Local Notes Highlight Delays and Returns in Libertyville
Libertyville residents report travel, sales, and visits from Jan 16. Ella Pratt travels to Wymore Nebraska for four weeks. Mr. and Mrs. McKever welcome a son. Various locals attend sales in Fairfield and Oklahoma plans. Elmer Howard burial, protracted M E church meeting, and a potential wedding are noted amid community chatter.
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Libertyville
Ella Pratt
Wymore
Nebraska
Lettie MecKever
Oklahoma
Ira Herald
Tedro
Evan’s
Emery Clinkenbeard
St. Louis
M. E. Church
Harvey Haney
Harve Manning
Algona
Wallace Ogden
Batavia
S. C. Laughlin
Rev. C. Springer
Cald
Troy
Joseph Steele
Fairfield
H. L. Rodibaugh
Ed. Wolf
Ottumwa
C. Laughlin
Tom Lawson
Dan Trout
Hogland
Barney Gifford
George Stapleton
Des Moines
Elmer Howard
John Howard
Fell Cemetery
Church Adds Pew Furnace as Weeklong Meeting Ends
The Methodist church installed a pew furnace last week and Rev Newby concluded a two week meeting at Woolson the night before. Edmonds of Packwood visited relatives, Iona Edwards began a visit to Corydon Promise City and beyond, and Hattie Millhouse returned home from Ottumwa. Elijah Cook is seriously ill and Sadie Groves death was reported during a trip to Kirk Oklahoma.
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Newby
Woolson
Edmonds
Packwood
Iona Edwards
Corydon
Promise City
Shaffer
Eldon
Henry Mohler
Hattie Millhouse
Ottumwa
Stella Millhouse
Dean
Hoskins
Fairfield
Emery
Elijah Cook
F. L. Eck
Kirk
Oklahoma
Sadie Groves
Alson Hudson
David Orr
J. M. Bartlett
Mt Zion News Briefs From January 16
Miss Alta Campbell is very sick. Mr and Mrs Ed Armstrong welcomed a baby boy. Grandma Laughlin is improving. Chas Nelson moves to the Gatlin farm. Meetings closed at Fairview last Thursday. James Wilson and Orris Campbell will farm Clinkenbeard place this year. Mrs Blough is able to work again after a severe illness.
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Alta Campbell
Ed. Armstrong
Grandma Laughlin
Chas. Nelson
C. O. Gatlin
Fairview
James Wilson
Orris Campbell
Clinkenbeard Place
Mull's Lightning Cough Cure Guarantees Relief
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Cough Cure promising to stop coughing. Sold by all druggists at 25 cents a bottle with a guarantee.
A Tennessee Romance at Grand Opera House
The romance A Ro mance of Coon Hollow returns for a fifth season with southern love jealousy and vengeance. The play features burglary duel Mississippi night river race and river landing scenes with colored dances and electric effects. See at Grand Opera House Thursday January 25.
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Coon Hollow
Robert E. Lee
Natchez
Mississippi
Clubbing List Offers Tribune Subscriptions Across Papers
The Tribune promotes bundled subscriptions with partner papers including Fairfield Tribune Homestead combo and St. Louis Semi Weekly Republic. Renewal or new subscriptions to The Tribune are priced at $1.50 with potential savings on other papers.
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Tribune
Fairfield Tribune
Homestead
St. Louis
Republic
Des Moines
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sothern Recites Garrick in Regimental Mess Prank
Sir Edward Russell recounts E A Sothern telling stories in That Reminds Me. At a Portsmouth regimental mess officers press him to recite and he finally performs the David Garrick dinner scene, then tipsy tears away the cloth and dessert ware. The scene ends with a harsh, deserved lesson in gentle pride.
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David Garrick
Bee Labor and a Funny Telephone Dialogue
Darwin notes a bee visiting about 15 flowers per minute, 900 per hour, and up to 7,200 daily, 648,000 in six months. A S Wilson calculates the vast effort behind honey production, with 2,500,000 visits per pound of honey. A grocer on the hill foresees a publicized encounter linked to a salacious telephone remark. Portland Argus reports the exchange ending abruptly.
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Darwin
A. S. Wilson
Yello
Charles
Groecer
Portland (Or
Argus
Mice and Dogs as Delicacies in Old China
The article describes Chinese practices of consuming mice and dogs. It notes dried mice hung to drain blood, skinned and smoked, and mentions dogs feet as a delicacy with black dogs preferred over white. It adds dogs’ fat regarded as fit for a king.
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China
Celestial Empire
France
Going to Bed in India
A concise observational note contrasts bedtime in India with Western customs. It describes a simple setup: a wooden bed frame with webbing, a thin cotton mattress, one sheet, and two pillows per bed, with no doors closed or stairs ascended. The tone remains observational and cultural.
