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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
5
County correspondents report many neighbors attending the funeral of Mr. Sharp formerly of Center township now in California. Various visits, Sunday dinners, children's day at Moyer's church and numerous local social gatherings are noted. Auto purchases and road work also appear among district activities.
Mae Ridgeway and children of Oskaloosa visit sister in Packwood. A M Pickard’s father from Pleasant Plain visits. T Kenyon callers in Packwood. Cuddy family from Fairfield visit. Nelson family in Batavia. Nelson builds home near Bladdensburg. Cuddy and Clara Hedrick visit Nelson Haven. W H Steele rides after illness. Ivan Leisure ships two hog loads to Ottumwa. L B Cuddy of Martinsburg visits. Cal Estes of Packwood visits daughter west of town. Children’s Day exercises attenders from here at Pekin. Agent Allen injures thumb in a baseball game and receives medical care in Packwood. Crate Leisure in Oskaloosa. Joe Curtis family from Hedrick visit. F R Campbell family visit Amos Ruggles south of Packwood. Birth: a son to L V Brown and wife on Saturday, June 15.
Ed Ogden and family hosted and guests visited in Bethesda as Mack Davis wed in town and well wishers gathered. A Kansas City pair, Greenbury Howard and son, visited Mrs George McCormick. Bessie Prince planned a Blackhawk township visit. Frances Root and Robert Howlett stayed with Mrs Nelson in Lucas county. An ice cream social at Beckwith school next Saturday benefits Bethesda church.
Mrs G W Cornell was a caller at the Will Glotfelty home Thursday. Violet Wireman visited Fern Miller Saturday and Sunday. Miss Selma Jacobson returned home after a week with friends in Packwood. W F Miller and family visited the Joseph Wireman home Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Schlier and children visited the Robison home Sunday. Fern Miller visited Vergie and Gladys St Clair Wednesday. Mrs C C Carl and children of Fairfield visited Ross McCarty home Wednesday. Laura Wireman and daughter Violet called at the Cornell home Thursday. Ella Caveness and daughter Alberta returned Thursday from Nevada Iowa where Alberta has been attending school.
Walt Mason laments the tireless daily labors of a housewife who cooks cans, cleans, sews, gardens, cans pickles, and cares for a household while facing no rest. Her husband’s kiss and loving note seem to be her sole reward for the demanding toil.
Des Moines June 17 Miss Estelle Campbell Iowa Red Cross organizer says national body will create rural district nursing nationwide. War nurse and Red Cross split due to workload, rural department formed. Campbell just back from Chicago sessions notes 3000 nurses ready for government posts in rural emergencies. Woman suffrage was endorsed at the meeting.
Mrs Shafer and son Glen of Sig ourney visit her mother Mrs Reinier. Mrs C Cline and Olive near Fairfield call on local business men. Miss Lucy and Florence Kelley return from Dakota where they taught school. Young people attend church at Ollie Sunday. Hazel Caldwell of Hedrick visits grandpa L G Myers then returns home. Lillie Wiggins of Richland spends Sunday with friends here. Mr and Mrs L K Wallace return from Illinois.
A long list of books and authors including Alcott works such as Little Women and Eight Cousins, Burnett titles like Heidi and The Little Colonel series, Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Kipling stories, Hawthorne tales, and standard schoolroom histories. Also includes Homer, Virgil, Plutarch, and travel and children's education volumes.
Walter Johnson hosted a farm sale on June 6 near Washington Iowa featuring horses cattle hogs and farm implements. Buyers came from several states and all horses offered were roadsters with no draft horses present.
Lavern the registered horse No. 28466 aged eighteen sold for 420 dollars along with several of his colts averaging 217 dollars each. An unregistered grey road team fetched 900 dollars for G W Myers of Richland. Six top Standard Bred Roadsters stayed in Jefferson County. cattle hogs and the stock farm brought 125 dollars per acre.
Seven Burlington Boy Scouts depart this week for a ten week bicycle journey to Buffalo and Niagara Falls then to Washington and several eastern cities. Led by Scoutmaster O L Chaney the group plans camping nights and meals in the open, with visits including the White House and a stay at the Republican convention in Chicago. The expedition team includes John Egan DeWitt Trump Walter Casperson Arthur Zurawski Robert Regal and Cyrus Schlicter.
A southern wife in Mexico City punishes her three alert sons for a quake causing chaos in the room. She stops after realizing the mess shows the earth tremor, not misbehavior. Then testimonials praise Dr. Shallenberger for rheumatism and stomach trouble, with a farm publication The Iowa Homestead advertised as a joint subscription offer and agents sought in Des Moines.
Des Moines reports Iowa Day success with many wearing wild roses in a display of state loyalty. G A Wrightman of the Iowa Manufacturers' Association noted surprise at turnout and observed 21 men in a Grant club luncheon wearing the emblem. He hopes for a larger demonstration next year without making it a legal holiday.
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