Davenport resident begins indefinite stay amid local moves
Wes Howard of Davenport stays awhile as Carrie Laughlin daughter Ollie and grandson Loren Fisher move into a modern bungalow in the town's west. Bedford Woods of Centerville buys Morrison barber shop and will move his family here later. Several couples travel to Ottumwa and a busy church social and marriage announcement follow in Libertyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Howard
Davenport
Carrie Laughlin
Ollie
Loren Fisher
Bedford Woods
Centerville
Morrison
Lee Bonnett
Eldon
Wm. Bonnett
Ottumwa
Libertyville
Birmingham
Esther Workman
Jim Carmichael
Fairfield
Frank Dustin
Glen McCleary
Big Sisters
Church Annex
Frank Lyons
Feel
Watkins
Slimmer
S. K. Davis
T. J. Moss
Mr. Robertson
Carrie Ferrell
Wm. Hill
S. H. Watkins
Gilbert Swanson
Rev. Richards
G. F. Swanson
W. Leppo
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Swanson
Margaret Coleman
John
H. D. Davis
C. R. Riggs
Charles Daley
Baby
Faye’ Riggs
Sam Swartz
Douds
Wm. Swartz
O. A. Swanson
Stockport
Rebecca Club
Frank Fel
Margaret Elder
Bert
Kansas City
Cal Campbell
Gerard
Nellie Anderson
Mt. Pleasant
Lucille Leedy
Ed Holmes
Ft Madison
Aubry Foster
Otttumwa
Erle Barker
Harold
Pack
Mr. Heston
P. H. Heston
Claude Heston
Rev
Stogdhill
Ward Fast
Hazel Cruise
Buxton
Ezra Fast
Hiteman
Marrige
A. A. Longnecker
M. E .Parsonage
Monroe County
Chas Cruise
Ward Iast
Jefferson County
M. EF. McLaughlin
Edred Pascoe
Harrie Grissom
East of Fairfield
Harriett Babbitt
Neice
Frnest Smith
Miss Babbitt
New York State
Minnesota
Packwood
Nelson Family Rites Mark Linby Obituary Closer
Packwood Joseph Nelson born Indiana November 20 1839 died March 15 1921 at Linby Iowa aged 81? 31 years 3 months 25 days with grandchildren and siblings noted. He married Lucinda Capps September 18 1859 and Latisha Webb August 18 1881 fathered seven children and lived a ministerial Christian life in Pekin and Linby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Nelson
Indiana
Linby
Iowa
Valentine
Mahala Nelson
Walnut
Ollie
Lucinda Capps
Mr. Nelson
Marri
Latisha Webb
I. R
Bird Island
Minn
Lora E. Bradfield
Fairfield
J. R
Abingdon
Ora May Cline
V. A
Mecklina
S. Dak
Emma D. Cline
Erma N. Steele
Packwood
Nelson
Christian Church
Pekin
Oscar Steigleder
Wapello
Grimes
Newt Reinier
Uah
Richland
Martha Webb
Skinner
J. C
Ralph Neff
B. C. Marlow
Gilbert Frye
C. M. Scott
George Clingman
Arthur Loomis
John Sabe
Carl Cline
Frank Steele
Marjorie
Mona
Winfield C
Jane Turnbull
Libertyville
Gobble
L. G. Myers
Lester
Glen
Cline
Lindy
J. Q
Bert
Bennett
Hodson
Maggie Chandler
John Barron
Pleasant Plain Oats sowing and community life notes
Pleasant Plain reports a week of oats sowing with many finishing Saturday. A March 14 school board election elected Groves as member amid active community ties. Local visits include William Elmore, Mrs. Hutchins, and Brighton guests. Measles illness claimed nine year old Darleen Wiggins. Numerous social visits, travels to Fairfield and Ottumwa, a weiner roast at Sam Simmons place, and a Friday teachers meeting with a fine third fourth grade program are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Elmore
Brighton
Pleasant Plain
Sarah Bone
Annie Pool
Alson Hudson
Groves
May Davidson
Fred Wiggins
O. L. Hutchins
Lake Cassiday
Darleen Wiggins
Darleen
Dorothy
Cliff Bailey
Fairfield
Hudson
Ruth Emry
Wain Kyle
Sarah Orr
Eddie Heston
John Malony
Ottumwa
Francis Meacham
Clay
Jessie Lamm
Ralph Eck
Grandma Wiggins
Woolson
Nice
Rex Emry
Emery
Ruby
Cedar Rapids
Emry
Andrew Ferrier
Fay Bates
Millie Bates
Ollie Macy
I. O. Westenhaver
Dalla Kyle
Visine
Mettie Yle
William Lambert
Olie Ichison
Pickering
Elias Mortimore
Ingham O. Westenhaver
Albert Jones
Des Moines
Peter Kertz
Marjorie
Victor
Burlington
Local Social and Community News Roundup Near Fairfield
Vee and A A Soetens visited at the Mat Kessel home near Brighton last week. Several residents attended Farmers Union meetings at No 5 school, sharing a short program. Multiple families visited relatives in Fairfield Richland and Brighton, with illness updates including measles and tonsillitis and a few deaths noted in Pleasant Plain.
