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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
8
An extensive exchange list of cottages and residences with prices from 1 450 to 3 500, plus large acreage available for trade. Includes new seven room residence on North Court, six to twenty acre lots, stores, and stock trade options. Features city water piping and various out buildings. Also offers exchanges for millinery stock and modern farm residence properties. See
Local correspondence notes numerous visits and social events across Packwood Fairfield and nearby towns. People attend Easter services, church functions, and concerts while residents travel for studies and family visits. An active schedule includes baptisms, school terms, farm activity, and minstrel entertainment at local churches.
William Miller and his wife were tried in Justice Wilson's court for assaulting Mrs. Widner and her son Jay. They were fined ten dollars each plus costs. Mrs. Miller then obtained a warrant charging Mrs. Widner with assaulting and beating her.
Fairfield Bay student William McCoy of Fairfield Iowa will receive the bachelor of divinity degree May 1 at Princeton Theological Seminary commencement. McCoy a Parsons College graduate class of 1902 is one of three Iowa graduates to receive the degree and plans preaching this summer.
Plant your corn. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Jay Howard on Friday April 28. Roy McKee of Ottumwa visited relatives. Mrs Caroline Gibson’s house on West Grimes Street repainted. W W Ashmead and family welcomed a baby boy born Saturday April 2. Workmen lay cement for a new walk in front of the opera house. Mrs Vanunie New and brother William Irwin visited. Mrs Maria Irvin returned home to Pittsburg after an extended visit. Mrs Charles Moberg called to Four Corners for her father’s illness. J Wall of Chicago and Robert J Wall of Isle of Pines visiting sister Mrs U L James. Mrs Harry Cohen and baby returned from Ottumwa visit. Marriage license issued to Thomas Walker and Melissa Vanness. East-town youths surprised Miss Edith Vernon at her home. Tenth District Annual Convention set for Bloomfield May 11 and 12 with Rev Alexander Corkey presiding. George W White & Co advertise 53 quarter sections in Phillips County Colorado. Hazel Henry celebrated eleventh birthday with friends on N Fifth Street. Centerville visitors Dr Frank Sawyers and family. he recently graduated from Northwestern University. A large procession escorted Miss Bessie Caviness to her wedding to Joseph Larson on May 4 at her parents’ home. Mrs King organized the surprise party with about 65 young guests bearing small gifts. Rathbone Sisters hosted a May Day flinch party for about 100 guests at Castle Hall. Mrs W E Scott awarded the first prize.
Thieves entered the home of James Young on West Madison Street through a window and escaped with about 75 cents as residents awoke. They also tried Dr. Conner’s residence on South Main Street, but fled when Mrs. Conner and her sons were alerted. Homer Davis’s home was entered similarly through a window, but the burglars fled before searching.
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