Fairfield County Notes and Local Visits
Fairfield area social updates list multiple residents and guests including Mrs. Louis Graf and son Otto, Mr. and Mrs. George Fagan on an auto trip to Burlington, and A B Mullenix in town on business. The German Lutheran pastor-elect Rev Carr arrives from West Point Neb and will preach in German, with several families visiting, weddings announced for Ruth Nelson and Walter Molander, and various trips, illnesses, and home changes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Graf
Otto
Fairfield
George Fagan
Burlington
A. B. Mullenix
Inez Lipps
Batavia
Weekend Calls See Copelands Visit Hamiltons
Mr and Mrs Sam Copeland visited Mr and Mrs Ed Hamilton Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Koontz were
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Copeland
Ed. Hamilton
John Koontz
Public Sale by Art Donovan in rural Fairfield area
A public sale at a farm 30 miles northeast of Fairfield, 3 miles southwest of Perlee, on Wednesday October 9, 1912, starting 10 a.m. lists horses including bay mules and work horses, cattle with several milch cows, 27 hogs, farm implements, hay and grain, two Wagons, harness, poultry including several breeds, and prize ducks and geese. Terms offer 12 months on sums over 10 with bankable note, under 10 cash. removal only after terms met. Auctioneers I T Wisecarver and C W Brawner clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Perlee
McCormick
Rhode Island
Art Donovan
COMMUNITY NOTES FROM EAST PLEASANT PLAIN
Mrs Bert Weitzell departed for Rome to visit her sister and relatives. Local attendees joined the sale at Frazey s on Thursday. Jervis Harvey arrived for a short stay. Irwin Hodson visited Fairfield as a caller. Edith Hodson of Fairfield visits relatives for a few days. Mrs Sarrah Orr left for Des Moines to see her daughter Mrs Lawn Humphrey. Mrs Goodman traveled to Fairfield to visit friends. Mrs John Ryle went to Albia to visit her daughter Mrs Clara Cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Weitzell
Rome
Frazey
Jervis Harvey
Irwin Hodson
Fairfield
Edith Hodson
Sarrah Orr
Des Moines
Lawn Humphrey
Goodman
John Ry
Davis Swanson wed in Fairfield ceremony in Libertyville
Ruth G. Davis and Gilbert F. Swanson surprised friends with a September 25 marriage at the M E parsonage in Fairfield officiated by Rev. Thos Osborn. The bride, a music teacher, wore blue silk and attended by her sister Mrs C R Riggs. The couple reside with the bride's parents. Various relatives and guests from nearby towns visited before and after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth G. Davis
Gilbert F. Swanson
Fairfield
Thos. Osborn
M. E. Parsonage
C. R. Riggs
Swanson
H. D. Davis
Local Notes From Glendale Area Thursday
Various residents and visitors are noted with Thursday attendance and travels. The column mentions Mrs. Jane Fiedler Mrs. Perry Monfort H Heaton Andrew Johnson Ed Monfort M Damm cattle sale attendees and a Sunday school convention at Ebenezer Oct 6. Births and illnesses are also briefly recorded with names and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Fiedler
Perry Monfort
Burlington
H. Heaton
5Rd Cavalry
Andrew Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Ebenezer
Ed. Monfort
M. Damm
Kansas City
Local social notes from Fairfield and surrounding areas
PACKWOOD. J. W. Graham and Rollin Emery were in Fairfield Wednesday of last week. They also attended the C. D. McPherson sale. W. A. Hook was transacting business in Richland Monday. Protracted meetings are now in progress at the M. E. church with Rev. R. C. Russell in charge. Quite a crowd from here attended the C. D. McPherson sale last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Graham
Rollin Emery
Fairfield
C. D. McPherson
W. A. Hook
Richland
F. E. Stewart
Abingdon
H. W. Loughary
Chas. Bean
M. E. Church
R. C. Russell
Libertyville
T. K
J. G. Bottorff
Russ Widner
John Snider
Black Hawk Township
Stockport notices of church visit and social events
