Choir Practice at Center M E church weekly
Woolson and Blackhawk July 17 report choir practice at Center M E church each week with all invited. Richland Grammar school gains Pliny C McCracken as teacher while Miss Myrtle Heald prepares a piano recital for her class of about forty pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Heald
Milace Hinshaw
Iowa Falls
Dutton
Mt. Pleasant
Anti-Saloon League
Edna Samuelson
Fairfield
W. B. Picken
Anson West
Summer Heat Hikes as Socials Boost Small Town Life
Glendale reports hot dry conditions aiding farmers with 50 percent moisture, while Lawrence Johnson battles a serious illness described as systematic bleeding. Social events include an ice cream social that netted $20, hosted by Miss Virginia Droz and Miss Anna Sullivan, with visitors from St. Louis and Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
H. Heaton
Lawrence Johnson
Peter Butts
St. Louis
John Briggs
Butts
Briggs
Lewis Green
Middletown
C. H. Johnson
Sam Linstrom
Essex
Virginia Droz
Anna Sullivan
Beckwith Briefs: Summer Heat and Local Incidents
Beckwith on July 17 reports sweltering heat easing into town life. Emery Daviness cut his foot while chopping wood for Finly Hollister. W D Carter badly mashed a thumb in a hay fork pulley. Mrs Jennie Prince and children visited the Root family. Clara Raines group visited Caviness and Cedar township friend Mrs Fisher who is recovering. Families from Black Hawk township visited and social events include an ice cream social at Parsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckwith
Emery Daviness
Finly Hollister
W. D. Carter
Jennie Prince
Clara Raines
Caviness
Blackhawk Township
Richwoods Social Roundup July Visitors and Local Visits
Miss Olive Hendricks and niece Mabel Hohe returned from Des Moines after two weeks at a chautauqua. Mrs. T. M. Hawk remains very low. Fred Emry and Chas Green visited Bethesda and Cedar Rapids families. Minnie Keller and sister Cora returned from Cedar Rapids. Bessie I. Smith visits Mabel Hendricks. Mrs. Gee Londquist and Mrs. John Kyle spent a day at the Kyle home in Brighton. G. F. Messer shows slow recovery. Thomas Gilbert of Perlee visited his daughter Mrs. F. L. Flinspach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cora
Bessie I. Smith
Oskaloosa
Mabel Hendricks
Gee, Londquist
John Kyle
Kyle
Brighton
G. F. Messer
Thomas Gilbert
Perlee
F. L. Flinspach
Epworth League Ice Cream Social in Libertyville
Libertyville July 17 The Epworth League will hold an ice cream social on the M E parsonage lawn Saturday evening July 22. The item lists visiting relatives and local residents with various travel notes including Mrs Leslie Clinkenbeard, Harlie Yost, Carrie and Grace Leppo, Geo Rollett, Dorothy, Charles Watkins, T Hawthorne, Pearl Rankin, and the marriage of David Wesley Hill and Jessie L Parsons in Chicago. Rev G L Minear and Rev J W Caldwell preached at the M E church. Ladies Aid to entertain at parsonage Friday afternoon with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libertyville
Epworth League
M. E. Parsonage
Leslie Clinkenbeard
Baby
Glasgow
Harlie Yost
Chicago
Toledo
Ohio
Carrie
Grace Leppo
Denver
Colo
Geo. Rollett
Dorothy
Little Falls
Minn
Charles Watkins
Cedar Rapids
Watkins
T. Hawthorne
Hedrick
J. O. Boyd
Pearl Rankin
Burlington
David Wesley Hill
Princeton
Iowa
Jessie L. Parsons
Monticello
Ill
Hill
G. L. Minear
Mt. Pleasant
M. E
J. W. Caldwell
van Meter
Ladies Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Harley Hoopes
J. B. Youmans
Clifford Davis
Fairfield
Four Corners Harvest News and Local Visits
Farmers work in harvest fields during clear weather. A M Kauffman returns home from Kingsbury California after two months away. J W Kleinhan and Conrad Bogner came back from Washington where they were foresting for months. Henry Graf and family visited Mt Pleasant relatives. Rev P H Dornseff preached at Second German Lutheran Church. Miss Ethel Teeter spent last week with home folks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Corners
A. M. Kauffman
Kingsbury
Cal
J. W. Kleinhan
Conrad Bogner
Points
Washington
Henry Graf
