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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1879
Page
3
The article notes the name February from Latin meaning the month earth opens for new fruit. It cites Virgil praising early spring imagery and praises Landreth seeds advertised by Bradley's on the west side square, calling them the best seed in the market.
Tre Waking Marca notes Fairfield embraces the walking craze as five walkers Wertz Sloaglin McWharter Heflin Forgrave prepare for a 25 hour endurance event starting at 9 p.m. with College band music.
North Prairie Amateurs present an evening entertainment at Wells Hall to aid the Blue Ribbon Club. The company, praised in Brighton and Mt Pleasant, offers dialogues recitations and readings. They previously performed Ten Nights in a Bar Room here, promising value for 15 cent admission.
Personal items record John A. Spielman on a Lineville business trip, J F Dearduff moving to Ottumwa, Dr B W Slagle visiting Jewell Centre and returning home, Edw Campbell and family to Burlington, W G Ball of Chillicothe Iowa visiting, D M Lingenfelter in town on agency work, Fannie Snoffner leaving Cedar Rapids after visit, R M L Braden departing for Springfield Illinois to begin ministerial duties.
W B Rowland will be on hand at his old stand this spring with four stallions four stal lions two heavy draft two thoroughbred trotting. One Clydesdale from Canada and one Norman from Illinois. Call to view stocks before breeding elsewhere. All accidents at owner's risk.
Notice warns residents and trespassers about habitual littering in Fair streets and alleys. It calls for proper disposal of brush and rubbish and asserts enforcement to preserve cleanliness and safety.
Merrie of the City Council plans a meeting tomorrow evening. A new safe is installed at the Southwestern depot. A child of Mr Hemnicker is gravely ill with diphtheria. M A McCorp boards at the Ebbitt House. A Montana letter by W G Beck will appear next week. Bitty EvWarps travels as a correspondent for the Omaha Bee. Little Giant, Percheron horse of Jonix Cox, remains in field despite rumors. J T Suewarp has opened a store in Libertyville with J T Walker as manager. A sportsman found guilty of petit larceny and jailed. Lancashire folk heed Good Friday. Chicago papers arrive earlier in Fairfield. Dr Clara’s lecture praised. Minnie Switzer dies of diphtheria at thirteen. Hox D P Stumps absent at Dayton murder trial. verdict for defendant. Eviza Betha dies near Perlee. funeral from Antioch Church. White’s one-norse troupe at Opera house poorly received. Hutchinson Family to sing at First M E Church. The second volume of The Tripunr begins. A meeting of Second Regiment officers considers summer encampment. Dr Millikin’s Temperance and Medicine lecture praised. A Temperance Congress of the Northwest organized for August at Minnetonka Lake Park. Fairfield praises a correct weekly market report. A new gymnasium association forms in Fairfield as a religious duty.
At a March adjourned meeting the board agreed to spend four thousand to three thousand dollars to erect a county asylum for harmless and incurable insane. Critics question legality and necessity, arguing state law assigns care to the county poor house and warning against new facilities. The article notes concurrent local items and a new train timetable.
Washington County District Court Judge Cook ruled in Miller v Hayes that a worker who knew the threshing machine rod was unboxed and did not object cannot recover damages. The owners face fines from $10 to $50 for each day they operate the unguarded machine without two lengths of covering.
A Thursday Culbertson school house debate on the resolution Discouraging Chinese immigration drew a good audience. Affirmative speakers Fitz A. Ratcliff W G Stewart and E B Wall edged the negative Geo W Williams Mac Robinson and C Al Howlett. Though the negative argued strongly the affirmative prevailed. Students plan to resume the literary course in the fall noting benefits and eagerness to restart soon.
Rev. Carson Reed spoke on the liquor traffic and its destruction of business, delivering one of the course’s most effective addresses. Miss Susie Myers read The Drunkard’s Daughter with skill, followed by Miss Hattie Tomey’s humorous Charcoal Man read to applause. Next Monday’s program promises more music by the Yancys, Mrs. Smith, and Mr. Fuller and Sportsman.
The great theatrical sensation of the day is I M S Pinafore in Fairfield next Tuesday evening, April 22, by Welch and Rennie s troupe. A lively comic opera with a full chorus of 22 voices features Sir Joseph Porter Captain Corcoran Ralph Rackstraw Dick Deadeye and Josephine in a staged production praised by the press.
The American Book Excheme publishers announce the eight-volume Cyclopedia of English Literature selling with the largest sales for a work of high merit. Volume 2 covers from Elizabeth I to 1700 with biographies and selections of Bacon Raleigh Milton and others. Subscriptions price and specimen pages offered from Beekman Street New York.
An advertisement urges parents to stop letting their infant suffer and treat with Dr Bull's Baby Syrup claiming immediate relief and cure at a price of 25 cents. The copy emphasizes a rapid result and affordable cost.
Messrs Hoen and HaGEMann have purchased the Green Shade saloon in this city and will operate it henceforth. They plan to maintain a full stock of beer ale wine and porter and aim to earn public support. Foreign and domestic cigars will also be offered.
Des Moines correspondence humorously surveys spring housecleaning chaos, new Presbyterian minister, and opera talk. It notes the expositions struggle and closure, a brisk walking fad on the fair track, social clubs and a shy tease about a kissing story, plus local deaths and illness among settlers.
A dated item notes an upcoming marriage with a Beckwithite as an interested party. It mentions Easter Sunday observations, light rain, and farming setbacks blamed on late rains, reflecting local sentiment and chatter rather than a formal announcement.
The item notes rain and muddy roads along with multiple local health concerns. It lists Wooster Sabbath School officers led by Decamp Day as superintendent assisted by Miss Alice Day and Miss Mattie Monce, plus Taylor Smith and H. W. Lash as librarian and committee on looks. Other notes mention Mrs. Smith visiting Ella King’s grandmother and Alfred Wright adding a fence as well as Father Lash’s sudden illness.
Easter memories of last year’s tornado, wet weather delaying oats and promising corn. Lockridge doctors use papermint. oyster supper at Mr Murphy’s. Local ball game and school progress with Miss Rodgers. Wooster babies praised. Pleasant Grove housing looks good. Chick chirrup noted. many households boast new litters. Tragic toll includes deaths from membranous croup and diphtheria near Buchanan.
Quiet in Batavia with no notable thefts and improving mayoral health. Marshall Conley drives local youths away from moving trains, while Wmi. Howell renovates Bata via mill and W. J. Alexander fills Forest storehouse with new goods. Contractors Johnson plans grading and culvert work, promising a new passenger depot in spring. Growing subscriptions anticipated as Batavia nears prosperity. Farmers upbeat on spring wheat and grain prospects.
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