15 Feb 1923
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1923
Page
1
Local items report visits and illnesses across Birmingham Keosauqua and Fairfield. Funeral notices for Rev Buell Jast and Josiah Martin. gatherings, weddings, school events, and community meetings detailed with multiple residents and nearby towns mentioned.
A Logansport Indiana reader J H Moore says he suffered forty years with stomach trouble and chronic constipation. He reports relief after using Foley Cathartic Tablets. The ad urges insistence on Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and digestive disorders sold everywhere.
The Navy plans to chart portions of the Pacific Ocean bottom using a new depth measuring device that relies on sound waves. The unmanned method aims to improve bathymetric data collection for undersea navigation and research.
Mrs Charity Dysert and Mrs Tony Dysert with Mr and Mrs Obhie Myers of Packwood visited Ottumwa last Friday. Lloyd Morrow foreman has been sick for a week. Mr and Mrs Orville Ruggles also ill. Rollie Hadley and Ruth visited Fairfield for eighth grade exams. Ruth Linder visited grandmother Mrs Mary Steele Sunday. Mrs Irene Bradfield returned home after visiting Corydon. Mrs James Downey and Miss Gertrude Ramey traveled to Packwood Friday. T M Nelson came from Ottumwa on business. Mrs C W Edwards is quite poorly. Johnnie Davis moved to Ray Yeager farm. Mrs George Russell Sr found dead in bed Tuesday. aged and slowly failing.
Social gathering honors Rev and Mrs Thomas Stuart with many useful gifts. Lewis Carter sustains rib fractures after horse incident but recovers with medical care. Local residents Luella Williams Annie Kunce Mervin visit Fairfield. Billy Corrigan ill with typhoid fever under Dr Bishops care. New baby girl born to Charley Conner near Cedar. Clifford Kiger and Everett Blucher visit Libertyville and Fairfield. George McElwee returns from Oklahoma to resume deputy treasurer role. Moses Kiger Jr visits Lockridge. Stuart hosted at Elmer Metz residence. Lydia Zeigler and Rex Stelle wed and plan to farm home. Ruth Billingsley attends Fairfield school then visits home.
John E Erickson born July 2 1850 in Sweden died February 3 1923 at age 72. He married Josephine Jacobson February 21 1876 and had five children four surviving Elmer Es tella Minnie and Marie. Surviving siblings include Albert and Caroline. Funeral services were held at New Sweden Swedish Lutheran church with Rev E H Sanden. Interment followed at New Sweden cemetery.
Mrs. J. A. Rodgers of Reidsville South Carolina says bronchitis and wheezy breathing make lying on her right side hard as coughing worsens. A small dose of Foley's Honey and Tar brings relief from wheezy breaths for coughs colds and croup sold everywhere adv.
Linby news reports a daughter born to Clarence Clingman and wife on Thursday February 8. Local residents F M Nelson returns from Ottumwa visit, Floyd Book moves into Della McVey’s property, and funeral services for Mrs George Russell were held with Rev. Williams preaching.
A light observation notes that cold weather makes it possible for two people to share a single chair. The remark playful and tied to winter the season.
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