Mt. Pleasant
P. H. Dornseff
Wilton
Second German Lutheran Church
Ethel Teeter
Abingdon Visitors and Weekend Socials Report
Abingdon notes a warm spell and seeks shade as residents and visitors gather. Tony Dysart and wife travel with W. J. Flee Nor, Arthur Hudson, and J. S. Miller visiting the county seat. The Schooleys visit Libertyville Sunday, Mrs. Spurlock trips to Des Moines then returns home, and Eliza Jones of Boulder with W. F. Jones of Batavia visit W. A. Black. John Loehr from Fairfield comes to see his father Andrew McCreery. Will Kenyon and family spend Sunday at Tom Clarke’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abingdon
Tony Dysart
W. J. Fleenor
Arthur Hudson
J. S. Miller
T. C. Schooley
Libertyville
W. F. Jones
Batavia
W. A. Black
John Loehr
Fairfield
Andrew McCreery
Will Kenyon
Tom Clarke
Local Visits and Short Trips Highlight Weekend
Mrs Charlotte Hawthorn visits her daughter Mrs Robt Webb. J B Trent and family of Batavia spend weekend with friends here. Lena Davis goes to Hedrick for a brief visit with relatives. Carl Shelton and wife visit friends Sunday. Mr and Mrs Walter Martin of Hedrick are Sunday guests at W J Fleenor's. M G Black and wife spend Sunday at the parental home. Mrs W J Flint plans a Cedar Rapids visit soon. The Gobble children Bonnie Edna and Harold leave Saturday for a week in Libertyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Hawthorn
Robt. Webb
J. B. Trent
Batavia
Lena Davis
Hedrick
Carl Shelton
Walter Martin
W. J Fleenor
S. M. G. Black
W. J. Flint
Cedar Rapids
Gobble
Bonnie
Edna
Harold
Libertyville
Packwood Visit Notes and Local Happenings
Packwood residents and guests gather for visits and family news as local households host relatives from Highland Center Hedrick Larned and Fairfield. A birth is announced at G B Everett home. District conference opens with H N Smith speaking on The Need of the Hour. Rest Rooms by YWCA in Grimes block offer facilities for women visitors with reading materials and affordable meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packwood
E. W. Woolums
Highland Center
Par- Center
James Caldwell
Hedrick
L. G. Myers
I. A. Webb
Larned
Kan
Burlington
Young Women’s Christian Association
Grimes Block
Corner Valley
Main Streets
Troops Drink Wood Alcohol After Camp Cummins Find
Des Moines July 13 Tuesday night members of the Fifty sixth regiment I N G camping at Camp Cummins drank from a bottle marked Alcohol. A sergeant identified the mixture as poison causing alarm among drinkers. Emesis was given and by Wednesday morning all were reported without ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fifty-sixth Regiment
Camp Cummins
Cereal Plant About Finished in Cedar Rapids
The mammoth American Cereal Co plant in Cedar Rapids is nearly rebuilt after March fire. The five story mill, boiler and drying rooms, offices, and one elevator nearly complete. several more elevators planned. Machinery installed and ready to process this season s oats crop as soon as in condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
American Cereal Co
Diamond cure claim shocks Paris news spread
The latest Paris rumor says a diamond remedy cures consumption. A Tennessee man cites Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as a quick relief and permanent cure after a fourteen year cough. Available at Frank S Shriner’s drug store for 50c and 1.00 with a trial bottle free in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
W. T. McGee
Vanleer
Tenn
Dr. King
Frank S. Shriner
Why is his face wrinkled From care
A brief Cleveland Leader item offers a wry exchange about facial and coat wrinkles, attributing them to care and carelessness respectively, presented in period voice as a small human-interest quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Leader
Jefferson County Experiment Station aims at soil fertility studies
