Elm Grove County News Highlights Local Visits and Farm Sales
Miss Mattie Barr remains ill while Miss Flo Pringle hopes to attend the winter term. Shawstrom Bros purchase a fine driving team. Alva Raines visits with cousin Walter Raines near Packwood. Junkin Bros plan digging three acres of potatoes. Louie Schylier from Kansas visits family in Elm Grove. James Sinclair farm sold to Illinois buyer. Mrs. O R Bowermaster of Fenton Wyoming visits relatives and Louie Schylier. Kate Boyd and Mrs J H Boyd visit J C Barr.
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Elm Grove
Mattie Barr
Flo Pringle
Miss Pringle
Shawstrom Bros
Alva Raines
Walter Raines
Packwood
Junkin Bros
Louie Schylier
Kansas
George
H. Stark
James Sinclair
Illinois
O. R. Bowermaster
Fenton
Wyoming
Fanny Junkin
Minnie South
Isabel Wilson
C. D. M. Raines
J. H. Boyd
Kate
Lake City
Minn
J. C. Barr
Abingdon Visit Notes and Local Arrivals
Abingdon reports D H Black and brother Carl returned from North Dakota where D H handled farm business. Mrs Nannie McReynolds and granddaughters Mamie Susie and Ruth visit Delta relatives. Fairfield visitors include Webb family and Nellie Bates. Mrs T R Smith ill. Frank Gobble and others shopped in Fairfield. Caldwell and Davis returned from Guthrie Oklahoma after three weeks. Bessie King visited Ottumwa. Fleenor at Fairfield. Rebecca Sullivan and Sarah Laird Kelerton visited here. Twin daughters of the late Barton Caldwell are local memories. J W Flint and family plus Gobble families visited Batavia.
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Abingdon
D. H. Black
Carl
North Dakota
D. H
Nannie McReynolds
Mamie
Susie
Ruth
Delta
Robi. Webb
Nellie Bates
Fairfield
T. R. Smith
Frank Gobble
R. D. Caldwell
A. M. Davis
Guthrie
Okla
Bessie King
Ottumwa
W. J. Fleenor
Rebecca Sullivan
Sarah Laird Kelerton
Barton Caldwell
J. W. Flint
Batavia
Local News Roundup From Abingdon Area
Mrs Archibald Downey Jr visits Ottumwa relatives. Marion Black and wife and Will Kenyon and family visited home folks Sunday. A dance at John Conners attracted many young people Saturday night. Mrs T W Gobble was ill Friday night but improving. Mrs Bessie King and Mrs Lillie Gobble depart Oct 23 for Davenport Grand Chapter East ern Star as delegates. W A Black and J E Ramey travel to Fairfield on business. Widespread sickness keeps doctor busy day and night.
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Archibald Downey Jr
Ottumwa
Marion Black
Will Kenyon
John Conners
T. W. Gobble
Bessie King
Lillie Gobble
The
Eastern Star
Davenport
Abingdon Lodge
W. A. Black
J. E. Ramey
Fairfield
Cedar Township News Notes from Oct 23
A Cedar Township roundup reports few farmers cribbing corn yet with shucking likely a week away. A Adams and Wm Weimer hauled two carloads of stockers from Kansas City. Richard Fisher bought feeders for a New York buyer. John Cox returns to White Water. Col Watson Helfenstine visits Creston. Mrs Myrtle Mack returning from Avon Colorado visits sister Mrs Wm Parsons. Mrs John Blough of Wayne county visits relatives. Mr and Mrs Marshal Case visit Salem. Rev Burdine of Barnes City fills Ebeneezer appointment.
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Cedar Township
A. Adams
Wm. Weimer
Kansas City
Richard Fisher
New York
John Cox
White Water
Col. Watson Helfenstine
Creston
Myrtle Mack
Avon
Colo
Wm. Parsons
John Blough
Wayne, County
Marshal Case
Salem
Rev. Burdine
Barnes City
Ebeneezer
Lamansky Family Visits Glendale Before Health Move
Peter W. Lamansky and family of near Brighton visited Glendale at his brother Nicholas Lamansky’s home. One son faces tuberculosis and the family plans to move to Colorado for his health. Harry Rider installed a King road drug. Chrestensen is assigned to Salina circuit as pastor and is an I W U student. N Lamanski’s father is mentioned.
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Glendale
Peter W. Lamansky
Brighton
Nicholas
Colorado
Harry Rider
C. J. Christensen
Salina
Chrestensen
N. Lamanski
Family moves in with son amid local visits
A man has moved to live with his son Nicholas and was seen visiting by Wm. Kennedy on a Sunday. Rev. T. J. Myers of Mt. Pleasant stopped in the area for business on Monday.
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Peter
Nicholas
Wm. Kennedy
Blackhawk Township and Woolson News Update
Miss Nellie Jessup returns to Michigan after visit. D M Holgate entertains Illinois relatives. Farmers Institute at Center Chapel postponed until after corn picking. Joshua Cox heads to Michigan. Several killing frosts hit area. corn crop mostly well matured with slight damage. Box supper at Center postponed to Oct 25. Community invites all residents to attend.
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Blackhawk Township
Woolson
Nellie Jessup
Michigan
D. M. Holgate
Illinois
Farmers’ Institute
Center Chapel
Joshua Cox
Three-Month-Old Child Buried in Ka hoka Funeral
Contractors King and his crew handled carpentry for the burial of the three-month-old child of Mr and Mrs Summers German of Ka hoka Missouri. Funeral services were held at Mrs L Hopkirk s home Sunday at 2 30 p m. Mrs German will stay with her mother Mrs Hopkirk for a few days.
