Fairfield News Highlights Local Changes And Spring Hopes
Spring weather boosts gardens and blooms while a string of local updates covers school staffing, new toasters, railway service cuts, a minor fire at Wirtz residence, creosoted ties project, and recent marriage licenses including Noah Erickson and Mary Hosette.
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Gus Garber
Centerville
Nellie S. Warnerr
Libertyville
Jasper Coffin
Bertie Franz
Fairfield
Lonie Bruey
Marie Walmer
Cedar Township
Noah Erickson
Mary Hosette
Presby
W F. Jones
War declared on Dubuque saloons for full law enforcement
The anti saloon league advances plans to enforce the mulci law in Dubuque Iowa with state and local groups handling prosecutions. Outside attorneys and detectives are engaged as Archbishop Keane shifts to full enforcement and predicts Dubuque may become dry.
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Dubuque
Law and Order League
Rankin
Keane
Bank President Survives Harrowing Train Stoppage
Frank Corey of Fort Dodge Iowa president of Vetter Savings Bank recounts his Saturday night ordeal after boarding the wrong train car at Yetter. Locked vestibule door left him stranded in cold, exhausted a mile west of Rockwell City where he lay until freight crew found him at 5 am. He carried a bank book and suffered bruises but no broken bones.
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Fort Dodge
Frank Corey
Vetter Savings Bank
Rockwell City
Yetter
Scratch Endangers Arm of Local Doctor in Mason City
A minor scratch on Dr. Phillips of Nantontown during an operation swelled his arm and threatened the loss of the limb. The injury, noted by W L Phillips of Mason City and a brother of another Dr. Phillips from Clear Lake, worsened despite five years of local practice.
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Mason City
Dr. Phillips
Nantontown
W. L. Phillips
Clear Lake
Phillips
Iowa
Carpenter taps last keg and leaves saloon in Manson
William Carter, a carpenter and builder in Manson Iowa, has closed his paying saloon on Second Street after tapping the last keg and serving the final draught. He will instead work on several large irrigation and building contracts this summer.
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Manson
William Carter
Carter
Second Street
One Way Tickets On Sale For Rock Island Route
One way tickets on sale during March and April for Rock Island trains to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Tickets valid in Pullman tourist sleeping cars with illustrated folder available. Mystic Shriners excursion tickets sold daily April to May 18 at reduced round trip fares from all Rock Island stations.
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Rock Island
Los Angeles
San Prascisco
Mystic Shriners
Golden State
Shriners
Excursions Southwest Travel Deals Promote Midwest Agent
Low one way and round trip tickets to southwestern points. One way tickets on sale Tuesday and round trips sold first and third Tuesdays. Spring travel appeal urges planning a trip and securing a home for a boy with opportunity. Free illustrated Southwestern State books on request from John Sebastian at La Salle Station Chicago. Contact Rock Island agent H A Mohler Fairfield Iowa for quotes and route planning.
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John Sebastian
la Salle Station
Chicago
Rock Island
H. A. Mohler
Rock Island Fairfield
Iowa
Recall of Meningitis Plague Report From 1871
East Peru Iowa April 22 The article recounts S O Campbell’s experiences during a meningitis outbreak that occurred in February 1871 within fifteen miles of Centertown Missouri 28 cases with 5 survivors including Campbell.
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East
Peru
Iowa
S. O. Campbell
Centertown
Cole County
Campbell
Boy Jay Emmons in Critical Condition After Horse Accident
In Manson Iowa April 22 Jay Emmons the youth with a fractured skull from a Friday horse fall remains critically ill. He is conscious only at intervals as doctors treat a severe fracture to the back portion of his skull.
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Manson
Jay Emmons
Hemingford Women Form Anti Whisker Society
In Hemingford Nebraska a group of society women organize an anti whiskers society. Following a pro whiskers group started in Harrison months ago, several anti whiskers societies have formed across Nebraska and South Dakota. Members vow not to accept attention from men who wear beards and will not marry bearded men, with heavy penalties.
