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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1898
Page
2
A local ad proclaims twenty nine years of business in Fairfield promising lower prices without cutting quality. It highlights spot cash buying and the store’s aim to offer goods that look better than they advertise and to advertise what they have.
Advertisement describes a clearance sale on certain fabrics including Dimities Organ dies and Lawns with prices ranging from 3 to 6 cents per yard for gingham and other fabrics. Good Organdies and Imported French Organ Dies offered with steep markdowns. A sewing machine is advertised at 16 dollars 75 cents cash.
Local items include deaths in Sparta and Fairfield townships, property repairs at the Cramer House, and a bigamy case involving J Swope. Community events cover native Pennsylvanians meeting, a Stever birthday dinner, and a Young Ladies Soldiers Aid Society fund drive for Company M.
The death of Joseph Campbell at Locust Grove township follows a long illness after arriving in Jefferson County in 1855. He aged, married Emma Randolph, and left ten children, including Alice, a former city teacher. funeral held July 26. Catharine Manning, born Brown, died in Liberty township from stomach neuralgia. eleven of twelve children survive. funeral at Brethren church. An advertisement touts Hall's Family Pills and a Cochran remedy for deafness, claiming nine of ten cases from catarrh and urging constitutional treatment.
Advertisement notes a salve claimed to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter cracked hands chilblains corns and more with a money back satisfaction guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by J D McDowell.
Mrs Elizabeth Dunlap aged eighty two died at her daughter Mrs L H Greens home in the city July 29 after a long illness. She was born Elizabeth White May 20 1816 in Huntington county Pennsylvania and married John Dunlap in 1836. She lived in Buchanan township before moving to Bloomfield in 1872 and later to Davis county. Seven of her eight children survive including Mrs Mary E Morgan T A Dunlap Mrs Martha A Draper Mrs L H Green Mrs Harriet N Bloom Mrs Adda Harkins and Mrs Eliza Bell. Funeral services were held in Sioux City and Bloomfield. Also includes an editorial note promoting Grain-O and a job ad from Sioux City Business College.
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