Local Notes from Duntary News June 24
Reports mix health visits family milestones and weather notes. Mrs o has recovered from serious illness and relatives in Cal Estes and Chas visited. Miss Geraldine Roberts birthday and Bessie Garber twelfth birthday celebrated with ice cream and cake. Wilma Allender and Fairfield visit. many residents travel to Ottumwa Ida Grove and Fairfield. Weather crops prospects and a lost horse incident also appear among community items.
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Amsay
Daughgr
J. E. Prince
Jim
Cal Estes
Chas
Geraldine Roberts
Bessie Garber
Wilma Allender
Fairfield
Lula Mason
S. K. Davis
Will Pearson
Ottumwa
McGowan
Ida Grove
P. H. Hestern
H. D. Davis
Ruth
Robert Anystead
Local Social Roundup From Ta. This Week
Misses ssie Shirk of Stock last week with Mrs Ward of Victor Ia visited relatives in Agency. Mr and Mrs s Will Jones and children visited last week Mrs Charley Roberts. s Hawkins spent time with relatives. W V Linder entered the day club at their evening supper. Pleasant time was spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Will Jones
Chilarte
Charley Roberts
C. B. Hawkins
S. W. V. Linder
Stelz Quartet to perform at Stockport opera house
Stockport announces a Thursday evening performance by the Stelz Quartet at the opera house. The item also logs local visits and travel notes including B. R. Smutz building a barn, John Dill, Mrs. Walter Don, and others visiting Virginia, Mt. Pleasant, Billings, Oskaloosa, Bernhart, Ottumwa, Ft. Madison, Hillsboro, Fairfield, Missouri, and Cooperstown North Dakota.
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Stockport
Stelz
Opera House
B. R. Smutz
John Dill
Walter Don
Virginia
Alva Harlan
Billings
Montana
John Donald
Mt. Pleasant
Tom Newman
Oskaloosa
James Kilpatrick
Bernhart
John Minard
Walter Dorothy
Ottumwa
Geo. Yerrington
Ft. Madison
Berdette Gall
William Turnham
H. E. Ely
Kate Beswick
Hillsboro
A. J. Oberg
Snow in Brother's Barnlet Sparks Uneventful June 1 Scene
A brief and puzzling note recalls a small snow occurrence in a barnlet belonging to the speaker's brother on June 1. The mentions imply a light accumulation and an understated event without broader impact or details.
Children’s Day services set for Plum Grove
Elm Grove notes a quiet period with coming Children’s Day services at Plum Grove. Sunday visits include Mrs Halleck Wilson and family in Fairfield, sisters from Richland, and various local neighbors socializing with occasional travel to Batavia and Brighton. Multiple entries report kinship visits and farm losses like Sneden Fisher’s missing horses and colts.
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Elm Grove
Plum Grove
Sneden Fisher
Alfred Meyers
Fairfield
Chas
Salts
Alva Rains
Packwood
C. D. M! Rains
Roy Junkin
Harry Junkin
Brookville
Grace Griffin
Lulu Fisher
T. M
Funeral services mark burial observance Tuesday
Funeral services were led by Rev. J. O. Borgeson and Rev. J. Borgeson as plans for burial were announced for Tuesday. Members and relatives, including L. E. Zihlman, visited Coppock over the weekend. District Epworth League events drew Mrs. A. M. Kauffman and Miss Esther Rangner to White Oak, Iowa, with Oscar Farman returning to Rushville, Nebraska after a brief hometown stay. A surprise gathering honored Mrs. Henry Graf on her goth birthday, with a small group of relatives in attendance.
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J. O. Borgeson
L. E. Zihlman
Coppock
Jno. O. Borgeson
A. M. Kauffman
Esther Rangner
White Oak
Iowa
Oscar Farman
Rushville
Neb
Henry Graf
Packwood News Briefs Show Local Moves and Next Week Plans
Packwood Iowa June 24. H W Loughary to move goods to the former R H Walker store. Ola Farmer returns home from Fairfield. Residents from Yinby attend church. Mrs Grafton and Mrs Davis of this place travel to Peoria NL to visit Albert and Mrs Grafton. Charles Avery to move into Mrs Henry Ogg’s Main Street house. Hazel Moorman and Arrisa Lyon attend Epworth League convention at Sigourney. Ellen Stockton and Eliza Pollock visit the Webbs. D M Oliver and Winnie of Fairfield stay with friends here. Brown family from Nugent visit the Rineyear home. Many people lay cement sidewalks. C D McPherson of near Fairfield visits. Emma and Erma Nelson stay with grandparents. Harry Hoover of Linby visits. Large crowd at Walnut church basket dinner and Sunday school convention. Ernest Snook returns from Packwood. Prairie Chapel church Children’s Day exercises well attended. Matthew Braunshausen hosts a dance. Invitations issued for wedding of Bury A Watts and Harriet Myers at Smithland on Wednesday June 26. Watts worked on a farm near Fairfield in 1904. Ice cream supper planned next Saturday at I M Kerrick’s to aid Prairie Chapel church.
