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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1904
Page
3
Several Keokuk residents are noted in brief items. E R Smith and Mrs left Des Moines. Booker and Mrs Clara recalled to Missouri after news of a death in the family. Others are described visiting Chicago, What Cheer, and Burlington street, with travel and family greetings mentioned.
Miss Gertrude Loehr begins a two month visit starting Thursday with her sister Mrs. A. C. Buswell of Blue Earth Minnesota.
Last Monday evening the city council concluded its year with praise for prudent finances noting overdraws totaling $2000 and near balance for all funds. New members Dr. Snook Sanford Zeigler H. E. Smith and Alex Easton were sworn in and committees named including Water and Light Streets and Alleys Fire Claims Ways and Means Public Property Judiciary Cemetery. Regular meetings set for the last Thursday each month and the council adjourned in its board of health and board of equalization to reconvene Tuesday at 7 oclock.
Ward Lamson died Wednesday morning at age 83 years and 7 months. Funeral at his corner Main and Madison streets home Friday at 3 p.m. Lamson, born September 1820 in Sterling Massachusetts, helped shape Jefferson county as a pioneer and benefactor, promoting Fairfield’s public library and community welfare. He lived a long life of business, philosophy of humanity, and public service, leaving a lasting memory among locals.
March tax receipts reach 73312.67 while local moves include Mrs. Symons living with Mrs. Green on North Main and Mr. Bradshaw joining the regular army. Carpets cleaned by Fairfield Carpet Cleaning Works. Firesbrick and coal tar sold by Fairfield Gas & Electric Co. Community updates cover illness recovery, births, marriages, church events, gardens, and school activities.
Local Knights from the Mt Pleasant area attended Easter services at the Episcopal church with visiting Grand Master C C Clarke of Burlington delivering a speech. A banquet followed at the Brazelton hotel with members and their spouses from several households praised the Mt Pleasant Commandery for its hospitality.
Mrs. Bradley Martins daughter the countess of Craven visits her mother each autumn at the Scottish estate. Guests’ doors bear cards with visiting titles and tabloids note the young four year old viscount Uffington is labeled on a door as a right honorable.
Frank and Mollie Weeks were arrested in Cedar Rapids and returned to Fairfield. They pleaded guilty to stealing a box of groceries and kitchen utensils from a Rock Island car last May, claiming it was a mistake. They were fined 15 dollars plus about 40 dollars costs, to be paid from the county treasury.
Job ad seeking a clerk for a Fairfield Iowa hotel. Contact J A Beck at the address 3 21 for details.
Dr. Shallenberger, the regular and reliable Chicago specialist, will be at several nearby towns this season after visiting adjacent communities since 1891. The schedule includes consultations and follow ups for patients in need of expert orthopedic care.
A brief notice states operations run one day only with a schedule to return every 28 days. Office hours are 8 a m to 6 p m.
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