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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1911
Page
11
David Fuseell spent Sunday at Maynard Col. Grrantis returned to St. Paul Monday. Lolo Bogart returned to his home in Oelwein Priding, FoR. Fineh and family spent the fourth at Waareonne Get your Portland Cement at Young's Hardware. 46-tf Wood, limber and sawduats for gale.
Aeister of li Myers visits from Wisconsin and Elsie Davis returns home from Oakdale. Lisa, Merle Durfey, and Chas Landas re shingle a barn. Mrs Parker visits Roches-ter, Minn. Karl and Grace Anderson return from West Union area. Grace Williams visits Rowlands cousins near West Union. A West Union Friday contest is postponed for unavoidable reasons. Warren Hastings dies in Milwaukee after cholera. funeral held at the Hastings home and Catholic church in Kayette. Warren’s brother Thomas travels to Milwaukee. service details and hospital letter noted. Hastings leaves wife and several relatives in mourning.
Wadena area residents spent the Fourth with visits to families, a Christ Johnson farm picnic, and a barn dance. Miss Mae Voshell and Miss Sophia Frey joined trips to Dubuque and West Union. Harald Leuenberger and others eyed gooseberry picking. Miss Rain Markley and various friends returned to town after absences. multiple gatherings involved families including the Kuhen, Voshell, and Frey clans, with extended travel to Dubuque on the 7:30 train and a celebratory conductor cheer for Miss Vordell.
A one man’s remarks reflect that many counties and towns in the state went dry this year and saloon closures rose with appeals pending. The piece argues war on liquor reduces casualties more than war abroad and condemns permissive celebrations harming youths.
Spring Valley and Frog Hollow residents appear in a string of social items. Misa Jone Miller owns a new piano. Mra L D Shatter suffered tonsillitis. The Jim Ore family enjoyed a grove picnic on July 1. Miss Etta Barnhart visited relatives at Oelwein. Miss Beulah Saaffer attended a Woodman picnic in West Union. Lavon Chapman and Eva Marvin of Fayette visited Jane Miller. Alice Tompkins stayed with Mae Connor of Clermont. Weather noted as torrid and thirsty. Haying and harvesting begin. rye cut. Edwin Clothier hosts visitors from St. Louis. Tompkins and Stansbury plan to return to work in Waterloo. PTA meeting at DC Gollett home in West Union. Stansoury and wife visited from Oelwein. Jamil of Brain also present. Winnifred Stayer and friend called by. Spring Valley folk traveled to Gage Point, West Union, Clermont. Stearns and wife hosted Frog Hollow friends for dinner and a later gathering at the Tompkins home for fire.
Fragmentary notes report Miss Kimma under strain with teary moods, H. 3. Linu showing improvement, and Miss Mary Arnold Shanklin visiting Miss Aeaits Graf in Maidleton. The item hints at wartime census plans and concerns about professional citizens on a lawn matter.
In a Philadelphia studio a magazine illustrator notes that John Sargent can command 85000 per portrait. A deputation once asked him to paint a colonel for 25000, offering half-length and full-length options. The painter retorts with terse politeness, debating the requested scale of the work. The anecdote reflects Sargent’s fame and negotiating wit.
A dated, practical recipe describes making a thrifty stew using silt pork fried to brown, then layered with carrots turnips and potatoes. Water is added and simmered for an hour, with potatoes added midway. Labeled as a good economy dish.
I visited Seth and Paul and little Theodore for a pleasant time from one to four. The mother welcomed me warmly and spoke of walking home, the WHitle site, smiling windows and doors, and a cheerful apple tree. The hollyhocks and Tobes on the path added to the scene as chattering chicks moved about.
Partial OCR reads of a local page describe a creator named Loam developing a new invention. The text questions whether it will lower living costs or merely change household dynamics. Fragments mention voices in adjacent rooms during demonstrations.
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