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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1916
Page
12
The Tuesday evening prayer meetings are set across eight district venues with hosts and addresses listed. Districts include 1 through 8 in various suburbs and streets, led by named individuals, with contact notes and a general call to attend the Peacock evangelistic campaign. Also notes money to loan on farm property with a phone contact.
Alice Trammer hosted the A O U club making for a pleasant evening with planned future events. Mrs Frank McGohan returned from a week with Pleasant relatives and other local visits filled the week. Miss Lucy McClain from Los Angeles stayed with friends. Loren Ogden of Park Rapids visits Jefferson county. Loren and family noted as new engaged residents. Colt show set for Tuesday October 17 with classifieds urged.
Albert Gottlieb Proband died early Saturday at his home southeast of town after a long illness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from his late residence with Rev. W. W. Barkley officiating. Burial followed in Evergreen cemetery. Born in Germany July 23, 1835, he lived in Jefferson county since 1868 and married Dorothea Schultz in 1860. Surviving children include Mrs. Phillip Sauer, Henry A. Proband, Mrs. W. A. Hagan of Fairfield, and W. Hi. Proband of Salt Lake City.
In a counter claim connected to the Gage-Chautauqua suit, readers are warned not to misinterpret a prior remark that Gage's work was crudely done. The note explains the remark was a joke and not meant to harm Gage's reputation. A separate ad promotes Foley remedies, urging readers to mail for a trial package.
Multiple rental listings appear: a five to seven room house with barn at 800 North Court Street with contact Sam Burnett. light housekeeping rooms and a sewing/ dressmaking service at 300 W Hempstead by Mrs Elizabeth Stevenson contact 2671. a four room house on West Stone Street opposite Mitten factory with utilities. rooms at 301 West Burlington. three rooms with electric lights and gas at 411 North B Street via J M Hunter or D T Kilfoy. a seven room modern house partly furnished at 1100 South Second Street with phone 3718.
A 1914 Ford touring car for sale cheap with terms. An eleven room house and a six room house listed. Safe burner and other items for sale. South Dakota land prospects with high corn yields and low land prices. Multiple wanted ads for housework, office work, housekeeping rooms, coal and wood heaters, and a dining room girl. Loans offered on prairie corn farms up to 50 per acre at five percent. Lost cameo brooch. Contact information included.
A land dealer touts 160 acre tracts in Jefferson county Iowa and other quarters in South Dakota. Prices range from 22.75 to 26.75 per acre with easy terms and excursions priced at 20.35 round trip. Advertises wealthy state profiles and family investment appeal to buy for sons while old owner seeks sacrifice.
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