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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
6
A compact notice highlights a selection of umbrellas as gifts, presenting a range of reliable makers and high quality options. The piece emphasizes sturdy construction and dependable brands suitable for holiday giving and practical use.
Attendance at the Thursday library hall lecture pleased patrons with both entertainment and instruction. News arrives of Dr. and Mrs. Brown welcoming a son in Panora Iowa, Susie Harkness now Mrs. Brown. Marriage licenses issued for William W Clark and Margaret Schooley Abingdon. William Donaho Keosauqua and Nellie McGrew. Christmas fruit cake and other bakery items advertised by Davis Grocery and Bakery. The Iowa State Horticultural Society held its forty second convention in Des Moines at the State House. A program at the Agassiz room in the library last Friday was fully attended and carried out. The magazine fund gained several dollars.
A Friday Methodist church program drew a fair crowd with Mr Ritchie delivering a first class show. The C E society added $8 to its treasury. Next Sunday at Presbyterian church the pastor discusses The Lamp of Jehovah in the morning and The World Beyond Is There Another Life in the evening. Christmas gifts are arriving, mainly to foreign destinations like Sweden and Germany. Mr and Mrs Howard Minster mourn their seven month old daughter whose funeral was held Monday at home and burial followed at Antioch cemetery with Rev Coop officiating.
Community notes report sympathy messages for the Minster family, small town ads for Davis Grocery and Bakery, and visits between Nellie Sullivan and Mrs. Kate Sullivan. Local scenes include a Presbyterian Brotherhood banquet with a six oclock supper, a cornet solo by Clifford Thoma, and remarks by Rev. W F Jones and Albert H Mutschler on church, fellowship, and civic duty.
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