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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1909
Page
9
The Burlingon Route issues a forty page three color folder promoting the Seattle Exposition. It includes a detailed grounds map, a Seattle street map with Expo access and streetcar lines, a Puget Sound regional map for side trips, and information on rates routes and Pacific Coast tours for summer 1909.
An unspecified notice states that an application may be made to any of the company's agents. It provides no names, places, or dates beyond the general instruction. The fragment implies a follow up with agent contact for service or inquiry.
All plans are complete for Friday’s event on Alumni Field at Parsons College. Fifty-eight athletes from Allerton Corydon Bloomfield Oskaloosa Ottumwa Seymour and Burlington will contest 14 events chaired by Prof. J. E Johnson with officials including General Manager J. E. Johnson Referee T. B. Turner and Start Bruce Gobble.
I D Jones, confined to his home for weeks due to illness, is gaining satisfactorily and hopes his friends that he will be about again in a very short time.
A stream of visitors and returning residents are noted in Fairfield. Miss Alice Robertson of Davenport visits with Mrs. Thomas L. James from Saturday to Tuesday, while Chester Scott from Quincy and Miss Tillie Huglin from Perlee enjoy local time. Nearby travels include Dr. Bigler from Chicago and Mrs. Orr Lawson from Onarga, with several residents visiting friends in Ottumwa, Burlington, St. Joseph, and other locales.
The April term convened in the city to clear a large docket of cases. Equity work begins immediately with jury trials set for the second week. The grand jury was empaneled Tuesday afternoon, with assignments including quiet title, injunction, partition, and damages actions. Notable cases include Mace Loveless vs Lilly V Martin and Cooper & Son vs Iowa Central Ry. Crimes listed are cheating by false pretenses and larceny.
Keokuk reports a nine year old, described as half witted, killed George W. Jones on the morning of his wedding day after Jones spanked him. The boy retrieved a shotgun, returned, and opened fire, fatally striking Jones who was visiting the bride-to-be.
Readable lines indicate a local help note seeking clean cotton rags with good price offered. No specific names or dates present.
Miss Minnie Freeman of Burlington and Charles H. Adair of Spokane wed at the Allen residence with Rev. C. L. Tennant officiating. The couple plan to reside in Spokane after a short Ottumwa visit. Also, Daisy Belle Hubbs of Richland and Arthur Edward Lovedy were married at the English Lutheran parsonage with Rev. W. Luther Bright officiating. They will start housekeeping on a Richland farm.
Naturalists J Loring Alden and Edmund Heller of the Smithsonian join Theodore Roosevelt’s hunting party at Sir Alfred Pease’s ranch on the Athi river. George MacMilan and F C Selous will join midweek as lions and buffalo counts rise. Smallpox concerns in Nairobi are controlled with precautions and health checks for porters and runners.
Obituary notices detail the death of Susan Marsden Williamson longtime Jefferson county resident born in England in 1818. She and husband John Williamson founded a farm near Fairfield and later ran the county poor farm before her death April 22 1909 at home. Funeral services were held April 24 at 2 30 pm and interment in Evergreen cemetery. Also noted are the deaths of infant Millie Marie Lawson and infant daughter of Wilson Barr and Frank Burkes with brief burial details and prayers.
Alma S Leedham of Mt Pleasant born August 21 1861 died aged 47 8 4 leaves husband three sons Mary and her mother Mrs Barber a Christian church member. Mrs Hl B Mitchell died April 21 1909 born August 22 1827 from Abington PA lived near Fairfield and in Fairfield IA nine children listed with spouses and locations funeral details in Fairfield. Watts Young died in Romeo Colorado April 22 peritonitis. wife and two children quarantined for scarlet fever. distressing telegram notes isolation.
Fire in the Junkin flat occupied by A W Taylor started Friday evening and burned two rooms and furniture. Firemen contained the blaze. Dr W O Pool’s offices flooded and Copeland’s drug store water damaged. The origin is unknown. Also, Mrs F K Leedham died at 50s West Madison Street from stomach cancer. funeral from her home today at 1:00 PM with burial at Mt Pleasant.
The body of Mr. Young was brought to Stewart for burial. The family home was at Stewart and interment occurred Tuesday morning in the local cemetery. No further details are known, and many friends extend sympathy to his wife and children who lost husband and father unexpectedly. The family had moved here two months ago, planning to settle in the West.
Mrs. Frederick Oppenheimer of 5901 Princeton avenue was brought to Judge Blake’s Harrison Street court and admitted stealing $18 in goods from a State Street department store. She received a $1 fine plus costs and five days in county jail.
Harry Overturff of Selma and Mabel H. Miller of Libertyville are licensed. James E. Hagans of Fairfield and Iola Wilson of Fairfield obtain a license. Arthur E. Lovedy of Richland and Daisy B. Hubbs of Richland are licensed.
N H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont testifies to the effectiveness of Dr King's New Life Pills for chills constipation biliousness and sick headache. The advertisement urges 25 cents at F S Shriner's in April.
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