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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1907
Page
5
Eye Glasses and Spec tacles advertise an optical line with colored glasses to protect eyes from light and dust. The note touts new share-on glasses for style and comfort, promises low prices, and offers home fittings by calling phone 627, with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
Four new stock of groceries advertised as carefully selected and newly shelved. Emphasizes clean, fresh and new inventory with low prices. Promotes SNOW DROP UP-TO-DATE CERESOTA RED BIRD flour as high grade and guaranteed to be as good as any brand.
The advertisement touts teas and coffees and promotes Dr Thomas Uncooked Wheat Bread at 25 cents a package. It claims the bread improves vitality, cures stomach or bowel trouble, and prevents constipation while promising a healthy body with natural ingredients.
Store promises courteous service and high quality produce with fair pricing. Located first door north of the Iowa State Savings Bank, it invites customers to trial its groceries and training in service.
The Fall term of Fairfield Academy begins on September 2. The school offers advantages for those training to teach or enter practical business life. For particulars contact Principal R A Harkness at 22 31.
Mrs Will Ramsay entertained about fifteen ladies at a carpet rag tacking gathering last Thursday afternoon with refreshments. Ed Campbell and Howard Inghram traveled to Nebraska. Mrs Paxon's illness near Woolson is improving slowly. Floyd Davidson's daughter Nina has been ill for a week. The ladies society held an ice cream social Saturday at C E McPherson's home.
Packwood residents engage in family visits and church events. The Endeavor Society plans a box social, while many neighbors travel to Fairfield, Hedrick, or Bright a on weekends. Local families, sales, and church activities fill the week with visitors and travel to Minnesota, Dakota, and Chicago for gatherings.
Rev and Mrs August Mennicke of Rock Island Ill are visiting at the Mennicke home. Harry Rupp has been on the sick list for several days. Miss Clara Hildebrand of Fairfield visited the home folks, joined by Messrs John and Carl Bogner John Reeder and Elbert Vorhies.
Stockport Iowa notes last week’s Tribune errors include Stockport becoming Stockton. Harvest is over and threshing begins with good weather. Corn growth up to par versus other years. Many plan trips to Fairfield for the Chau tauqua. A cool refreshing breeze refreshed the area Sunday afternoon.
Elm Grove reports farmers stacking oats. Harry Junkin and family visited at the parental home. Mrs. A L Barr of Fairfield spent time with daughter Mrs Halleck Wilson. Velma Wilson and daughter Zola visited Fred Walker near Batavia. C J Gilly family of Fairfield and Orien Pfeiffer of Fairfield are mentioned.
Brookville residents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oriez and Miss Altha Barger visited Sunday at S. P. South. Mrs. Clinton Conn and daughter Dortha of Fairfield are visiting this week at Halleck Wilson’s. Mrs. C. D. McPherson and Ila spent Monday and Tuesday near Richland. Alva Rains of Packwood was a visitor. Mrs. Shanstrom and Mrs. Jacobson attended church in Fairfield. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Salts visited Sunday at Milton Fisher’s near Brookville.
Round Prairie Two Aug 12 residents pick blackberries and plan fruit use. Mr and Mrs John Gleason of Chicago and family visit Ross McCarty, with Anthony McCarty joining to tour the city. Master Charles Litton of Ottumwa visits relatives. Charles Sendstrom improves from illness. Local plans include Henry County fair and Chautauqua at Fairfield. threshing will cause some schedule interference.
A lively event at J. O. Lambert's in Perlee attracted neighbors for a quilting party titled Old Maid's Quilzin. We learn William Lambert and Judson Coil traveled to Mt. Pleasant this week. J. J. Watts was reported very sick recently. The buzz centers on a playful sham battle in the neighborhood.
Ellen Peterson and sister Emeline visited at the Swan son home while J T Rodgers and Miss Edythe of Centre township called on relatives. Mrs H L Rodabaugh and Mr Will Robertson traveled to Cedar Rapids for the Grand Lodge of the Pythian Sisters. Women from Fairfield and local households hosted gatherings with ice cream and cake. Maud Warren suffered a broken arm at an Epworth League social. others hosted friends and relatives in Illinois and nearby towns.
Rev. Higbee of Omaha presents a brief life sketch of Dr. William T. Machesney born September 16 1850 in Westmoreland PA. He practiced medicine in Salina and Bagley Iowa and later ran a drug store. his widow Harriet L. Miller and their son Ray survive him.
A vintage recruitment notice urges young men and women to join Ottumwa Commercial College in Iowa. It touts a large payroll of graduates in high paying jobs, September 2 1907 enrollment, and a new $30 000 building with steam heat and electric light in a Southern Iowa setting.
Dr Machesney, long active in the M E church since 1900, died after a year of declining health, with February marking the sharpest decline. He leaves two brothers Samuel L. and J M, and two sisters Mrs Margaret Marshall and Mrs Sarah Dornan. The community offers prayers and shared sorrow, guided by faith in eternal hope.
A note of thanks to Fairfield and Burlington District supporters notes Christmas box gifts for Cammpore India, sent as a missionary's home support from the Women's Foreign Missionary Society. The box was prepared before October 1903 and delivered August 10. T. S. Pool and wife sign the missive.
Members of Co. M I N G Fairfield returned from encampment on November 4. They showed strong in rank and action and are expected to maintain a high standing among Iowa volunteers. Two members, Robert Fulton and Rollin Wilson, were on the sick list for a few days during encampment.
For sale an Iowa Cream separator described as in excellent condition. Advertised by R. H. Spence. Contact information not provided.
National fabric sale offers Batiste at 8 cents per yard and Mercerized Striped Batiste at 11 cents. Embroidered Swiss in Dolly Var den pattern at 15 cents. Paris Voiles plaid effects at 19 cents. Killarney Silk Plaids waisting at 25 cents. Pearl Drops and Shadow Checks novelties at 39 cents per yard.
Linen finished and full shrunk cotton sold at special price 12 cents per yard. The 18 cent quality will be sold at 15 cents per yard. Limited offer aims to attract buyers with discounted textile yardage.
Five or six A No 1 fresh cows offered for sale by A Frame. Contact 93. 22-3tx.
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