Messer Family Reunion at Messer Homestead Birthday
Last Tuesday on September 10 a Messer family reunion gathered at the George S Messer residence eight miles from town. Attendees included George F Messer and family, John Messer and others from Hedrick Iowa and Seymour Iowa. The day featured a lawn dinner under a honeylocust tree and a group photo by Browning the Photographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S’. Messer
Messer
John George Messer
Rhinepaltz
Germany
Lewis Messer
Messers
Irving
Messer ‘Freundschaft
Browning
George F. Messer
Harold
Adam Messer
Cora Messer
Anna Messer
Fred W. Messer
John Messer
Robert Messer
Ralph Messer
Emma Messer
Arthur Messer
Fred Messer, Sr
Hedrick
William Messer
Harry Messer
Edna Messer
Geo, Hankhammer
Bernard Diers
A. A. Kneer
W. C. Hawk
W. R. Hendricks
E. C. Hendricks
William Schaffer
J. Greber
John Blough
Seymour
Memorial note from Seymour residents to Rev Luther Bright
Henry Blough and Helen Blough of Seymour Iowa are cited among relatives unable to attend a gathering. The article closes with a blessing and a prayer that the Death-angel delay gathering more sheaves from the Messer family field, offered by Rev. W Luther Bright pastor of the English Evangelical Lutheran church in Fairfield Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Blough
Seymour
Helen Blough
Messer
W. Luther Bright
English Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fairfield
Iowa
Abatement Granted for Victor Johnson Tax Bill
On Monday September 9 1907 the Board of Supervisors with H C Pattison Sanford Zeigler and Thomas Davies approved an $18 24 tax abatement for Victor Johnson Round Prairie township due to erroneous assessment. William H Sullivan was named to a three year term on the Soldiers Relief commission. The day closed with miscellaneous business and adjournment to 9 am tomorrow.
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Sanford Zeigler
Thomas Davies
Victor Johnson
Round Prairie Township
Soldiers Relief Commission
Wm. H. Sullivan
H. C. Pattison
A. E. Labagh
Soldiers Relief Commission reports for year ending Sept 1 1907
Minutes show A W Jaques detailing cash receipts and expenditures totaling 1870.36 for September 1906 to August 1907. Seventy seven beneficiaries including twenty-one soldiers and twenty-seven widows plus nine children under sixteen received aid. funeral costs 120.00 and transport 9.51. Other reports include overseer of the poor showing 69 assisted for 309.35, and farm steward Moses Kiger’s quarter report. Tax refund of 11.20 to F Dalmer. Board adjourned to Sept 16.
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A. W. Jaques
The
Soldiers Relief Commission
Sacs Vaneck
W. H. Sullivan
J. W. McLean
Moses Kiger
Dalmer
Lockridge
H. C. Pattison
A. E. Labagh
Pointed Paragraphs on Thrift Polygamy and Tradeoffs
A collection of aphoristic lines on stinginess, thrift, bearing risk, and social ironies. Notes warn that kindness invites debt, polygamy seen through stereotypes, and envy fuels belittling others while marriages bias work dynamics. Chicago Daily News style quotation ends with grinding work motif.
Nobility, effort, and character shape destiny
A reflective passage on remembering nobility beyond birth, the power of will, and the barrier of social divides. It argues success stems from inner determination, self-improvement, and breaking self-made habits that block progress.
A Humane Appeal for Dr. King's New Discovery
Richmond citizen A D Williams urges all with weak lungs to try Dr. King's New Discovery. The remedy, sold at F S Shriner's drug store, is touted as the sole cure for throat and lung ailments. It claims to save lives, treat coughs and lung diseases, and even offer a trial bottle free.
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Richmond
Ind
A. D. Williams
West Main St
F. S. Shriner
Third Son of Grant Leads Quiet Life and Tarpon Fishing
Jesse Grant, the third son of General Ulysses S. Grant, leads a simple, uneventful life. He does not engage in business, spends time on western mines and a few other ventures, and enjoys tarpon fishing. He rarely misses a warm baseball game.
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Grant
Jesse Grant
Paupers’ Palace in London Workhouse Cost Figures
In a Rate Payers association inquiry, the London borough of Hammersmith workhouse and infirmary is shown to rival a nobleman’s mansion with electric lighting tiled floors and ornate entrance. The site and building cost over 1.3 million dollars, about 1 675 dollars per bed, far above many homes of working families.
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Government Board
Rate Payers’ Association
London
Hammersmith
Buckingham Palace
W H Coop and His Oxen at Burlington
Burlington Hawkeye reports W H Coop and his pair of half breed short horn and Jersey oxen, gentle enough to drive without a rein, weigh 1250 pounds each. Coop, 71, brought them from Fairfield in two and a half days, after two prior breaks at Fairfield fair. He recalls early Burlington days and hazards of wolves and rattlesnakes.
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W. H. Coop
Burlington
Coop
Here
Keokuk
Reflections of a Bachelor from a US Press Quote
A New York Press selection reflects on marriage and wealth with wry lines. A man endures arguments with his wife a woman’s frivolity and fear, fasting at home, wealth freeing him from umbrella embarrassment, and pleasure in secretive old pipe and slippers.
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New York Press
The Gentle Cynic and Clever Observations
A collection of wry maxims on fame press agents marriage and diplomacy. The author mocks vanity publicity and public image as a sharp witticism about social norms and gender roles. The tone is satirical and compact.
Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Novelty for Kids Party
A simple sponge cake sheet is cooled and cut into three inch squares. Each square halves, upper half sliced into four strips, lower half frosted with chocolate and strips placed around the edge to form a box. After frosting hardens, fill with chocolate ice cream and crown with a candied cherry. A luncheon novelty that delights children at parties.
Murderer Eludes Police After Sunday Night Killing Near Boston
Boston Herald reports a murder occurred on a Sunday night in a town near Boston. The chief of police, after an hour of inquiry, deferred the search to an assistant to rest for the town meeting next day. the killer remained at large.
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Boston
Boston Herald
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Reas
George W. Unkrich
Board OF Supervisors
Chicago Daily News
D. G. Higley
East Side
Ayer
J.C. Aver Co
Lowell
Mass
Heaven
Panama
Hufstedler & Bakes
F. D. Kerrick & Co
Fritz & Droz
Fairfield Steam Laundry
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