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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1921
Page
2
Reports from Fairfield area detail injuries from a serious accident, a death by suicide, weddings, teaching appointments, school openings, and social gatherings. It lists visitors, neighborhood movements, church activities, and updates on local families and students.
Glasgow residents George L King George McElwee Everett McElwee and Dave Blough drive to Des Moines for the state fair. Multiple social visits occur in Fairfield Birmingham and Lockridge as families host and visit relatives and attend band concerts and church society meetings.
Packwood Reuben Herman was born June 23 1842 in Adamsburg Penn and died August 31 1921 near Farson Iowa. He married Mary A Snider December 22 1865 and fourteen children were born to the union. Surviving are George F Shellsburg Charles A Bantry Margaret Hubbard Ottumwa Daisy F Shellsburg Cora M Van Patten Council Bluffs William Council Bluffs Louisa Kemp Rosedale Kans Harvey W Hedrick Jess L Eldora and Bert at home. There are 28 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral at M E church September 5 with Rev Frye, interment Blue Point. The sons attended. one daughter absent.
Farmers store hay and fill silos for winter. Visitors from Green Valley and Peoria share trips and tributes. Ogden reunion at Chautauqua park draws forty two relatives. local schools reopen for several students. Farmers union picnic, a Sunday school gathering, and an ice cream social at the M E church basement are announced with plans for enjoyment.
Septem ber 5 marked the start of school with teachers assigned to various districts including Clay Gertrude Reed and Black Hawk Ruth Morgan Rubio Miss Clapper and Miss Primmer White Hawk Wilma Elder Pleasant Grove Viola Crile Green Vale Frances Meacham. Local farmers filled silos on North street as communities hosted visits and church activities.
Clay Township residents attended the county home picnic on Wednesday including Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Balderson and son, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sattler and family, Dale and Marie Beauchamp, Otis Wagner, Mrs. L. Cook and daughter, Mrs. Wm. Ruby, Nora Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Woodford, Pearle Woodford and sons Donald and other family members.
Lindy Fray visits Minnesota relatives east of Minneapolis. Misprint corrected about Aid society social moved from Monday to Friday. Hedrick visitors C. G. Miller and Leonard Mowery in town on business. Sheraden family from Ikea and Hedrick sisters trip to Meckling South Dakota to visit Lee and Steele. Ooley family and Kinzie Williams attend a Des Moines fair. Ruggles staying with son Tony recovering from auto injury. Nellie Linder Whitley reported seriously ill in Denver. Newborn son born to Hall and wife. Calister of Richland repairs for Mary Steele. Steele and Nelson families planning extended Dakota visit. Lightning destroys L. O. Sheraden barn. vehicles saved. Guy Black and Treva Bennett in Ottumwa. Mrs. John Greer of Ottumwa returns home after visit.
The ad urges buying lumber to protect investments and finish repairs at normal costs. It touts roofing by repair or new cover, and Eclipse Sunshine Windows for warm dry housing, stressing reduced labor waste and better storage.
A playful dialogue turns curious as he asks about nuts and she threads in a possible marriage proposal. The exchange centers on a lighthearted moment and a potential romantic question.
Abingdon residents plan visits to Kansas City and Des Moines while others travel to Chicago and Birmingham for family, fairs, and relatives. Local home projects advance with cement work and road crews widening a bridge. Several residents seek medical care and teaching positions.
An all day meeting at Pleasant Plain Tabernacle drew a large congregation from miles around with Sabbath school preaching singing and meals in the basement. Evangelist Tillman Hobson led the service and the Reece couple directed singing.
A large shipment of Tanlac is available at Jericho and Easton druggists. The remedy is acclaimed nationwide in the United States and Canada for its remarkable reputations and results.
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