Salina Notices of Visits and Local Movements
Salina and nearby residents are listed in a string of social notes. People like Dessie Anderson Hagberg Lodwick Erickson Nelson and Hickenbottom are mentioned visiting moving and attending events. A wedding Harold Nelson and Nora Jacobs is noted along with farm rentals and employment changes across the area.
Notable Injuries Reported After Farm Accident
Tuesday ten Mrs. George is quite poorly and has been so for a long time. Prank McClain fell off a rack day morning while feeding stock and iinjured his side and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Prank McClain
Community Notes From Buchanan Township
Buchanan Township No 6 school closed a week due to illness. Wm Comstock now a Beckwith resident. Elsie Green visiting relatives. Wm Hedge to Hagaler Nebr. for a visit with his brother. Death of Miss Mable Olson in Ceshertonship mourned locally. Susie Carrigan in Des Moines. Mrs Pequignot visiting Mrs Long of Waterloo. Ed Roach went to Knoxville. John Keller home social attended by about seventy five neighbors. Keller hosts, Rock entertained, games and refreshments enjoyed. Miss Chidester and normal training girls visited Beckwith school for notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Comstock
Bill
D. M. Root
Elsie Green
County Ihe
Hagalaer
Nebr
Mable Olson
Ceshter Township
Susie Carrigan
Des Moines
Pequignot
Long
Waterloo
Ed Roach
Knoxville
John Keller
Keller
Mrs. Keller
Clay Township News Notes and Local Visits
Mrs. Emiy Ash, long at the county home, moved to her daughter’s home after a paralytic stroke and is in critical condition. Britta Anderson and daughter Helen from Hedrick visited the Johnsons. Masonic banquet attendees included Leonard Fleig, Wolcolls, Woodfords, Reed family, and Morgan family. Pearl Woodford and sons visited relatives. C Woodford lost a mule to ensilage. See, a caller, visited last Friday. A J Morgan attended the state highway commission convention in Ames. H L Sargent’s remains were brought to Clay for burial with Woodmen and Odd Fellows services led by Rev. J E Grinnell. Loyd Jones named new director at Blackhawk school. Warren Morgan delivered hogs at Rubio. L B Reed family joined a surprise party at Rubio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emiy Ash
John Parcell
Ash
Britta Anderson
Helen
Hedrick
L. C. Johnson
Leonard Fleig
C. E. Wolcoll
A. W. Woodford
Br. B Reed
Gertrude
A. J. Morgan
Ruth
Warren Morgan
Pearl Woodford
Donald
Cecil
C. Woodford
Hoes
Ames
State Highway Commission
H. L. Sargent
Centerville
Clay
Woodmen
Odd Fellows
J. E. Grinnell
Clay Church
Loyd Jones
Blackhawk School
Rubio
L. B. Reed
Rs. Rubio
Pleasant Sunday visits and local notices in town
Blackhawk and Mrs Walter Ehrhardt spent a pleasant Sunday with friends. Mr and Mrs aarley Ann visited the Joe Burcher home. Irene Davidson of Fairfield spent Sunday with Floyd Davidson. Mrs Mills Irving hosted the Busy Bee club. Katherine Clark teaching near Beckwith takes enforced vacation due to small pox. Pleasant Grove church to present Easter program. J A Coil and Brighton visitors were in town. Frank Moyer and Ralph spent Sunday with their son. U S C ladies met with Mrs James Clark for sewing and a picnic lunch. Irish stories shared on St Patrick's Day. Mary Millane out of school due to measles. Carence Rodgers and Emily called on Harley Ains. W H Brown and G P Brown visited their son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ehrhardt
Pleasant
Aarley Ann
Joe Burcher
Irene Davidson
Fairfield
Floyd Davidson
Mills Irving
Busy Bee Club
Katherine Clark
Beckwith
Pleasant Grove Church
J. A. Coil
Brighton
Frank Moyer
Ralph
James Clark
St. Patrick’s
Mary Millane
Carence Rodgers
Emily
Harley Ains
W. H. Brown
G. P. Brown
Local Names Move Back to Farm This Spring
Glasgow Sam Jerrel and Jeniily return to rural life this spring to work land at the family farm. Marjory Blucher is visiting Sunday with Grandmother Blucher. Mr and Mrs Avelo Futon are also noted in neighborhood notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jerrel
Jeniily
Marjory Blucher
Blucher
Avelo Futon
Bright Sunshine and Hardware Advice for Hog Farming
Advice invoking manufacturing metaphors urges farmers to inspect buildings and equipment. It promotes Eclipse Sunshine Window for hog houses and argues sunshine increases hog flesh per bushel of corn, noting lower lumber costs and spring prep. It ends with a call to action to do improvements now.
