Local Fairfield Ad Storefronts Advertise Holiday Goods
A busy roundup of promotions and items from Voorhies Clarke Junkin Gillette Slufford Starr McGaw Bradshaw Thomas and others. The column lists hats, wall paper, dolls, juvenile books, trunks and valises, pocket knives, albums Bibles and Christmas cards along with local notices about holidays and upcoming events.
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Voorhies
Slufford & Starr’s
Lufford & Starr
Gilette’s
Clarke & Junkin’s
Gillette's
C. L. McGaw’s
Clarke Junkin’s
Hutford & Starr’s
Bradshaw & Thoma
Gillette’s
Park
Crawford’s
Bradshaw & Thoma’s
Crawford's
Holiday excursion tickets on C I and P and C B Q lines
The C I and P RY offers round trip holiday tickets from Dec 21 to Jan 2 with returns by Jan 3 1888. C B Q line also offers round trip fares from Dec 24 25 26 31 and Jan 1 2 with return to Jan 3. An eminent doctor from Chicago endorses Papillon skin cure by Clarke and Junkin priced at $1 per bottle or prepaid by mail.
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C. P. Meary
Chicago
Clarke
Clarke & Junkin
Papillon Company
Ill
New Fairfield Building and Loan Branch Organized
A Fairfield group formed a new building and loan association on December 9 as a branch of the Minneapolis union. J C Thorne was elected president and Geo D Clarke, Frank Zimm erman, D W Templeton, James M Hinkle, and Frank Cummings joined as trustees. J W Burnett became secretary. The plan mirrors local societies with central fund handling and aims to pay out in five years. Monday's Burlington Gazette reports the dangerous horseback accident of Lizzie Webb near Topeka and her subsequent death.
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Rock Island Crossing
Chicago
Galesburg
Kansas City
Omaha
Fairfield
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Denver
Indianapolis
Lincoln
Ottumwa
Cheyenne
Denver. No. 5, Going West At 10:15 P. M., and No. 6
Building and Loan Association
Minneapolis Loan and Building Union
J. M. Hinkle
J. C. Thorne
J. W. Burnett
J. M. Sinkle
Geo. D. Clarke
Frank Zimmerman
D. W. Templeton
James M. Hinkle
Frank Cummings
Burlington Gazette
Lizzie Webb
Topeka
Kans
Scott
Salina
Kansas
Verdict Unanimous on Electric Bitters Endorsed by Druggists
Testimonies from W D Sult of Bippus Indiana and Abraham Delville Ohio claim Electric Bitters cure kidney liver and blood diseases. A purchaser reports six bottles cured ten years rheumatism. Clarke and Junkin offer the remedy at fifty cents a bottle.
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W. D. Sult
Bippus
Ind
Clarke & Junkin
Clarke and Jun kin Christmas Wallpaper Pattern Suggestion
A recommendation highlights a pleasant wall paper pattern set from Clarke and Jun kin for a Christmas gift. The note fans out two pattern options within their assortment to suit seasonal decor.
Boots and Shoes fall campaign from Hunt and Howard
In Boots and Shoes and Hunt and Howard offer a broad fall stock from top factories. Cash buying enables lower prices on men’s and boys’ footwear, with school shoes, calf boots, kangaroos, and women’s styles highlighted. Also Christmas at the church events and a recommendation of the Homestead agricultural paper with a free four-copy offer to county farmers.
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Hunt & Howard
Iowa
America
Gent
Congress
Lace
Sutton
Nobby Land and Machine
Wankenphast
Hunt & Howard's
Des Moines
Nettie Kirby Weds A C Wisecarver At Home Ceremony
On a December Wednesday evening Nettie Kirby joined A C Wisecarver in marriage at the Kirby home with Rev. McElroy of Ottumwa officiating. The couple, under an evergreen horseshoe, exchanged vows as guests and relatives offered congratulations and refreshments followed by remarks on the bride and groom. They will reside on a farm nine miles northwest of Fairfield with attendance from Giddings Kirby Robinson and local families.
