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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
7
A roundup of Ottumwa area residents and visitors includes lt F Donald of Maryville Mo and friends from Washington Ia and Burlington Ia visiting and attending events. Many travelers depart for home in Kansas City Des Moines Chicago and New York while others stop to visit relatives in Ottumwa and nearby towns.
R W Waters dies at age 82 in Fairfield after a long illness. Born in Brown County Ohio on September 14 1822 he married twice and had eleven children with four still living Theodore Waters Jasper N Waters Robert Waters and Mrs Joseph Lowery. Addie Jones cares for him with help from his sister Mrs M H Evans and other family members. Funeral at 10 30 AM Thursday at his West Madison home conducted by Rev Pearce Pinch of the Congregational Church.
The death of C A Falknor at Perry Oklahoma is reported by his son Chase Falknor of this city. He was in his 76th year and lived awhile in Fairfield before moving to Perry to join his son David. He leaves a wife and four children David of Perry William of Delta Colorado Mrs J P Cooper and Chas Falkner. Charles left for Perry to attend the funeral.
A local family faced bereavement yesterday afternoon drawing sympathy from many friends in the community. The loss was noted with heartfelt condolences and support for those affected.
A L Chatterton died Sunday afternoon at the County Farm after two days there. A tuberculosis victim, he came from McPherson Kansas a few months ago and lived with his daughter Mrs Ira Westenhaver near Perlee. He belonged to the Masonic order and the Clinton Lodge A F A M of this city took charge of the remains and funeral was held yesterday at 2 p m.
Mrs Louis Nady died at her Cedar township home yesterday afternoon after a weeklong illness. Her condition worsened only a few hours before death, shocking relatives and neighbors. Funeral arrangements were not set and an obituary will follow.
The Friday hunt drew 400 to 500 participants who brought back rabbits instead of wolves. Hunters started early, shared lunches and hot coffee at David Bush's, and regrouped by noon, but the day ended with no wolves sighted and many in the party leaving due to worsening weather.
Fairfield Musical Club presents a Grieg themed program in Library hall next Tuesday evening February 11 featuring Peer Gynt Suite for eight hands on two pianos with Ruth Johnson, Mrs. J F Wilson Jr, Margaret Simpson, Marie Hammon. Also Concerto in a minor with Jennie Foote and Moorhead, Solo by Anna Silcott, Bridal Procession Passing By with Ira Harvey, life of Grieg papers read by Mrs. J S McKenney, Slveig's Song by a Ladies Trio with Myrtle Lover, D Turney, Theo Hochuly, and soprano solo by Gertrude Conner.
A reflective brief notes that earning money takes longer than spending it and that workers fuel progress. It comments that civilization remains generations away from trusting a family to a flying machine. It cites Alabama textile industry data: thirty percent of workers are under sixteen.
A massive 140 ton locomotive powered by compressed air operates over a 51 mile stretch between Alamogordo and Canon in New Mexico. The vehicle, among the largest of its kind, runs on pressures from 600 to 900 psi.
The engines of the first steamer to cross the Atlantic have been recovered after over fifty years underwater near Cork. The extractive note contrasts with a social observation that some people are discouraged by criticism while others ignore it.
The passage argues that trade unionists use la bor not as a class label but as a vast concept encompassing all methods that enable people to derive sustenance from the earth and produce value. It frames la bor as representing the full spectrum of legitimate productive means.
The Rocky Ford district in Colorado ships an estimated 12.6 million cantaloupes this season. Producers sent out 700 carloads, up from 592 carloads a year ago.
Japan's rail network reached 4 236 miles with 210 miles added in 1903. Passenger traffic surpassed 110 million, freight moved 16 122 671 metric tons, and cash receipts totaled about 23 800 000 dollars.
Old Auntie Mandy, a washerwoman, celebrates plans to marry Brer Johnson and his five children, believing the union guarantees six more large weekly washes and social status, while Mrs Arnold notes it may ease her life despite Mandy’s enthusiasm.
In Christian Schuchardt's recollections Goethe dictated with astonishing speed and certainty as if reading from a book. Distractions from barber, hairdresser, librarian, and family interruptions did not derail the flow, with dictation resumed seamlessly after each pause.
In a New Hampshire village a famed resident known as Boss Mellin lives by the adage Silence is golden. His story recalls a joke about his habit of talking too much when asked for mattress advice. He once said husks then twenty years later straw, concluding I ve always ruined myself by talking.
The Maiden Insurance is a Denmark noble institution enrolling a noble daughter at birth. A fixed annual payment and princely residence await her at age twenty one until marriage or death. The society, lasting for generations, has long prospered and kept poverty stricken maiden ladies unknown among the nobility.
A chemist recalls selling a tonic claimed to restore youth. A patient says he took it and aged backward from thirty nine to nineteen. The patient refuses to pay the bill, claiming being a minor absolves him of debts. The wisecrack ends with the patient leaving.
A tombstone found during Radnorshire churchyard demolition bears a harsh In Memoriam verse. It reads I plant these shrubs upon your grave dear wife that something on this spot may boast of life Shrubs may wither and all earth must rot Shrubs may revive but you will not.
A brief quotation from Fliegende Blatter, noting a playful exchange about Ostend and nightly dreams between a husband and wife. The fragment reflects lighthearted travel muse and domestic banter.
A London Tit-Bits snippet presents a short dialogue about spelling and verification. JT questions spelling and asks for corroboration from Tomdik, highlighting a moment of linguistic doubt and insistence on accuracy.
Chicago market familiarises traders with cattle hogs and sheep receipts for February 3. Cattle receipts about 24 000 head. steers 4.25 to 6.25, cows 3.00 to 3.75, heifers 2.50 to 5.25, bulls 3.00 to 4.50, calves 3.00 to 7.00, stockers 2.60 to 4.75. Hogs receipts about 44 000. market 5c higher. choice heavy shipping 4.40 to 4.45, light mixed 4.15 to 4.65, choice light 4.25 to 4.35, packing 4.00 to 4.35, pigs 3.90 to 4.55, butchers 4.35 to 4.45, bulk 4.50 to 5.40. Sheep receipts about 20 000. market steady to higher. sheep 4.25 to 5.50, lambs 6.25 to 7.25, yearlings 5.50 to 6.25.
Kansas City Mo Feb 3 cattle receipts total 12,000 head including 1,100 southerns with the market steady for cows and other classes based on the day's wholesale sales and closing figures.
Receipts for cattle show higher choice export and dressed beef steers at $5.00 to $5.55 with western and southern ranges. Hogs receipts around 14,000 with bulk sold between $4.15 and $4.35, heavier at $4.25 to $4.40. Sheep receipts near 9,500 with lambs $6.30 to $6.85 and western yearlings $5.40 to $6.25. stockers and feeders quoted $3.50 to $5.00.
The repeated claim that a Japanese soldier fights for twenty four hours on two or three beans and a sip of tea is debunked. The text explains that the bean referred to is a large yard long vegetable, often filling a quart measure, and that a single bean could constitute a meal for a hungry plowman.
Last year thirty four officers and would be officers of the British mercantile marine service failed color tests. Twenty three were red blind and the rest could not distinguish green. Four thousand six hundred candidates for certificates also faced vision tests with twenty two failing to distinguish the form of the object submitted.
A promotional note promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills to regulate stomach, liver and bowels, claiming they make users feel good. Sold at F. S. Shriner's drug store with a February implication.
A reflective maxim on personal growth saying the vastest space is inner progress and a man’s value is measured by self-improvement, not wealth or how he earned it.
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