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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1905
Page
6
Libertyville Aug 28 report lists visits by H L Pillsbury and son from Monmouth and other locals visiting families across nearby towns. A barn owned by Rev C Springer burned in a lightning strike with contents lost. some insured. Multiple residents announced visits, travels, and social events across Ta and surrounding areas with notes on upcoming Epworth League social and local birthday gatherings.
Cedar Township August meeting closed with ministers and delegates from abroad. Rev Burdine chosen for coming year with higher salary. Residents attended ten days of chautauqua with noted eloquence and platform figures. Several locals planned farm work and travel, including John Dunlavy and Percy Monfort at the Iowa State Fair and Miss Marie Piquignot teaching in Colorado. A barn on Sam Jerrill’s property was struck by lightning and burned.
Stockport Iowa reports John E. Bales and son driving eleven fine black cattle to the Des Moines state fair and planning two more to Kansas City sale. A severe electrical storm with wind and rain struck Monday and Wednesday nights, causing limited damage to country buildings and trees. Chautauqua attendance from the area occurred in Fairfield. Carl Harlan, son of F M Harlan, formerly of Stockport and now in Des Moines, underwent appendicitis surgery and was recovering. A J Douglas sold his axe handle factory share to A E Harlan of Henderson Iowa. Dr Harlan of Hillsboro visited Stockport today.
Glendale Aug 28 The Historical society schedules a 2 p m meeting with a paper on Abingdon’s early history by A W Jaques Esq The recent rains aid corn M Damm bought two cars of calves in Kansas City and shipped fat cattle to Chicago for five cents a pound Mrs H Wilson returns to Illinois after a week with Pearl Spratt Ellen Hastons visits Fairfield en route to Davenport Perry Hickenbottom plans a Canada trip Joseph Hickenbottom moves from Oklahoma to the county to settle here
Miss Elsie Merry visits Fairfield this week. John Morley conducts business in Batavia. Ed McReynolds builds a fine barn improving the farm area. Frank and Mrs Reno return to Cedar Rapids after visiting Norman Reno. Walter Nafziger and Ada visit Lineville. Miss Hodson hosts a party with friends. all enjoy it. C S Cole does business in Fairfield. John Kreigh’s large house nears completion. Mr and Mrs J E Harris welcome a son born August 21. Clara and Mary Ellen Muldon shop in Ottumwa. A son born August 22 to Edward and Mrs McReynolds.
Mrs Peter Young and four children of Ottumwa visited relatives in Four Corners this week. E Vorhies and sons Elbert and Marshall attend the state fair in Des Moines. John Graf and wife visited friends in Oskaloosa. Lynn and Nelson dissolved their partnership. D R Lynn purchased the stock. August Giese’s barn was struck by lightning and burned. Fred King and family from Mt. Pleasant visited O F Lilly blade home. Residents attended the Fairfield chautauqua and the Wallace show. Bertha Carlberg spent ten days at Fairfield. Peter Roth and Joe of near Trenton attended Ringling Bros. in Burlington. Joseph Sukup of Milwaukee was mentioned.
The report covers a week of market activity with horses bought locally. John Schmidtlein of Burlington visits relatives here. Stella Jacobs visits Ottumwa with uncle Frank Jacobson. John Pencil sells his share of the threshing outfit to Jacob Kirk but remains as engineer. Minnie Peterson returns to Chicago after vacation with cousin Mary Erickson. Rev. Borgeson presided at Hiteman, resulting in no Swedish M E church services. Wind and rain have damaged corn fields. Della Linda expected home from California on the 36th.
Des Moines reports a warm week with excess rainfall across most of Iowa causing variable corn growth and some damage from heavy downpours and hail in central counties. Overall losses are modest statewide, with frost dates debated and 80 percent of corn likely safe by September 20 to 25. Conditions favor plowing and late potatoes prosper, while threshing is slowed and wheat and oats in shock harmed by wet weather.
An odd compilation of home remedies and do it yourself cleaning tricks covers stark advice from removing oils and stains with benzine to softening water with quicklime. The satirical tone targets everyday chores, from cleaning ceilings and irons to treating burns and washing delicate fabrics with unusual ingredients.
Tom Lawson reports losing a $7,000 bull pup and warns that several such losses could ruin him. The piece notes his precarious finances and describes the ongoing “frenzy” of his economic situation without sensational detail.
Iowa in brief notes Cedar Rapids State Normal school opens September 5 with a large attendance expected.
