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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1907
Page
3
Iowa items from Stockport dated October 28 detail travel and visits by James Car ichael of Fairfield and others. Local incidents include a rock foundation project, a fall causing burns, a school term ending with a week vacation, and church, social, and family gatherings with numerous regional names and towns mentioned.
Community reports completing the cement walkway around the Packwood Christian church properties. Residents Ada Eldridge and Lula Williams were noted visitors. Additional items include property sale, restaurant move, sidewalk work, church attendance, and wedding mentions among locals.
Elm Grove updates report a box supper planned for Friday night at Elm Grove and a sermon by Rev. Coop of Perley at Plum Grove. Local residents Fred Walker and others hosted gatherings, with visits from families near Liberville and Batavia. A hunting trip yielded no coons, and several families spent Sundays with relatives in Cross Lane and Richland.
Glendale Iowa October 29 The directors of the Old Settlers Park association will meet at Library hall Saturday November 2 at 2 oclock p m. Wm Vanwinkle who was born in the city in 1856 is among the attendees discussing park plans.
Abingdon Iowa on October 28 reports Mrs. Mary Webb of Batavia visiting at the home of Charles Hood. Dc A Campbell of St. Louis was guest last week at Mr. and Mrs. C B Campbell.
Several names appear in scattered notes: Mary Hood shopped in Ot tumwa, Mary Gobble and Jennie Campbell called in Batavia, Al Peters bought Eldon Ramey property and will move, H Dorothy went to Fairfield on business, Cc B Campbell returned from Winfield after jury service. The passage also references an Eldon Ramey store in Brookville Schooley and R F Collins in Iowa, with other garbled phrases about ownership and travel.
Round Prairie notes a string of local visits and small events. Tease Crane and wife visited Bert Cooper’s near Salem. Mrs Eliza Smith and sister Mrs Salem visited at Rome. Farmers ship baled hay from Lockridge while Dan Gavin sells his farm to relocate next spring. Mildred Bishop recovers from appendicitis as Charles Leafgren digs a kitchen cellar last week.
A public sale near Fairfield on Wednesday November 6 1997 at 10 a m offers for sale the estate of Paul R Haney including horses cattle hogs and farm gear plus household items Auctioneer I T Wisecarver notes terms cash or installments with notes at seven percent Some college news and campus events follow including student activities church services and faculty receptions among short community notices
The Sunday Record-Herald unveils a Sunday Magazine with contributions from famous writers and illustrators. It highlights high quality paper, press work, and compact size as a new pleasure to read, marking a departure in Sunday journalism.
A Norwegian healthcare overview notes five leper hosts managing roughly six hundred patients. It highlights regional distribution and ongoing treatment efforts among the hosts and the patient community.
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