Winfield mystery over Bowman assault ends in birth
In Winfield Iowa on June 22 the decade old case of Miss Lucy Bowman who alleged brutal assault last December nears resolution as affidavits claim her child is alive and healthy Dr Gardner whose diagnosis sparked suits and controversy may move to dismiss the defamation action. investigators and locals debate blame while Bowman prepares to testify.
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Winfield
Iowa
Lucy Bowman
Gardner
Womark
Bowman
Packwood
Seeley & Clark
Burlington
Miss Bowman
Miss Lowman
Gee
Henry County
U. P. Church
Elmer Siberts
Harlan Cooper
William Amy
Cosson
Des Moines
McBride
Char
Patronize Your Own Town and Keep Wealth Local
An editorial urges residents to support local merchants and services, arguing trade sustains towns and reduces costs. It compares city shopping to rural thrift, notes fewer grateful returns for generosity, and calls for keeping money in the hometown economy to build prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Jon
Fairfield
Clapham & Catchem
Dan
Beersheba
White Mountain
Mount Washington
Would You Buy Local Goods Despite Outsider Claims
A speaker questions how a shopper should respond when others tout distant regions as superior to local crops and merchants. The verse warns against believing outsiders who disparage the home market and claim better prices and quality, urging skepticism about rival claims and loyalty to local vendors.
Paper Bag Cookery and Gentle Cooking Notes
A 1911-12 era piece extols paper bag cooking to cut pot washing and preserve flavor. It covers baked blue fish and cat fish methods, plus decorative two recipes by Nicolas Soyer, and cites local election notes and ads, ending with a question about rain, money, and a freighthouse.
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Martha McCulloch Williams
Associated Literary Press
Nicolas Soyer
Brooke’ Club
London
Board of Supervisors canvasses June 11 1912 primary vote
The board met at 9:00 with all members present and began the canvas of the primary election. They adjourned until tomorrow morning. C. W. Moburg, Auditor.
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Geo. C. Woods
Thos. W. Hannah
Shan Campbell
M. S. Randall
Leo D. Thoma
June Chichester
C. C. Tallman
Z. T. Moore
Walter Stewart
Trustees County Hospital
Culbertson
T. C. Ross
Dillon Turney
C. W. Wade
Justices of the Peace
Walnut Township
M. H. Corey
Penn Township
D. H. Rickered
Blackhawk
Wm. H. McCracken
Polk Township
I. N. Loomis
Locust Grove
John E. Lewis
Fairfield City
D. B. Wilson
A. W. Jaques
Buchanan Township
Elmer C. Davis
Lockridge Township
Chas
Smithline
Charles James
Round Prairie
Hiram Heaton
Cedar Township
H. C. Pattison
Des Moines
C. L. Taylor
W. C. Manning, Jr
J. A. Huglin
Fairfield Gas & Electric Company
Burlington Road
William E. Campbell
Office of Justice of the Peace
Thomas Davies
Reurlo
Usads Sea
STN Teh Cal Kcalis
Alfred ‘Armstrong
Che Seve
Attest
Co. W. Moburg
C. W. Moburg
Stallions at Fair Grounds and Fairfield Farm
A list notes that the Stallions will stand at Fair Grounds Saturdays and Mondays each week starting June 1, with remaining days at the owner’s farm four miles northwest of Fairfield. The notice specifies location and schedule for breeding services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
My Farm
Fairfield
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Acter
Mr. Pleasant
Pastor McBride
Charles Kneen
W. DeGarmoe
M. Soyer
Penn
Harry Baker
O. G. Gowey
Thomas Humphrey
T. K. Bottorff
J. O. Samuelson
J. L. Knight
Polk
Charles Edmund
R. B. Kenyon
J. J. Curray
George R. Horn
J. H. Miller
Center
A. V. Coleson
Frank O. Carlson
Wm. Lyons
Buchanan
M. C. Flinspach
W. S. Cummings
R. J. McCulley
Lockridge
J. R. Nelson
A. E. Quick
Victor Swanson
John Bower
Louis Carter
C. F. Erickson
Charles Groves
James Speer
Liberty
J. W. Clark
Henry Hawkins
Harley Yost
George Copeland
H. L. Copeland
M. F. Taylor
H. C. Jones
M. Luther McCracken
F. E. Stewart
L. E. Copeland
Charles H. Ross
C. W. Clark
H. E. Danielson
F. E. Metz
D. W. Garber
J. W. Fulton
W. O. Allen
C. B. Spencer
C. O. Myers
P. R. Laughlin
Center Township
E. G. Carlson
C. C. Cochran
F. H. Miller
Leslie A. Bower
C. L. Cox, Jr
H. D. Davis
C. R. Winsell
A. L. Belles
Liberty Township
Wyatt Thompson
Harry Rodibaugh
Constables
Orval Hoskins
Sam Gilbert
A. M. Hadley
Evan Parkins
J. N. Reinier
E. W., Humble
Frank Boysel
D. A. Tedrow
George Schwartz
T. L. Lamansky
S. C. Simmons
John Messer
Thos. Nicholson
John Snyder
S. S. Leathers
Ed Woolums
George Estes
W. H. McElwain
F. P. Mowery
J. E. Harris
T. S. Laughlin
Albert Whitmore
J. M. Calhoun
W. H. Bates
J. H. Copeland
C. D. Blough
W. M. Stout
Clark Thompson
M. G. Johnson
F. W. Peebler
W. V. Linder
J. A. Peebler
J. E. Petzinger
J. A. Stewart
J. F. Mann
Edward Hosler
Virgil
Peter Kurtz
Etna Mitch
Ross E. Mowery
H. L. Whitmore
John J. Graff
J. M. Blough
R. R. Peebler
Lela Love
Wiley Love
Covena
Foley
L. S. Bradshaw & Co
Kerogoski
Robt
Lotcher
Joseph R. Bailey
Arthur G. Harper
Johnson
John Hisel
Frances E. Stacy
Jane Stacy
Liskes
J. F. Turner
S. L. Mealey
Pleasant Plain
Hannah Samuelson
A. G. Samuelson
Board OF Supervisors
Bunty
C. D. MacPherson
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