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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1910
Page
2
The Reporter extends greeting to readers who joined from the Postal Card list and aims to serve subscribers in every sensible way. It asks cooperation in sharing news about illnesses visits entertaining guests buying selling or building and notes news about you and your family will interest someone.
General Frederick D. Grant asserts the army should keep the canteen out of service. He notes most outside customers near camps are civilians, with soldiers seen mainly as militia rather than regulars. He claims many pubs near camps have closed due to lack of patronage, supporting his stance.
Mrs Etta B Hurford state president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will speak at the M E Church on September 20 at 8 PM The lecture will cover Constitutional Prohibition and its implications for society.
George Rice returned from the Gulf area with details to follow. The Union church built a new sidewalk. Fred Minger laid a cement walk. A millinery shop opened by a Garber woman, Schmidt, who also dresses, occupies the Herrling building. Ida Sargent teaches 26 pupils in Voshell district. Emma Poor teaches 24 pupils in Rafuis. Wadena High School opened with three teachers: Alice Delabery, Miniban, Leahy. A hailstorm hit Sunday night. Dr Curtis preached at Union Church on The Christian's Hope. Frank Bates of Arlington visited. The Iowa Annual Conference of the United Brethren meets October 19 in Toledo with Bishop Weekley presiding. 1300 accessions reported.
Smithfield notes list residents ill including Tom Masters and Isabell Langerman. Local schooling opens in District No 8 with Miss Hattie Linn. Several visits and family activities occur across Lima, Arlington, Fayette and Wadena areas.
A week’s end report highlights tent meetings at the Thompson farm led by Rev. Childs and visits among area families. Notables include departures, weddings, and neighborly visits among Hettler, Leyh, Dietel, Kuhns, and other locals, with nephew Dr McLean and Isavel in need of care.
Alice Tompkins attends S U. university while Harry Tompkins loses a valuable horse at the fair last week. Joe Stearns and family visit West Union. Mrs Neuenschwander and family visit Mattocks in Iliyria. Urban Brewer and family with Chas Koehler visit A C Stansbury near Brainard. Ann Bass visits Logan near Sumner. RL Harvey builds a new machine shed. Ella Popenhagen visits Louie in Wadena. Verne Ash rents Collett farm for next year. Farmers telephone line repairs boost service. Schools reopen with Miss White Frog Hollow Miss Cooley Spring Valley and Miss Oelberg Stone. Rose Ann Rothheberger visits Neuenschwander home. Mra N visits Castalia and other points. Tillie Tesmar returns to Waucoma. Hattie also returns. Warning on croup: Chamberlains Cough Remedy advised for early treatment. Sold by all druggists.
Mack looks for more sales this year than usual. Better date yours now and get your choice, Same old price 1% Gilmore Hawkeye Oelwein Fayette Sept 21 Sept 27 Sept 29 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 27 R B McCormack sale dates Wm Gremmels Geo Mabon J W Reeser John Dalldorf Dan Collette Mra Jos Alwood Sept 20 Sept 20 Sept 20 Sept 29 Oct 19 Oct 27 Oct 27.
A vintage ad urges buyers to skip costly plasters and purchase Chamberlain's Liniment for twenty five cents. It claims a dampened flannel with the liniment relieves lame backs and chest pains more cheaply and effectively, and notes it is sold by all druggists.
John Graf returns from Kirksville Missouri. Miss Lila Lockwood opens school near Minkler. Lem Ricketa ill in Jacksonville Florida. A baby girl born to John Pettit and wife. Various visits to relatives in Minkler West Liberty Waterloo and Cedar Rapids. Lectures by Mrs Etta Hurford on Prohibition at M E Church. Local moves sales and farm rentals ensue as residents travel for fairs and health. Weather storm Sunday night with high streams. Chamberlains remedies advertised for bowel complaints.
A notice promotes telegraphy careers for young men and women in the wireless and railway fields. With the eight hour law and expanding transmitter stations, demand outstrips supply. Salaries start near seventy to ninety dollars monthly, with growth prospects. The National Telegraph Institute runs six institutes across the United States under railroad and wireless supervision and places graduates. Correspondence offered from Davenport Iowa Cincinnati Ohio Portland Oregon or Memphis Tennessee.
Mrs J E Van de Sande of Kirkland Indiana says electric bitters kept her from breaking down during a severe three month strain. The tonic promises health and strength with guaranteed satisfaction. Available for 50 cents at Rickert and Davis.
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