Local notices and life events fill Fairfield columns
Small items reveal births marriages arrests and civic updates. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Frank Light. pastor Leander Lane eyed for Davenport's Christian church. box of jellies sent by Married Ladies Aid Society. various marriage licenses and engagements announced. city improvements and rail schedule changes noted along with local crimes and political notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Lane
Davenport
Christian Church
Married Ladies’ Aid Society
van Buren County
Keosauqua
E. E. Anderson
Louis J. Smith
Dell M. Ilginfritz
Fairfield
Edward Bailey
Hattie Bailey
Earnest Fulton
Mary J. Stephen
Washington County
Black
Chicago
Wilson
Iowa
Marshalltown
Charles Smith
William Peterson
Company M
J. Milton Crail
Ottumwa
Capt. Crail
The New Bankrupt Law Goes Into Effect
The new bankrupt law took effect for voluntary petitions on August 1 1898 and for involuntary cases on November 1 1898. It mirrors the general assignment law and allows discharge of debts. It should be less costly and blocks creditors from priority liens within four months after filing. It aims to curb hasty creditor actions that ruin otherwise viable businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.S. Klingaman
Pleasant Plain
Keokuk
Deafness cured only by constitutional remedies
Deafness cannot be cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased ear portion. Nine out of ten cases arise from catarrh inflaming the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. The inflammation must be removed to restore function or hearing may be lost forever. F. J. Cheney Co. Toledo Ohio. Hall's Family Pills sold by druggists 75c. Ohio excursion to G A R encampment in Cincinnati offered by Thos. Bell Fairfield La with September departure and cheap round trip rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Ohio
Remarkable Rescue by Mrs Curtain in Plainfield
Mrs Curtain, after a month of treatment for a lung illness deemed hopeless consumption, found relief with Dr King’s New Discovery. Six bottles restored her health enabling her to resume housework. Free trial bottles offered at J D McDowell Drug Store. Large 50 cent and 1.00 bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Curtain
Plainfield,ll
Dr. King
J. D. McDowell Drug Store
Loan advice on six percent money from Rollin J Wilson
An advertisement urges readers to contact Rollin J. Wilson for six percent money loans on realty with a loan cap of forty percent of property value. It presents options for long or short terms and highlights the named lender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollin J. Wilson
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Gaines Bros
ALGER
Phone
Jordan
West Side
Oxfords
G. W. Dahlman
South Side
Fairfield, Iowa
Rock Island & Pacific
Burlington & Quincy
Pere
Eees
Peete Wees
tFast Mail
la Rosa
Bevering
W.G. Ross
Mrs
Frank Light
Geo. Seaman
Jacob Funck
Buchanan Township
the Baptist Church
W. C. Shepherd
Geo. White
G. B. Baker
Dollie Wilhelmsdorfer
Solomon Whilhelmsdorfer
Polk Township
Pearl C. McElhany
Alta W. Gift
D. G. Higley
City
Crail
Chariton
Burlington Road
Co. G
Florence, Col
Susie L
O. D. Smith
O.D. Smith
Otto Smith
Canada
Board of Health
Wm. DeSpain
W. H. Aylesworth
Tampa
Florida
Santiago
Steinberg
Letts
John Merckens
Smith
Alf. Armstrong
A. Freshwater
Fairfield Township
Asa Scott
J. S. Gantz
Jnc. McElderry
Black & Moor’s
East Side
Co. M
Charles Youmans
Charles Cummings
Geo. W. Jenkins
Rollin Peters
Jos. Matson
Melvin H. Corry
Albert Jordan
A. S. Rider
Sargent
Pablo Beach
Cuba
California Fig Syrup Co
Captain Heaton
Charles van Nostrand
E. A. Howard
Soldier’s Relief Committee
Jacksonville
Charlie van Nostrand
Stuart Gaumer
Zane Ogden
Geo. Axline
Arthur White
Roland Marsh
Chas. Cummings
Dr. Whiting
Charlie
Charlie Youmans
Dr. Clarke
Chas. Magill
Wilson G. Heaton
Kunt
Great Clearing Sale
Hunt’s
North Side
Hunt's
the Great
Jefferson County Fair
Rock Island
Burlington
Chas. Gift
S. K. West
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