Ottumwa, Libertyville, and Mt. Pleasant visit relatives, attend church events, and share social gatherings. Community milestones include auto purchases, reunions, and planned park ice cream socials, with several local families hosting guests.
Glendale notes show Miss Nellie Lundquist osteopathic physician from Santon Ia visiting cousin Miss Selma Johnson. Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs Steven Walker of Glasgow at J C Howell home. Sacramental services planned in Glasgow by Rev Tennant D D of Mt Pleasant.
Abingdon residents welcome visitors from Milton Fairfield and Packwood while noting trips by Mrs. Gobble and Miss Davis. Local fishing outings on Skunk River, a surprise birthday for Mrs. Tilda Clark with gifts, and plans for medical practice by Dr. Batesman mark a week of social activity and moving stories in the area.
A convent gathering will be held in the Linby church this Saturday and all members are urged to attend. C. H. Linder has returned home from a visit with relatives in Virginia and West Virginia. John Harrison and family of Bladensburg visited Mrs. Harrison's mother Mary Brown. Wilburn Braden of Bladensburg bought F. R. Gambell's store and will take possession August 15. The Ladies' Aid ice cream social is set for Saturday night July 27. Farmers in the area report grain has been cut.
Ethel Greason and Lucile Anderson shopped in the city Thursday. Miss Lorene Humphrey visited her sister Mrs John DuBois last week. Mr and Mrs Polk DuBois attended Findley Hollister's funeral Friday. Mrs Frank Fowler of Muscatine visited last week. Mrs Mary Davidson visits daughter Mrs Lela Waterhouse. Mr and Mrs John Ross were guests of Mr and Mrs John Koontz Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ed Neiswanger and daughters called on Mr and Mrs Sam Davidson Sunday evening. The Barrow and Booth families visited Mrs Susanna Booth Sunday for dinner. Mrs John Koontz and Ethel Greeson called on Mrs Sam Davidson last week. D Humphrey stayed with sister Mrs John DuBois over Sunday and visited Polk DuBois. Busy Bee club met at Mrs Will Ramsey with dainty refreshments after a social hour. next meeting with Mrs Somers in two weeks. The Miss Buchanans of Fairfield called on Mabel DuBois Sunday evening, coming out on their wheels.
Noah Lynn a former resident dies in Brighton with funeral at his home and burial in Green Cemetery. Arthur Dickenson passes away July 2 with services at McDowell chapel. Community neighbors visit and attend the Friends meeting at Walnut Creek church while others spend time with relatives across state lines.
Miss Nellie Bwinaugh is a guest of friends at Agency. Mrs. Lizzie Lingenfelter and two children from Esterville visit her brothers Ward and Harlie Yost. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Carl and children from Ottumwa visit Carl's parents. Mrs. Ada Messall and son return to Concordia Kansas after an extended visit. Frank Harman of Cushing Oklahoma visits relatives. Mrs. Bert Rider and two children from Flambreau South Dakota visit Felicia Fry. Mrs. H. D. Davis visited Fairfield last week.
Center Township residents share visits and news from the past week. Ella Day of Illinois called on the Verne Cornell family, while Verne Cornell and family hosted Herman South on Sunday. Laura Wireman and daughter Violet visited the G W Cornell home, Selma Jacobson visited her sister Anna Stever, and C P Nelson spent Sunday in Burlington with his son Ralph who is in hospital and recovering. Virgie and Gladys St Clair also visited the Hubert Donelson home Sunday.
A Sunday night meeting drew many from afar to the M E church. An all day gathering at the Christian church is planned for July 28 with dinners and social time. An afternoon service features the Hedrick Christian church preacher at 2 30. Locals note several visits including Jim Reinier and family to Tom Reinier’s home, and Miss Bessie Wilson with Miss Erma Wilson visiting Miss Hazel Moorman.
Gas and family members visit Bert and George Fairchilds for two weeks and depart Monday evening. Carl Peters returns to activity after illness. Harve Graham family visit with Bert Fairchilds. Ona Lightwood of Colorado visits her mother Sonner and sister Gusta for a few weeks.
A Des Moines column recalls the Titanic catastrophe and contrasts it with Iowa’s yearly 1507 tuberculosis deaths. The piece questions life protection failures and calls for fewer deaths from disease, noting heroic acts aboard the Titanic and urging action to save lives at home.