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Henry A. Spielman
Alice M. Geiger
Tipton
Iowa
Chicago
Fairfield
Carthage
Lil
Good Templars
Fairfield Lodge
J. B. McCoy
Salida
Colorado
Lie
John C. Wiley
Lawrence
Kansas
San Miguel de Allende
Guanajuato
Mexico
J. U. Hampson
Hampson
Mexican National
J. A. Kirby
Nettie
A. C. Wisecarver
Wisecarver
Miss Kirby
Abbey McElroy
K. Wisecarver
Rev. McElroy
Ottumwa
J. C. Giddings
Jennie Kirby
J. W. Robinson
Berwick
McElroy
Abbey
W. H. Cooper
Abbie and
Louise Cooper
Lowa
Papillon Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Reader
A letter from Hon. Wm Knowles of Rockville praises Clarke's Papillon Catarrh Cure as effective. The piece shifts to Jefferson County Library notes detailing winter hours, monthly visitor and book-issue statistics, deficits, and a solicitation for donor support to fund library operations and keep services available to free readers.
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Knowles
Rockville
Indianapolis
Clarke
Clarke & Junkin
Papillon Company
Chicago
Jones and Fullen Offer Fire and Tornado Insurance
Jones and Fullen announce readiness to write insurance with solid companies. Coverage includes town and country risks against fire or tornado damage.
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Jones & Fullen
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the Tribune
Fairfield, Lowa
C. L. MeeGaw’s
Hufford & Starr
C. L. McGaw
Arcoties
Calldren
Mrs
Slufford & Starr's
Hufford & Starr’s
South Side
A. King & Bro’s
Clarke & Junki’s
Wright Clark
John A. Trabert
Four Corners
J. E. Templeton
D. N. Kauffman
Wisconsin
Parsons College
Ed. George
Clarke & Jankin
J. M. Packwood
Ocean Side
Perres
San Diego County
California
Thomas Irland
Washington, D. C
E. M. Sickles
Eva
New York
Richard Kirkpatrick
A. Demarce
Dakota
Ora Wall
H. G. Junkin
E. C. Collins
J.n.smith
Wisecarver Bros
Mr. Smith
Endicott
Eli
Ayer
I. C. Society
Lemon’s
Opera House
Hattie Harvey
C. E. Stinson
Washington
Slorton
Ed Anderson
Brighton
Minerva J. Pickett
Benjamin D. Pierce
Northwest Quarter
Tribune
F. Black
Webster
Worcester
George
RIS
Zephyr
Freemantown Yarn
Amana Society
P.S
J.e.roth & CO
Thor Aes
B. Allmayer & Bro
B. Allmayer & Bro.’s
Richardson
North Side
Yval
Royal Baking Powder CO
Wall St
N.Y
Jefferson County Library
Jefferson County
A. T. Wells
James Locke & Co
Mr. Locke
Woolford
D. G. Higley
Wilson & Hinkle
Robert Israel
New Drug Store
West Side
Galvin & Roas
McKenney & Simmons
Futl
James Locke
Ita
United States
Fulton
South Side Square
W. &. Goodball
Willi
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Jordan's Block
Gaines & Kirkpatrick
T. R. Howlett
Burlingtom & Quincy
Goorg East
Chicago Express
Pacific
Ihibeis
Comdanivetcheens
Tdaily
Sundw
Roerk Island
Crosa
Tdves
Chicage
Rock Island
Tae
BOP Togeee Co Cck
Cecectescs-Sac Goo
G. A. Merich
Cassel
Queensware
Stehe
South St
Pairfield, la
Nate
Pairfield
Dyervg
Cleagim
John P. Stead
A. B. Hollister
Lala
N. E. Cor
Bee
J. D. Freeman
Jordan Block
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