Fairfield Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Ethel and Hazel of Fairfield visited C S Bishop home on Sunday. Moses Kiger Clifford Kiger Herbert Hall and Martin Hall spent Wednesday evening in Fairfield. Elmer Baldwin drove to Ottumwa Sunday to visit his wife in hospital there. Phyllis Morris Ethel and Hazel Fulton of Fairfield called at the Blucher home Sunday afternoon. Many farmers around here have nearly all their oats sowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel
Hazel
Fairfield
C. S. Bishop
Moses
Clifford Kiger
Herbert
Martin Hall
Elmer Baldwin
Ottumwa
Phyllis Morris
Hazel Fulton
Blucher
Local Social Notes and Farm Outlook Report
Four Corners Miss Effie Stephenson of airfield spent a few days last week at the A. M. Hillman home. Miss Mildred Anderson was an over-Sunday visitor with features in Ottumwa. Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. E.ightman March 18, a girl, Edward Croft has been on the sick list the past week. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Edmund are the proud and happy parents of a baby girl born March 19th. Fred Weinicke has been on sick list the past few days. Ralph Lamson of Fairfield called on friends here last Saturday. Farmers have nearly all completed sowing their oats and a great many have been plowing for corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Turnbull
E. C. McCleary
Fairfield
I. F. Orndorf
A. F. Stansberry
Deering
N. Oak
Nelson McCleary
Mae
Osa
W. E. Ruggles
Oklahoma
Brehren
W. N. Glotfelty
Brethren Cemetery
Wray Riggs
Ruth
Vernon Moss
Loretta Yost
Avis Couser
Mrs. McCleasy
Fairfie
Dessie Anderson
Henry Anderson
Charley Hagberg
Ethel Johnson
Ottumwa
Lodwick
Mystic
Albert Rosequist
I. W. Lodwick
Burlington
Rosenquist
Beck
Swedesburg
Miss Johnson
Hulda Walleen
Naomi Krumboltz
Ebba Liblin
Harvey Ekwall
D. P. Parson
Mable Olson
Ray Johnson
Herald Nelson
Charey Erickson
Lizzie Schillerstrom
Nettie Hickenbottom
Louis Chaplgs
Effa Hillman
Effie Stephenson
Airfield
A. M. Hillman
Mildred Anderson
L. E.ightman
Edward Croft
A. D. Edmund
Fred Weinicke
Ralph Lamson
Jefferson County Farm Reports and Meetings Notes
Hessian fly threatens wheat crop with early seed-stage infestations found in multiple fields. late planting remains the only remedy. County Wool Growers gather March 26 1921 at Fairfield courthouse to elect officers and discuss last year’s wool, with blankets available for disposal and pooling system details. Lockridge farmers form a bank in the local Savings Bank to offer farmer loans from 100 to 10000 dollars with long term repayment. Iowa Cattle Feeders Day highlights cane and beet molasses in rations with live Ames feed lot data and cost studies to guide marketing. Mutual Insurance Union amends Articles of Incorporation establishing Jefferson County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association headquartered in Fairfield Iowa with official signatories and notary acknowledgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Wool Growers Association
Court House
W. G. Warner
Iowa State Wool Growers Association
Lockridge Farmers Organize Bank
Lockridge
Lockridge Savings Bank
Lockridge Bank
Iowa
Ames
Tor
Jefferson County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Union
Feld
Fairfield
Jefferson County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Association
Chas
H.’Ross
T. C. Ross
Chas. H. Ross
Thornton Fordyce
State of
County of
Jefferson
A. D
T. C
Ross
Iowa Cattle Feeders Day Promises Practical Talks and Demos
Farmers and feeders are invited to a practical livestock day in Ames on Monday April 11. Experts from the cattle yards will provide valuations and answers while demonstrations cover lamb feeding tests, grain rations, grass preparation, watering, salting, and other essentials for profitable cattle marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Station
Ames
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clara Mayberry
Etta Edmund
Ulah Reinier
Liggett
Newt Lyon
Bert Horner
Ottumwat
Emry Edwards
Verner Scott
Martinsburg
Jane Wolff
Here
Eva Barron
Turnbull
Mrs. Wilson
Carl Edmund
Cowin
Collins
James Cowin
Dick Asquith
Arch Stevens
Wma. Stevens
Arthur Braden
Ekin
Orville Harkins
Friends
O. L. Hutchings
Ancy Wykoff
Carrie
Clearfield
A. A. Soetens
Mat Kessel
Carolyn Craft
Caryl Rice
Farmers Union Local
No. 5 School House
Bert Ash
Walter Jones
Dorothy Louise
Wes Watson
Carlos
Otto Macy
Rollin Spalding
Earl Balderson
Wm. Cheesman
Charlie George
Sam Dickinson
Nathan Jones
Leta
H. ©. Jones
Bessie
Bertha
Vera Jones
Dorotthea
Donald Allen
W. R. McVey
Curtis Rogers
John Dukes
George Ash
Allison Jones
Darlene Wiggins
Millard Jones
Daryl Rice
Helen Elmore
Margaret Smith
Stanley
W. O. Allen
Maxine Balderson
Nancy Wikoff
Mra Wes Watson
Clarence Turnbull
Sigourney
Salina
Buchanan Township
Clay Township
Blackhawk
Glasgow
Auaees
L. A. Barnard
Farm Bureau Notes
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