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Packwood
H. W. Loughary
R. H. Walker
Ola Farmer
Fairfield
Yinby
Grafton
C. C. Davis
Peoria
Albert Grafton
Charles Avery
Main Street
Henry Ogg
Oskaloosa
Hazel Moorman
Arrisa Lyon
Sigourney
Ellen Stockton
Eliza Pollock
Isaac Webb
D. M. Oliver
Winnie
Brown
Nugent
Bert Rineyear
C. D. McPherson
Near Fairfield
Emma
Erma Nelson
Isaac
Harry Hoover
Linby
Penn Township
Walnut Church
Ernest Snook
Prairie Chapel
Matthew Braunshausen
Bury A. Watts
Sioux City
Harriet Myers
Smithland
Iowa
Watts
J. J. Watts
I. M. Kerrick’s
Prairie Chapel Church
Birthday Happiness for Miss Fannie Lambert in Perlee
In Perlee Iowa on June 7 Miss Fannie Lambert celebrated her eleventh birthday with a surprise party by friends. Guests enjoyed popcorn and cake and gave kind presents. The celebration ended with cheerful goodbyes as children returned home, while Rev Poole preached later in Fairfield.
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Perlee
Fannie Lambert
Fannie
Poole
Fairfield
Antioch
Jennie
Myrtle Coop
Washington County
Sulman Johnson
Washington
Verne
Mae Simmons
Pearl Coop
Wilber Macy
Ira Macy
Iowa
Beckwith News Endures Rain and Social Visit
In Beckwith Indiana June 24 the note reports continued illness of Mrs Ringelspacher and visits from Mrs Coles from Birmingham. Mrs Will Bush hosted a dinner for twenty four neighbors from Prairie Chapel, described as an old fashioned visit, a day well spent and memorable.
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Beckwith
Four Corners Visit and Local Death Report
Four Corners Iowa residents note Burlington visitor John A. Schmidtlein staying with relatives. Peter Farman died at his brother Chester Farman’s home Sunday evening last week. Remains were conveyed to the M E church cemetery for burial.
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Four Corners
John A. Schmidtlein
Burlington
Peter Farman
Chester
M. E. Church
Two Killed On Excursion Trip From Muscatine
Muscatine Iowa June 21 two men are dead and nineteen others arrested after a steamer excursion to Davenport and Rock Island by the butter workers union. John Roth aged 85 was struck by a train at Rock Island yards and died later. Theodore Grelle aged 56 died of sunstroke in Davenport. Police detained one woman and eighteen men for the night after a noisy incident at Davenport station.
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Muscatine
Columbia
Davenport
Rock Island
Butter Workers’ Union
John Roth
Muscatine County
Theodore Grelle
Boose
Carried Fat Friend Six Blocks on Bet in Bloomfield
A wager sparked by warm weather tested endurance as Frank Hutchings carried Leslie Bates, weight 240 pounds, from H A Wishard’s store to Bates’ home in Bloomfield across six city blocks. The stunt drew amused onlookers as Hutchings completed the distance to win a dollar.
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Bet Bloomfield
Frank Hutchings
Leslie Bates
H. A. Wishard
Mr. Hutchings
Agency Girl of 14 Marries in Iowa Town
Miss Nellie Carns aged 14 wed Howard Dimmitt aged 23 at her grandmother's home in Agency Iowa with only close relatives present. The couple hosted a reception at the groom's parents home three miles northwest of town.
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Agency
Nellie Carns
Phoebe Hendrickson
Howard Dimmitt
Green bugs threaten oats in Kingston Iowa fields
Kingston Iowa June 20 farmers fear oats loss as green bugs destroy fields. Some farmers plow oats and plant corn to salvage crops. Local reports note increasing pest pressure and rising concern among growers about yields this season.
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Kingston
More Pay for the Fairfield Mail Carriers This Year
On July 1 the mail carriers in Fairfield and the city will receive a raise to 900 dollars per year. Most carriers have been granted the salary increase with only two exceptions. The note is signed by T. B. and mentions celebration of the Glorious Fourth by the carriers.
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Fairfield
T. B
Hosiery and Underwear Deals at Risk, Hufstetler & Co
Risk Hufstetler & Co advertises extensive hosiery and underwear selections with low prices. Fast black cotton and lisle lace boot and ankle hose for children and ladies are featured in multiple item numbers, including seamed and no seam options, with prices from 10 to 50 cents per pair. The ad emphasizes quantity and value, urging customers to buy now to avoid scarcity.
Summer Underwear Vest and Union Suit Prices
Catalog listing items with numbers and prices for bleached sleeveless Vests, bleached shield and fancy Vests, Silkaline Vest, and Union Suits. Prices range from 5c to 50c per suit, noting heavier finer quality for No 3471 matching 6273.
Rural and City Carriers To Get Pay Increase
Short and Arthur Greef are cited as exceptions for future raise eligibility. Rural carriers will move from 720 to 900 dollars per year, city carriers from 850 to 900, effective July 1. The article notes the carriers earn their salaries and deserve recognition for faithful service by Uncle Sam.
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Uncle Sam
Weighing mails ordered for six months
Second Assistant Postmaster General directs Fairfield Post Office to weigh all mail from July 1 to December 1 as part of a 1907 congressional appropriation. The effort covers all classes of mail nationwide and the mail equipment, requiring extra labor by the regular staff.
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Ross
Fairfield
Congress
Post Office Department
United States
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