Good Interurban Meeting at Jefferson Club Rooms
A large turnout discusses an electric interurban from Fairfield to Keosauqua. Plan calls for $150000 in funding, $60044 from Fairfield and $30000 from other towns, with $90000 raised by township tax. A dam at Keosauqua would supply 2000 hp for cars and commercial use. Committee of three selects fifteen to canvass for $30000 stock. Fairfield citizens urged decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Club Rooms
Fairfield
Keosauqua
Jefferson Club
A. W. McElhaney
Charles Junkin
Stockport
Birmingham
Mt. Zion
Des Moines
A. W. McElhany
J S. McKenney
Boon Ae
Journal
McKibany
Pretty Home Wedding at Kearns Residence
Miss Myrtle Kearns and Frank Simpson wed in a May ceremony at the Kearns home in Fairfield. Rev. Wil lam Kearns officiated with Olive Kearns on the wedding march. About fifty relatives attended the Presbyterian ceremony and a three course luncheon followed. The couple will reside at their Fairfield home after June 1 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Bb. Kearns
Myrtle
Frank Simpson
Willam Kearns
Beatrice
Nebraska
Presbyterian Church
Olive Kearns
Gail Junkin
Chester Kearns
Miss Kearns
Chicago visitors roam city kinfolk in brief call
Mrs. L. Merklin and Mrs. Charles Adkins, both of Chicago, are in the city visiting relatives. Mrs. Merklin is the dieter of Cary Metherson who lives a short distance outside the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Adkins
Chicago
Merklin
Cary Metherson
Quiet Wedding at Christian Church Parsonage
Jacob Bennett and Iva Shampoel-Gibson wed in a private Tuesday ceremony conducted by Rev. H. C. Littleton. Bennett, longtime Fairfield resident active in church and lodge, will live near the Rock Island depot as they begin housekeeping. The Seymour Press changes hands to Byron L Hascher and Elmer Gunter. name and politics to shift to Seymour Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Jacob Bennett
Iva Shampoel-Gibson
H. C. Littleton
Bennett
Fairfield
Salem
Rock Island Depot
Ife
Journal Force
Seymour Press
Byron L., Hascher
Elmer Gunter
Seymour
Seymour Democrat
Republican County Convention Nominates Delegates
The republican county convention met at the court house Thursday at 1:80 oclock and transacted business. It nominated delegates to the congressional convention in Burlington on June 6 and the judicial convention in Ottumwa on May 20 with resolutions endorsing E L Mc Cord and J S McKenney.
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Republican County
Court House
Thursnoon
Baldridge
Batavia
Thornton Fordyce
Burlington
Ottumwa
E. L. McCord
Congress
J.S. McKenney
A. G. Jordan
Central Committee
Des Moines
Boiler Explosion Kills Two at Crawfordsville Tile Factory
A Thursday morning explosion at Brown Bros tile plant in Crawfordsville killed Henry Haugh and Walter Menefee the engineer. The boiler blast hurled debris up to 20 rods and sent Haugh’s body 150 feet from the plant. The day force had not yet started when the accident occurred.
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Brown Bros
Crawfordsville
Henry Haugh
Walter Menefee
Menefee
Foree
Haugh
Birthday Surprise for Mrs Sam Turner at Home
A Wednesday birthday surprise brings about twenty relatives and friends from Fairfield and Glasgow to Mrs. Turner’s home. They enter unannounced, present a rocking chair as a gift, share a meal, and pose for a group photo after a day of socializing.
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Sam Turner
Fairfield
Glasgow
Turner
Dr H Mealey Visit Highlights Pleas ant Plain Business
Dr H Mealey a Pleas ant Plain druggist was seen in Pairfield on Thursday on business providing a brief local sighting of his trip and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Mealey
Pleasant Plain
Pairfield
Gov Cummins Promotes Holy City At Fairfield Grand Opera
The Holy City production at the Grand Opera house in Fairfield on Tuesday May 22 promises a striking and uplifting display. Clarence Bennett, author and star as John the Baptist, oversees the performance which depicts Biblical events around the crucifixion with reverent tableaux and a focus on elevating themes without portraying Christ on stage.
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Holy City
Grand Opera House
Calvary
Micheal Angelo
Christ
Earth
Clarence Bennett
John the Baptist
Death of Joseph S Stuff Aged 90 In Knoxville Area
George W White reports the death of his uncle Joseph S Stuff at his home in Knoxville Town on April 15 1906 aged 90 years 10 months and days. Funeral services were at the Presbyterian church in Knoxville on April 20 with interment at Graceland. He lived in Jefferson county and Fairfield for many years and was known as an old settler who came to Fairfield in 1847.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. White
Josephs
Knoxville
Presbyterian Church
Graceland
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Cummins to Address Fairfield on May 26 for Republican Nomination
Governor A B Cummins will speak at the Grand Opera house in Fairfield on Saturday May 26 as he seeks the Republican nomination for governor. Jefferson County Republicans push a Roosevelt Cummins club opposing graft and rail interests while facing Burlington machine influence and a strong Cummins delegate lead.
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A. B. Cummins
Fairfield
Grand Opera House
Jefferson County
Roosevelt-Cummins Club
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Joe W. Blythe
Iowa
Cummins
Blythe
Rile
Jefferson Couty
Perkins
Rathbun
Cuming
Lafe Young
Cumins
Cuminins
Obituary of Anna Prudence Shamp in Iowa
Anna Prudence Shamp of Wooster County near Brookville Iowa died May 8 at home in her forty eighth year after two prior marriages and three husbands. She left children and was buried after a funeral at the Free Methodist church led by Rev Louis Mendenhall. Her life was marked by sacrifice for family and neighbors and many mourners attended.
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Anna Prudence Shamp
Wooster
Jef- Teresa County
Iowa
Brookville
Joe Hibbs
Jloe W. Hibbs
Winslow
Arkinsas Mareh II
John P. Hludgell
William E
Harry M
Valley Junction
Frank D
Mable PL
Marrige
Samuel Salts
Salts
Fairfield
Ree Methodist Church
Louis Mendenhall
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H.C. Alston
H. E. Smith
W. F. Beverlog
Kh. W. Lameon
F. Crail, Jr
J.C. Thorne
H. FE. Wisecarver
J.P Manatrey
R. B. Louden
H V. Downs
Charles 8. Crail
ER. Smith
Dillon Turney
Charles D. Leggett
M. Junkin
Mr. Simpson
F F. Simpson
North Side
Simpson
Emma Barr
Mark
Congressional
Delegation
C.D. Leggett
Co. S. Craft
Cos
E. A. Miller
Dillon Turner
Sant Zigler
C. W. Bailey
A. M. Morrow
J. B. Monfort
S. K. Davis
O. H. Herring
S. McKenney
E. F. Simmons
A.W. Jaques
Joe S. Crail
E. R. Smith
W. G. Ross
A G.jordan
V. W. White
Noah Miller, Sr
Bruce Frame
Joan Rush
H.C. Pickerel
Oleyshoney
Tates
Gordon & Bennett
Joseph S. Stuff
Jericho
Tipton
H. R. Porter
D. W Clark
Montgomery Fraseur
D. W. Clark
Geo. Orton
Jacob Sitzsinger
Kas Kava
D. W. Henderson
Kas-Kara
Jericho’s Drug Store
Morton, Western Adv
Progressive Forces
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