Fayette county notes and social happenings 1912
The Fayette Iowa region reels with small town arrivals and departures as Claire and Arthur Kelly visit Wadena and Grandma Hensley, families gather for Sunday visits, coal shipments begin, a new grandson Max J Palmer born in Waterloo, and local travels to Clarion Oelwein Nora Springs Arlington Illyria and Fostoria. WCTU hosts a dinner, improvements appear at the George Lambert home, and many residents attend social events and church ties amid farming and railroad work.
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Paul
New York
Iowa
Smithfield Township
Willis
Alvert
Oelwein
Smithfield Folks Welcome Distant Guests Amid News and Tragedy
Local society hosts visitors from Minneapolis and Spooner while a list of illness and life events unfolds. A cattle death by lightning, a Decorah show outing, and a lengthy biographical obituary for John Clark Paulson mark a week of community activity in Smithfield and surrounding towns.
Lightning Strikes Reverend Parker House Causing Damage
A Saturday night storm sent lightning through the Reverend D. M. Parker home wrecking walls and alarming neighbors. Mrs. Misa Blythe slept thru shock while holes burned into clothing. The damage is estimated between 50 and 2300 dollars. Clartes felt numb in his arm the next morning.
Crain To Study With Chicago Artist Read
Professor J. W. Crain of Upper Iowa University will travel to Chicago to study with renowned concert and opera soloist John T. Read during the vacation. The vocal department head plans further violin study with Halamice, both teachers affiliated with the American Conservatory of Music.
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J. W. Crain
Upper Iowa University
Chicago
John T. Read
Crain
Bia
Halamice
American Conservatory of Music
Local Names Feature in Odd Couple Pairings
Chris Decker and Frieda Thran, JF. &. Sanders and Elizabeth A. Kaiser, Ernest Schumacher and Maude Callahan Ralph Wells and Viola King, Bert Bright and Lena Walker, Gilbert O. Rureda and Gunelda I Stray.
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Chris Decker
Frieda Thran
JF. &. Sanders
Elizabeth A
Ralph Wells
Viola King
Bert Bright
Lena Walker
Gilbert O. Rureda
Gunelda I Stray
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Corn Belt Business College
Oelwein Business College
Oelwein, Iowa
of, Paine Publishing Co
Fayette
Fayette Iowa
Claire and
Arthur Kelly
Wadena
Grandma Hensley
Mra Smith
Clermont
Elmer Anderson
Lima
Strann
Los Angeles
Cal
Will Carmichael
Kilmer Anderson
Stack
Dan Hensley
Delberg Brose
Qelberg Bros
Graf Bros Shippe
Jima
Clothier
Thomas Parker
Waterloo
Max J Palmer
Misa Etta Miller
Mra Cynthia Jones
Miss Hila
Nora Springs
Della Bass
Mra E. A’ Martin
WCTU
Will Follensbee
Karl Martin
Clarion
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Charley Oelberg
Harold
Frank Jones
Rubies
Rufus Warren
A Ed Voshell
Arlington
Mrs Carr
Fostoria
Mra
WF Albright
William
Mary
Shirley
Illyria
Mra Albright
Frances Foxwell
George Lambert
Dot
Grover
Spring Valley and
Frog Hollow
H. Salisbury
Hawkeye
EF Starr
Perry
Mrs B Starr
Willis Wooldridge
Cedar Rapids
J A Wooldridge
Jesse Wooldridge
Frank Starr
B Starr
E R Ballard
Allen
George Fay
John Fritz
West Union
Ted Metcalf
Frank Turner
Ursa Clegg
Yates
Bessie
Will Timmerman
Bud Metcalf
Isaac Paul
Geo Spatcher
Russell
West Union Chautauqua
William S. Kenyon
United States
W.S. Kenyon
William J. Bryan
Father Granam
Disner J. F. Berry
Orchastra
THE
GALES
Dodlers
E. M. Phillips
Smithfield
Seam Adams
George Clendenen
Mount Hope
Wisconsin
Clarence Walsh
George Grey
Center Grove
Jesse Chase
Buffalo Bill
Louise
Alice Upton
Fred Gaynor
Spooner
Wis
Kiel
Colfax
Lee Bunton
Frank
AP Johnson
Willa Sperry
Riley Knight
Gardner
San Diego
Alice McGarvey
Phila Payne
Ardis Conrad
Maynard
Rob Right
Delbert Paul
Decorah
John Clark Paul
John Clark Paulson
Joahua
Day
Saratoga County
N. Y
Mary A. Howe
Jease
Eugene
Mother Paul
Ogden
Moses Paul
Michigan
Ray
F. G. Young
Grandview Cemetery
Joun Clark Paul
R. Z. Latimer
D.C. Sperry, D. V. M
Edmunds
Walker
Ernest Schumacher and
Maude
Callahan
Fox Furniture Company
Fayette, Iowa
G. B. Servoss
Main St
Opera House
Mart Smith
Fayette Dray Line
M. Budyk Optometrist
Dubuque, Iowa
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