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Hemingford
Neb
Harrison
Nebraska
South Dakota
Hemingford Society
Denver Post
Women of the World and Washington Society Figures
Mrs. Dugman has an anthropological and geographic record in the far North and Northwest and is noted as the only woman to have seen Mount McKinley. Lenora Creel, wife of the Mexican Ambassador, is heir to about 200 million dollars and the richest woman in Washington society, with Ambassador Enrique Creel a wealthy figure whose fortune appears small beside his wife.
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Dugman
Far
North
Northwest
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Mount McKinley
Alaskan Range
Lenora Creel
Enrique C. Creel
Luis Terrazaz
Chihuahua
Hog Farming Tips From Kimball Dairy Farmer
Iowa hog numbers show spring pigs yield cheaper pork while fall pigs may prove better breeders. Proper feeding, calm farrowing, and a clean trough system boost litter size and health, with corn as the core feed. Avoid breeding young sows before one year and resist sudden diet changes. steady rationing, pasture, alfalfa, and roots aid fattening, and winter feeding should maximize thrift.
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Iowa
Kimball
Ex cur sion May 7 to Panhandle Texas lands offered
The Standard Land Co of Kansas City promotes a May 7 excursion from Fairfield to Sherman and Dalham counties in Texas Panhandle. Prospective buyers are invited to visit the Fairfield office over Kraft Clothing Store to learn land deals priced 10 to 20 dollars an acre.
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Panhandle
Texas
Fairfield
Standard Land Co
Kansas City
Sherman
Dalham
Kraft Clothing Store
Chas. E. Donald & CO
Auction Sale of Real Estate in Henn Williams Addition
Auction sale of south half of Lots 14 15 16 Block 5 Henn Williams Addition Fairfield heirs of Christian Noble deceased at premises Saturday May 4 at 1 pm. Buildings occupied by George Fry's Grocery and Healey's Bakery rent $31.50 monthly property expected to bring $4 500 will be sold to highest bidder. T B Allender Auct Crail Crail Attorneys.
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Henn-Williams
Fairfield
Christian Noble
George Fry
Healey
T. B. Allender
Auct
Crail & Crail, Attorneys
The Price of Health in Malaria District
Ella Slayton of Nolanda Ark reports the price of health in a malaria district is just 25 cents for Dr Kings New Life Pills. The product cleanses gently and imparts new life and vigor to the system. 25 cents. Satisfaction guaranteed at F S Shriner’s druggist. Apr.
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Dr. King
Ella Slayton
Noland
Ark
F. S. Shriner’s
For Sale One Acre Lot With House And Fruit Trees
For sale one acre on east Stone Street with 4 room house cellar barn wells and about three quarters acre of fruit. Offered at a bargain by W H Moyer.
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East Stone Street
W. H. Moyer
Fulton Brady Co Dissolves Partnership Notice
Dissolution notice states the Fulton Brady Company has dissolved its partnership. Bills are payable to J W Fulton Jr at the hardware store on the south side of the square. Dated 7 31.
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Fulton-Brady Co
J. W. Fulton, Jr
Ladies Crescent Wheel Sale Offered At Bargain Price
Good as new Crescent wheel offered at bargain price. Enquire at this office. 6 2t.
Billville Philosophy: A Snippet of Local Thought
A short fragment discusses Billville philosophy with wry observations on town life and common sense. The piece hints at civic manners, daily routines, and social expectations in a concise, period-tinged tone.
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Rey Pet
J. E. Roth & Company
Ee ‘ Oded
Crail’s
Shriner's Drug Store
Ida Morgan
Fairfield Township
W. A. Sunday
Chapel Parsons College
Frigate
Stade
L. T. Gobble
South Main Street
Raney
Rock Island Road
Prof. Wirtz
Burlington
Knox County
Ill
Post Office Department
United States
Canada
The
Central Chemical Company
Keokuk
Israel
Keokuk Gate City
College Athletic Grounds
Parsons
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield Band
W. A
Athletic Grounds
Monmouth
Gaines Bros
West Side
Edison
Victor
North Side Square
Tribune
California
Texas Panhandle
Gibson
Frank H. Wells & Co
Frank S. Shriner
N. W. Cor. Park
George W. Cable, Jr
Fairtiel
the Tribune
Billville
Hardware and
Lery Departme
Atlanta
Stati
Press
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