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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1904
Page
10
The article offers practical gift ideas emphasizing usefulness over price. It praises books as thoughtful options and illustrates personalized gifts that reflect a friend’s life. It also describes festive table decor ideas and two Christmas dinner concepts prioritizing warmth and charm.
The piece notes that Christmas morning visits blend with family reunion as wanderers return home. It highlights mothers and hostesses preparing festive tables and the shift from traditional green and red to a pure white table setting by one inventive hostess.
Dr Sivert M Hagen English instructor at the university resigns to join the editorial staff of a new English dictionary being prepared by Lippincotts Philadelphia The dictionary aims to rival Worcester's and is a long term project He ends university duties January 1 and will move to Philadelphia for residence
Anna Tate Jones who became Anna Myrtie Tate after marriage was found unconscious from opium poisoning near Oskaloosa Iowa. She married Ed Jones, then suffered severe melancholia and attempted suicide by needles and other means. Sent to Mt Pleasant asylum for treatment with some hope of recovery.
Hedrick Iowa business men decide to construct a corn canning factory this winter and appoint a committee to finish plans citing fertile soil and good rail access. Toledo Iowa also moves toward a future canning plant with meetings and a visiting committee to explore options and stock interest for a spring establishment.
Ray Syphrit of Wapello was attacked in Kansas and beaten last month. Declared insane by the county commissioners this morning he was taken to the Mt. Pleasant asylum by Sheriff Sanderson and his father. The case draws sympathy as his intellect and health decline after the assault and robbery.
Warden N N Jones says there will be no hanging at Fort Madison on December 30. Smith’s lawyers filed an appeal at the last moment, prompting Monroe County sheriff to carry out any needed execution if the case proceeds. Smith shows indifference to his fate, blaming harsh treatment by his own people and expressing no desire to live or die.
Fire at 1 am destroyed Brown’s millinery and the Hennion block in Albia totaling about thirty thousand dollars in losses. M F Weber dry goods 12000 Brown’s millinery 1000 Levan’s millinery 800 Singer Sewing Machine 500 Clark’s office 500 Dr Heighton 1000 McHennion three buildings 12000 McHennion household goods 1000 This fire left substantial property damage across several firms and residences.
A neighboring town merchant recalls last year’s advertising cost of forty cents per hundred dollars of merchandise and shows a half page plus local liners in both papers. This year he buys a full page and will keep advertising while readers buy newspapers. The message: top merchants in the world trust newspaper ads and avoid letting rivals outpace them.
Joe Trigg, famed farm writer, enhances The Weekly State Register of Des Moines as the finest farm and home newspaper for the Midwest. The paper offers a unique individuality and value, with each issue priced at 50 cents a year, within reach of all readers.
The jury found Hugh Wheeler guilty of throwing lye that maimed Mrs. Ramsey in Shell Rock Indiana. The Brown indictment was quashed and Baldwin’s absence from the grand jury room led to a special session where Brown was re indicted.
State of Iowa Jefferson County will file a petition by Harrison Smith and others as heirs of Thomas Smith deceased asking partition and sale of lots 53 and 54 in Whitwood's Addition Batavia. Proceeds divided among heirs. Defendants must appear by February 6 1905 or default will be entered. M B Sparks attorney for plaintiffs.
By virtue of a special execution from the District Court of Iowa for Jefferson County, property of Wm. H. Coop et al. is levied. The sale covers the south half of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter in section 36 township 72 range 10, now block 60 Centennial Addition Fairfield. Auction January 1, 1905 at 2 pm at the Fairfield courthouse, to satisfy $1 306.75 debt plus $50.72 costs and accruing costs. Sheriff J. W. Wright, deputy Chas. M. Barnes.
The court levies on two parcels in Jefferson County Iowa for Charles Messer against Caroline and George Gibson. One tract is 12 acres in the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 31 Township 72 North Range 9 West. the other is the south half of the northeast section 36 Township 72 North Range 10 West, now known as block 60 in Centennial Addition to Fairfield. Public auction set for Thursday at the courthouse in Fairfield for $568.28 debt plus $42.28 costs and accruing costs, to the highest bidder for cash.
Miss Edna Findahl of Flandreau narrowly escaped death from a curling iron accident in Sioux Falls. The iron slipped while she did her hair, burning her forehead. The wound reopened during healing and blood poisoning developed, but doctors performed life saving treatment.
Report from West Point Iowa dated December 16 says Harry Sander son about 12 years old was killed when a tree fell on him while helping to fell a tree near his home seven miles west of town. The father was away and the mother is in deep grief.
Des Moines Iowa December 16 Charles Brothers a former railway clerk sues the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific for damages claiming a violent stop hurled him to the floor injuring his spinal column and causing permanent injuries.
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 14 The Bank of Olin owned by E E Snyder was assigned today Liabilities total 155000 assets 171000 including 163000 in loans some of which are marked as poor.
A special execution issued in Jefferson County Iowa directs sale of Coykendall subdivision property in Fairfield to satisfy a 1905 debt and costs. The auction will offer Lots 6–11 in Block 1, 1–2 in Block 2, and Lots 3–6 in Block 3, totaling 1,587.78 dollars debt and 66.32 dollars costs, plus accruing costs, to the highest bidder for cash.
Roy Glotfelty files in Iowa Jefferson County court to quiet title to the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 23 Township 71 Range 10 against unknown claimants including William Leable and Mrs Leable. Plaintiffs claim more than 20 years adverse possession under color of title from a 1864 deed to Levi Morris, with William Craig previously owner. The defendants are to answer by February 6, 1905, or a default will be entered.
The record lists operating hours from 7:29 p m to 8:30 a m with a note B except Sunday indicating a revised service or closure pattern on Sundays.
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