Fairfield Easter Festival Delights with Home Talent Chorus
Fairfield witnessed the first local oratorio The Daughter of Jairus by Sir John Stainer with seventy voice chorus and soloists led by Prof Luce. An all local performance featured Danby chorus, Luce orchestra, and a mandolin guitar group. Great praise for the singers and hope for more classical works in the near future.
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Fairfield
Iowa
J. C. Thorne
Jenkins
J. E. Williamson
Danby
E.S. Luce
Helen McCord
Hovey Hootman
Clarence Leeds
Schaeffer
Sousa
Mandolin
Ence Leeds
Ray McChesney
J. W. Templeton
B.Z. McCullough
Frank Black
Mr. Kilpatrick
Roy Walker
C. W. Bandy
Jos. Matson
Luce
City Schools Report for April 1 1898
The city schools report for the month ending April 1 1898 shows average belonging 832, average daily attendance 797 and attendance rate 95.80 percent. There were 698 absences and 14 tardiness cases with 822 as belonging at close of month and 110 visitors. The nine rooms with highest attendance are led by June Chidester Sue W Blair Mary E Bean Katherine Banfield Anna Clark Scott A Power Nannie Perry Bessie Hoch uly Laura Mahon. To ease crowding half day sessions in room one of each building will be adopted in spring term.
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Heta Cae
ceSbah Cnuk Baaed
June Chidester
Sue W. Blair
Mary E. Bean
Katherine
In Memoriam Eva May Mullenix by Fairfield Lodge
Resolutions of respect adopted by Fairfield Lodge No. 629 I O O F on the death of Mrs Eva Mullenix wife of John Mullenix. They commend her as a devoted wife and loving mother and order copies to the family minutes and county papers. Committee CHAS TAYLOR F D and C E sign the resolutions.
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Eva May Mullenix
Fairfield Lodge No
Eva Mullenix
John Mullenix
Local Social Notes From Ely Blough Area
Cedar No 2 April 19 reports Mr and Mrs Haynes spending Sunday at Ely Blough s. Myrtle Donald of Promise City visits Blough home. Mrs John Mahon stays with son Lee for several days. H D Bloughs go to Bloomfield to visit relatives. Martin Liblin Sr ill. Sunday school planned but canceled due to bad weather.
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Cedar No. 2
Haynes
Ely Blough’s
Myrtle Donald
Promise City
John Mahon
Lee
H. D. Blough
Martin Liblin
Grain-O Introduced as Healthful Coffee Substitute
Grain-O marketed as a delicious nourishing drink for children and adults alike. It claims to taste like the finest coffee when prepared properly while lacking its injurious effects, aiding digestion and strengthening nerves. Sold by grocers at 15 and 25 cents, cost about a quarter of coffee.
Great Fire Sale of Shoes and Clothes Opens in Fairfield
After a major blaze damaged the Chicago Shoe Manufacturing and Queen City Tailoring buildings $175 000 worth of stock is moved to the Alston building for a four day sale from Wednesday April 27 to Saturday April 30 1898. The sale offers heavy discounts on men women and children shoes and clothing with hundreds of items priced well below appraised value. H Edwards agent invites merchants to shop the bargains.
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Chicago Shoe Manufacturing Company
Queen City Tailoring Company
Fairfield
Iowa
Alston
Northwest Corner Park
Jefferson
Congress
H. Edwards
Great Bar Gains Highlight Local Trade
Z. H. Held of Burlington Kansas is cited for distributing circulars and full descriptions as part of a local trade outreach at Great Bar, reflecting push to expand business visibility.
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Z. H. Held
Burlington, Kansas
Local notes from Libertyville and nearby towns
April 19 reports residents visiting relatives and viewing a wreck on the Rock Island route from Eldon to Batavia. Several locals attend funerals and conduct business in Ottumwa and Batavia, with notes on property sales, new merchants, and upcoming spring trades in buggies and barber services.
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Libertyville
Jacob Moler
Batavia
Lynn
Jacob
Noah Boysell
Rock Island
Eldon
Minear
Knowles
Roda Anderson
Engineer Dibble
Frank Cramlett
Ike Tompkins
van Buren County
Will Gifford
Electric Bitters Promising Grippe Cure Sells at Local Drugstore
A vintage advertisement touts Electric Bitters as the cure for grippe and general malaise. It claims the remedy stimulates the liver stomach and kidneys for renewed vitality and offers a money back guarantee. Available at J D Mc Dowell's Drug Store for 50 cents per bottle.
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J. D. McDowell
Buck's Steel Range Prompts Happy Housekeeping Deal
Make housekeeping a pleasure by buying your wife a Buck's Steel Range from $20.00 up. Cuas. H. GaGE.
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H. Gage
To Cure Constipation Forever with Cascarets Candy
An advertisement claims Cascarets Candy Cathartic cures constipation with a 1c or 25c price. It promises a refund from druggists if C C C fails to cure.
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C.C. C
Nursery Stock Offered by Local Growers Near Salina
Nursery stock growers extend greetings to new customers. They offer a general line of fruit trees and plants suited to the region, including apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, grapes, berries, currants, evergreens, and shrubs. Located two and a half miles southeast of Salina.
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Salina
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Moline
Roger Bros
J. F. Wilson, JR
South Side Square
First National Bank
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Iown
Packwood
County of
Eee Eee
Burlington
National Bank of Republic
Chicago
Illinois
Tota) Assets
State of Iowa
Jefferson County
C. W. Moorman
T. Z. Gillett
Gillett
Wis Machin
Ke, A. Miller
Notary Public
M. Childress
R. W. Lamson, L. T. Gobble
Studebaker
Hayes Corn
McCormick
Ward Lamson
Leggett House
Fairfield, Iowa
Elizabeth Eastwood Luce
Hovey H. Hootman
Ona Bright
Cora Ball
Edith Houghton
Marie Houghton
Jessie Spencer
Effie Fry
Dr. Wall
Orpha Hootman
Jessie Bradshaw
Grace Labagh
Susie Harkness
Grace Hague
Della Chidester
Minnie Owen
Lillian Boatman
Cora Smith
Mrs. Lynch
Mrs. Young
Helen Higley
Goldie Richardson
Lydia Lyon
Miss Snook
Bell Labagh
Emma Beatty
Helen Smock
Stella Fogel
Frank McClure
RK. C. Richardson
Mr. Smith
Frank Robb
Fred Callister
Mr. Coen
Mr. Tallman
Kerrick
Mr. Young
Theodore Hochuly
Mr. Labagh
Grove
Albert Jordan
Basses
Jas. Moorhead
Ollie Jamieson
G., G. Bruce
H. W. Cooper
Clar
Ball & Young
The
Tribune
Castoria
Kansas Farms
Cess
W. E. Cowan
Dan Leppo
Geo. Tuller
Sam Boyd
Ed. Kerr
Geo. McCleary
Krum
Frank Winn
F. A. Clarridge
F. A
Junkin & Baker
Gopner Gfogefy
Tures
A. Updegraff
L. C. Phillips
Southwest Corner Square
A. G. Samuelson
Salina, Iowa
Criner’s
Machine & Novelty Works
Washington Street
Fitross
Library
Chas. L. Criner
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