Local Notes Include Visits and Deaths Across Cities
Sunday visits bound several towns including Mt. Pleasant Ottumwa and Eldon. Local deaths touch Fairfield Detroit and nearby areas as families note a mother and Miss Averill’s sudden passing.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1907
Page
5
Swedish Lutherans Push Plan for Fairfield Church
A movement among Fairfield’s Swedish Lutherans seeks to build a church with two site offers near the square. Subscriptions have begun, with about $225 already pledged as plans call for a $2000 building. The congregation, formed five years ago with 25 members, hopes 30 to 40 families join if a church is erected, and a business meeting to appoint building committees is set for two weeks hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Advent Church
Persinious
Lockridge
St. Augustine College
Rock Island
Llindes Ware
Needham Buys Livingston Interest in Washington County Press
Charles K Needham completed a Washington deal to acquire R L Livingstons stake in the Washington County Press. Livingston retires and Needham will own and operate the Republican paper to please Republicans. Locally noted for strong editorship and ongoing advancement under Needham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles K. Needham
R. L. Livingston
Washington County Press
Livingston
Needham
Livingstone
Aefor the Presse
Chas. K. Needham
For Rent The Wilkins Farm Near Town
FOR RENT The Wilkins Farm 84 acres one half mile south of town. Call on or address E Turney. 6td-w
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
E. Turney
Fairfield Rifle Club Tops Company M In Third Rifle Match
The Armory hosted a military style target match between Fairfield Rifle Club and Company M on a Saturday night. Company M won with a total score 328 to 300 as shooters fired at 200 300 and 500 yards using telescope and peep sights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Rifle Chair
Company M
Armory
Jefferson County
Fairfield Rifle Club
Broome
DY Smith
Emery
Brown
Hochuly
Johnson
Bibge
Judge Roberts calls for radical overhaul of criminal law
Ottumwa judge M A Roberts urges indeterminate sentencing to free those who show desire to reform and keep dangerous offenders jailed. He backs prisoner classification to separate accidental from inherent criminals and proposes government schools to train criminalogy experts to reform districts and remove children from crime breeding environments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Roberts
Ottumwa
Towa
Mrs. Charles Linder Dies After Short Illness in Libertyville
Mrs. Charles Linder died Friday night at about ten o'clock at her Libertyville home after a brief illness. She leaves her husband and two sons. Funeral services were held at the Libertyville Methodist church this morning at nine, with burial following in Agency. Friends express deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Linder
Libertyville
Agency
Portland Mother of R. F. Wilson Dies
Mrs M A Wilson mother of R F Wilson of this city died at Portland Oregon Sunday morning Mr Wilson left the city last Wednesday night and reached his mother’s bedside Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Rife
Lincoln
Neb
William Mouck
Jack Pritchett
Dee Moines
City
Mia
Delicate Women Benefit From Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills
Charity A Hightower of Caldwell Texas praises Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills after relief from 13 years of monthly suffering. The ad claims quick headache relief and general pain relief with a money back guarantee, selling 25 doses for 25 cents from Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Undil
Dr. Miles
Hightower
Caldwell
Texas
Miles
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Fairfield to become hub of 150 mile interurban system
A Des Moines Register special reports Marengo forms the Marengo Mill and Railroad Co to push an interurban from Marengo to Millersburg Fairfield and beyond. The plan links with the Iowa Missouri Traction Power Co to Keosauqua and extends north to Vinton and northeast to Cedar Rapids covering about 150 miles and financed by New York capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Mexico
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
St. Louis
Des Moines Register
Maringo
Col. Andrews
Fairfield-Keosauqua
Marengo
Marengo Mill and Railroad Company
Millersburg
Iowa
Iowa-Missouri Traction Power Company
Keosauqua
Oskaloosa
Lne
Vinton
New York Capital
Dr Shoop's Catarrh Cure Trial Boxes Offered
An advertisement claims Dr Shoop's Catarrh Cure can cure nasal throat catarrh and offers trial boxes through druggists to prove its merit. It describes the cure as a snow white antiseptic balm in nickel capped jars and mentions Dr Shoop's Restorative for stomach related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shoop
Shoop
Europe
Trial Marriages For Black Hawk Offer National Echo
In the Register and Leader a discussion cites Black Hawk’s autobiography and Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons on trial marriage as a pragmatic approach. It notes Mahaska’s wife warning her people after visiting Washipeton to avoid white society’s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Clews-Parson
Black Hawk
Fairfield resident vows to stay after regional tour
Marence M. Glass writes to Dr. Maddux from riston that he has visited over twenty of the best towns in Oklahoma Arkansas and Indian Territory and found no town he would trade Fairfield for. Friends here are glad he has no plans to leave the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marence M. Glass
Dr. Maddux
Riston
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Fairfield
Mr. Glass
Stockport Keeps Tile Ditching Plant Local
At a mass meeting in Stockport on Friday afternoon the Tile Ditching factory was pledged to stay in the city. About 9 000 dollars of stock has been subscribed by locals eager to keep the invention in Stockport. Inventors Poulter and Munson, both residents, said they would locate the factory there if sufficient local capital is secured. Attorney Sands Calhoun reported strong enthusiasm and further subscriptions. once enough stock is in, a meeting will be held and directors chosen to run the plant, with production starting soon and machines on the market shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockport
Messrs
Poulter & Munson
Sands Calhoun
Messrs. Poulter & Mason
Revival Meetings Close at Baptist Church in Fairfield
After eleven weeks of special meetings led by Rev. Ezra Temple, the revival at the Baptist church concluded on Sunday. Rev. Temple will remain in Fairfield for a period to continue work in the revival's interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Ezra Temple
Temple
Fairfield
Fairfield Votes For Interurban Expansion
Fairfield residents approve an interurban line by 569 to 33, signaling rapid municipal progress. The Cen terville Citizen praises the town for practical, vigorous problem solving and rapid strides that could inspire neighboring cities.
Twenty Fifth Birthday of the Brighton Enterprise
The Brighton Enterprise marks its twenty fifth year of continuous publication under the same guiding editor. The note celebrates a quarter century of running a country newspaper, acknowledging past troubles but expressing satisfaction with the paper and its future at the helm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eterprise
Brighton Enterprise
Purity in Pharmacist's Choice Herbal Remedies Advised
Hollister's Rocky Mountain leads purity with select herbs and roots for safe remedies. No spirits or harmful drugs used in tea or tablets as Shriner promotes trustworthy pharmaceutical quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
S. Shriner
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