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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1912
Page
4
County correspondence lists visitors and relatives from Burlington Colchester and Fairfield includes births a quarantine lift at a hotel a Junior League entertainment and church events confirms memorial services and a boy’s death in Shannon City with family details and a Mayo Clinic treatment note.
H Heaton returned from Shannon City after attending the funeral of his nephew Johns son, a 16 year old boy who accidentally shot himself Friday afternoon while riding in a cart with four horses. He called his sister for the gun, a double barreled shotgun, and started to rise before his father heard the shot and ran to him.
Grace Moorman visited the Charles Goodrich home in Richland. Multiple local residents and visitors from Des Moines, Hedrick, Fairfield, Burlington and beyond attended church services and meetings. Notable entries include a Mother's Day service at the Christian church and various family visits, travel to Oskaloosa and Burlington, and a June Sunday school program planning.
Theo Addison Linby is hauling blocks from here for the foundation of Mr Warder's house in Farson. Horace Linder returned from Cedar Rapids after attending business college. Quite a few young people attended the Quaker quarterly at Richland. Miss Bly Smith attended the Hedrick commencement last week.
Miss Ethel Greason closes her spring term at Pleasant Grove with a fine dinner and program. Miss Blanch Brolin ends her Scrabble term with a fine program and picnic dinner. Various neighbors visit, callers drop by, and many families share Sunday meals and hospitality.
Rev Ireland organized an official church board with Ed Ogden as president and Scott McCormick as treasurer. A Ladies Aid society was created with Mrs Nellie Root as president and Miss Cora Davis as treasurer. A social at the McCormick home drew about seventy neighbors. an ice cream social at Beckwith schoolhouse on Saturday evening May 25 will benefit Bethesda church.
East Pleasant Plain reports corn planting advancing with favorable weather. Elizabeth Hodson dies after weeks of illness and is buried at Walnut Friends cemetery. She leaves three sons and numerous relatives. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Hanson of LaGrand. Commencement at Academy Hall May 23 features solos and orations. Alson Hodson’s family plans to return to Fairfield.
Henry Woods and his wife of Stockport were called home Saturday by the death of his aunt Mrs. Hodson. G. Marshall reported the loss of a milk cow last week, dying shortly after being milked.
Abingdon residents visit relatives and attend events while others travel to Des Moines Burlington Fairfield and Chicago area. Notable mentions include infant burial in Abingdon cemetery and a Brookville to Fairfield body shipment. Community sorrow accompanies deaths with apoplexy noted for Edward Martin.
A detailed Decoration Day program at the Presbyterian church Libertyville Iowa includes 1:30 PM assembly, musical selections by the choir and congregation, readings and addresses, a procession to decorate graves at the cemetery, and a meeting of veterans with committee assignments for arrangements decorations flowers business and guides.
The Iowa State Board of Agriculture invites 100 farm boys ages 15 to 19 to attend the Des Moines fair August 22 to 30 without cost. Winners are chosen by county essay contests on Iowa. transportation, meals, tents, and supervision provided. essays due June 30 and October 1 follow up.
A humorous 1911 piece by Martha McCulloch Williams recounts a Risley dinner where paper bag cooking yields a memorable chicken dish and succotash. It includes recipes for succotash and plum roly poly and cites Dr C C Tallman as a candidate for coroner.
A 1911 instruction segment outlines Camelon a la Royale using cold roast veal ham and eggs, Mouton Grille a la Indienne with mutton and Harvey’s sauce, and a Cold Fish recipe with mashed potatoes and sauce. Copyright 1911 by Sturgis & Walton Company.
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