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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
3
The sales ladies of Mefihangs Department Store were treated to a pleasant evening hosted by Misses Lonia Graham and Blanch Gaumer. They visited the Lyric first for an hour of entertaining pictures then enjoyed refreshments at Purity. The store staff has had several entertainments recently, but this outing was especially appreciated.
Chester A. Palmer of Omaha married Miss Nettie Lessinger in a quiet West Broadway ceremony at the brides sister’s home. Rev. W L Bright officiated with an interpreter, the couple both deaf and dumb, as they begin life together with plans to reside in Omaha.
Citizens along several blocks of West Adams streets plan concrete curbing and ask the city to share corner curb costs. The council votes the city will grade but will not fund curbing. Committee reports slated on coal bids and teamsters wage request to four dollars a day. All members present except Mayor Clarke and Councilman Ross.
Mary Wilson recovering from illness. Gus Rinaker visitors from Ottumwa. Glendora Green of Fairfield visiting friends. John Glotfelty buying three acres from Rinaker for a house. Dr S K Davis buying two acres from Thomas Carter for 1000. Luther Leedy visiting Batavia. Will Grissim moving into Ferrell rooms. Children Day exercises at Methodist church praised. Dr Robert Byers of Batavia visited parents. Joe Maddox completed new cement walk. Rose Henderson visiting her father.
George Peterson boss constructor visited Cedar Hill Saturday and paid the men for their work. Fourteen teams and twenty two men were present. Peterson will move on to Illinois to lead new projects. Various locals including Wm Martin and George Riedal spent Sunday in nearby towns and shopped, visited relatives, or attended events.
Claude Downard departed last night for Wooster Ohio to study the Wooster University office equipment setup. He will later head a similar installation at Parsons College as chief secretary, overseeing the new system.
Miss Emma Herring died last night at about 1130 at the home of her mother Mrs Jane Herring on West Broadway after years of illness. She was a highly regarded Fairfield resident active in the Congregational church and the P E O Sisterhood. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at four at the residence with interment at Evergreen cemetery.
The Epworth League of the Methodist church held a Tuesday evening gathering in the church basement with about thirty five members attending. They dressed in period outfits and enjoyed refreshments and musical selections as they recreated a childlike atmosphere for fun and merriment.
Salina notes report August Foss and wife visiting to look after property. Robert McCulley and Miss Miller spent Sunday at the Miller home in Germanville. William Cassel and a son visited his mother Mrs. Cassel. Hiram Heaton and sister Mary attended Presbyterian services. Lutheran Children’s Day featured a fine program. Dunlap visited the Longs. Mrs. Easton and Miss Ringner traveled to Fairfield for trading. Farmers busy in fields. wet weather helps weeds and fall wheat prospects. A group of gypsies passed through, stealing items and cheating Charley Oman in a horse trade for a worthless donkey pair.
Mrs. Clara B. Yancey, sister of Mrs. B. F. Fuller, died in Milwaukee on Wednesday after a year of ill health. The body will be brought to Fairfield this evening and the funeral will be held Saturday at 3 PM at the Fuller residence on West Briggs Street.
In Washington on June 18 Senator Brown of Nebraska argued in the Senate that wood pulp and print paper are cheaper in the United States due to lower wages and materials, giving the U S an advantage over Canada. Hale and Aldrich challenged his wage and production cost claims, saying the Mann committee testimony is unreliable and the U S may not have an edge. The window glass schedule was adopted.
Robbers blew the safe of the East Dubuque post office in Dubuque Iowa on June 18 seizing 500 dollars in cash and 50 dollars in postage stamps. Two men did the job while five watched and two charges of nitroglycerine were used. The safe wreck left a witness fifty feet away and the robbers were believed to escape on an outgoing freight train.
Des Moines reports Sergeant Beeson holding the lead after the first day of the state shoot with Captain Geist of Waterloo challenging him closely as the preliminary rounds end at the state rifle range north of Des Moines.
Four men D W Woods Fred Torgensen James Gordon and Jack Shelton were arraigned in U S district court on indictments charging the May 22 Lane cutoff train robbery. All pleaded not guilty and asked for separate trials with July 1 arguments on that point. Bail set at 25000 each.
Hampton Roads Va June 18 The sixteen battleships led by Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder steamed out signaling the start of the summer maneuvers for the main portion of the U S battle fleet. From now until mid August except for Independence Day break crews will drill on Atlantic waters preparing for routine fleet exercises and training.
The Missouri ouster suit against International Harvester was adjourned to July 12 for defense testimony. George W. Perkins will testify in New York next Tuesday. C. A. Dennison testified his Johnson Harvester company had about 150 Missouri agents and that independent firms controlled 25 to 35 percent of the harvesting machine business, with prices up 5 percent in 1908.
Excursion trains from all directions and long lines of cars filled Crown Point Indiana as seventeen light automobiles entered to contest the Indiana trophy on the Crown Point Lowell circuit. The city with 3000 residents was swamped by thousands of spectators eager for the event.
Readville Mass June 18 Ralph De Palma driving a sixty horsepower Fiat averaged 56 3 5 seconds per mile for twenty five miles and finished the test in 23 minutes 3 5 seconds establishing a new world record for twenty five miles on the Readville track.
In Dubuque Iowa on June 18 the Iowa state association of B P O E held a parade with about five thousand men in line. The march covered three miles and took one hour to pass a fixed point. Davenport won first prize for general appearance and for band. Marshalltown won second for band, Des Moines fifth. Oelwein led in membership presence with first prize, Marshalltown was second. Waterloo was excluded for a non union band.
General Grenville M. Dodge, famed Civil War veteran, battles a serious stomach malady at his home in Council Bluffs Iowa. A recent medical consultation in Omaha and Council Bluffs was held but details are not public.
Harrisburg state board of pardons recommends clemency for James B. Gentry the actor serving life for the murder of actress Madge Yorke. Official action follows the June 18 report from the board in Pennsylvania.
Edward Payson Weston spent the previous night in Weston Utah Morgan and continued his long distance walk toward San Francisco this morning signaling progress on the cross country trek.
Mrs Amelia White died last night at 12 30 at her West Burlington home after two months illness. She was about 78 and a lifelong English Lutheran, with two children Verner L White and Anna White of this city. The service will be Saturday at two at the residence conducted by Rev W L Bright.
Miss Gertrude Cicle of this city married John Robertson of Mason City Wednesday at Justice D B Wilson home on West Hempstead street. A wedding dinner followed at the bride’s sister Mrs John Crawford’s residence on West Kirkwood street. The bride is the daughter of H Cicle and the groom is a Mason City native. The couple left Wednesday night for their new home. Guests included Miss Myrtle Bernaugh and Elmer Robertson.
A Des Moines convention of Iowa city chiefs and marshals on July 15 aims to boost police cooperation and efficiency. Resolutions will urge creation of a Washingtonlike state Identification Bureau at the capitol for Iowa officers. In another item, a large raid with Postoffice Inspector Oldfield nets a dozen aliens over the Black Hand in Cincinnati.
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