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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
2
Chicago activity shows cattle demand steady with best steers around 1,355 lbs selling near 5.50 and bulk at 5.25. Cows and heifers mostly 3.40 to 4.25 with fancy 1,165 lb heifers at 5. Feeding cattle strong at around 7.25. Quotations for choice to fancy steers 5.05 to 6.00.
Prices for cattle ranged from 1.75 to 7.00 with steer and heifer values listed, including fat cows and veal calves. Cattle at six western markets totaled 27,600 head versus 32,800 last week and 31,500 a year ago, with week-to-date 83,000 and year-to-date 1,128,000. Hog arrivals were 19,000 with prices up about 5 cents from Monday. loads sold at 4.47 to 4.36, while shippers and local packers acted as buyers amid lighter quality and heavier weights averaging 260 to 350 pounds.
The G A R and W R C present a Washington birthday program at the G A R hall on February twenty second at 7 30 p m. New ton Williams presides. Star quartet sings. Rev G W Smith offers invocation and Lincoln address. Miss Gertrude Conner solo and Miss Grace Toulouse recites on Lincoln's death. Nat Childs delivers Lincoln address. Closing song America led by quartet. Public invited.
Local notices cover births, marriages, real estate loans, auctions, commercial ads, civic events, and upcoming performances. Fairfield band plans a New London concert, the Sherman Stock Company returns with The Village Vagabond, and community notices note weather, elections, church services, and a blizzard.
Citizens met at Library Hall to discuss establishing a city hospital. Ralph Lamson chaired as A G Jordan and others spoke in favor. Ward petitions will seek a 2 mill tax levy with a special election, aiming to fund building and maintenance for a city hospital in Fairfield.
From the top of a house into a tank of real water the company begins its engagement on Monday February 24 with the usual custom allowing one lady free with each paid ticket at the Grand Opera House.
J A West and family, six miles north of Fairfield, plan to move to the county seat. On February 17 neighbors gathered at their home, surprised them as they packed for moving. The crowd shared an oyster supper and social hour, presenting the couple with a rocker as a token of esteem.
The Iowa State Savings bank has returned to its former quarters with a complete interior remake. The entire space is new with mahogany wood work, marble counters and sills, tiling floors, oxidized brass grill work, and a beamed ceiling. No expense spared in the grand makeover, creating perhaps the most handsome banking institution in the region.
District Court adjourned from February 15 to February 17 while Mrs. Wilma Hill sues for 10000 damages over a wreck on the C B and Q Ry Co two years ago at Lockridge Iowa Judge Anderson appointed a physician commission to examine the plaintiff and report on her condition Des Moines doctors F J Will D S Fairchild and W Fordyce served as examiners Jurors named C E Pierson A D Reed J W Hollowell Andrew Zihlman W D Gilbert Frank Van Dorin J B Trent Frank Wells M D Rodabaugh Otto Smith Fred M Gaines J E Hafferty Burlington trainmen witnesses from the time of the wreck crowd fills the court room with interest and more time is expected before the jury is reached
A fragment recalls a Fairfield resident, Mr Dean, arriving near Terian Church and later dying. The writer visits Fairfield and recognizes a great change since early days, noting ongoing progress and pride in local manufacturing circles.
A fragmentary notice extols Texas for its vast resources and favorable climate, claiming large areas can yield significant crops. It touts land in Sherman County and invites workers and investors to consider a crop success and a profitable future with Standard Fairfield Iowa agents.
Thirty head of yearling good work horses for sale and several bushels of corn. Phone C Radley R F D 3.
Advertisement for a new two burner wickless coal-oil stove offered at a bargain. The seller states Bran new and ready for quick sale, located in this office for contact.
We extend heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for expressions of sympathy and the many services during the illness and death of our loved daughter Marcia Russell.
The notice states bids for a solid fence at the fair ground will be received until February 22, 1908. If bids are unsatisfactory the fence will be sold at a specified hour on the grounds, D. R. Bea 49-3t.
A local drugstore advertises Neighborhood Favorit by Mrs. E. D. Charles as a spring medicine. The tonic, claimed to aid dyspepsia liver complaint malnutrition weakness and blood debility, is sold at F. S. Shriner's Drug Store.
At a National Telephone meet in Chicago J C Thorne recalls meeting A M Dean head of an Ohio electrical supply company who once lived in Fairfield The Dean family is remembered by longtime residents and their former home sits at the residence now occupied by Mrs Cun
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