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King
Summers German
Kahoka
More About the Proposed Inter-Ur ban
Citizens and businessmen met at the Jefferson club rooms to hear surveyors report on a city to Keosauqua route. They found the Birmingham route financially unsatisfactory due to cuts and grading and favored a Fairfield to Keosauqua line via Stockport. A committee was appointed to solicit funds for the Stockport survey.
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Jefferson Club
Keosauqua
Birmingham
Stockport
A. W. McElhany
E. F. Simmons
C. A Emry
Successful Stock Sale At Fairfield Farm Auction
Last Wednesday and Thursday at Fairfield farm C D McPherson held a rain delayed sale selling 39 horses 15 grade cattle and 178 hogs. Horses averaged 320 25 with top 500 and all but four staying in Jefferson county. A show ring training display impressed buyers and one horse was bought back by the seller for 10 then resold higher. The sale highlighted superior prices for J W B standard bred colts over Percheron peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. McPherson
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Jno
McPherson
Joe Ball
Ball
Little Rex
Undertaking Parlors Opened in Fairfield by Kerrick Co
Fairfield forges ahead adopting city styles and improvements attracting travelers. F D Kerrick Co opens dedicated Undertaking Parlors leasing G B Bakers music rooms with new chairs for funeral services. Kerrick a trusted embalmer leads with experience and courtesy serving local needs. Tribune touts its extensive county coverage. subscription urged.
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Fairfield
F. D. Kerrick & Co
G. B. Baker's
F. D. Kerrick
Kerrick & Co
Glendale Notes and Local Updates
Glendale October 17 notes say rains benefited fall sown grain. A church fair and supper planned by the ladies was postponed to October 26 due to rain. Ida Johnson returned from Middletown to spend Sunday. Mary Heaton sick after a cold from the Co M reunion. Grant Nelson visited from Burlington. M Damm shipped two cars of hogs to Ottumwa on Monday.
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Glendale
Ida Johnson
Middletown
Arthur Green
C. H. Johnson
Mary Heaton
Co. M. Reunion
Erickson
Grant Nelson
Burlington
M. Damm
Ottumwa
Local Notes from Lockridge and Nearby Areas
Lockridge notes Mrs Harlan Carlson returned from a visit with Jesse Ketcham while Mrs Louis Boos visits Brighton friends. F C Craff and family spent Sunday with Louis Craff in Swedesburg. J C Duttweiler visited relatives in Merrimac on Monday. Work on the new Opera house has
Good Roads Meeting Set for Saturday at Armory Hall
The Good Roads gathering will be held Saturday October 28 at Armory hall. Dean Ward King will lecture at 9:00 am followed by a demonstration of the King drag results. All interested in good roads are invited and a substantial rural attendance is hoped for. The Burlington special arrives Friday night at midnight and departs Saturday afternoon.
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Armory Hall
Dean Ward King
Burlington
Trial Jurors Drawn for December 4 1905 Proceedings
Yesterday the 4 November term jurors were drawn and ordered to appear at the courthouse on December 4 1905 at two o clock in the afternoon. The list includes Charles Harriet Fairfield A H Eller Hedrick N Albert E Larson Lock J L Knight Fairfield Anson West Fairfield H W Rider Fairfield Ng Harry Jacobs Libertyville A J Green Fairfield Frank Boyd Fairfield Frank McCormick Fairfield R M Moore Libertyville H E Snook Perlee Harry G McLean Pairtey William Stevens Packwood George Sturges Rome No 4 Clyde Miller Libertyville Dan Stout Fairfield Allen Macy Pleasant Plain 6 H Babcock Fairfield 3 W F Swartz Libertyville J D Baird Batavia Ed Carson Pekin William B Castell Fairfield Livi Anderson Rome No 4
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Charles Harriet
Faireld
A. H. Eller
Hedrick N. Albert E. Larson
Lock
J. L. Knight
Fairfield
Anson West
H. W. Rider
Fairfield Ng
Harry Jacobs
Libertyvilly
A. J. Green
Frank Boyd
Frank McCormick
R. M. Moore
H. E. Snook
Perlee
Harry G. McLean
Pairtey
William Stevens
Packwood
George Sturges
Rome
Clyde Miller
Libertyville
Dan Stout
Allen Macy
Pleasant Plain
H. Babcock
W. F. Swartz
J. D. Baird
Batavia
Ed. Carson
Pekin
William B. Castell
Fairield
Livi Anderson
Public sale of Long View Stock Farm assets
A public sale starts at 10 p m to dispose of stock at Long View Stock Farm 5 miles northeast on field. Items include Span Mules 200d workers yearling colts 51 head cattle deen Angus bull calf 20 Angus cows and heifers 7 Aberdeen Angus steer calves two yearling hogs 35 Poland China sow pigs Poland China boar and few registered Shire ewes two full blood Bucks. Terms: ten months credit for amounts 10 and over or note with approved cosigned notes bearing eight percent interest from date of sale. five percent discount for time sales. Lunch on grounds. Frank Miller & Son Auvers Co P Hague Clerk.
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Poland
China
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eAttys
Gordon-Ferguson
Lampher-Skinner
Kraft Clothing Company
County News
Blackhawk Township and
the Tribune
Lockridge
Ae Oe
Emry
Zeigler’s
Seas
Campbell
Collin
Sig
Long View Stock Farm
Ton Farm
Frank
N. S. Miller & Son, Auvers Co
P. Hague
Wisecarver Bros
Osiery
Children’s Union
Ladies’ Union
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