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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1909
Page
2
Trustees invite sealed bids for all or part of the 1909 road work in Center township. Bids must be received by February 1, 1900. Trustees reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
WiseCarver and Fredericks announce a joint auctioneering venture in Fairfield Iowa. They advertise a one percent commission on all farm sales and promise satisfaction or no pay.
Taken up as an Estray by Fred Walker at his Locust Grove Township residence in Jefferson County on January 1, 1909. A red yearling steer and a red roan heifer one year old are valued and posted before Justice of the Peace Wilson Warner. 45-41 A. E. LABAGH.
Real estate ad notes a 416 acre stock farm for sale near J C Goff with address 411 E Hampstead. Includes brief mentions of inquiry from potential buyers and local agents.
County teachers meeting in Locust Grove township at Batavia drew many participants with topics discussed. A large horse sale planned by I T Wisecarver at his city barn January 21 drew county buyers. Miss Cora Porter leaves county superintendent role to teach mathematics at Fairfield High School starting February 1. Mr and Mrs H S Stark celebrate twenty fifth anniversary with gatherings and gifts. Levi C Stewart relocates from near Glasgow to Lockridge area. Mrs Chris Graber of Memphis visits family and relocates farm business with plans to visit Mt Pleasant and Burlington next.
January 5 through January 9 1909 entries list multiple warranty deeds from Jefferson County Iowa. Transactions include Nicola Harmon to Martha Mount for lots 2 and 3 block 10 Packwood at 2500 and others such as J E Hiskenbottom to A B Rogers undivided half of lot 3 block 11 new plat Fairfield 2400. Anna J Crawford to W J Gilbert undivided half of west half of northwest quarter of northwest quarter section 8 township 9 300. January 6 1909 Silas J King to Isaac W Newland north half of northeast quarter section 33 township 71 range 11 5600. Cornelia Decker to Parmelia I Cathey lots 20 and 22 out lot 2 Packwood 509. January 7 1909 Anson Brinton to Pat and Laurance Morgan south half of northwest quarter and northeast quarter of southwest quarter section 15 township 73 range 8 120 acres 6700. January 8 1909 J C Stewart to Rolla T Stewart lot 7 block 6 southwestern addition Fairfield 500. January 9 1909 Joseph H Woods to G H Warner lots 12 13 14 15 Packwood 6000. Mary C Wilson to H D and Maude Davis lots 1 2 block 2 Keechs addition Libertyville 2700. John J Ginther to Sylvia Fuqua lot 6 block 2 Crumleys addition Pleasant Plain 30. John Krumholtz to Lewis Keller east half of southwest quarter section 5 township 72 range 8 80 acres 4000.
A prominent eastern minister agrees to omit the word obey from marriage vows when requested. A parishioner questions his authority to alter the ceremony, but the minister jokes that the obey clause is a dead letter after eighteen years of marriage with the best wife.
Frances Corey of Lockridge and Harlan Van Winkle of Merrimac wed Wednesday at 2:30 PM in the English Lutheran church parsonage with only witnesses present. They left on the evening train to Brighton to begin married life, and friends offer congratulations.
Elmer Hoskinson and Miss Clara Connell, both of this city, were married Wednesday night at 8 30 at the English Lutheran parsonage on West Riggs Street. Rev. Luther Bright officiated in the presence of immediate relatives. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs A G Connell, is well regarded. The groom works for the Malleable Iron Company and many friends wish them happiness. They will reside at 506 West Kirkwood Street.
Word reached relatives of Mrs. W. W. Welday’s sudden death at her Des Moines home. A native of Iowa born December 29 1851 in Monroe she lived in Jefferson County before moving to Des Moines in 1877 where she became a prominent real estate dealer for over thirty years. Heart trouble caused her death at 9 a.m. at 726 East Locust Street.
D F Spratt buys FE C Johnson interest and forms Spratt and Son. All debts to the old firm should be settled promptly at the old Spratt Johnson store. The note accounts will be kept there. The new firm solicits continued patronage from old customers.
Notice to trespassers forbidding entry on lands owned or controlled in and Liberty townships by listed individuals including Joh Stever Geo F Stever R H St C W Whitham C J Fulton Groff A T Smith Robt F Ratcliff E R Smith Hudgell Lincoln Hudgell Ed ing John Langner Jacob Roth Shafer G P Spratt George C Frank Nelson L D Smith Smith P H Heston Geo Ball ry Ball Richard Ball P H Jon John Haney Mace Clinken Harvey Haney Joseph Ball.
Government lands policy overview details vacant government land locations by counties and describes homestead desert timber stone oil and saline laws. Includes Texas lands irrigation reclamation work under government. Request address and price 25 cents stamps for THE NATIONAL ONE Washington D C.
I T Wisecarver announces a horse and mule sale at his barn on January 21 1909. Farmers and buyers are invited to bring horses and mules to market. The sale promises a wide range of stock and active participation from prospective buyers.
A chatty exchange at the Milliner's V turns playful as a customer frets about her husband amid hat shopping. The milliner insists she can’t hold the hat yet and jokes about finding another husband instead, highlighting lighthearted gender banter in a shop scene.
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