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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
3
The roundup notes marriages and relocations in Grove Iowa including the Sept 26 wedding of their daughter to Carl Stanford officiated by Rev. Orcutt and upcoming moves by Herriott to Dakota. J. Bates sale completed and preparations for relocating to Nebraska within three weeks.
Miss Vick of Mediapolis visits the Johnson home while Mrs. Glasgow and child of Libertyville stop by Frank Ormick’s. Joe Warner lays the foundation for a new house. Chris Johnson and wife return from Colo. Bates sells his farm to W. Carter at 100 per acre. Gus Avin sells a farm to an Illinois man. Corell’s horse is killed by a train Sunday. Easton of Salina, a tenant on the Manatrey farm, is noted. Mrs. Jacobson of Four Corners visits her daughter Mrs. Hollander Jr. and Mrs. Corell plan to head to Illinois this week.
In Abingdon Iowa on September 3 Mrs Edith Conner hosted twelve ladies for a colonial dinner party with costumes and a six course meal. Mr and Mrs C B Campbell hosted about sixty five friends at a masquerade party the following Saturday night with refreshments and a lively evening.
O T Macy and J J Watts sold two carloads of baled hay last week. Miss Grace Courtney returned from Packwood Sunday. Rev Robi Boyce preached at Antioch yesterday and last night. His sermons were well received and he will preach again next Sunday. Doug Coop returned last Tuesday from Texas and is very ill at present.
Libertyville residents report travel and visits with relatives in Oklahoma Ottumwa Floris and Troy. Mahlon Williams and wife depart Tuesday to visit relatives. Martha and Rae Richards spent last week in Ottumwa. Rev C Springer and wife hosted visitors and will move to the Troy charge this week. A Hibbard spent several days in the area.
Ottumwa residents reported several visits and travels last week. Harlie Yost traveled to Eldon Mond as did Rev W Jones of Douds Station with his sister Mrs Charley Roberts. Charley Watkins of Dalhart Texas visits the S H Watkins home.
Frost touched Packwood Iowa with a light chill as residents note cooler weather. The town sees visitors from Missouri and nearby towns, with church events and family gatherings reported amid health notes and local travels.
Robt Nelson of Ottumwa visits Four Corners on Sunday. A baby girl born Sept 19 to Mr and Mrs Gus Scott. Emma and Clara Hildebrand of Fairfield visit. A W Kauffman and companions plan a Kansas excursion. Victor Smeyburg visits J O Borgeson home. Lizzie Milks to host oyster supper for school. Minnie Smithburg visits from Burlington. John Anderson returns to York Nebraska after visit. C J Hillman ill, wife also critical.
Stockport Iowa September 30 Ed Baker Willie Harris and Hugh Smith are on the sick list. Dr Graber and family attended the funeral of Mrs Graber's brother at Birmingham last Monday afternoon. Messrs A J Douglas Jake Nixon A R Hiatt Dr Graber and Wm.
Brewer spent last week fishing at Green Bay. Jacobson brothers of Fairfield visited nearby to buy horses. Alva Harlan and wife moved to Des Moines. Mrs Orpha Gentry returned to Keokuk. Dr. Elliott of Mt. Pleasant was a caller. John Lee moved into Charles Hall’s former house. J. B. Welch visited Salem last week. F. N. Lucas spent Tuesday in Fairfield. Berdette Gall traveled to Ft. Madison on business. Miss Amy Phillips went to Des Moines for school. Tillie Talbott of Brooklyn visited the Hiatt home. Mrs. Henderson of Chicago visited Myrtle Rowe. Albert Harlan had $35 and railroad ticket stolen at the Nebraska state fair.
A collection of maxims urging timely deeds over mere thought. It contrasts genuine helpful acts with competing parities, notes the value of ingenuity, sunshine in life, and the burden of neighbors. It also touches on parental discernment and misfortune avoidance.
A Kansas City locksmith, famed for opening ordinary locks easily, warns that common door fasteners offer little burglary protection. He claims only the six pin government lock is unpickable, while skilled burglars can bypass standard locks in seconds with picks or by listening to tumblers. He once planned to be a burglar but chose honesty.
The shrew or shrew mouse found worldwide is a small nocturnal mammal with an elongated muzzle small eyes and six toed feet. It is harmless though historically blamed for poisons and curses with beliefs from Italy France and England about its bite and supposed cure by ash tree switches.
Charles Kean and Miss Chambers first met on the Cheltenham theater stage in a sharp exchange. The couple married within a month after their odd, ill tempered opening encounter, beginning a swift love drama.
The piece notes the Hun first appearing in Chinese history in 210 B C, their conquest of China, and eventual expulsion by the Celestials. It traces their march across Asia reaching the area of modern Hungary in 3876 A D, threatening much of Europe before defeat in France and retreat to the Danube.
Quote attributed to James Russell Lowell on moral integrity. The conclusive proof of sincerity is sacrificing daily life to a principle, as words or money cannot reveal true commitment.
A highwayman on the Appian Way halted a gasoline runabout with a shot in the air. He fled from a tomb but found only a woman in the car. Upon asking where her husband was, she replied he was under the seat. He declared he would take nothing, remarking it’s bad to be robbed by a husband like that.
Alchemists sought gold for centuries and the Moors introduced chemistry to Spain in 1150. Chinese and Egyptian early contact is noted, but chemistry became a science in the seventeenth century. Boerhaave linked chemistry with medicine, triggering rapid evolution thereafter.
A doctor worries about Mr Poorley and the inability to pay more than a third of the bill. The doctor's wife asks about Mr Poorley’s condition, and the doctor says there is little hope and the patient expects to pay only a fraction of the debt.
A brief quotation asserts that the purity of linen and a clean conscience together form moral power. The line credits Phelps and frames cleanliness as a guiding virtue in personal conduct.
The Iowa State College Department of Agricultural Extension urges all farmers to observe seed corn week the first week of October. Harvest all seed ears by October 5 to dry properly, then hang them to prevent loss from freezing. select well matured ears from vigorous stalks and tie into strings for attic drying.
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