Salina Notices Include Meetings and Local Happenings
Salina reports the second quarterly meeting at Richwoods church set for April 3 with quarterly conference April 4. Residents note mail delivery disruptions from bad roads and a duck hunting season as hunters enjoy success. Local merchants like Schillestrom travel to Chicago for business and contracts in Polk and Locust Grove townships.
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Salina
Richwoods Church
Slack
Las. Schillestrom
Chica
Rough R McCune Friends Come Together Amid Visitor News
The report notes friends of Rough R McCune reuniting after a two month absence while Cline visits Hedrick Caloosa to oversee her children. Susan Helton returns from Oklahoma to visit family. Jennyites host a Saturday hall supper replacing the Wil ling Workers. Local churchgoers and visitors are listed with several town names and a few missed appointments due to illness.
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Thene
Rough R McCune
Cline
Geo. Davis
Stringtown
J. W. Flint
S. A. Myers
Burlington
J. S. Miller
J. Q. Bartels
E. R. Best
Fairfield
Pearson
Trent
Abingdon
Local notes from Four Corners March 28
Miss Estella Erickson heads to Omaha for the summer. Miss Katie Turner returns to Libertyville after a three week visit with her parents. Herman Bucher near completes a new home and moves in. East and west farmers plan a new telephone line to start soon. Miss Alma Hildebrand has been ill this past week. Contractor King of Lockridge near completes Charles Christenson’s new home. Relatives surprise Mr and Mrs Charles Scheiber on iron wedding anniversary. Mrs Mathilda Pengwell and daughter Anna visit from Henderson county Illinois en route Fort Collins, Colorado.
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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
Alice Allerdice
Alice
Mary Alice Allerdice
Mendota
W. C. Houts
Carroll
Burlington
Hickenbottom
E. D. Hoops
Fairfield
Herman Rauscher
Utica
Neb
Martha E. Duttweiler
A. G
Warren Rider Recovers From Severe Tonsillitis
R. R. No. 1, March 28 reports Warren Rider recovering from a severe attack of tonsillitis. Other notes mention visits by S. A. Copeland to J. H. Copeland, Carl Griffith working for Henry Rider, and several locals recovering or improving as winter ends.
Clarridge Family Attends Funeral in Libertyville
Local residents Mrs. Leroy McKeever of Wymore Nebraska Mrs. Jas Pickard Mr Nels Clarridge and others from Davenport Iowa and Ottumwa Iowa traveled to Libertyville for the funeral of Mace Clarridge. Frank Clarridge and wife announce the birth of a boy on March 22.
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Libertyville
Leroy McKeever
Wymore
Neb
Jas. Pickard
Nels Clarridge
Davenport
James Clarridge
Ottumwa
Mace Clarridge
Frank Clarridge
Summer visit brings Edna Fisher and neighbors to Eldon
Miss Edna Fisher of Eldon Indiana visits her aunt Mrs. W A Fulton for the summer. Fairfield residents Clarence Hague J Wilbur Dole Mr Hootman and other locals appear. Obituary of Mace Claridge and death of Hamilton Fisher noted along with local church notices and births.
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Edna Fisher
Eldon
W. A. Fulton
Clarence Hague
Fairfield
Joe McClain
J. Wilbur Dole
Hootman
Frank Sullivan
Sam Fell
Robert Bell
C. 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
Farm tools sold to make room for furniture sale
A local notice announces auction of farm tools to clear space for spring furniture trade at less than wholesale prices by W. M. Campbell in Elm Grove. Mentions road conditions, local movements and visits, including Chas Hisel, Isaac Wilson, P. J. Kennedy, Wm. Cassady, Henry Darrah, and George Johnson, with minor events of the week.
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W. M. Campbell
Elm Grove
W. Woolums
Chas. Hisel
Fairfield
Isaac Wilson
P. J. Kennedy
Wm. Wiggins
Wm. Cassady
Henry Darrah
George Johnson
Chas
Hisel
Russel Wedge
Local Notes From Buchanan Township
March 29 in Buchanan Township reports Charles Lotridge ill with grippe. Mrs. Chris Johnson visited Mrs. Vedine and Mrs. Parsons. Nelson and Hickenbottom plan hay loads at Glendale. Elsie Nelson visited Fairfield. John Sharpe Jr. left for Omaha for work. Mary Louise Hickenbottom is sick. No. 6 School opens April 3 with plans to install lightning rods. Miss Maggie Roach visiting.
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Maggie Roach
Rug Making Offer for Fairfield Ladies after April First
We announce to the ladies of Fairfield and vicinity that after about April 1st we will prepare to make new durable rugs from worn-out carpets. Please remember the date and let us figure on your work. Prices and estimates furnished upon application.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Rug Co Promotes Address and Phone
The Fairfield Rug Co lists its address on Stubbs Block North Fourth Street and gives a contact phone number 561 in Fairfield.
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Stubbs Block
North Fourth St
Fairfield
Ottumwa Sister Caring for Sick Relative in Town
The report notes that Gust Carlson's one of the boys is very ill as a sister stays in Ottumwa for several weeks to care for a sick relative.
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Ottumwa
Gust Carlson
Rudolph Writes a Letter After Execution in Union Missouri
Wil liam Rudolph, in Union Missouri, writes to Collins sister Mrs. Della Waite in Waterbury Conn. He says George is gone and praises his brother while blaming detectives for pressuring the case. He notes facing the same fate and reading inscriptions on the wall recalling his pal.
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George
Collins
Baby heir to half a million sparks mystery in Des Moines
A three week old baby boy at 916 West Tenth Street is named heir to $500,000 but no family will adopt him for the short time requested by unnamed parents. Dr C C Fowler oversaw the birth and refuses to name the parents who he says plan to marry within a fortnight and then adopt the child.
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Des Moines
West Tenth Street
C. C. Fowler
Wealth and distance shape a baby's gilded life
A historical sketch describes a baby dressed in silks with a silver spoon, surrounded by costly toys and comforts, yet deprived of a true home and fatherly presence as time away from kin grows.
Poor Girl. Ernie Helen and the young man
Ida notes the scene as Ernie and Helen discuss a youthful romance. The exchange hints at social expectations and affection, with Ida affirming the moment as real despite playful pretenses.
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Ernie
Helen
Ida
Fairfield markets list seed grain and farm supplies
Market list shows Timothy seed Clover seed and various grains with prices per bushel or cwt. Flour and feed items include bran shorts and bolted white meal. Produce at Emry's with butter eggs and poultry at Zeigler's. mentions old roosters hens and spring chickens.
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Fairfield
Emry’s
Emry
Zeigler’s
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