COURT HOUSE NEWS AND LOCAL NOTES
Local notices cover real estate listings, community happenings, and upcoming events. Highlights include social calls from Miss Helen Bean, H L Brown's election as Congregational treasurer, a theater outing to Ottumwa, and a fire at Will Rice’s home north of the city. A prize corn winner from Des Moines area spreads word of Iowa Corn Growers and Looming agricultural advances.
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Parsons College
H. Howard
E. Howard
Ellery Rainey
L. Stevenson
E. Stevenson
Frank Boiles
Harry Conner
Des Moines
Will Rice
Rice
J. C. Frame
Round Prairie Township
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Ames
Iowa
D. L. Pascal
Frame
Liberty Townships
Lida Wilson
Logan Building
William Louden
Merriam Park
Minn
Louden Company
St. Paul
Louden
Iowa Manufacturers’ Insurance Co
Waterloo
E. A. Howard
C. J. Fulton
R. B. Louden
H. C. Doughty
Court term filings and local legal notices update
Thursday closes filing for the coming term as clerks and the sheriff handle year end duties. New cases include a divorce suit Mary E Wisecarver v J E Wisecarver and mortgage foreclosures Euphemia Ramsey v H B Lesher. Stephen Wright, declared insane, held pending residence and funding decisions between state and county.
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Mary E. Wisecarver
J. E. Wisecarver
A. L. Hill
H. Craine
Travelers’ Insurance Co
New Hartford
Euphemia Ramsey
H. B. Lesher
M. D
Virginia M. Lesher
Old Settlers and Social News From the County
Smoke the Court reports veterans of Pleasant and Fairfield gatherings at the Old Settlers Cabin with stories and nuts. Pauline Wray hosts twenty five friends at North Fourth street with games and dainty refreshments. Harvey H. Mohler leaves as Rock Island traveling auditor for the north state and Dakotas. T. F. McNew succeeds him temporarily as day operator in the city.
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Mr. Pleasant
Fairfield
Vicinity
Pauline Wray
North Fourth Street
Harvey H. Mohler
Rock Island
Chicago
Dakotas
Mohler
T. F. McNew
McNew
Sealed bids invited for 1909 road work in Center township
The trustees of Center township will receive sealed bids for all or any part of the road work in Center township for 1909. Bids must be received by February 1, 1900. The trustees reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Mrs Tabby Droz deserts husband in a separate notice. Louis Droz states they will live apart and he bears no debts. Also announces new auction firm WiseCarver and Fredericks of Fairfield Iowa offering farm and high class sales with two auctioneers and a 1 percent charge.
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Center Township
Tabby Droz
Louis Droz
Wisecarver & Fredericks
Fairfield
Iowa
Notice to Teachers on January Examinations and Psychology Test
Notice from County Superintendent Bessie B. Buchanan announcing regular January examinations at the courthouse on January 27 28 and 29 starting 8 a m. Teachers seeking renewal of second grade uniform county certificates may take the Psychology examination Saturday January 36th at 10 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Bessie B. Buchanan
Referees' Sale of Land Leads to Leroy Property
The undersigned referees announce a sale of a parcel known as the Leroy property. The sale aims to settle claims and distribute proceeds under court direction. Specific terms and bid conditions will be set by the referees at the sale location.
Russell farm sale near Glasgow at 148 acres
The Russell farm comprising 148 acres two miles southeast of Glasgow invites bids. Referees J M Fry Albert Howell and H C Pattison will receive bids. D F Spratt now owns E C Johnson’s interest in Spratt Johnson. all debts to that firm should be settled promptly at the old Spratt Johnson store.
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Russell
Glasgow
D. F. Spratt
E. C. Johnson
Spratt & Johnson
Old Stand
D. F. Spratt & Son
Public Cattle Sale at Kyle Farm Near Fairfield
A 1909 cattle sale at W. J. Kyle's farm located four percent miles south and east of Fairfield starts Tuesday February 2 at 10 oclock. Included are horses cows calves wagons implements corn oats hay chickens fence posts and household goods with credit terms over five dollars at 6 percent interest for notes. Wisecarver and Frederick team of auctioneers handle the sale with lunch offered on the grounds.
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Fairfield
W. J. Kyle
Prop
Wisecarver & Frederick
Indigestion Relief Promises Quick Diapepsin Cure
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a fast remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming five minute relief from gas belching, heartburn, and nausea. It urges readers to buy a 50 cent large case at local drug stores and begin immediate digestion aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Best Candies Made Again With New Time
The article states that with more time, the best candies will be produced from now on, indicating improved production pace and quality entering a renewed phase.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Says It Heals Burns Quickly
A public notice extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a fast healer for burns scalds wounds cuts and bruises. It claims instant relief and lists applications from skin eruptions to ulcers and felons with a price of 25 cents at F S Shriner’s drug store. Jan.
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Bucklen
Earth
F. S. Shriner
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Court House -News
Sloan & Hochuly
P. E. O. Society
Clara Howlett
Helen Bean
Winfield
Mrs
J. W. Bean
H. L. Brown
Congregational Church
Harvey Mohler
John Kilroy
Nettie Carlson
Byron Neibert
John McClain
Edna and
Fred Wray
Girl At the Helm
Ottumwa
J. C. Goff
E. Hampstead
Col. T. Ballender
John J. Morrissey
Eliza Fulton
Stephen Wright
Commissioners of Insanity
Board of Control
Wright
Jefferson County
Missouri
Moulder’s Shoes
Hunt
Ireland
Union Leather
The
Hunt-Ireland Shoe Co
J. E. Roth & Co
J. M. Fry
Albert Howell
H. C. Pattison
Coca
D. G. Higley
East Side Square
Thas
Grand Opera Hous
Clarence Bennett
Holy City
York
Boston
America
Thoms Pharmacy
Grand Opera House
Bayz Bros
W. S. Square
Golden Star Limited
Rock Island Lines
St. Lows
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Coast
Colorado
Bit
Southernifornia
California
H. A. Mohler
H. C. Rowntree
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