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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1910
Page
5
Brief news notes recount visits and travels of residents including Prof and Mrs Oliver and Blanche Cattermole in Minnesota, Mrs Ulrich and daughters in Illinois, and local moves. The issue also shares detailed obituaries for William Pangburn and William Burch, outlining their birthplaces, families, emigration, religious life, and funeral arrangements.
The wedding of Prof. W. H. Cooper formerly of U. S. and Miss Benita Buell was held at the bride’s parents home in Maynard at noon Wednesday. The couple will reside in Naperville Illinois where he will hold the chair of oratory. Best wishes from Fayette friends accompany them.
A syndicated missive denounces the Law Enforcement League for supplying free opinion columns to Iowa newspapers. It argues the material argues against prohibition and temperance, and warns publishers that accepting it amounts to selling cheap influence or betraying belief in liquor.
The note urges customers to report dead trees or plants to replace them under the agreement. It lists K G Platt in the Madison house Fayette, L D Puarr Prop Nursery in Oelwein Iowa as contacts for writing or calling.
Mary Ann Skinner Barnes born July 19 1863 in Bedford England came to America as a child. She lived in Massillon and Wheatland Illinois before returning to Massillon Ohio. She married A S Barnes in 1882 and had three children Robert A Mattie A and Charlie. She died August 17 after a lingering illness and was buried in Fayette beside earlier kin.
A long recounting of 18th century Fayette County events tells how Peter and Polly, early settlers, faced a violent 1542 attack by indigenous raiders who killed Tegarden and Atwood, wounded children, burned the Tegarden cabin, and prompted a fragile white withdrawal. Survivors found aid from Battie, O'Rear, and Wilcox families as settlers regrouped, soldiers later captured the attackers, and the community slowly rebuilt near Fayette County's origin sites.
Automobilists in Wayvette and Fayette counties and their families are invited to an all day picnic at Gager's Park Alpha on September 1 1910. W C Dennisvron local vice president Fayette Automobile Association urges attendance for a community outing.
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