Empyrean program notes and local travels
The Ottumwa Herald reports on a planned Empyrean girls gathering at an Us address with Miss Calhoun and Miss Bean among others. It notes Miss Edith Foster and Mr George Foster entering Parsons College in Fairfield, and lists several local visits and trips including Mrs C D Deming’s West trip and Mrs Lillian Priestly’s stay and departure for Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
George Foster
Parsons College
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Local residents and visitors listed in Fairfield society notes
Fred Wilson spent Sunday in Agency. Geo Carse and wife of Winfield Iowa visit Mt. Pleasant at James Bartletts home. John Schneider of the Davis Bakery visits Mt. Pleasant for a few days. L O Layman substitutes at the store. W A Service of Guernsey Ia visits the city. Al Brown, a candy maker, spends Monday in Ottumwa. Miss Bessie Barnum of Mt Pleasant visits Gus Lindberg. Ed Kreimer and family of Ottumwa visit the Carlson home. Dr C A Unkrich and wife guests of Dr Unkrichs father G A Unkrich. The doctor plans a trip to New York for eye ear nose specialty study. Miss Alice Pinch leaves Monday for St Paul Minn to study vocal culture under Aunt Miss Jennie Pinch. Mrs Orlando Flower spends days in Chicago selecting new millinery goods for Flower Millinery. Dante M Pierce of the Iowa Homestead visits Fairfield. Al Howell of Glasgow visits Fairfield. Mrs I J Spray of Fairfield visits daughter Mrs John Ketcham in Fairfield. Dr R C Sayers departs for Edison Ohio for a month with relatives. Misses Margaret Hayes and Anna Noonan of Creston visit. Mr and Mrs Charles Kraft plan to move to Spokane Wash. They will be missed by Fairfield friends and star boarders at the Leggetts. May they prosper in the West and Charles stops watering others coffee. T Looney and wife of Prescott IA visit Walter Brim. Mrs Jay Copeland and son Carl depart for Creston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kreimer
Ottumwa
C. Carlson
C. A. Unkrich
G. A. Unkrich
New York
Alice Pinch
St. Paul
Jennie Pinch
North
West
Orlando Flower
Chicago
Flower
Dante M. Pierce
Iowa Homestead
Fairfield
al. Howell
Glasgow
City
Howell
I. J. Spray
John Ketcham
Richards Street
Otumwa Courier
R. C. Sayers
Edison
Ohio
Margaret Hayes
Anna Noonan
Creston
Charles Kraft
Spokane
Wash
Leggett
Charles
T. J. Looney
Prescott
Iowa
Walter Brim
Sunday and Monday travels of local residents noted
Relatives hosted visitors through Sunday. Monday saw extended trips to Tecomah Nebraska and Niagara Falls bound delegations for farm implement makers. Several residents visited Chicago, Des Moines, Kirksville and Rock Island while others planned overseas and Canadian visits. Mrs Kraft and Mrs Blanton pursued extended northern sojourns and legal separation actions were filed by Mrs Blanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Priestly
Des Moines
D. Turney
Chicago
District Court actions and estates in September term
The September term opened at 2 PM with Judge M A Roberts presiding. A large purchase of girls coats at reduced prices was announced with a free cap offer starting September 22. Numerous estate matters saw final reports approved, executors named, guardianships finalized, and monuments or tombstones authorized. Several civil and chancery cases were continued, settled, or dismissed, with dates set for hearings and trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banc 3 of Justice
District Court
M. A. Roberts
Grand jury drawn and court actions list adjourned
Court convened with Hon. M. A. Roberts presiding. Grand jurors Delzel Green foreman John Ham F W Peebler G W Wright I W Dyer John Wilson Victor Swanson drawn. clerk O H Herring bailiff S Holt named. Numerous cases settled dismissed with costs paid. Defaults, judgments, and decrees issued across several civil actions. Decrees include divorces quieting title partitions and foreclosures. some amends allowed and others fully dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Roberts
Delzel Green
John Ham
F. W. Peebler
G. W. Wright
I. W. Dyer
John Wilson
Victor Swanson
O. H. Herring
S. Holt
J. E. Roth
Jacob F. Goehner
Leggett
Store Ad Promises Low Prices on Clothing and Linens
A storefront urges readers to compare underwear hosiery blankets and coats with the promise of best values in wearables. It touts savings on cotton goods and claims to reveal the goods as the store’s success secret.
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Frank H. Wells. & Co
OPEL
Are
P the Empyrean Girls
Miss Calhoun
Miss Bean
Miss Work
Miss Sandland
Fion
Burlington
J. W. Bettendorf
Cameron, Mo
Dr. Edmonds
Leggett House
Geo. W. White
Effie
May Gantz
Oregon
California
Grand Opera House
Fronday
Fara
Ville
Kerrick
Fred .Wilson
Agency
Geo. Carse
Winfield
James Bartlett
John Schneider
The
Davis Bakery
Mt. Pleasant
L. O. Layman
W. A. Service
Guernsey
Dr. Maddux
al Brown
Bessie Barnum
Gus. Lindberg
Jay Copeland
Carl
Children’s Cloak Sale
Tecomah, Neb
Victor
Ft. Madison
Olive Combs
Elgin
Ill
Wm. Louden
R. B. Louden
C. J. Fulton
Louden Machinery Co
Niagara Falls
Farm Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers
Toronto
Canada
King Edward’s Hotel
E. W. Miller
Perlee
Lizzie Blanton
Crail
Gus. Samuelson
Glendale
Rock Island
Moline
Lincoln Hill
Lou Hirshberger
Mr. Hill
Hirshberger
Della du Vall
Kirksville, Mo
Andrew Anderson
J. L. Everett
Mercy P. Everett
Waltus Edwards
Chris Womelsdorf
E. Gentner
T. B. Allender
William Alexander
Benjamin F. Bowers
Waltus M. Bowers
Sarah Blair
Mary J. Farmer
Samuel T. Horton
George C. Crile
Nancy E. Smeaton
Mary A. Wells
William N. Brown
John Nelson
Cris B. Leasor
D. Coop
J. J. Crile
Guardian
John Lanz
Clinton Unkrich
Bondsman
William Snider
Tombstone
Mace Clarridge
W. A. Lamson
R. W. Lamson
Harlan’ Green
P. Ry. Co
I. M. Forbes
James F. Hayden
E. J. Hall
O. W. Warner
H. J. Fredrick
R. L. Davis
Emma J. Wallick
Marshall C
Wallick
FE. F. Franklin
I. D. Franklin
Sarah B. Simmons
E. J. Wallick
M. C. Wallick
Eliza A. Davis
Truman E. Parsons
Emma Gilbert
Laura Gantz
Cision
Frank S. Shriner
Junkin
F. D. Kerrick & 60
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