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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
3
Why Not Double the Amount Campaign
A local bank urges customers to save by joining a plan that pays interest on Savings Accounts. The ad encourages visiting the bank to learn how the scheme works and to bring in small change to start saving.
Numerous visitors and residents spend holidays in the city
A long list of visitors and locals are recorded spending Christmas and holidays in the city or visiting relatives. Names include C C Phelps, C C Bradley, Mr and Mrs A A Fry, Dr Moss, Ruth Leggett, A J McGaughey, Ed Hunt, J H Tappert, Rev C L Tennant, Mrs C E Ward, Chester Kearns, P J Easton, Harry Bennett, Miss Edna Armstrong, Chester Scott, Hale Greenleaf, Vern Clapp, Gus Unkrich, C C Clark, Clarence Cox, Gene Black, Olga Raines, Fred Goodwin, O F Fryer, Walter Fairall, Ralph Huston, Harlan Gossick, Ella Smith, Miss Louisa McIntosh, Miss Mae McClain, Miss Rosalie Harris, Miss Ella Smith, Mrs C M Glass, Miss Gusta Nelson, J A Ireland, Paul Sheridan, Mrs S J Brown, Dr Carl Harkness, and I U students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Phelps
Omaha
C. C. Bradley
Centerville
A. A. Fry
St. Paul
A. J. McGaughey
Chariton
Ed Hunt
Packwood
J. H. Tappert
Davenport
Charles Herr
C. L. Tennant
Keosauqua
C. E. Ward
Nora Warnick
Chester Kearns
California
P. J. Easton
Des Moines
Harry Bennett
Pleasant Plain
Edna Armstrong
Perl McElhany
Chester Scott
Chillicothe
Hale Greenleaf
Vern Clapp
Seymour
Gus Unkrich
C. C. Clark
Burlington
Clarence Cox
Gene Black
West
Olga Raines
Chicago
E. E. Lucas
Stockport
Fred Goodwin
O. F. Fryer
Malvern
Walter Fairall
Oskaloosa
W. Pringle
J. E. Ireland
Waterloo
H. N. Dickson
Roseville
L. Dell Welch
Lulu
Otumwa
Anna Sullivan
Kate Sullivan
J. F. L. Black
Harry Smith
Ralph Huston
State University
Etta Huston
Ella Smith
M. Black
Creston
Kilpatrick
Louisa McIntosh
Racine
Wisconsin
Guy Anstead
New York City
N. M. Warnick
Mae McClain
Crete
Nebraska
Rosalie Harris
C. M. Glass
Paul
Robert
Monmouth
Gusta Nelson
Salina
J. A. Ireland
Frank Jones
J. W. Miller
A. L. Belles
Philadelphia
Circus merger said to be sure in major industry shakeup
St Louis reports a proposed alliance of Sells Floto Hagenbeck Rhoda Royal and John Robinson circuses to challenge Ringling Bros. The American Amusement Company would form with a 5 million dollar working capital and an executive board led by B E Franklin. John W Gates travels to Saint Louis to finalize details as others expect conferences this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Sells-Floto-Hagenbeck
Rhoda Royal
John Robinson
Circus Trust
Ringling Bros
F. G. Bonfils
Sells- Floto Circus
John W. Gates
New York World
Otto Ringling
Bonfils
Ringling
Circus
American Amusement Company
B. E. Franklin
St. Charles
Illinois
Gates
Royal
Bostock
Christmas dinners and town notes in Fairfield
Mr and Mrs A G Green hosted a Christmas dinner for about thirty friends. Mr and Mrs Perry King entertained many at a noon Tuesday dinner with an exceptional menu. J T Bryan advertises January 20 sale of farm stock and implements before returning to Fairfield. Swedish Lutheran children presented a Christmas program to good attendance. John Montgomery of Junction City is visiting Fairfield, a former local printer. Stephen Angstead’s Fairfield home burned, suspected stove fire. The new United Presbyterian church, white cement brick, seats 200, will be dedicated mid January. its simple exterior and blue white ceiling reflect careful design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry King
J. T. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
John Montgomery
Junction City
Kansas
Montgomery
Stephen Angstead
Pleasant Plain
Fairfield
United Presbyterian Church
Sunday Man Is Held In Illinois Case
Ottumwa Iowa December 22 Evangelist Billy Sundays assistant C P Pledger faces charges of improper language in Macon county Illinois Charles Bachhelder of Warrensburg alleges Pledger made personal remarks. The lower court ruled for Bachhelder and Pledger has appealed to the Macon county district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Pledger
Ottumwa
Billy Sunday
Macon County
Illinois
Justice of the Peace
Pledger
Charles Bachtelder
Warrensburg
Bachtelder
Macon County District Court
Free Eye Clinic at Snyder & Co Jewelers
Le Grange the eye specialist will conduct a free eye clinic at the Snyder and Co store on December 31 January 1 and 2. Out of town customers should write or telephone for appointments as the clinic runs only on these three days.
Estray notice and real estate transfers in Jefferson County
A notice lists debts to C. T. Reynolds East Side Grocer and an estray taken up by E. V. Coleson in Center township Jefferson County Iowa on December 12 1908 describing fourteen Duroc Jersey pigs valued at $38.00 and posted before Justice of the Peace D. B. Wilson. Real estate transfers filed December 22 1908 include multiple warranty deeds in Pleasant Plain Fairfield and Abingdon involving Armstrong Lewis Carse Hurd Dahl Bogren Staubus Wildman Ford and McCreery with sums ranging from 150 to 4500 dollars and parcels in sections 30 31 35 36 township 72 73 range II III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V. Coleson
Center Township
Jefferson County
Iowa
J. C. Gow
M. R. Collins
John H. Boos
D. B. Wilson
Sarah A. Armstrong
W. A. Lewis
Nora F. Carse
Drautha J. Hurd
Crumley
Pleasant Plain
Chas. F. Dahl
Albert S. Hague
J. A. Bogren
Henry H. Staubus
O. T. Wildman
Johnson
Fairfield
H. S. Ford
G. W. Ford
Fleener
Abingdon
H. M. McCreery
Young Duke's Son Seeks Wealth Through Marriage
Dialogue reveals the youngest son of a duke has limited funds and must rely on marriage as his main income source. The exchange hints at social expectations and financial constraints of aristocratic youth.
Burt G W Receiver to Succeed Stickney as President
A. B. Stickney says Horace G Burt will take charge as receiver of the Great Western railroad on January 1 and aim to become president, followed by reorganizing the road through a new company in the coming year. Stickney arrived from Chicago to confirm the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stickney
Road
St. Paul
Minn
Horace G. Burt
Great Western Railroad
A. B. Stickney
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
F.H. Wells & CO
J.C. Thorne
Owa State Savings Bank
D. Merrick & CO
Fred Collins
Lady
West Burlington St
Alvan
D. G. Higley
East Side Square
Manhattan
James E. Young
Maddox & Maxwell the
South Side Grocers
Paul Sheridan
S. J. Brown
A. R. Harkness
Carl Harkness
Carl E. Downing
George W
Wm. Gearhart
A. G. Green
Free Eye Clinic
Galions
C. T. Reynolds
East Side Grocer
A. E. Labagh
Walter Bakers
Kelleys
Kelleys King
White & CO
N. S. Square
Burt G. W. Receiver
Dr. A. VY. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Thoma’s
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