Damage from a late Tuesday storm in Mason City and surrounding North Iowa counties is estimated at up to 100000, with extensive hail ruining crops and destroying buildings. barns burned in Daugherty Thorn ton Meservey Swaledale Sheffield. oats damaged. telegraph lines down. Alden residence unroofed. wind blamed for further losses north and in Worth.
Clarence Pool and Miss Louise Hisel, both of this city, were quietly married Saturday at eight in the morning at the M E church parsonage. Dr. Thomas Osborn performed the ceremony in front of relatives and close friends. The newlyweds, well known and esteemed, will reside in Fairfield after a brief visit to Missouri with relatives.
A guide describing essential driving rules and cautions. It includes right turn passing rules, passing on left, passing opposite traffic, and Mr. Cabanne’s eleven tips for novice drivers in crowded streets. It emphasizes slow passing near street cars and wagons, turning cautiously, horn use, and watching children and riders at stops.
An exchange argues pension money for veterans stimulates economy. It claims pensions instantly enter circulation as soldiers spend dollars on food, clothing, and necessities, never stashing funds. Each dollar spent is described as keeping money moving and bright through daily use.
A Concord woods enthusiast, five years in the field with his camera, arrives with a portfolio as editors debate how to illustrate Thoreau’s Journal. His pure love of nature and art proves a serendipitous solution to capturing Thoreau’s scenes in all seasons.
Before 646 A. D. the Japanese practiced burying princes retainers around graves in a standing position until they perished of thirst and hunger. Records show later revisions under Emperor Suinin where compassion led to substitutes like clay figures, but the cruel custom persisted until an edict in 646 A. D. banning living burial and penalizing further adherence.
Five centuries ago Venice controlled pilgrim traffic with agency offices in St Mark's square. Firms advertised, charged 25 to 30 ducats for the voyage and personal conduct from sea crossing to Jerusalem, with payment split before, in Palestine, and after return.
Matthew Henry notes that Abimelech hires the country’s scum to seize power while Jotham is praised as a fine gentleman. Sechemites smear him in table talk, toasting his supposed downfall and chaos he brings.
The line “A bold, bad man” once used by Spenser for the Archimage in The Faerie Queene is noted as worn to threadbare humor. It recalls the archaic tag applied to Great Gorgon, prince of darkness and dead night in the old epic.
A quoted dialogue contrasts a rich chief creditor with a debtor who feels crushed by expectations. The speaker notes the creditor acts as if the debtor lives beyond his means, highlighting tension around wealth and debt.
A Boston Transcript excerpt questions a young man courting a daughter and the father's reasonable curfew. The dialogue features a firm yet light touch on propriety and parental authority in courting customs.
A brief quotation attributes a paradoxical view to William Henry Phelps, asserting that recognizing goodness within a heart that appears evil can foster goodness in return.
In a description from Mr. Awbrey F Bell on Portugal, two thirds of the nation’s work is attributed to women. He notes women labor in fields, quarries, and water-hauling while men rest or supervise, with men craving cigarro and wine after supposedly hard days.
Burton J. Hendrick argues in McClure's Magazine that De Witt Clinton and the Erie Canal transformed New York from a secondary port to the nation's metropolis. The canal slashed wheat transport costs from Buffalo to Albany, enabling inland wealth to flow to New York and spawning new cities along the route.
In Anghin south of Bangkok a Chinese farmer and his wife, fearing buffalo calf raids, struck what he thought was a marauder with a club. The creature proved to be a full grown tiger. the man fainted from shock and lay ill for a week.
A glass needle stiletto with a four inch blade and grooved hilt was found in a Chinatown laundry worker's possession in New Orleans. Police say it could pierce flesh without noticeable bleeding and would break off leaving a hidden three inch fragment.
A battalion returning from rifle practice at the ranges reports a near miss when a shot is fired from the leading company. The colonel demands who fired it, and the officer answers that no man from his company would do so as they are all first class shots.
The Louisville Courier Journal recalls cricket quips where a fielder’s catch prompts cheering shouts and fans award compliments the next day for notable play in a genteel, polite tone. The piece notes the peculiar habit of fans writing notes to players after exceptional performances.
The snippet presents a satirical exchange about a Black man named Andrew Jackson Jones allegedly run over by a car. It mentions he sought satisfaction and, after reacting, won $10 in a policy game. The tone critiques street justice and gambling culture with racial overtones.
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