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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
3
Chicago and Denver express trains listed with spring etc times. Daily and Sunday exceptions noted. Local services between McCook and Chicago Villisca via Peoria and Ottawa appear with morning and afternoon slots.
A baby girl was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs William Riebe of North B street. The court house offices will remain closed in the afternoons except Saturday during Chautauqua. Typhoid cases remain absent in the city this past week and the disease is checked for now. Mr and Mrs Theodore Hochuly returned from an eastern vacation last Saturday. They stayed with Mrs Hochuly in Liberty Indiana. Corn shows improving yields with higher acreage, likely near average. Maj Gantz and A A Cornell will join a carnival company at Pipestone Minnesota and continue in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Rev W Luther Bright of the English Lutheran church takes a two week vacation at the Rock River Assembly in Dixon Illinois, attending for eight straight years. With cement walk progress, six miles may be laid before winter. three miles already done and more added. The Tribune offers strong ad potential for stock sales and catalogues. Chau tauqua interest grows. the assembly is expected to be the biggest yet with larger tented attendance and many outside visitors. Woman’s Home Missionary Society elected officers last Thursday at the regular meeting before a picnic at the Power home. Officers include President L T Gobble and others. Last Thursday was the hottest day in years with near-prostrations among harvest crews and factory shutdowns due to heat. The city’s sales have drawn trade from long distances and the region reports excellent values across Fairfield stores making it a premier trading point in Iowa, deterring travel to Ottumwa or Burlington.
Local notices list Fritz and Droz selling coal for threshing by L A Power who proclaims it the best. Also city painters improve the building, job ads for a girl and a child caregiver, plus several travelers and business changes including J C Thorne’s Minnesota trip, O D Stubbs party’s Colorado visit, and A D Long taking over repair work on North Main Street. The Carnaby Stock Company trio visited Fairfield, and collectors seek a prairie schooner for the Old Settlers exhibit. A forty acre orchard is offered for sale near Packwood road, and Cole Bros. circus plans to arrive around Aug 27, with Washington appearances noted.
The Tribune announces a six page feature outlining the tariff bill that dominates national politics, promised as a reader draw at an early date. Local notes report John Lewis’s minor stroke recovering, a sidewalk dispute leading to assault charges, and city efforts on sewer planning. Fire at A. R. Burkit home causes $400 damage but is contained, while auto club planning and a large Evergreen lodge picnic with visiting officers are detailed. Evergreen lodge reports strong growth and Chautauqua rest tent plans for out of town members.
Property deeds listed show transfers in Fairfield Lockridge and related areas. Transfers include Okell to Banfield 175.00 dollars Lot 3 Block 2 Eckerts Add Fairfield and others to Payne Hickenbottom and to Campbell. Prices range from 50.00 to 1700.09 with quit claims noted and multiple party names.
The Old Settlers day celebration will feature a poets contest with rules: each poem must be no more than 100 lines, only one poem per contestant, signed with the writer’s name, typewritten or printed, and mailed to Mrs J S McKenney by August 23.
The week saw near normal temperatures with generally deficient rainfall, but showers on 1–3 days across most of the state. Early days were cloudy and cool with light showers. late days hot, up to 100 degrees. Rains aided corn, potatoes, pastures and garden vegetables. Harvest progresses. threshing begins. winter wheat yields 20–35 bushels, oats 25–45. Timothy cut. pastures and potatoes healthy but need more rain, especially in eastern counties.
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