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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
3
Ottumwa visitors and many local families are listed visiting relatives in Abingdon Brookville Batavia and Fairfield. Highlights include Amer Legion activities in Fairfield and Batavia weddings bazaars and a doubleheader basketball game for Batavia with Eldon and Eddyville set for October 28.
Olen, born and raised here, encounters neighbors Nate Smith and Elmer Davis who were seen near Libertyville on Tuesday purchasing cattle. Henry Sparks is reported ill, while Mrs. Ida Fleener is not feeling well.
Clay Township notes several family visits and social calls including Miss Cora Brinton with Ira Waterhouse and Pearl Woodford. Local gatherings feature corn shucking efforts and a large turnout at the Indian O Westenhaver sale. Church activities and a growing Friends Sunday school class are reported alongside visits to Ames for the State WCTU convention and regional travel to Oskaloosa and Iowa City.
Abingdon Averill Mowery husks corn for Mr. Herold near Farson. Cecil Smith of Ottumwa visits grandparents J. B. Mowery. Bill Riley of Farson buys chickens with his new Ford truck. Thurston's Comedy Co. performed Saturday. Marriage announced between Michael Smith near Linby and Lizzie Sink of Milan Missouri. they will farm near Linby. Mrs. Smith has been Aunt Sally Kline's nurse since February. Roy Hawthorne of Davenport and Daisie Davis of Ottumwa visit Elmina Webb over Sunday. Herman Dorothy injured in mule runaway while husking corn for Nate Smith. Ray Nielson's hogshed and corncrib nearly finished. Dorcas club met at Will Lewman's. Martin Davis, born locally, reports from Colorado. working on a 26 500 acre ranch for James Coykendall near Packwood. Robi Gill and wife in Ottumwa Saturday. Clyde Myers, Packwood senior, has a broken arm from basketball. Will Clark lost hogs to cholera. Halloween masquerade planned at Otto Hood's. Mr. McBurney's new house near completion. John Baker painting Nate Smith's hay and stock barn. A Fountain rumor near Packwood. Mrs. Fountain was Pearl Barrons. Ray Nelson visits Fairfield Monday. John Bell of Fairfield stays with neighbors Friday. Mrs. Otto Hood leaves Monday for unspecified destination.
Fairfield residents hear endorsements for Dean's Kidney Pills from Adam Linn who praises relief from kidney pain backache and urinary trouble after using the remedy from Jericho Easton. Linn cites months January 1915 and November 1919 as proof of lasting improvement. 60c at all dealers Foster Milburn Cents Buffalo NY.
The Louisville Courier Journal laments that keeping roads in repair surpasses construction in difficulty. The broad road to perdition is cited as an inviting path for neglect, with every mile suggesting mounting costs and poor upkeep.
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