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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
8
Brookville won 14 to 4 over Cedar in the Sunday game and local residents report a busy week of community activities. Neighbors attend a state Sunday school convention in Ottumwa while road improvement efforts spread across town.
The column records residents and visitors across Iowa towns including Ottumwa Glendale Tyrone Brighton Libertyville and Des Moines. It notes social calls travel plans illnesses and minor family events as well as brief local happenings and upcoming public notices.
Mr and Mrs Lon Jeffery visited the Burke home Sunday. Win Duttweiler and family and S A McGuire called in Fairfield Saturday. Mt Ayre church children’s meeting Sunday evening well attended. Mr and Mrs Estus Worton Miss Cora Shippy and Mr Frank Welson went to Ft Madison on the excursion Friday. Miss Mary Bogner of Four Corners burned with gasoline at Fairfield Thursday morning died at Burlington hospital that evening.
Libertyville farmers worry over corn plowing tasks while Mrs Maddix of Birmingham falls ill and her daughter-in-law Mrs Hawkins is likewise sick. Presbyterian church receives a fresh coat of paint. Geo White and Frank Glotfelty visit Fairfield. Dollie Clarridge travels to Ottumwa for a stay of several days. Mrs Bessie Raymond and child mentioned.
A quaint reflection on contentment and thrift. It extols the ordinary man who supports himself, values neighbors, saves money, and avoids pretension in dress and ambition. It notes a practical, unassuming life without chasing grand political fame.
An ad touts Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggins and related remedies for constipation indigestion and kidney troubles sold by Madison Wisconsin firm JOLDEM NUGGETS FOR SALLOW EOE. It also promotes a laugh therapy treatment said to cure dyspepsia in two weeks with two hours daily sessions led by an English doctor at a sanatorium.
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