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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1911
Page
11
In a quiet Sunday visit to a small town cemetery the veteran recalls comrades buried as Union soldiers. He points to headstones for Jack Wilburn Gordon Whitcomb and Tom Porter, noting how authorities gathered and interred as many fallen as possible.
A veteran recounts how Raymond Hall died defending the rival who loved the same girl. Two men in love with one woman faced tragedy in Civil War retreat. The survivor, Jim Martin, later married the girl after a long, harrowing tale.
A children’s vignette recalls a boy’s pockets full of simple items from marbles to a whistle and a rusty key, then shifts to a bear tale of Bruin the Italian master and a theft rescued by a tame guardian. It moves to farmyard games serpentine tag and then to explorations of plants animals and a page of conundrums and Japanese maxims.
A faded verse from Youth's Companion narrates a poppy doll used in a garden play. The speaker laments its damaged head, petals folded back, and arms made of twigs before the creator leaves, wondering if it will fade away.
A light social piece describes a circle game where a leader asks questions to be answered in alphabetical order from A onward. Examples show destinations and tasks starting with each letter, followed by light quips and cartoon captions from various newspapers.
A child Mary suffers chilblains in spring. Bob offers a remedy by daily skipping rope. Mary follows the advice and, within a week, the chilblains disappear as she continues to skip with Bob.
Warm weather brings foot troubles for thousands with sweaty tender feet and corns. A Calocids compound soaks away soreness in a 15 minute foot bath, promising permanent relief nightly until cured, alleging bunions shrink and inflammation drains.
A laundry list of quips and jokes follows about cats dying from a flu like disease. The Times attributes an epidemic to influenza impacting many felines. humorous asides compare pets and humans, with satirical sketches from Punch, Atlanta Constitution, and other periodicals.
George Ward aged 77, a pioneer railroad builder and founder of Plymouth, Iowa, died after a weeklong illness from a foot injury. Born in Kent England in 1854, he came to America in 1856, arrived in Iowa in 1861, built grades for the Burlington line Waterloo to Cedar Rapids, worked with Elwell Couch Glass & Co, and supervised the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line from Calmar to Mason City. He later graded the Mason City Algona line and the Austin to Mazon City route, and laid out Plymouth, once owning the entire townsite.
The Iowa Academy of Science elected officers for the ensuing year. L Begeman of State Teachers College Cedar Rapids is president A A Bennett of Ames agricultural college is first vice president C N Kinney of Drake University Des Moines is second vice president L Fountuss of Drake University Des Moines is secretary George F Kay of State University of Iowa is treasurer H S Conrad of Iowa College Grinnell B H Bailey of Coe College Cedar Rapids and HH M Kelly of Cornell College Mt Vernon form the executive committee.
Muscatine Iowa May 1 An agreement between striking pearl button operators and factory owners was signed after negotiations by a striker committee and Governor Carroll. The terms will be public after shop meetings today. Ratification could send workers back to work Wednesday morning.
J Cross of its City mails voted franchises to install and operate electric lighting and power systems in Center Point Walker Cogeon and Central City. He plans to connect a string of towns to a central plant and to begin demolishing the old mill property at Central City to use water power in the operation of his central plant.
Edwin Cass, deemed an alleged tax embezzler from Taylor county, remains jailed in Bedford after indictment on three counts. bonds set at 35,400 dollars, judge denies reduction, Cass not yet released. Also note: U.S. Government to send patrol boat to Dubuque for Mississippi Power Boat regatta with expected federal support. Anamasa saloon petition fails to reach required 50 percent support before municipal election.
May 1 report states four mail pouches were stolen during a transfer. Postal inspectors and local authorities investigated. the pouches were later found in a trash bin. Investigation continues to identify the thief or thieves involved.
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