Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs Holiday Display
A local ad promotes a display of linen and silk handkerchiefs and holiday goods. Shoppers are invited to visit early to find lower prices and maximize value before items are sold.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1888
Page
3
A local ad promotes a display of linen and silk handkerchiefs and holiday goods. Shoppers are invited to visit early to find lower prices and maximize value before items are sold.
Fairfield newspaper page highlights upbeat local commerce with Voorhies and Clarke Junkin ads selling hats boots books and gloves plus Woolford lotion spectacles and insurance. Local notes cover taxes sickness visits travel legislative prep and social events amid winter snow blocks and a busy start to 1588.
The Jefferson County Bar Association held its Second Annual Banquet at the Leggett House with 20 lawyers and guests enjoying a lavish feast. Toasts honored old practitioners, local editors, and the bar’s history, while stories recalled court life since 1857.
If you have not been trading with us come in and we will show more first quality boots and shoes for less money than any other house in the county. Wool boots and Arctics as low as 1.00.
An 1880s Fairfield advertisement highlights underwear prices and shopping lines for shoes carpets and upholstery. The text shifts to a recount of a legal society gathering with lectures by Mr. Galvin and others, jokes, toasts, and remarks about lawyers and judges, concluding with a social adjournment and goodbyes.
Fayette Spencer returned from a four day visit with his brother at Paola Kansas where natural gas heated homes and cooked meals. About four hundred stoves were connected to wells though gas waned and wood was needed. The county board of supervisors met and approved bonds for new county officers. Frank Light administered oaths with all officers present.
James Locke promotes best in market paper product line for Christmas gifts. Encourages home manufacture by purchasing from him as Clarke and Jun Kin offer varied assortments.
Mr W N Morgan of Lake City Florida suffered a severe cough and early consumption but reports immediate relief after using Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. He used about six bottles and remained well with no return of disease. Trial bottles free at Clarke Junkin's drug store. PAPILLON COMPANY Chicago N. I have too many chamber suites for my new room. Come and see me for a bargain. W F Gooppan.
Schedule page lists GOING WEST trains No. 5 No. 11 at 1 10 a m and 4 0 p m and GOING EAST No. 2 No. 6 No. 12 with times 6 23 p m 2 52 4 0 p m 2 08 p m and notes Nos 15 and 28 daily except Sunday all other trains daily.
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