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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
5
Advertises winter foot gear including leggings overshoes and leather covert cloth options. Promotes Hunt-Ireland sterling quality footwear with dependable service and low prices, plus shoe repairing offered.
Miss Cecelia Greenleaf visits for a few days while friends gather. Numerous travelers, guests, and relatives are noted across town including Miss Floss Rogers in Chicago and Miss Margaret Clarke in Burlington. The Board of Education named Miss Mary Chidister to fill a vacancy after Miss Lulu Welch's resignation. Christmas visitors from Batavia and Davenport join local families during the holidays.
The final Sunday school entertainment for Christmas drew a full Presbyterian church audience. The Ukre Boys Band performed superbly while each student received a candy box and offerings were collected to support missionary work in Korea.
Mr and Mrs P Carey hosted a family reunion on Christmas day with all four children and their families in attendance. Five of the eight grandchildren were present including Georgia Fry Philip Fry Lucia Rowley Alice Rowley and Vern Carey.
Mr and Mrs John Bailey and family, Ernest Bailey and family, Mr Sarah Bailey and daughter Molli and Miss Florence Howis spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs Dave Roach. Celestia Howlett who was badly burned last week is improving. Miss Gladys Bailey of Fairfield visiting relatives and friends here.
Basketball game at the Armory near the square with reserved seating at Wisecarver and Mohr's. Admission is 25 cents.
Fragmented notice lists a delivery contact with a phone number and a rough address hint. It reads like an order or inquiry for furniture via general delivery. No clear dates or entities beyond a location near Cobhs and a stray number are identifiable.
A notice indicates LEAVE ORDERS with W. F. Bey ing to handle magazine subscriptions. Bey ing is listed as responsible for all subscriptions.
An 1900s style advertisement notes a sack of flour bid at 1 cent for Congregational Church fundraiser and promotes meat markets Niemeyer’s and Smith’s with Fancy Corn Fed Scared Beef on exhibition through Friday morning and a half pound Royal Baking Powder included in a grocery bargain.
Nie meyer advert promotes a change of program at the Lyric offering a chance to enjoy a good show and a sack of flour for 85 cents.
A brief notice touts that the Lyric shows new pictures each night and markets admission at 10 cents for full access to the program. It emphasizes constant novelty and low-cost entertainment for patrons seeking fresh visuals.
The Lyric presents the first show this evening at 7 39 with doors opening earlier for attendees. The event runs as a single performance set, inviting local audiences to enjoy the program.
A home treatment claim promotes ZEMO as a clean vegetable preparation that draws out germs and toxins on the skin surface to cure eczema and similar skin diseases. Bradshaw Drug Co. offers explanations and testimonials on its effectiveness for home use and relief.
Portrait form sale advertisement offering 1609 acres for exchange in Saskatchewan near a railroad town and CP main line in township 14 range 3. Price 15 dollars per acre. Contact Geo H Jackson Boyd Iowa 813dwl.
A promotional note advertises combining magazine issues as Christmas gifts. Each issue is mailed to separate addresses and the first issue includes a Christmas card with the sender's wishes. The wording is garbled but centers on a discounted, multi-subscription holiday sale.
Classified note lists price options for Current Literature and magazines including American Magazine Good Housekeeping and Daily Journal, indicating bundled price or individual subscription terms. Fragmentary text repeats and ends with Ce.
A four dollar special price attracts doctors lawyers ministers and prominent business people who read current literature, highlighting a sale event featuring notable local professionals.
Dr E Grant Myrick announces special attention to diseases of women and children and offers home calls for 1.90 dollars for a few months to any city area. He invites farmers to use his services and advertises reasonable prices. Office in McElhinney building with office phone 327 and residence 252.
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