in pleasantville, iowa, so much of the rhythm of life is set by the seasons, turning the acreage, planting the seed, then bringing in the harvest, corn and soy, mostly. so that june morning in 2015 dawned with no particular omens. shirley carter and her husband, bill, started their day as they always did, with coffee at the general store. >> we went to coffee every morning at milo, to casey's. that was a ritual. >> reporter: after coffee, saying hello to neighbors, they bounced back down the gravel road to home. bill dropped off shirley at the top of the driveway. >> i let her out of the pickup, and she said, "i think i'll finish my coffee before i chore. and i said, "honey, i'll see you between 11:00 and 11:30." >> reporter: you never know, do you, bill? >> you don't know. >> reporter: bill headed off to sell a load of corn at the granary about an hour away. by 11:00 a.m., he remembers being just a few miles from home when he got a call from his daughter. >> and she said, "dad, mom's dead. jason found her." >> reporter: jason, bill's son, had called 9-1-1. this is what he said. >> my mom

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. >> they've shut down main street and downtown pleasantville so they can take advantage of the outside dining role. almost every restaurant has moved their tables out onto the street. it is the buneners sere people >>the moodis upbeat. no cars, and no traffic for half a mile a main street. just people enjoying the outdoors and great food. >> it feels more normal. they are able to open it 50% of the original capacity. they can see churches operated 25%. but no more than 100 people. >> when he had 6000 people like this, it will be for five days for us to have service. they have them staying closed here. they say about 500 cars came to this morning. >> a wonderful time feeding the people. and that is the new paradigm. >> they are looking at a new flex street program to streamline the permitting process is so you can put tables on the sidewalks and in parking lanes. they still do not offer outdoor dining experience. they say it is not safe or financially feasible to bring waiters back. >> we are not in a rush to get alameda county to bring people back in. we don't want to risk people's ta

. >> tony in pleasantville, new york, good evening. >> hi, susan, how are you today?>> great, thanks. >> thanks thanks to book tv, one of the best books i ever read was destiny of the republic by candice millard. and in that book, so many facts, but the three that caught my attention tonight were abraham lincoln's son, tad, involvement in three presidential assassinations, not necessarily being involved in the assassinations, but being in the area of them. and you showed an artist's sketch of the railroad car that carried president garfield to the house where he passed away. i wonder if mr. anthony could tell the story of how that car got there. >> and lastly, there's a park up in that area i believe it's called seven presidents park, maybe they might have to make that eight presidents, now that president obama visited under different circumstances, why so many presidents went to the jersey shore. >> okay. well, we have very little time, so the -- >> it was fashionable. the salt air was thought to be recuperative. and in order to reach that house, they had to lay extr