Jefferson County History Meeting Notes December Meeting
Jefferson County Historical Society met December 4 with president Dr. T. James presiding. Gage recalled 1839 arrival and a 1841 slave sale in Fairfield. Ratliff’s store moved to town and sold a boy to Dill. War end celebrations, Old Settlers Day, and reunions noted amid Spanish influenza deaths including Stephenson, Case, Galliher, Ratcliffe, Westen hav er, Turner, and Lt. Rorick with others mortally wounded.
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T. James
G. W. Gage
Fairfield
John Ratliff
Russell Smith
Ratcliff
Old Lockridge
Ratliffe
Kentucky
Mr. Dill
Halcyon
Jefferson County
Iowa Infantry
Robert Cramer
Co. G
Coop
Antioch Church
Christian Church
Upland
Germans Ordered to Salute British Officers and Anthem
British authorities in charge of the occupation zone in Germany issued an official Berlin statement directing all German men to raise their hats to British officers and to do so again when the British national anthem is sung.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Fairfield Tailor Makes Valuable Fund
A Fairfield tailor advertises a medical remedy claiming major health benefits after ineffective treatments. The notice touts iMayr's Wonderful Remedy as a simple cure for catarrhal mucus and digestive inflammation, with a money back guarantee and sale through Jericho & Easton as seen in the Want Ads.
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iMayr
Jericho & Easton
Adv
Train schedule fragment shows multiple daily arrivals
A fragmented timetable lists several trains with numbers and times including Overland Express at 12:01 a.m. No 4 Chicago Local 8:02 p.m. No 6 Chicago Lim 2:29 p.m. No 8 Fast Mail 1:18 a.m. No 12 Chicago Lim 2:02 a.m. No 18 Chicago Local 9:20 a.m. No 178 Peoria Local 12:22 p.m.
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Overland
Chicago
Peoria
Nebraska
Lim
Colo.Calif
Burlington
Train schedule excerpt labels and times
East Bound trains shown include No 12 Fast Express No 30 Local Passenger and No 84 Local Freight with times 5 12 p m and 9 00 a m respectively per the timetable snippet
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Meeting OF Historical Society
Jefferson County Historical Society
Hiram Hea
Demic
Fairfield High School
Burlington High School
Matilda Stephenson
Bruce Ratcliffe
M. Ms Westenhaver
Westenhaver
Rorick
Clifford Dimmitt
Benjamin J. Atkins
New Chicago
New
Chas. H
Woellhaf
For All
West Side
Fairfield Tailor
Rodabaugh & Bean
H & Bean
South Side Square
Quality & Price Right
Flaherty Mfg. Co
Washington
Fairfield Steam
C. E. Long’s
C. A. McElderry
Iowa
Starr & Jordan
J. P. Starr
A. G. Jordan
Square Fairfield
ED. Gentry
Leggett Hotel
A. C. Wisecarver
R. C. Leggett
Leggett Building
E. R. Smith
X. C. Nady Lawyer
Richardson How
E. F. Simmons
Northwest Corner Park
Rod
Rock Island
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