Keokuk Tales From The Tribune Snowstorm And A Hog
A Keokuk county item mentions a young man named Ar and his fiancée Miss who planned marriage before her death. Fairfield notes revive meetings in the courthouse. Circus trade and a large sale of pea nuts by Sampson and Acheson are recorded. A March 28 blizzard arrives as the Tribun e reports a hog buried forty eight days in a snow drift, hungry but reviving once found.
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Nietta
Miss
Keokuk
the Tribune
Press
Wm. Duke
Keokuk County
McElroy
Tribune
Old North Court brick building sold to Quillan for 1500
Thirty years ago the brick building on North Court street changed hands for 1500 dollars to J. W. Quillan. Earlier it sold to the Fairfield Journal for 4000 to 4500 dollars. The piece recalls grain and print trades and a P. E. anniversary at J. C. Thorne’s home with historic costumes up to 1815.
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North Court Street
The
Express Company
J. W. Quillan
Fairfield Journal
Linen era fashions parade amid old prints and lace
Mrs Hammer and Mrs Repass showcased old style caps and war calico prints from 1830 with flowing sleeves and fringe trim. Miss Rowland wore an 1812 dress ankle length with red poppy trimmings and white neck scarf. The Ellis Hose company received a silver trumpet from N S Anstead and a purse of 130 dollars from Mrs S J Chester for ladies’ support.
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J. C. Thorne
McGinty
Tribune
Hammer
Repass
Howard
Roth
Rowland
Ellis Hose Company
N. S. Anstead
S. J. Chester
City aldermen race results and local newspaper launch
Twenty years ago the Batavia Watchman began publication with Mr. Clark as publisher. In the city election aldermen races Sayres defeated Cummins Zeigler defeated Fry Stevens defeated Gudgell Sutton defeated Smith Aston defeated Angstead and Ed Lucas served as deputy county clerk.
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Sayres
Cummins
Zeigler
Fry
Stevens
Gudgell
Sutton
Smith
Aston
Angstead
Ed Lucas
Fairfield Township Births and Infant Deaths Highlight Local Demographics
The past year saw thirty six births and six deaths in Fairfield township all infant deaths. Tribune coverage centered on Mark Hannah with articles that were not complimentary.
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Fairfield Township
Mark Hannah
Local youths and business notes from Bloomfield area
Miss Anna Sullivan will represent the local high school in an oratorical contest at Bloomfield set for next Friday. Mr. Wallick runs the glove and mitten factory now Fairfield Mitten company plant. An opera house perf titled The Air Ship is a farce about an airship invention. Dick Fisher presides over Rural Telephone, which has completed a line from his home to Glasgow and plans to connect Fairfield and Mt. Pleasant.
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Anna Sullivan
Bloomfield
Mr. Wallick
Fairfield Mitten Company
Opera House
Dick Fisher
Rural Telephone Company
Mr. Fisher
Glasgow
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Ten Years Ago Fairfield Tragedy at Chautauqua Park
H D McDonald of Chicago, who had been married to Eva Meaniel six weeks, arrived in Fairfield and planned a picnic at Chautauqua park with his bride of six weeks, beginning a sequence that shocked the town.
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Fairfield
McDonald
Chautauqua Park
H. D. McDonald
Chicago
Eva Meaniel
Armory Talk Follows After Local Fatalities
Reports mention plans for an armory while obituary notices record the deaths of Mrs. Claude Johnson Florence Olive West Mrs. Robert Moss and Mrs. Jacob Schaefer. The wreck victims Mrs. Brown and her three daughters were transported to Wright cemetery south of town for burial near Marshalltown.
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Claude Johnson
Florence Olive West
Robert Moss
Jacob Schaefer
Kidney Pills Help Boy From Cleveland Testify
A Cleveland reader describes kidney pain after a cold settling in the kidneys. He reports back and side pain easing after using Foley Kidney Pills and testifies to their helping power. Jericho and Easton, druggists, are noted.
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D. C. Diamond
Cleveland
Foley
Jericho & Easton
Ladies Aid Society and Westminster Guild Program
An afternoon program by the Ladies Aid Society and Westminster Guild featured Miss Margaret Lyons in a solo, readings, and a play Our Aunt From Pasadena with cast including Mrs. Montgomery and Mrs. Ricksher. Afterward coffee and sandwiches were served, with a penny per inch waist measure donation, raising a neat sum. A pleasant afternoon, with hope for more entertainments despite rising corn prices threatening breakfast substitutes.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Westminster Guild
Margaret Lyons
H. M. Dysart
Hulda
Frank Crane
Pasadena
R. Ames Montgomery
Mary Monteburn
L. C. Vernon
Needy
Frank Ricksher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Court House
Sampson & Acheson
Batavia Watchman
Clark
Kozy Korner
Kozy
Fairfield Ice
Cold Storage Co
Chas. A. Jones
Fairfield, Iowa
West
Burlington St
East Side
J. F. Wilson, Jr
Insurance Agency
First National Bank
Cen
Roth & CO
the First National Bank
Iowa
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