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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
6
An advertisement lists cloaks priced from five to thirty two fifty dollars and fur coats skirts and related items with ranges from three fifty to fifteen dollars. Other coats and ladies misses items are noted with various prices.
The column lists numerous Ottumwa and area residents visiting or traveling last week. Names include Mr and Mrs Charles Knowles Glendon Way Ruth Helfinstine Maggie Sands John Bennett Maj E E Lucas Oscar Downer Lou McElwain Kate Calhoun Anna Gilbert Daisy Gibson Anna Gilbert Rev John A Bright and family among others with trips to Des Moines Seattle Glasgow Packwood Collins Junction and Strasburg Ohio.
Detectives link Harry Rogers and Nellie Roach to a broad shoplifting network across the United States and Canada. Authorities describe a large group of hundreds of men and women specializing in silk and luxury fabrics with fences handling disposed goods. George R. Babcock dies after a long illness. funeral held in Jefferson County with six surviving children.
The election contest board adjourned after reviewing votes from three townships and discarding 100 ballots. Recount work resumes Thursday and may finish Saturday. Fifteen precincts remain and no forecast or prediction is offered as to which contestant gains. No major changes have occurred yet.
The United States treasurer Charles H. Treat reports last year’s expenditures exceeded receipts by 58,070,201 dollars while 1908 revenues surpassed all years except 1907. The report notes money in circulations rose over eleven years and per capita wealth and population grew.
A Galveston report recounts Mrs. Julia O'Brien who lived beyond 103 and urged inmates of St. Francis Home to smoke five pipefuls daily. She claimed tobacco preserves health and eyesight, and recounted emigrant history from Ireland.
A Columbus report claims former Treasury secretary Leslie M. Shaw said President Roosevelt aims to succeed Taft and would reward postmasters with a fourth class appointment in key states to gain lasting support. Shaw allegedly spoke during the campaign to Judge Wood and asked reporters not to publish the remark, then noted it would do no harm after election.
Pine Bluff Arkansas December 3. Dynamiting the opposite shore levee successfully diverted the river current away from the crumbling banks along the business district. Officials believe the danger of serious property loss has passed due to the action.
Mabel Beatrice Reed seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs P Reed of West Harrison street died early Thursday morning of membranous croup after a three day illness. Funeral was private with burial that afternoon in Evergreen cemetery. This marks the citys first death from membranous croup or diphtheria, leaving the Reeds and their friends to mourn the loss.
Health officials urge families to follow state board recommendations during rising child illnesses. Daily nasal and throat washes with salt water and antiseptic can prevent common childhood ailments. Fairfield reports limited cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever, with strict quarantines in place and no large outbreaks.
In Rome on December 2 the pope rose briefly to say mass despite doctors’ protests then returned to bed. He granted an audience to Merry de Val, the papal secretary, and slept well. Doctors fear his age could lead to pneumonia if his illness worsens.
Des Moines Iowa December 5 Judge Brennan cautioned W D Jones 22 to carefully consider selecting a wife before remarrying after granting a divorce. Jones claimed his wife threatened to shoot him and had periods away from home with other men during a nine month marriage on a county farm.
J Eisenhart announces piano tuning service in Fairfield from December 1 to 13. Orders can be left at Baker's Music Store or Leggett Trouse. EK.
Notice prohibits all trespassing on lands owned or controlled in Center and Liberty townships by listed individuals including John B. Stever Geo F Stever R H Stever C W Whitham C J Fulton L Groff A J T Smith Faulkner Robi F Ratcliff E R Smith Grant Hudgell Lincoln Hudgell Ed Balding John Langner Jacob Roth F S Shafer G P Spratt George Cornell Frank Nelson L D D Smith John Smith P H Heston Geo Ball Harry Ball Richard Ball P H Heston John Haney Mace Clinkenbeard Harv Haney Joseph Ball.
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