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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
9
An elegant evening at the Hewitt home entertained the High School group Friday. Visitors include H Waggarty and children from Myton and other local residents.
The Southeastern Iowa Horticultural Society will hold its thirty ninth annual meeting in Washington on November 18 to 20. The program promises expert lectures with Mr Ralph W Lamson presenting Fruit tree planting along the Road side. Jefferson county residents expect to attend, as the society aims to promote fruit, flower, and vegetable cultivation and share practical garden knowledge.
Beck with The Good Cheer society met Mrs W J Orkhart last Wednesday and packed clothing for the Orphan Home at Wound Bluffs. Misses Apna and Carrie Stever of Fairfield spent Sunday with Stella Clark. Ruth Larson visited her aunt Mrs Clara Davie. The G S will hold a pre social at No 4 schoolhouse Tuesday night. Emma Samuelson spent last week with Frank McCormick. Mrs Chas Larson and children visited Mrs A G Edmund Saturday. Clara Davie and daughter Irene with Mrs Frank McCormick and daughter Mary visited Verah Davie. They plan a Washington trip Thursday to visit relatives.
Henry Raucher and Herman Raucher with families visited relatives at the Overstrom and Rancher homes in Brighton and Mt Sterling over Sunday. Mrs Tennant and Mrs Boos hosted gatherings with friends and relatives in Burlington and Four Corners. Local builders completed a cement foundation for J. Whipple at Rome and Larson began a barn for Henry Craft at Four Corners. George Adame will open a clock and watch repair shop after renting the Peterson office. several locals made Thanksgiving plans and purchases.
Mia A H Neller and her young daughter Rowena returned Saturday night from a pleasant four week visit with relatives and friends at their former home near Mankato Minnesota.
Board of Supervisors canvassed the election and corrected a tally mistake in the Fourth ward. Crumley led Labagh by one vote after rechecking totals, with Labagh trailing 1835 to 1836 in the final count. Second ward result remained undecided.
In a local ward a ballot confusion over Crumley and Labagh could affect the auditor race. The return lists Crumley 162 and Labagh 200 with Crumley’s one write in. Lawyers debate if the stray mark should count. Crumley appears to lead by at least one vote pending any recount.
The Indiana official memuris show Marshall as governor with 348, SAB votes while Watson trails by 14, a 254.040 margin. Socialist candidate totals 21,948. Independence 8 given 58. People's party 57S. Prohibitionist Peix T. McWhirter with 1,020 votes, down 6,604 from 14.
Kansas City reports that W B Ridgely, president of the reorganized National Bank of Commerce, will be replaced. Dr W B Wood, the deposed president, and allies have bought a majority of the bank’s stock to gain control. Ridgely resigned last winter as comptroller of the currency to lead the bank.
President-elect Taft plans to remain at Hot Springs Virginia through early December if mild weather continues. He intends to ride and golf to prepare for duties awaiting him in March.
Rev William P McKenzie S B of Cambridge Mass will lecture on Christian Science or Deliverances from Evil at the Grand opera house Friday evening. The free talk is under the Christian Science church, inviting all to attend. McKenzie was educated in Canada and at Toronto University, war correspondent in 1885, Knox College graduate, ordained in Rochester NY, and later a Christian Science lecturer and trustee.
Paris Nov 10 Paris reports that Pranco Geri has made little progress in settlement talks over the Causa Dlabea incident. Germany again proposes adding a clause of regrets to the French form which France will not accept. Ambassador Cambon reiterates France cannot consider it. The matter is referred to Chancellor von Buelow.
Terre Haute Ind November 10 Pearl Robertson spent eight days in jail on a wife desertion charge and was released on promise to return home The case centered on a child born to the couple a girl not a boy and Robertson continued the wife's statement.
Oakland City Indiana farmer Sam Hope reports a beet weighing one and a half pounds that resembles a pig with roots forming the nose legs and tail. The Episcopal diocese of Washington is in session for the fourth time in four months to elect a bishop.
Charles W Morse testifies in the U S circuit court of appeals that his wealth has dwindled and he cannot pay his creditors, arguing for bail while his sentence of fifteen years in federal prison at Atlanta looms. Prosecution cites prior bail-jumping cases to counter the motion.
Washington reports President Roosevelt wrote a personal message to King Edward VII greeting him on his sixty seventh birthday. The note was sent to London and not published locally. Edward VII had sent a congratulatory cable to Roosevelt on his fiftieth anniversary in 1900.
The drive to keep President Castro in power beyond 1911 expands after a demand at La Victoria on Oct. 22 to amend article 127 of the constitution. The movement grows as supporters seek constitutional changes to extend Castro's presidency.
A Sunday fire caused by hunter carelessness burned 150 acres south of the city near Cedar Creek. Twenty five acres of wood pasture were destroyed and sixty rods of fence for John B. Stever, seventy five acres for L Groff damaged, plus corn and millet losses for others. Coal mine buildings were saved after hard work. South city landowners ban hunting southwest to Cedar Creek. Officers warn trespassers will be prosecuted. total losses about 1000 dollars.
A Jefferson County library meeting on the Short Course movement drew enthusiastic attendance. Professor A K Bise of Ames spoke on the course benefits and urged community support. Premiums for the course ticket sale are near completion, with incentives offered to sellers. The corn exhibition accompanying the course has premiums secured and invites farmers to enter their best corn.
Public speakers are frequently interrupted by coughing, a problem this ad-style note claims would vanish if Foley's Honey and Tar were taken. It asserts the product cures coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia and consumption and notes the xenome contains no opiates in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes.
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