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India
It Still Worked Rabbit Foot Rebuff Ends Relation
A Detroit Journal excerpt shows a woman rejecting marriage to a man who carries a rabbit's foot for luck. He records a moment of intense silence then leaves her forever, laughing mirthlessly at the superstition.
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Detroit Journal
Board Proceedings January 9 1900 at Poor Farm Visit
The January 9 1900 board session reports their semi annual visit to the poor farm. All members attended and read yesterday's minutes. They found inmates in good condition receiving excellent care and kind treatment. The board adjourned to 9:00 AM the next day.
Fairfield County Board of Supervisors Proceedings 1900
The January 10 1900 board session approved the Des Moines township constable band report and presented annual tallies for 1899 including probate court fees 1898 1899 comparison. The poor farm annual report showed 48 inmates fifty three average with total cost 2900 63 and farm outputs of hay corn oats potatoes cabbage onions and more. Moses Kiger elected steward for one year March 1 1900 bond 2000. Investments in permanent school funds mortgage notes total 27993 83. Deposits policy authorized for county funds up to 25000 with bank bonds 50000. Wilson Reed appointed deputy sheriff. Semi annual settlement began adjourned to 9 tomorrow. Frank Hurst chair. Gro R Horn auditor.
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J. W. Peebler
Des Moines
John H. Merckens
D. B. Wilson
J. M. Stinson
Fairfield Township
J. B. Mowery
Polk Township
Frank Hurst
Insane Department
Moses Kiger
First National Bank
Fairfield
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Code of
Iowa State Savings Bank
B. F. Black
Wilson Reed
Board resumes semi annual settlement with County Treasurer
The board, after adjournment, resumed the semi annual settlement on January 13 1900 and, completing the process, accepted a tabulated statement of receipts disbursements and balances on hand. It ordered the Fairfield Ledger and Farr Field Tribune to be designated as the news outlets.
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Fairfield Ledger
Farr Field Tribune
Batavia Town Officials Approve Bonds and Burial Bids
The Batavia town board approved the official bond of Jonathan Harris assessor. The annual report of Wilson Warner justice of the peace Locust Grove township was presented and approved. Bids for pauper burials 1900 from Junkin Baker and Ker Tick Co matched. Coffins shrouds boxes hearse services costs set with equal work split and county burial cap.
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Jonathan Harris
Batavia
Wilson Warner
Locust Grove Township
Junkin & Baker
F. D. Ker Tick & Co
My love whose heart is tender by Christina Rossetti
A poem fragment reflects a tender heart and shared trust between lovers. The speaker notes a lofty hope and unity as the beloved speaks of us and we while remaining steadfast beyond earthly storms.
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Earth
Christina Rossetti
Grain-O sales pitch for a coffee substitute drink
An advertising blurb urges readers to ask grocers for Grain-O the new grain based drink that can replace coffee. It claims children and adults can drink it without injury and that it resembles Mocha or Java in color. Priced 11.5 or 0.25 dollars per package, sold by all grocers.
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Java
Great Rock Island Route Dining Cars Win Worldwide Praise
The public verdict is that the Great Rock Island Route offers the best dining car service in the world. Thousands of letters testify that no hotel or restaurant in New York or Chicago matches the Rock Island Dining Cars for quality and value. A la carte is available on all cars with a splendid Colorado train lunch for 50 cents.
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Great Rock Island
New York
Chicago
Rock Island
Colorado
Special Home Seeker Excursions on CRI&P Railway
One fare and $2.00 for the round trip offer to Arkansas Kansas Colorado Indian and Oklahoma Territories Northwestern Iowa Southwestern Missouri Nebraska and other states. For further particulars call on M. O. Gay, Agent.
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Arkansas
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
M. O. Gay
Departure to Cash System Marks New Business Policy
A merchant announces a shift from credit to cash sales after January 1, claiming the change will reduce losses and permit lower prices. He pledges continued quality and invites patrons to try the new regime, promising better service under the cash method.
Fairfield Markets Report on Seasonal Price Movements
Market notes show corn steady at 28 to 30 cents per bushel, oats rising to 19 cents, rye easing to 40 cents, and wheat unchanged 50 to 65 cents. Hay bids range 6.50 to 8.50 per ton, loose. timothy seed steady at 80 cents per bushel. Hogs and cattle move lower or higher across several categories with hides at 7 cents per pound and eggs rising to 13 or 14 cents per dozen. Potatoes 30 to 35 cents, onions 50 to 60 cents, turnips 35 to 40 cents per bushel.
Pratt's Up-to-Date Tablets Endorsement by Leon Manufacturer
J. A. Hawkins of Leon Iowa praises Pratt's up-to-date Tablets as the finest remedy for constipation and headache. He notes a cold breaks up in one night. Sold by Bradshaw & Thoma at 25 cents per box. Advertisement dated April 5, 1899.
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Pratt
J. A. Hawkins
Leon
Bradshaw & Thoma
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