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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1906
Page
2
Wells has shown improvement as residents read about local happenings. The item mentions Buster Brown at the opera house tonight and various social notes including dinners, visits, and a pair of basketball results between Fairfield high and Washington high.
Local notices cover new Fulton Brady Co. stock in the Stubbs building and ongoing ad columns. Church speakers include Rev Pinch and Rev Littleton with topics on redemption and emergencies. World-traveling Anna Pinch and rail fare sales are noted along with local deaths, anniversaries, and social events at Turney and other homes.
Notice declares an assessment against abutting properties on streets and alleys paved in 1905 in Fairfield Town. It warns that special assessment certificates are ready for delivery to the contractor and offers a seven year installment option if waivers are signed at the city clerk’s office within 30 days.
Mrs Emma M Trowbridge born Feb 26 1860 in Jefferson county Iowa married to J J Barger Dec 25 1879. She died after a short pneumonia illness last Wednesday at her home near the city leaving a husband six children. Funeral services were held at the Christian church by Rev H C Littleton last Friday at 1 am with interment in Evergreen cemetery.
Mrs Mary Brown of 20 Lafayette Place Poughkeepsie New York promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as the most reliable and pleasant laxative for stomach liver and bowels. Sold by Frank S Shriner druggist priced 2sc. January edition.
Mary Elizabeth Ridinger Hawk born November 4 1834 died January 1 1906 aged 71 years 2 months and 8 days. She left fourteen children five living James Henry Rebecca George C Alice and Joseph S. Married Thomas Hawk May 1848. She lived a virtuous life, converted in 1868 under Alfred Wilson and baptized by him. Funeral conducted by Eld J S Miller with Methodist pastor, preaching Rev 14:13.
In The Tribune a local printer gains notice for long service and community impact detailing years of work, key customers, and the craft's place in the town's daily life. The feature highlights craftsmanship, reliability, and local appreciation.
A dense catalog of fall and winter textiles and clothing items offers yard rates on calicoes ginghams and flannels, with heavy overshirts and sweaters for men, ladies shirt waists and undergarments, childrens wear, bed blankets, hosiery, and foundational garments. The ad promotes low prices, durable fabrics, and a broad selection to attract shoppers to compare prices and buy.
J O R Hooper recalls Mollie Holt nearly near death from lung infection and coughing until Dr King’s New Discovery restored her health. The testimonial claims dramatic improvement after using the remedy, offered by Frank S Shriner’s drugstore with a trial bottle free.
The fragment lists multiple east bound trains with numbers 3, 4, 11, 12, 29, 30, 71, 72 and times such as 7:12 p m, 2:55 p m, 2:20 a m, 8:40 a m. Excerpt shows daily and freight services with ex cept Sunday.
A retailer touts bargains across jackets cloaks skirts and underwear with marked reductions on flannelettes sweaters and nightwear. Clearance blankets and gloves are offered alongside discounted collars turnovers and tam o shanters in a busy sale spread.
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