Notable visits and local notices fill Fairfield week
Mendota's Mabel Howe and Chicago's Nellie Huff visited relatives in Fairfield this week. Local illness reports Mrs. Samuel Holt is very ill. Richard C Leggett from Ann Arbor is vacationing on a canoe trip to Monroe and Lake Erie. Grand Opera house manager Lou Thoma attends Chicago meetings and plans next season bookings.
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Mabel Howe
Mendota, Il
Nellie Huff
Chicago
Samuel Holt
West Burlington Street
Richard C. Leggett
Ann Arbor
Mich
Monroe
Lake Erie
Lou Thoma
Grand Opera House
Western Managers’ Association
Charity Carnival Aims to Boost College Library
Fairfield residents and college friends rallied to donate books for the library but 3,000 volumes remain unfurnished. A final fundraising carnival at the Fairfield library on Tuesday evening May 12 will feature characters of modern and ancient times plus refreshments and entertainment.
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Fairfield
Notice of Final Settlement in Bosworth Estate
Final report of administrator F J L Black in the estate of J M Bosworth now on file in Jefferson County Iowa court. Objections must be filed by May 7 1908. court to convene April 27 1908 in Fairfield. E R Smith attorney.
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Copenhagen
J. M. Bosworth
District Court
Jefferson County
F. J. L. Black
Fairfield
Iowa
Obituary of Martha Maria Alexander of Fairfield
Miss Martha Maria Alexander died Friday at her home on South Fifth Street. Born July 29, 1820 in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania, she moved to Fairfield with her parents in 1849. She lived with relatives after her sister Susan died ten years ago and had been bedfast since a paralysis four years ago. She joined the Presbyterian church in youth and moved her letter to Fairfield in 1849. Funeral Monday at 2 PM conducted by Rev. W F Jones with Revs. Mendenhall and Anderson assisting.
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Martha Maria Alexander
South Fifth Street
Westmoreland County
Fairfield
Susan
Presbyterian Church
W. F. Jones
Sidney J Heater obituary highlights Fairfield resident
Sidney J Heater born 1818 in Huntington Pennsylvania died April 7 at 5 15 p m at her daughter Mrs Mary Simons home in Fairfield She married John Heater in 1836 maiden name Cartwright cousin to Peter Cartwright Family moved from Scott County Iowa to Fairfield in 1890 Mr Heater died in June 1891 She left ten children four survive Mrs Simons Mrs Katherine Miller Chicago Mrs David Parmlee and David Heater Des Moines A Seventh Day Adventist for years funeral at Mrs Simons West Broadway 10 am Thursday Rev T S Pool officiating interment Evergreen cemetery
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Sidney J. Heater
Huntington
Mary Simons
Fairfield
John Heater
Cartwright
Peter Cartwright
Scott County
Iowa
Heater
Simons
Katherine Miller
Chicago
David Parmlee
David Heater
Des Moines
Seventh Day Adventists
West Broadway
T. S. Pool
Evergreen Cemetery
Easter Services Set at English Lutheran Church
The church announces special Easter services with adjusted Sunday school and morning service times 9:00 and 10:30 am. Communion and benevolence offerings proceed as usual, prospective members join, and Masons attend. The pastor delivers an Easter sermon, and the Sabbath school leads an evening program with songs and recitations.
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Gity
Surprise Shower For Graf Couple At Home
About forty friends and relatives surprised Mr. and Mrs. John J. Graf at their home last Wednesday evening with a miscellaneous shower. Guests arrived with baskets of eatables and left after refreshments and socializing. The couple received many useful and valuable presents.
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John J. Graf
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Oxfords
Erappy
Rank H. Wells & CO
J. E. Roth & CO
Barker
Moving
Francesca di Rimini
Thoma
Fred Stringfellow
Plattsmouth, Neb
Our City
Roy Fry
Kraft Clothing Co
L. H. McCargar
Packwood Review
Harry Mitchell
Keokuk
M. H. Cuddy
Ottumwa
Minnie Freeman
Burlington
Will Allen
Mary Wells
Clara Cuddy
Hedrick
J. M. Hanamer
Fairfield Council
Grand Council of the
Royal Arcanum
Boone
James Duncan
Kate
Gillette
Wyo
Roy Spence
Clifford Brown
Terre Haute, Ind
Vern Hague
Harriett A. Hague
Clarence Green
Hynes
Cal
Spratt & Johnson
the Fair Exchange
Fairfield Natio
Nal Bank
Rogers & Hickenbottom
E. R. Smith
West Side Square
Fairfield, Ia
Hart Schaffner & Marx
The
Tribune
Fred Collins
West Burlington St
Hawe
Farley Spriery
Gobble & Heer
North Side
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