Social notes from Fairfield visitors and locals
Glen Harris visits from the United States Post Office Inspector in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Numerous residents and friends visit relatives from Eldon Washington Boltz Winfield and Beckwith. Travelers include Mrs J T O Conner and children Villisca and Mrs Henry Hansen Burlington and others visiting Fairfield.
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Glen Harris
United States Post
Hartsburg
Penn
William Crawford
Hyeot and Son
Washington
Claude Stephenson
Eldon
Grant Enlow
Greenleaf
Centerville
Thorne
Excelsior
Minn
Lawrence Noble
Salt Lake
Utah
Charles Stansell
Missouri
Karry Bennett
Burlington
Wapello
Love
Lila Gudgell
Brighton
Carl Bradshaw
Moline
Elatives
Liss
Inez Whitmore
A. A. Fry and Son
I St. Paul
William Louden
Washington Street
Itarry McWhirter
Glasgow
C. E. Faulkner
Daughtr
Mabel
John Lynn
Vis
Iting
Webster City
Alex Easton
Illinois
Etna Steck
Rose Sampson
C. M. Buchanan
Alec Hopkirk
Lockridge
Elizabeth Whitney
Mary Brown
Seattle
Wash
Henry Hansen
Harris
Harvey Grant
Inez
Viola Stuff
W. White
P. O
Green
Mankato
Kansas
Cis
Bessie McGregor
Birmingham
W. M. Templeton
Ottumwa
Oscar Green
Baby
W. C. Reynolds
Daugher
Upland
Calif
Oscar Boltz
Will Thayer
Vinton
Fairfield
Vera White
O. A. Banta
Winfield
Cora Davis
Beckwith
Sylvester Clapp
Charles Lambert and Brother
St. Louis
Entertaining Society Gatherings and a City Attorney’s Wedding
The Methodist church choir and several lodge groups hosted sociable evenings at members’ homes with music contests flowers and refreshments. Hayden Ready, city attorney and Company M captain, wed Bessie Heyden in Creston and plan a return visit to Niagara Falls before settling back in town.
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Hayden Ready
John F. Ready
Bessie Heyden
Creston
Ready
Ex Gov Yates Headlines Fairfield Chautauqua Event
Ex Governor Yates of Illinois among the most interesting public speakers in the country today at Fairfield Chautauqua event on Friday August 26.
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Yates
Illinois
Fairfield
Stever Predicts Record Hay and Wheat Crops
George Stever of Fairfield Kansas reports strong prospects after touring the Panhandle Texas and Oklahoma. He cites above average corn outlook, good oats, and exceptional wheat quality with high yields. He notes arid Panhandle areas improving due to rains and rapid settlement by northern migrants. The Southwest is advancing in agriculture and livestock potential.
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Stever
Kansas City
Panhandle
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Dalhart
Southwest
Des Moines Board Recommends Pardon for Dr Crofford
After four years in prison for the death of Miss Maude Stone at his sanitarium Dr J W Crofford may receive a full pardon. The board of parole noted new testimony by Dr Artemus Brown a U S government inspector who claimed Stone asked him to be her physician and admitted a criminal operation. Brown said he refused to participate and Stone later died at Crofford’s sanitarium.
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Des Moines
J. W. Crofford
Ort Madison
Board of Parole
Crofford
Miss Maude Stone
Artemus Brown
Eighth Street
Leon
United States
Board of Control
Miss Stone
Crofford Sanitarium
Mr. Brown
Iowa
Soldier Kills Wife Child with Sword in Mexico
In Morelia on July 22 Sergt. Melquiades Saens of the Fifth Infantry killed his wife and child after his wife refused to return. He then killed his wife’s mother and sister who entered the room. The motive cited is separation and failed reconciliation attempts.
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Morelia
Mex
Sergt. Melquiades Saens
Fifth — Infantry
Evaristo Gomez
Deaths of Peter W Lyon Aged 77 in Mt Pleasant Area
Peter W Lyon born March 1 1832 in Indiana died July 21 1909 at 77 years 4 months 7 days. Survived by wife Cathrine Hull and six children Stephen G of Osceola Charles S Mrs Etta Scheffel Mrs Lorena Daller plus twenty grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He was a deacon and clerk at Mt Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church and funeral was at Oak Grove Church conducted by Elder B L Nay.
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Peter W. Lyon
Indiana
Henry County
Iowa
Cathrine Hull
Jefferson County
Stephen G
Osceola
Chas. S
Etta Scheffel
Fairfield
Lorena Daller
Mt. Pleasant
Oak Grove Church
B. L. Nay
Mediapolis
Towa
Mrs Gertrude James Dies After Illness of Tuberculosis
Gertrude Rasmus James aged twenty five dies at her parents home after months with tuberculosis. Her husband Emery James, killed in 1898, left four children Carl Fred Fay Dora aged up to nine. Survived by parents Hans and Gertrude Rasmus brothers Harry Frank sister Mrs Dora Franklin. Funeral at Rasmus home conducted by Rev Burch, burial Evergreen Cemetery.
