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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
3
The Tribune invites correspondents in every neighborhood to report news from Jefferson and surrounding counties. Readers may suggest sections not yet covered. Contributions should be signed with full address including route if any.
The threshing machine completed rounds locally and left. Small grain yielded about an average crop with some hay still to harvest. Mrs. John R. Culbertson underwent a surgical operation last Tuesday and is improving. Ed Hull and family visited Fairfield Sunday. Mr. May and family also spent Sunday in Fairfield. E. D. Y. Culbertson and wife of Glasgow visited last Thursday. Some attended the Sunday School convention at Plum Grove. Mrs. J. J. Minard of Stockport stayed at Kilpatrick home last week. Mrs. Fred Patterson and her Fairfield-born son visited Thursday with her sister, Mrs. W. H. Tuller.
Candid items from Pekin and nearby towns mention health updates for W C Harris and Otto Steels. Des Moines visitors Tom Gavin and Mrs Gavin stay with Mr and Mrs Young near Pekin while calling on friends. Families Heald and Harris host gatherings, and social plans include a Christian Sunday School ice cream social Saturday night.
Mrs. A G Straley underwent appendicitis surgery and is recovering well. M Camm sprained his foot in the harvest field last week. Mrs. Marshall Case and her son Frank visited the Heaton home. Mrs. N Lahnansky visited her daughter Mrs. Kennedy in Fairfield. M Damm shipped two carloads of hogs Tuesday. Mamie Keller of Chicago stays with her aunt Mrs. John Kasowski. Grace Lamansky and Mrs. Bert Montgomery spent Friday afternoon with Rosalie Gelski. Mr. Henry Mineart bought a new buggy last week.
The region faces heat and drought as rain is hoped for. A Sunday School convention at Pleasant Plain drew a large crowd. Four of Mahlon Roberts’ family battled typhoid fever but show some improvement. Farmers stack grain awaiting threshing equipment. Blackberries are abundant yet need rain. Mrs. Arthur Horney is gravely ill at home. death is anticipated. Mrs. Oliver Frazier traveled to Omaha. A J Johnson is painting his barn.
Rain is needed in the area as Miss Oza Park of Wisconsin plans an extended visit with her sister. Mrs. Eugene Parson and the Larsons visited the Oscar Lason home while Mr. and Mrs. Vedin dined with the Macken family. Roots and Whiticher also shared Sunday dinner at the Bush home.
Davenport visitor Bonnie Fields calls on Dr McGuire while Salem and Ottumwa travelers drop by for calls. A large list of out of town guests attends the funeral of Mrs Harry White and many locals visit relatives, travel for illnesses, or enjoy social events with friends and families across Fairfield and surrounding areas.
Mrs. Laura Swayne left for Peoria Illinois Wednesday. Miss Ruth Anderson of Washington visited Bessie Shrieves this week. Mrs. Wm. Myers returned from Centerville on Wednesday.
Washington's Plague Spots lie in the Potomac marshes and breed malaria germs causing chills fever ague and debility. Electric Bitters are claimed to destroy them and cure malaria and related ailments. A Florida singer praises them as the best tonic for malaria. Sold 50 cents guaranteed by F. S. Shriner.
George Earhart recounted awakening after a struggle west of Terre Haute Indiana and said he killed Mrs. Vinnie Scott in a fight over a box of cocaine last Thursday night. He knocked her down with a club, then collapsed beside her and could not speak when found.
October 8 is Iowa Day at the Oklahoma State Fair with 7000 to 10000 former Iowans expected on the fair grounds. Governor Carroll, ex governor Larabee and Senators Dolliver and Cummins named honorary members of the Oklahoma State Fair Association.
A testimonial for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy claims it never fails and notes user H S Nichols of Oakland Indiana Territory has relied on it since 1872. For sale by F W Jericho.
Crawford Neb Aug 7 Walter Berger an 18 year old farmer is said to have confessed to piling the rails to stop a Chicago Burlington & Quincy passenger train so he could ride to Alliance for medical aid for a hand wound. He claimed others fled after shooting him, then gave different stories.
I S Ma son of Beaver Dam Kentucky suffered intense colicky pains for years. A friend recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and after a few doses all symptoms disappeared. Four years later there has been no return. Sold by F W Jericho.
Roger Sommer, a French aviator, broke the world record for sustained flight in an airplane near Mourmelon le Grand, France. His aircraft stayed aloft for 2 hours 27 minutes 15 seconds, marking a new benchmark in endurance aviation.
An old public notices a health claim for Dr Kings New Life Pills to cure lazy liver symptoms including constipation headaches and skin issues. The ad promotes 25 cents price at F S Shriner's with a period of health improvement.
Montezuma Louisiana August 6 18 year old Charles Sutphin Jr son of Charles Sutphin Sr lies at his home four miles southwest of town after a 38 caliber revolver discharged while hitching a team. The bullet pierced the liver spleen and kidney and was removed from the back. He rests but doctors fear for his recovery.
An ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the supreme healer for injuries from heat, cuts, burns, bruises, and gun incidents. It claims effectiveness on boils, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and piles and notes a 25 cent price at F. S. Shriner's.
N E Welch sues unknown heirs of Andrew F B Hagey and others to quiet title in land described as the East 4 percent of the Northwest quarter and the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter in Section 18 Township 72 Range 11 Jefferson County Iowa. Plaintiffs seek decree barring all other claimants, reforming an erroneous deed description, and quieting title. Case to be heard in Fairfield District Court beginning September 27 1909 with publication ordered for four weeks.
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