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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1899
Page
2
Advert shows new spring stock arriving and priced in plain figures. Items are marked with one price for all customers, promising early purchase advantages at McElhany's.
At McElhany's life insurance companies plan a 33 percent rate reduction for those who agree to use Rocky Mountain Tea. A advised measure priced at 35 cents. Inquiries directed to the local druggist.
Various brief items from Fairfield Iowa include money lending ads, a sale on wall paper, court house officials on Christmas Day, New Year dance at Beatty’s hall, job wanted for housework, fines for concealed weapon, a mandolin orchestra at a recent dance, dentist move, lumber firm resignation and replacement, a Tribune reporter call, poultry and corn sales, souvenir edition, beauty product ad, hospitalities and lectures, typhoid illness, subscription reminders, livery barn sale, election results for Company M, social gatherings, church services, obituaries, weddings and upcoming farmers club meeting, with many local names, addresses, and dates.
The Empire Horse Ranch near the city, owned by D P Stubbs and Son, boasts Percheron Belgian draft, and Oldenburg driving horses. All are young, well bred, full blood with strong pedigrees and gentle temperaments. Mares are imported full bloods, and the ranch markets these thoroughbreds for breeding amid rising demand and prices.
The Christmas observance stirs kindness and sympathy, fostering happiness in human relations. Across seas or shores, in war or peace, memories of home and mother rise with the season, recalling past Christmases and the hope they bring.
Clerk of Courts John Merckens releases a 1900 court calendar listing commencements dates for Appanoose Davis Jefferson Lucas Monroe Van Buren and Wapello counties and names of judges reporters clerks sheriffs and county attorneys It also lists opening dates and officials of the Iowa Supreme Court The calendars were printed at his expense and distributed free of charge to attorneys and patrons of the clerk’s office
The advertisement explains deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. It claims nine of ten cases are caused by catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case cured without Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars are sent free. pills also advertised.
The district court ruled for Julia B. Emerson in the slander case against Jos. S. Miller awarding $800 to Emerson. Miller, through attorneys Jones and Leggett & McKenney, filed a bond last Saturday and appealed to the state supreme court.
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Cough Cure priced at 25 cents urging immediate relief from coughing. The brief promo highlights a single product line and its cost.
The December 26 1899 meeting records a tax abatement petition by Mrs Eli M Jones referred to Ways and Means. The public property committee seeks funds for a fumigator to disinfect after contagious diseases. The library deed is received and recorded. Third quarter city receipts total 176 15 and seven cemetery burials are reported. The council authorizes a hose house flue top and potential store purchase. Bills total 775 86 and adjournment set for January 30 1900.
The passage notes children improve with Syrup of Figs when a mild laxative is needed. It states the true remedy is manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co.
W J Pattison and Miss Hattie Monfort were married last Wednesday evening at Rev Marsh's home. Witnessed by a small group of relatives and friends, the couple are well known in the city. The groom works with Speck Pattison in hardware and they will reside with the bride’s father on East Kirkwood street. The Tribune extends best wishes for a long and prosperous life.
An advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Cough Cure for dangerous coughs and chest and lung pains claiming quick relief after other remedies failed. It advertises the product as pure and safe for children priced at 25 cents and available from all druggists.
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