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J. O. Lambert
South Depot Street
Hazel
Irene Henry
Bloomfield
Oscar Monson
Beckwith
Gertrude Rasmus James
Gertrude James
Hans Rasmus
James
Washington
Emery James
Carl
Fred
Fay
Dora
Harry
Frank
Davenport
Dora Franklin
Tariff on Yachts Opposed by Rich Men in Congress
Washington. July 22 Whether a tariff shall be placed on Ocean going yachts, a luxury item, is debated at the capital. Yachts are free under the Dingley law, with proposed duties of 75 percent in the House and 25 percent in the Senate. The measure targets ocean going yachts used by multimillionaires, with lawyers employed by rich owners said to influence the talks.
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Washington
Dingley
House
Payne
Senate
Wealthy seek tax changes to exempt yachts or offer annual tax option
Wealthy groups are canvassing senators and representatives to have yachts declared free or allowed to pay an annual tonnage tax of seven dollars. The wealthiest class yacht would owe a tax only a small fraction of a 32 percent duty.
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Senate
House
Ella Gingles to Return to Ireland Amid Lace Store Protests
Chicago July 22 Ella Gingles acquitted of lar storage charges plans to sail home to Antrim Ireland after a welfare conference with attorney Patrick H O Donnell. Supporters including Mrs Theodosa Bagshaw offer to accompany her and Orange men of Chicago may cover travel expenses.
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Chicago
Ella Gingles
Larme County
Antrim
Ireland
Patrick H. O'Donnell
Theodosa Bagshaw
Orange Men of
Patten Sells Out July Wheat to Rest
Chicago brokers report James A. Patten dumped 4,000,000 bushels of July wheat and earned about $4,000,000 in profits since January. Analysts say he may quit the pit for a rest at a western resort, after aggressive selling that drove July wheat from $1.29 to $1.16–$1.18. He also sold 10,000 cotton bales at roughly $5 per bale, part of larger holdings.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Patten
Roosevelt Fights Hippos on Naivasha Lake
Colonel Roosevelt engaged hippos on Lake Naivasha in British East Africa. He and two natives rowed out when a dozen hippos surrounded the boat. The leader selected the finest bull and largest cow and killed them, with the others diving and striking the boat’s bottom.
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Naivasha
British East Africa
Colonel Roosevelt
Lake Naivasha
Roosevelt
Glidden Resumes Balloon Record Quest for Boston Flight
Charles J. Glidden arrives in Omaha and begins talks with Fort Omaha officials to launch a 1,500 mile balloon voyage to Boston this fall. He aims to set a new long distance record for balloon flights in the United States.
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Omaha
Chas. J. Glidden
Glidden
Fort Omaha
Boston
U. S. To Sell Big Pine Tract in Minnesota Timber Sale
Fred Dennett reports a major government timber sale planned in Minnesota. The 550,000,000 feet Cass Lake tract in northern Minnesota will be disposed of through the General Land Office. The sale aims to move a historic volume of timber from the region.
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Minnesota
Seattle
Wash
Fred Dennett
General Land Office
Washington
Cass Lake
Man Believed Dead Reappears at Dubuque Home
In Dubuque Iowa Robert Peget aged 50 returns to his residence at 2021 Sixteenth Street after being reported dead last October. A body found in the Mississippi was later identified as the missing man but Peget says there was no family trouble and offered no reason for his disappearance. The dead man’s identity remains uncertain.
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Dubuque
Robert Peget
Sixteenth Street
Peget
Mississippi
Canada
Physician Invents Airship Without Gas Bag or Mast
Dr. George A. Spratt of West Brandywine Pennsylvania claims a successful flight in his flying machine using no gas bag or mortar. The physician farmer and inventor reports a trial that reached sixty feet high and three hundred feet in distance, praising its gliding stability after years of development.
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West Brandywine
George A. Spratt
Eldon Lads Paint Pigs Green In Field Colors
Eldon youths John Vass and Vance McClure decided the McClure pigs should not stay white. They used a can of green paint to change the color, marking a playful alteration in Eldon on July 22.
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Eldon
John Vass
H. C. Vass
Vance McClure
McClure
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Waukerz
Taft
Summit
Carlisle
Wankerz
Frank H. Wells & Co
Methodist Church
Marshall Chilcott
Bert van Tassel
Evergreen Lodge No. 35
West Kirkwood Street
Grace Miller
Kate Harper
New Hope
Robert Gumm
West Broadway
Gumm
Ada McConnell
Leona Gilmer
D. of
McConnell
Washington and
Fifth Streets
Harvey Easton
Alpha Pi Epsolem
Thoma Flats
Carnaby Stock Company
Easton
Richard Yates
Congress
Taglar
Mr. Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Tomor
Edmund Heller
Riverside
Cal
Teddy
Hippos
C. J. Glidden
U. S
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