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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
14
The election contest board adjourned after discarding 100 votes from three townships. Recount work resumes Thursday and may finish Saturday. Fifteen precincts remain and no reliable forecast is possible as to final results.
Mabel Beatrice Reed, seven, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P Reed of West Harrison street, died early Thursday of membranous croup after a three day illness. Funeral and burial were private at Evergreen cemetery the same afternoon. It is the citys first death from membranous croup or diphtheria. The loss is a severe blow to the Reed family with many friends offering sympathy.
Galveston Texas reports Mrs. Julia O'Brien who lived beyond 103 years recommended women smoke five pipefuls daily to reach and exceed 100. She told St Francis Home inmates her long life came from tobacco, starting in Ireland and continuing after immigrating to America.
A long list of residents and guests frequent the Ottumwa area last week. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knowles of Medill Oklahoma at Simpson Jones wedding, Miss Ruth Helfinstine from Glasgow visiting the Fisher home, and Maj E E Lucas in Des Moines on military business.
Waterloo Iowa December reports local officers and Chief Webber of La Crosse Wisconsin believe a large, coordinated group of shoplifters operates in the United States and Canada. They describe a man and woman team, well dressed, smooth talkers, with fences handling stolen silk at key cities and hotels, capable of stealing hundreds of dollars per trip without weapons.
Washington reports Charles H. Treat notes a last year deficit of 58,070,201 as revenues surpassed by expenditures. Expenditures rose while 1908 revenues exceeded all years except 1907. Total money supply stood at 3,378,764,020 with per capita money rising to 34.72.
A Columbus report says former treasury secretary Leslie M. Shaw claimed President Roosevelt aims to replace Taft with four year support from postmasters. The remark surfaced after Shaw spoke with Judge Wood and was allegedly made during the campaign. Newspaper men were present.
Pine Bluff Arkansas on December 3 reports that blasting the opposite shore levee has diverted the river current away from crumbling banks along the business district. Officials now believe the danger of major property damage has passed despite earlier fears.
George R. Babcock died last Friday after a long illness of dropsy at his West Briggs street home. The funeral was held Saturday at the house with burial in Evergreen cemetery. He leaves a wife and six or eight children, a Wisconsin native born in 1851 who moved to this country around age twenty. He married Mary Cunningham of Abingdon. two children of the union died. He was a longtime Jefferson county resident respected for fortitude.
Rupert Pioneer Record reports the death of Francis Kellogg Mulkins born April 17 1866 in Fairfield Iowa. He died November 14 1908 in Rupert Idaho after years of illness. He left four surviving siblings Willard Ernest Laura Mulkins and Ola Carbaugh of Rupert. Funeral services were at the Christian church with Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in charge. burial in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Fairfield reports only two quarantine cases as a precautionary measure against disease in children. Health officials urge families to wash nasal passages with mild antiseptic, use salt and water for cleansing, and maintain good stomach and bowel health to prevent common childhood illnesses.
The pope, despite doctors protests, left bed briefly to say mass in his private chapel. He returned to bed but granted an audience to Merry de Val. A comfortable night followed, yet his advanced age raises fear of pneumonia developing from the illness.
Des Moines, December 5 Judge Brennan advised 22 year old W D Jones to study a future wife before remarriage after granting a divorce. He cautioned about character, habits and disposition while Jones had sought permission to wed again within a year.
Lands owned or controlled in Center and Liberty townships are listed by multiple individuals including John B. Stever Geo F Stever R H Stever C W Whitham and others such as C J Fulton L C Groff A T Smith and several Ball Haney and Hes ton family members in this survey segment.
A brief notice notes a recently married couple living on a farm in the eastern part of the county. Reports describe intimate relations with other men and a bad temper as contextual details of the couple's life.
Piano tuning available in Fairfield from December 1 to 13. Leave orders at Baker’s Music Store or Leggett Trouse for E. J. Eisenhart.
Notice to trespassers forbids entry on all properties. Unauthorized persons are prohibited from entering, remaining, or using the premises and may be subject to enforcement actions.
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