Mr. E B Watson outlines Jefferson County appropriation of 200 dollars for experiments under Ames station. Six acres near Fairfield on A V Coleson’s farm host ten soil plots and multiple tests including nitrogen crops, cow peas, red clover, early and late plowing, manure effects, kernel per hill variations, various corn varieties, and two alfalfa plots. Findings depend on careful trials amid wet weather and tile concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Watson
Tribune
Board of Supervisors
Jefferson County
Ames
A. V. Coleson
Fairfield
Williams
College
Dangerous Germs in Summer Milk Donation Story
A New York philanthropist funds summer milk for babies to reduce mortality from common summer germs. The text claims Mi o na strengthens the stomach and digestion, preventing illness in both babies and older adults, with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank S.shriner
Alfalfa Trials At Ames Iowa Face Wet Weather
E B Watson from Ames Iowa notes alfalfa plots suffer in rain while early potato plots are harvested and other fields ready for August sowing. University findings favor fall sowing. if alfalfa thrives it would aid the county and farmers should monitor experiments this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Watson
Ames
Towa
Plymouth Church seeks killer of Fritz Westbrook
Des Moines Iowa July 17 The Plymouth Congregational church plans to raise funds to reward the murderer of Fritz Westbrook who died from injuries after returning home Westbrook was active in church work and popular among the youth A committee including W W Lyons L J Kasson Geo L Lewis and Mr Dempster was formed to solicit donations with the goal to exceed one thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Plymouth Congregational Church
Iowa
Fritz Westbrook
Westbrook
A. L. Frisbie
L. J. Kasson
Worms Hurt Iowa Corn Rotate Crops, Says Holden
In Ames on July 17 Prof P G Holden warned that root worms threaten Iowa corn, favoring crop rotation to kill worms that attack roots. He noted louse damage on nonrotated fields and predicted a satisfactory crop this season due to improved seed testing and prior cruade efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Holden
Ames
Des Moines
Iowa
P. G. Holden
J. R. Sage
Holden
Take Care of Your Dog and Water Needs
Advice from Our Fourfooted Friends urges constant access to clean water for dogs and notes many diseases stem from dehydration. Ensure kennels are elevated at least six inches to avoid dampness and health risks.
Cruelty to Dogs Warns Against Poor Treatment
The notice condemns letting old dogs roam or be chained, describing it as cruelty that makes them stupid and sullen. It urges humane care, avoiding exposure to heat and traffic, and recommends feeding and cleaning routines to prevent rheumatism and distress.
Absent Father Question Sparks Anger and Plea
A young man asks a daughter about her absent father and suggests calling him to provoke anger yet seek a pleasant outcome. The Chicago Record-Herald notes the tension and implied reactions in this brief exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Row
Angy
Chicago Record-Herald
Cholera Infantum Remedy Saved Child in Virginia
Ruth, daughter of Dewey of Agnewville Va, was fatally ill with cholera infantum. After giving Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy from a local store, the child improved within hours. The family credits the remedy and notes continued administration led to full recovery. Sold by Frank S. Shriner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Ruth
Dewey
Agnewville
Frank S. Shriner
Sheriff's Sale Notice in Jefferson County Iowa
Public sale to satisfy a debt of seventeen dollars and three hundredths cents plus costs. The property is Lot 6, Block 6, Island Addition to Fairfield Iowa. Sale is at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Fairfield on the date in July 1905 at 2 pm. J W Wright Sheriff. Chas O Carter Deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
J. W. Wright
Jefferson County
Chas
O. Carter
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County News
Woolson and Blackhawk
Roy Correll
Lona Anderson
Fertha Julian
Chas. Cox
Beckwith Briefs
Géordé Downs
Brighton, Washington Co
Herford
J. L. Downs
Richwoods
Lion Coffee
Tary
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