It is said that the Rev. Father J. J. Garland of Eagle Grove is a possible candidate to be appointed dean of the Catholic church for the five county deanery to succeed the late Father P. J. Mc Grath of Charles City.
Otto Globke of North McGregor lies at the point of death after a stabbing affray with Bert Armis. Both men are railroad workers. The incident was triggered by Globke’s jealousy over attention given to Armis’s wife.
An Iowa harvest hand writes from North Dakota reporting work in an 800 acre wheat field at 2.50 dollars per day. The employer owns five binders and a threshing outfit. Wheat yield is about 30 bushels per acre and many Iowa boys are in the area.
Julius Davis the assailant in a deadly attack on Mate Brinker and a deck hand Hanhorn who was paralyzed died at Mercy hospital in Dubuque Tuesday evening last week.
J. H. Preston of Des Moines Iowa, likely the oldest rail worker in the state, began a vacation trip to Portland with his wife on Friday. At 81 he has spent fifty years employed by the Rock Island Railroad Company.
Rev H G Beeman pastor of Walnut Street Baptist Church Waterloo wore work clothes and carried a dinner bucket as he walked to the Illinois Central shops to work and mingle with laborers. His aim is to gain practical knowledge of conditions facing workingmen.
Ben F. Elbert a prominent Iowa capitalist died when his team’s horses ran away and plunged off a bridge into a stream south of Des Moines. He drowned before help arrived. Elbert held life insurance exceeding 300000.
Charles Butler, living near Medford, was killed when a lightning bolt struck him as he checked the barn during a storm. His sister, Mrs. Curt Taylor, was killed by lightning about a year earlier. Butler had gotten up to see if the horses were safe.
Mrs J Brazille of Humboldt suffered a severe mishap while tightening a glass jar top. The injury tore flesh and damaged arteries, narrowly avoided severing the hand. Separately, Mrs Martha Essenburg of Lore died last week after being bitten by a rattlesnake while feeding chickens.
Mediterranean moths have closed two Minneapolis flour mills with more to come as pests, moths spin webs under sift cloth and damage fabric. Coroner F W Lies orders inquest into John Kelly’s death from blows to the head.
A three year old boy suffered a severe foot injury when a descending hammer spike drove through the sole. The father immediately rushed the child to Clinton by car, covering six miles in about fifteen minutes for medical aid. Doctors hold little hope for a rapid recovery.
Carrie Palmer of Spencer eloped with Horace Reed and is said to be in Des Moines. Described as a 35 year old woman with bright Titian hair, upper denture and no lower teeth, freckled and weighing 135 pounds. The couple planned escape after disliking life in Spencer.
The dispute over Professor L. B. Carlisle’s retention as Nevada schools superintendent concluded with his resignation offered last week and accepted by the school board after his recent exoneration of immorality charges.
Mrs. C. V. Patterson, aged 84, lost her balance while drawing water from an open cistern and fell in. Her son, nearby, rescued her with a ladder and lowered aid, bringing her to the surface. Though severely shocked, she is expected to recover.
A disastrous fire started in G F Gallaghers barn in Williamsburg, likely from spontaneous combustion, destroying barn, 90 to 100 tons of hay, a horse and other property. The granary, hog shed, corn crib and two hay stacks were also consumed. The dwelling was saved. Loss about 1000 dollars with 760 dollars insured. The horse was fully insured.
Surveyor Michael Bannon reports Lee county will spend upward of eighty thousand dollars to replace bridges ruined by the June 9 storm. Twenty eight new wooden bridges have been built and thirty two wood and iron bridges repaired, with fifty two wooden and twenty seven iron bridges remaining to tackle. The storm’s total damage is still undetermined. In Manson a Carnegie library offer sparks a bitter local clash rivaling Des Moines political fights between East and West. The Illinois Central railroad divides the town, creating stubborn north south camps and jealousy. Locating the library remains at a stalemate, delaying the promised check. Jack Dalton blames Mayor Long, while Long blames Dalton.
A London specialist argues there are more centenarians than feared and offers guidelines for longevity. Moderation, lack of worry, ample sleep and exercise, and a diet rich in sugar rice peas fruit potatoes bread and milk are advised, with fish and meat eaten sparingly. He claims healthy constitutions could reach a hundred, though critics note no one has yet achieved it. The piece ends with a remark about the longevity hopes among various populations.
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