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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1879
Page
3
The ad promotes the Dauntless self threading sewing machine as lighter, quieter and easier to run than competitors. F Abbott acts as agent at Morris Jewelry, Fairfield, located one door south of the Grange store.
J. W. Quillen arrives from Chicago with a cash purchase of staple dry goods and nations including ladies and gents furnishings, hats, imported suitings, and Bonaparte Woolen Goods. Suits made to order with perfect fit guaranteed. prices greatly reduced. Visit Wells' Block east side square Fairfield Iowa.
A jumble of notes covers taxes, jail population, theater, rail traffic, court-house repairs, bee losses, birthdays, and civic plans in southern Iowa towns. Mentions include Aunt Bippy Hogan, eleven county jail inmates, the Hutchinson Family tour, a debating club meeting, and speculative depot rebuilding with rail traffic impacts.
Money to loan on improved farms and city property in sums of $200 and upwards at 8 9 and 10 per cent interest for two to fifteen years. Funds available in three to ten days. Loans repayable in installments to suit borrowers. H C Rowntree, office in Wells Garrettson's bank.
Messrs Hoen and HaGeMann purchase the Green Shade saloon and will run it with a complete stock of beer ale wine and porter. They plan to gain public support with careful management and service, offering a full range of foreign and domestic cigars.
An article argues for board authority to erect a $4 000 to $5 000 asylum building and discusses whether this is necessary. It weighs options for housing the incurable and harmless, location concerns of the Poor Farm, and the potential removal in Fairfield. The piece urges prudent use of funds and care for the mentally ill alongside medical treatment notes by Wa LoupEn.
The Ledger questions our view on incurable and harmless patients. We say no county care is needed for incurables, they belong in the State asylum. Mt Pleasant superintendent notes at least ninety percent of hospital patients are incurable, per Ninth Biennial Report. Is it wise for the State to provide two buildings for confinement of only one tenth?
A home method emphasizes heat and hydration to relieve internal heat. Keep the room hot and humid, apply tepid cloths to the head neck and chest, and feed small amounts of ice water. A nurse must vigilantly monitor the patient throughout the night, highlighting the shift from medical remedies to hygienic care.
City Council met with all members present except Trustee Gibson. Bills for two months marshal salary and labor were approved. Printing awarded to the Ledger after bids. Assessments reviewed and referred to the City Solicitor for a writ ten opinion on power to adjust Mary A Wall’s assessment. Nuisance petition deferred. Streets committee to negotiate widening First East street and to report on Crow Creek bridge. License reduction petition referred to City Solicitor. Gas Company lamp posts and crossing near Methodist church debated. Adjourned to 7:30 PM.
The ninth annual report of the Fairfield Evergreen Cemetery Association covers May 3 1878 to April 9 1879 with cash on hand 918.02 liabilities 1100.00 assets 1859.60 and expenditures 328.22. Officers named include Clement Jordan president George Stever secretary treasurer and managers Wells Wells and Jordan. Rules restrict horses and dogs and protect tombs and plants under Iowa code.
In six weeks across Montana I hear of labor glut and scarce markets for grain. Cattle and sheep debates mix with storms and scarce feed, yet profit lies for those with capital to stock up and endure. The writer notes risks, climate contrasts, and cautions against Pilgrim era mobility while offering cautious pathways.
A compact list of residents and visitors includes Ben Allmayer in town for goods, Dr. B W Slagle en route to Kansas, Sam C Farmer Jr in Chicago, Capt T J Kennedy visiting Fairfield, Mrs C W Slagle and daughter to Chicago, Geo N Case departing Hastings, Neb, J N Ashby and family to Cawker City, D P Stubbs on business in Burlington and Chicago, Geo A Green in town, Ferdinand Allmayer taking a position in Clinton, James Pollard from Ft Madison, Hattie Postlewaite visiting from Munich, and horses and breeding stock at J J McClain’s stable. A Percheron stallion Little Giant will stand at the Fairfield stable. Advertising notes mention the Confederate Brigadiers and a Dauntless sewing machine joke.
Seed house in Bradley's advertises garden seeds with guaranteed quality and lowest prices in the market. It touts the largest selection in the United States and promotes best and cheapest options for gardeners.
In Black Hawk Township District No 2 classes began last Friday with Miss Hills as teacher. The Utile Dalei Society boasted greater world benefit than old bachelors. Quakers south of Richland add singing to Sabbath school. Monticello church restructured Sunday naming Charles Cook superintendent John Davis assistant Emma Ross secretary and J. L. Knight treasurer with services at 10 a m.
Pleasant weather keeps roads good as farmers prepare for corn planting. Our school under Miss Jennie Schneringer thrives with Miss S. teaching actively. Diphtheria reports in the neighborhood and Mr. James Cheatham with Miss Emma Trowbridge are convalescent. The C B & Q station, agent Mr. Q P Manning, is a Glendale highlight. Night office closed in slack season. Quiet except for chicken thefts, with a neighbor firing at a thief who fled the roost. incident noted by M O Reanon.
The district enjoys ideal farming weather with complete sowing of small grain and promising fall crops, while claims of a bountiful harvest loom. Residents note slow building, a broken ankle mending, a horse mishap, severe illness, a long-ill grandmother near 80, and school session starting with Miss Alice Scott teaching from Abingdon. The community prepares for an upcoming political campaign.
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