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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
2
At Wisecarvey's barn in Fairfield Iowa a two day sale on March 4 and 5 1908 draws farmers with their horses and promises buyers on site making it the largest sale in southeastern Iowa.
Attractive eighty acre parcel well located and nicely improved one mile from Fairfield. Bargain opportunity for a quick sale. Rogers and Hickenbottom. 502t
Upholstered five piece parlor suit and an 8 ft extension table offered as good as new. Contact J. J. Smith by phone at 1434. 51-21
For sale thirty head of yearling steers seven good work horses and several hundred bushels of corn. Call E468 contact Chas C Radley R F D 3.
Barred Rock cockerels bred by W H Neibert receive catalog listing and price note in the local poultry trade. The 49-tf tag references a catalog or lot number for buyers and bidders.
Brand new two burner wickless blue flame coal oil stove in use hardly ten days. A bargain inquire at this office.
The fair ground fence of 120 rods invites sealed bids until February 22, 1908, per rod. If bids fail to satisfy the board, the fence will be sold at auction at 1 pm on the grounds in lots of five or more rods. D. R. Beatty secretary.
Democrats from township committees are requested to meet at the Fairfield court house on Saturday February 29 1908 at 1 o'clock p m due to special business. All committeemen are urged to be present by order of the chairman.
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An express company announces plans to construct the largest stable in the United States, to be built in New York City. The project highlights include size expectations and the company’s intent to house a large fleet for rapid urban conveyance.
A varied village sheet highlights Washington's birthday celebrations with G A R and W R C events, plus church entertainments and high school honors. Reports cover marriages in Joliet and Middletown, a Creston death, local clubs, bank closures, mail and post office schedules, and social gatherings with families and neighbors.
Farm for rent on 184 acres advertised with contact L. W. Pringle in Fairfield. The column also promotes Farmers Institute events, upcoming public lectures at Presbyterian and Congregational churches, grand stereopticon shows, and a push for city mail delivery in Albia starting May 15. Real estate transfers and local civic updates fill the rest of the page, including election notes for Company M, major of the Fifty-fourth regiment, I. N. G., and multiple deed records for Pleasant Plain and Fairfield areas.
Sherman county Texas offers fertile farms with high returns and early wheat yields. Rogers and Collins of Fairfield Iowa representing Standard Land Co. promote settlement for population growth and near market land.
Quotation notes money’s power to reveal character as it comments on those who wield wealth. The line from Puck playful yet pointed invites readers to ponder wealth and influence in society.
A Washington dispatch reports that only ten denaturing stills exist since the Free Denatured Alcohol bill's passage, with costs higher than promised. Despite farmer interest, most refuse turns to live stock, and limited appliances are offered. Colonel Newell Sanders notes the lack of thrift and broader adoption.
A fragment of a poem titled When the world is young appears with lines about youth and aging. The text includes archaic spellings and partial stanzas ending with a truncated author credit, Charles Ki.
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