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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1905
Page
7
Red Oak promoter touts 338 000 acres in Woodbury county as open to homesteaders on August 17. Farmers are urged to deposit 6 and would receive 5 50 back if land fails to satisfy upon arrival. Sioux City reporters flag the plan as a likely fake aimed at farmers drawn to hopeful profits.
Dr. William A. Sharp and Emma Conger were abducted from their Des Moines home on the night of their wedding. They were held in a flat for thirty hours after a light was turned off and they were forced into a closed carriage. The carriage took them four miles away where they were kept in darkness and guarded by pickets. The motive was revenge for a joke played on a previously married couple.
Aug 11 city news reports Solon mayor Solon, age 27, arrested in Solon for maintaining a nuisance at a gambling shop run by Bittner. A warrant led to the arrest as authorities allege slot machines and dice games with 20 cent shares. Pre hearing set before Mayor Ball under district charges.
In Council Bluffs Iowa on August 13 two pigeons perched on the post office clock tower long hand, causing the noon time to halt as residents watched the movement before the birds left. The incident led to a pause in city routines and confused some clocks nearby.
Muscatine resident Gertrude Howe visits Gobble home while Chas Alexander of Ames stays briefly among friends. Jno Gossick and family return from Yellow Grass Canada and Clifford Brown with family depart for Claremont Indian Territory. W O Harper leaves for Eureka Springs Arkansas for a month, Mrs F F Simpson returns from Schickley Nebraska, Fred Spielman and wife head home from Lake Okoboji, Robert Ratcliffe of Fairfield visits Virginia Gillette in Philips town, and Mr and Mrs C Huffman of Fairfield depart on Burlington No 16 after visiting Ottumwa.
J H Taylor sells his Fairfield carriage and wagon business and building to R H Spence of Burlington Iowa. Taylor retires for health reasons with his family moving west. Spence comes with years of experience and strong local recommendations to serve the community.
Iowa State Fair in Des Moines and routes via Burlington offer round trip tickets at 3.50 from August 24 to September 1 with return by September 2 1905. Low harvesters rate 14.15 to Dakota and Minnesota points via Denver Springs Pueblo August 30 to September 4. Special G A R train from Fairfield September 4 at 1 29 pm with chair cars free and Pullman options. Tickets good on any train. Apply to P E Heflin Fairfield Iowa.
Nearly everyone urged to attend with promises of savings across the store. Outing flannel and white wash goods discounted to low prices. Special offers on furs muslin underwear and low shoes. The picture sale is described as enormous with continued low prices through the event.
Deputy Sheriff Carter reports Batavia Iowa case where Lee Alverson was found dead with a gunshot wound near his home. An inquest ruled death caused by a gun shot in the hands of a party unknown, with no visible self destructive motive. Family and community express deep sympathy.
The item urges Democratic supporters in the county to attend Bryan Day next Friday honoring William Jennings Bryan. It proclaims Bryan the era’s greatest man and top orator and calls readers to ensure neighbors and friends join the event as part of the county Chautauqua program.
The Trib schedules delivery on Wednesday mornings instead of afternoons to aid city mail carriers. Advertisers should bring copy to the office by Tuesday morning to guarantee insertion and ensure smooth operation.
Stockport notes show Mrs Zeigler leaving for Illinois for her father’s illness. Teeters visit Graham Lowe near Glasgow. Pagle couple return from Portland fair. Pagle’s father-in-law exhumed and reburied in Mount Zion Glendale. Several locals attend Crenshaw funeral. hints of Birmingham camp meeting. Teeters, Keltner, and others visit family. new telephones on Jefferson county line. Reverend Fordyce to preach at Ebeneezer next Sunday.
The Cedar Township notes describe recent timely rains boosting corn yields and harvesting progress. Grain yields include Guss Adams 25 bushels and Wm Parsons 37 bushels of corn, Richard Fisher rye 18 bushels per acre, hay abundant, apples scarce. A youth group visited C L Cox’s home. Lester Fulton injured a rib in a threshing accident. Sam Watson bought a piano for his daughter Elsie. Dr. Fisher expected in town.
We cordially invite you to this sale offering early buys on cotton goods for better values. Local shoppers urged to attend and take advantage of discounted prices on textiles and fabrics.
Our shop presents new styles of fall waist and a silk dress at a savings. The Guaranteed Kind is offered with a promise of quality and value for buyers.
Readers respond to a note about a new line of products with curiosity and tentative enthusiasm. Retailers see potential demand as early buyers inquire about availability and pricing.
Local business announces public opening with welcoming staff and reasonable prices as customers report pleasant service and accessible hours.
A bold promotion invites men women and children to pursue available opportunities in new hat styles. The offer emphasizes inclusivity and access across ages and genders.
The message promises lower prices now and urges seeing the big assortment first. It states inducements this fall worth consideration and notes clerks eager to learn from the Chautauqua event next week on Wednesday and Friday from 12 to.
The drive to establish saloons in Audubon county is halted as Atlantic saloonkeepers Walfinger and E Fisher withdraw. Strong opposition from the Iowa Anti-Saloon League and Audubon county group leaves few business signs of support among Audubon and Extra merchants, and most farmers oppose.
A wild freight from North McGregor crashed into a way freight at McGregor yesterday afternoon, demolishing two cabooses and four box cars and striking Freeman's restaurant rear. Mrs. Freeman escaped injury. the engineer and fireman leaped clear. No crew were seriously injured though the engine was heavily damaged.
Oskaloosa Iowa Aug 10 Editor Carr of the Tracey Leader is missing after running from his office Tuesday to catch a freight train to Oskaloosa and has not been seen since. His wife appeals to police amid fears of foul play. He also owned a Tracey furniture store and was prospering.
Sioux Rapids Iowa August 10 The 11 year old son of George Anderson a local farmer about five miles southwest of town was accidentally killed while helping to haul hay. He fell from the hay load and a pitchfork tine pierced his eye and entered the brain causing death.
Manchester Iowa August 10 Grant Hook of Thorpe foreman of a section gang on the Great Western was instantly killed at Dundee at noon today. Hook aged 45 was attempting to adjust ties when struck by a west bound freight. He leaves a family.
Rev. Father Clement Johannes, pastor of St. Marys church and a leading figure in the Dubuque archdiocese, died after a paralytic stroke four months prior. He had served as a priest for many years and was highly regarded in the community and church.
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