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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
6
April notes from Van Buren county record sheriff Dan Pettit business trips and visits across Fairfield Unionville and surrounding towns. Residents such as Rev C Springer and Rev Abram Wolf attend services while several locals fall ill or move addresses. A wedding at the Wagner home and new arrival shout local life.
Grandma Crile’s funeral was held April 8 at the German Lutheran cemetery near Germanville. she died in her ninety fourth year. Mrs Thureson of Nebraska and formerly Salina Iowa died April 8 of consumption. John Linn Jr. died April 2 at seven months old from whooping cough. Mrs Boos underwent tumor surgery last Tuesday and is improving. Farmers sow oats this week. two fine wheat pieces seen by A W Johnson and sons in Henry county. Clifford Johnson junior, Rich ard Nelson, and Mrs O'Dean are all noted as ill or recovering.
The final Academy Lecture Course of the year will be delivered at Friends church on Thursday evening April 12 by Prof E H Carter. Subject What to Say and How to Say It. The event caps a season of local educational happenings with community attendance.
Mrs Crile aged about ninety four died April 6 at her son Julius Crile’s home near Germanville. Funeral services were held at the German Lutheran church where burial followed. Mr Frank Thompson and family have returned from a trip to Delaware.
For ten years Krause's Cold Cure has been recognized as a specific for colds flu grippe sneezing and related troubles. Sold by Bradshaw and Thoma.
A sequence of land and lot transfers recorded from March 4 to March 18 shows numerous deeds. Transactions involve pairs like Lewis W McClurg to Al pheus Dixon for 40 acres and W D Tait to James R Tait for 20 acres, with amounts ranging from 1 to 9,712.20 dollars. Notable entries include Fairfield lots, Lockridge tracts, and Centennial addition parcels in Batavia and Libertyville.
The report lists the nine rooms with the highest attendance for the month ending March 30 1900. In order are taught by Jessie J. Baker E G Quigley June Chid ester Lizzie O Locke Flora B Bradley C D McClain Alice L Condit Nellie Jordan Ida Raney and J E Williamson superintendent.
The Chicago Times Herald reports Republican leaders call the party’s platform planks deceitful. Congressman Grosvero and Overstreet condemn civil service reform and international bimetallism as mere humbug and insist the currency bill blocks bi met al lism. The piece urges voters to abandon the party of humbugs.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railway promotes the Western Trail as a free one year reading for farmers. Address requests to John Sebastian G I P A Chicago by letter or postal card for subscription.
Des Moines April 6 the senate defeated woman suffrage refusing to adopt the measure. The day also saw the Lewis bill pass placing 15 percent as the limit for commissions paid for discovering property not listed for taxation. Counties sometimes pay 50 percent under existing agreements. A bill to forbid selling intoxicants to students at state schools passed under suspension. It carries a 500 dollar fine and up to six months in jail with half the fine to the informer and half to the school fund. Any county citizen may sue and the attorney general will prosecute.
In Cedar Rapids April 7 Judge Shiras ordered Le-La-Puc-Ka-Chee released from custody by Tama reservation agents after she ran away and married Ta-La-Pi-Cha. The ruling grants her freedom and allocates court costs to the defendants. Seven other Indians arrested for resisting officers may seek damages against Malin and Nellis.
Sioux City will advertise at the Paris exposition with three trained elks that dive from high platforms into water. The animals will parade through Paris with antlers tossing and flaming blankets bearing Sioux City’s boast as "the Corn Palace of the World." They are trained by W. H. Barnes without force, rewarding dives with plug tobacco.
Des Moines reports the senate passed the omnibus appropriation bill carrying nearly 1 260 000 to support state institutions education, penal and charitable. The house approved the valued policy bill making Iowa the twentieth state with this law and taxes on express telephone and telegraph.
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as an external liniment to ease pregnancy discomfort and labor. It claims no internal use, warns against internal remedies, and cites a Tampa hotel proprietor's wife whose second birth was easy with the product. It urges readers to buy for $1 and request a free illustrated book.
An advertisement proclaims a dangerous kidney disease and Bright's Disease as a cause of many deaths. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a true cure for kidney bladder and urinary troubles with sample bottles and a free book offered by mail from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
Davenport Iowa April 9 Republicans carried the city election with Fred Heinz elected mayor. A near complete GOP sweep of city offices and the council occurred. A $50,000 Carnegie library site purchase proposition passed as part of the slate. The Twenty eighth general assembly adjourned yesterday at noon.
Henry Hurlburt, a Lyons Paper mill worker in Clinton Iowa, was killed when his clothing was snagged by a rapidly turning shaft. He was hurled against the building and crushed into a shapeless mass.
Cedar Rapids board of supervisors approves consent petitions secured by liquor dealers after a supreme court decision. Petitions claim 67 percent of voters signed. The prohibition element may publish the signers' names.
In Ottumwa Andrew Newman near Farmington killed himself by sinking face down in fifteen inches of water, a method his father reportedly used thirty years earlier near the Des Moines shore. In New York Rev Dr Hillis affairs with the Chicago presbytery are settled as a canceled Buffalo conference ends unresolved.
A promotional notice touts American Poultry Mixture by the 14 Manufacturing Co. Terre Haute claiming hens double or triple production. It guarantees a 100 percent egg rise or money back, offers a sample for $1, and promotes disease prevention against shera and roup.
Advertising copy touts Mull's Pioneer Cures with a dollar draft refund if ineffective. Claims treat Kidney and Bladder issues Impure Blood and Liver Stomach and Dyspepsia Rheumatism and Female Complaints. Chocolate tablets priced 25 cents and 1 dollar. urged to ask a druggist.
Public notice urges all readers to obtain Cain’s book on money trusts and imperialism from THE TRIBUNE office. The promotional instruction emphasizes the work as an education for every man woman and child able to read.
An old advertisement markets Cascarets as a beauty aid promising clear skin by purifying blood. It preaches ills like pimples and blackheads will vanish with the product. The copy also invites readers to buy Cain's new political book at the office.
An old advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a quick cure for tobacco addiction. It claims the product makes men strong and energetic and offers a 50-cent or 81-cent price, with a free booklet and sample from Cure Remedy Co in Chicago or New York.
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