Rev Levie Gregory of Oakland California preached at the Friends church Sunday. Miss Ellen Lawson visited her parents Mr and Mrs William Lawson Sunday. Fred Johnson and wife north of town are the parents of a son born Saturday September 28. Clyde Gregory and Miss Lola Beswick married at the Hinchman home in Mt Pleasant Wednesday September 18 and will live with her parents Mr and Mrs James Beswick. Mrs Newman and Chale Johnston's
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Johnston
J. C. Silver
Chicago
G. T. McKee
Jean Williams
J. H. McCarty
Hiteman
Jed Cochran
Canada
Elsie Stout
Bowles
Adams
Spokane
Wash
Harry Ruby
Kansas City
James Beswick
John Hill Watson
Levie Gregory
Oakland
Calif
Friends’ Church
Ellen Lawson
Wm. Lawson
Fred Johnson
Clyde Gregory
Lola Beswick
Joe Hinchman
Mt. Pleasant
Lewis Ackenback
Fairfield
Bales
Walter Rizor
Abingdon News Roundup of Sales Visits and School
Abingdon hosts numerous sales attendees from Ottumwa and Batavia with McPherson and Martin sales drawing local speculators. A school term opens with 18 in advanced and 82 in primary while many residents and visitors attend church, picnics, and family gatherings amid spring weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merile Hood
Mary Reno
Bladensburg
Mabel Bright
Hazel Black
Ottumwa
S. C. Myers & Son
Jesse Forrest
Chicago
Abingdon
N. D. Smith
Tairfield
Bazil Davis
Fay
Chas. Davis
Pricilla Davis
Frank Mowrey’s
Chas. Hood
Batavia
Milton Dickens
Farson
Edd McCreary
Milton
T. G
Chas
Smith
Perry Snider
Ethel Miller
Edith Bowles
C. D. McPherson
Clyde Myers
Clyde Clark
Dophen Wilson
Pearl Clark
Ralph Caldwell
Ira Miller
Florence Huffman
Florence Myers
Edith Clark
Bessie Silvester
Raymond McCreary
Neta Gobble
Delia Campbell
Carl Ramey
Everett Sylvester
Mary Odum
Beulah Ramey
Servia Campbell
Hazel Hawthorne
Florence Schooley
Irene Myers
Raymond Baker
Claire Baker
Rossie Silvester
Ralph McCreery
Gertrude Baker
Goldie Silvester
Jank Stewart
Lockridge couple returns home after month away
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Brand came back Sunday evening from a monthlong absence, resuming home life and routine.
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Louis Zillman
F. S. Pence
John Johnson
John Briggs
Briggs
Fred Eggenbarger
Eckwall
Andrew Sharpe
Arthur Davis
Missouri
L. L. Lipps
Wade Haist
Russell Smith
Carr
German Lutheran Church
Four Corners
West Point
Neb
Sophia Trabert
D. R. Lynn
Christine Hansen
Onedin, Ill
John Han
Sen
Andrew Weinderholt
Ruth Nelson
Walter Molander
David Nelson
Yarmouth
Leo Seiford
Monmouth
Ill
Frank Murphy
Sam Davidson
al Greeson
Susan Booth
Teeter
Ethel Greeson
Frank Armstrong
Armstrong
Humphrey
Earl Dana
John DuBois
Joe Shelton
May
Neiswanger
Ed. Neiswanger
Cians
Frank Davidson
S. M.* Davidson
Lucile
Ross’ Koontz
Glasgow
Frank Booth
Charles
Edna Mitchell
Illinois
John H. Copeland
Aledo
Charley Nelson
Mary Naubldorf
Rock Island
Paul Bishop
Hal Scovel
Hattie Fell
C. B. Morley
I. T. Wisecarver
C. W. Brawner
East Pleasant Plain
Will Warren
Charley Booth
Minnesota
W. F. Lance
Olds
Iowa
Clyde Morley
Dr. McWhirt
Jean
Globe, Ariz
Sherrick
Arch McCleary
Ruth
Indiana
Wm. Riggs
Udell
Glendale
N. N. Green
Salina
Emma Greent
Willis
Captain Ready
Packwood
G. J. Bottorff
Gilbert Somers
Carl Edmund
Erma Krout
Fremont
Edmund
L. C. Ryman
E. E. Edwards
W. A. Hook's
Jas. Bottorff
Stockport
Mrs. Newman and
Chale Johnston
J. T. Davies
Undertaker
H. C. Donaldson
Mae Peters
Nellie Johnston
Brookville
Ruth Baker
Wm. Jones
Floyd Loughlin
John Woodward
Clarence Davis
Gaylord Herman
Warren Graves
Ed. Clark
Ruby
Irene
L. R. Weer
O. C. Smith
New York
Mr. Brand
West Jurlington
Miss Sherlock
Knoxville
P. J. Sherlock
Norton
Alex Smith
Memphis
Mr. Norton
Harry Rupp
Tillman
New London
Otto Best
Ray Vorhies
Clara Hildebrand
June Chidester
Your Corner
Mina Norton
Sullivan
B. Litton
Miss Holmes
Lockridge
Fairfeld
Gussie Cody
Henry Erickson
the House of Kuppenheimer
Wisecarver & Mohr Price Clothie
Michigan
A. M. Sargent
Fairfield, Ia
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Big Fairfield
Old Settlers Choir
Mammoth
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