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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
5
The ad extols an oxford shoe designed for comfort with a careful, precise fit, likely aimed at buyers seeking durable, well-fitting dress footwear. It emphasizes reliability and everyday wearability for the wearer.
Local notes record multiple births to families including Mr and Mrs J P Starr and Mr and Mrs C M Glass. Visitors drop by from Kansas City to Burlington and Chariton, with illnesses and family gatherings noted. Free Methodist Home Benevolent Society to meet tomorrow at Mrs James Boyd’s home 1 to 5 pm.
The Chautauqua Auditorium hosted Fairfield High School seniors for their 1910 class sermon led by Rev G W Burch of the Christian church. Music by a city quartet and a duet by Mrs Lou Van Nostrand and Mr J T Davies accompanied the address. Burch outlined seven guiding virtues friendship faithfulness faith virtue love integrity and self reliance and urged the class to pursue these ideals as they enter adulthood.
The advertisement touts premium cook stove coal described as the finest ever to town. It claims a fire starts without full stove filling and invites customers to try it, noting availability of dry wood and contact phones 532 and 141.
See or phone Philip Carey for fresh home grown vegetables. His wagon will stop at your door. All kinds of repair work neatly and promptly done. W N Howell at Legreshleys old shop. 1272 Wantage in the Daily Journal ringing recoule.
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