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Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1904

Page

18

Salina Community Notes and Upcoming Meetings

Salina report notes Rich woods church hosts second quarterly meeting on Sunday April 3 and quarterly conference on Monday April 4 at 2 pm. Mrs Castell visited daughters Cummings and Lynn. Mail carrier walked due to bad roads. Bates and Castere stalled with four horses. Slack to preach at 11:00 am and new trial of evening services discussed. Duck hunting active. Nas, Schillestrom traveled to Chicago for goods. contracts secured in Polk and Locust Grove townships.

Salina Richwoods Church Slack Nas Schillestrom Chica

Visitors and Social Notes From Local Town

Friends of Rough R McCune resume visits after two months with Cline visiting Hedrick Caloosa and Mrs Susan Helton returning from Oklahoma. Jennyites plan a supper at the hall. Wil ling Workers previous society. Attendees include Mrs Alice Hale of Yarmouth and Mrs Schneider of Coon Hollow. Local churchgoers noted, with Rev Pearson ill and Elder Trent covering. Abingdon contributed two road superintendents.

Rough R’ McCune Cline Coon Hollow Geo. Davis Stringtown J. W. Flint S. A. Myers Burlington J. S. Miller J. Q. Bartels E. R. Best Fairfield Trent Abingdon

Four Corners Social Notes March 28

Miss Estella Erickson sails for Omaha to spend the summer. Miss Katie Turner returns to Libertyville after a three weeks visit with her parents. Herman Bucher nears completion of his fine new home and moved in. East and west farmers organize a new telephone line to begin soon. Miss Alma Hildebrand has been ill for a week. Contractor King of Lockridge nearly completes Charles Samuelson’s new home. Relatives surprise Mr and Mrs Charles Schieber on their iron wedding anniversary. Mrs Mathilda Pengwell and daughter Anna of Henderson county NL visit at Albert Olson’s home en route from Fort Collins Colorado.

Four Corners Estella Erickson Omaha Katie Turner Libertyville Herman Bucher Alma Hildebrand King Lockridge Charles Stephenson Charles Scheiber Mathilda Pengwell Anna Henderson County Albert Olson Fort Collins Colo

Warren Rider Recovers From Severe Tonsillitis

Warren Rider is recovering after a severe attack of tonsillitis. Mr and Mrs S A Copeland visited J H Copeland on Sunday. Carl Griffith works for Henry Rider as news remains scarce this week. Grandpa Davidson and John Gantz are slowly improving. The note mentions few will sow oats and ongoing improvements for Mr and Mrs Bell.

R. R Mrs. Bell

Funeral guests and birth announced in Libertyville

Libertyville report notes last week attendance at the funeral of Mace Clarridge by Mrs. Leroy McKeever of Wymore Nebraska Mrs Jas Pickard Mr Nels Clarridge Davenport IA Mr James Clarridge Ottumwa IA and others Also Mr and Mrs Frank Clarridge welcomed a baby boy born March 22

Libertyville Leroy McKeever Wymore Neb Jas. Pickard Nels Clarridge Davenport James Clarridge Ottumwa Mace Clarridge Frank Clarridge

Edna Fisher Visits Eldon Aunt and Local News Summary

Eldon Indiana summer guest Miss Edna Fisher stays with aunt Mrs W A Fulton. Fairfield residents Clarence Hague and J Wilbur Dole visit. Obituary notes for Mace Clarridge and Hamilton Fisher announce deaths in Libertyville. Easter services planned at Presbyterian and M E churches with Sunday school officer elections.

Edna Fisher Eldon W. A. Fulton Clarence Hague Fairfield Joe McClain J. Wilbur Dole Hootman Frank Sullivan Sam Fell Robert Bell Do. W. Little New London Alvin Goff Stella Wolff Nina Youmans Smithshire Mace Clarridge John Clarridge J. R. Smith Fred Hager Sadie McClain Ray Raymond Ladies Aid Society M. E Frank R. B. Stevenson M. D Thorton Fordyce Seppo Wylie

Death of Alice Allerdice Ends Quiet Life in Lockridge

Alice Allerdice, 27 December 1886 birth, formerly of Mendota Missouri, died March 17 after weeks of illness. Funeral held March 19 conducted by Rev W C Houts with Pallbearers from her Sunday school class. She leaves father, mother, three brothers, one sister and many friends. Interment in Lockridge cemetery.

Lockridge Alice Allerdice Alice Howeff Mary Alice Allerdice Mendota W. C. Houts Carroll Burlington Hickenbottom E. D. Hoops Fairfield Herman Rauscher Utica Neb Martha E. Duttweiler A. G

Buchanan Township News Highlights March 29

Mr Chas Lotridge suffers grippe this week. Mrs Chris Johnson visited several locals including Mrs M C Parsons. Richard Nelson and Perry Hickenbottom plan hay loading at Glendale. Miss Elsie Nelson visited Fairfield. John Sharpe Jr went to Omaha for work. Mary Louise Hickenbottom ill. School No 6 opens April 3 and patrons will install lightning rods on the schoolhouse. Miss Maggie Roach is visiting.

Maggie Roach

Elm Grove Savings Bank Sale Promises Deep Discounts

A B g Snap, as Goods a Savings Bank. All kinds of Farming Tools must be sold to the spring trade to make room for more furniture. These goods will positively be sold at less than wholesale price. Elm Grove March 28. W Woolums breaking costs. Chas Hisel drove to Fairfield. roads very bad. Isaac Wilson helps P J Kennedy. Wm Wiggins visited Fairfield. Wm Cassady started work for Henry Darrah. Mr and Mrs George Johnson visited. Hisel lost a valuable horse hauling hay. Russel Wedge visited.

W. M. Campbell Elm Grove E. W. Woolums Chas Hisel Fairfield Isaac Wilson P. J. Kennedy Wm. Wiggins Wm. Cassady Henry Darrah George Johnson Russel Wedge

Rug Making Offers to Fairfield Ladies after April First

We announce that after about April 1 we will make new durable rugs from worn carpets. Ladies of Fairfield and vicinity are invited to bring work for estimates and prices.

Fairfield

Fairfield Rug Co. Listings and Contact Info

Fairfield Rug Co advertise address Stubbs Block North Fourth Street. Phone number to be set. Postcard style notice appears in Fairfield listings with basic contact details.

Stubbs Block North Fourth St Fairfield

Ottumwa Sister Care Helps Ill Gust Carlson Kin

A resident reports staying in Ottumwa for several weeks to care for a sick sister and notes Gust Carlsons young son is also gravely ill.

Ottumwa Gust Carlson

Rudolph Writes a Letter After Execution

In Union Missouri William Rudolph wrote to Collins sister Mrs Della Waite Waterbury Conn confirming Georges execution and expressing defiance toward detectives. He says George was a brave brother and notes shared cell time and wall inscriptions as he faces his own fate.

Union Collins William Rudolph Della Waite Waterbury Conn George

Baby heir to half a million shrouded in mystery

In Des Moines a three week old baby boy, rightful heir to $500,000, lies at 916 West Tenth Street as potential adoptive parents remain unknown. Dr. C. C. Fowler witnessed the birth but refuses to reveal the parents names, saying they plan to marry within two weeks and then adopt the child.

Des Moines West Tenth Street C. C. Fowler

Poor Girl and the Young Man Affair

A fragment suggests a scene where Ernie and Helen involve a young man and Ida comments on the staged kiss. The brief hints at social impropriety and hair fixing as a pretense for a kiss during a domestic moment.

Ernie Helen Ida

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