10 Jan 1889
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1889
Page
1
A sprawling set of classified items highlights Voorhies' hat store offerings including slickers trunks neckwear and complete menswear lines. Also mentioned is Pierce Bros opening a Washington branch, a Mikado restaurant at Farmington, and various local notices and health ads.
The Tribune reports pleasant weather and plowable ground in Crisfield with wheat yields at record levels. Harper county borders Indian Territory, promising easier access to Oklahoma land. Anthony explores gas and two salt plants near completion, aiming to operate by February 1889. Snow was light with a brief dusting.
The city council met January 3 1888 with Mayor Hinkle and eight trustees present. The water works will install a steam heater at $15.00 per 100 feet, the ice privilege for lessees is reduced to 75 dollars, sewer and scavenger ordinances are in progress, bids for 12 000 feet hardwood lumber were requested, and interest on warrants was authorized. A Brighton lumber market update notes Dicus Trites delivering over 50 000 feet to Rock Island Co and extensive shipments to Central Ry Burlington and a wagon factory.
Suffering readers learn catarrh deafness and hay fever arise from living parasites in the nose and Eustachian tubes. A home remedy claims permanent relief after one to three applications biweekly. A Canada pamphlet offers details for ten cents.
notices of catarrh remedies Hood s Sarsaparilla and Griggs glycerine salve. report of Mt Pleasant asylum inmates moved to new annex with legal change on time served. local salve sale offer. charivari incident in Poweshiek county with fines. meeting update with Rev TuHornE and Rev Patterson.
A fragment lists Chicago, Burlington & Quincy trains heading east and west with train numbers and service notes. It notes Nos. 7 and 8 are fast mails without passengers, and a daily service minus Sundays. It also mentions passenger and freight trains 11 13 15 17 and 23 with direction hints.
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