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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
12
Fairfield items note vacations at Kerrick & Co and community plans for Jamestown exposition visits. Reports include church activities, bank leadership change, Eastern Stars gathering, Fourth of July events, golf and band appearances, and rail fare reductions. Junior personnel shifts at Jefferson County Telephone are announced.
Fairfield stores plan late hours tonight to serve the public with some opening in the forenoon tomorrow. Vern Turnbull elected intermediate teacher, Maude Frazey re elected primary teacher. Supt. Bessie Buchanan notes daily teacher call for fall terms. County wage increases expected to draw teachers. Friday’s Company M versus Winfield game drew light turnout but Fairfield band played. proceeds for Armory fund fell $7 short. Visiting team won 5 to 2.
A cyclone hit Dexter on Sunday morning causing major damage. The Fort Des Moines Canning factory lost parts of the husking shed and main building, with losses in the thousands. Barns and fruit trees were destroyed, a Rock Island refrigerator car blew loose and damaged scenery, and signs and windows were shattered amid heavy rain and crop damage warnings.
For Sale. Twenty Four Head of Yearling Steers at Chas Lottridge's Beckwith Iowa. Live stock listing appears in a local farming notice describing available cattle and contact point.
A severe electric storm swept the vicinity of Winfield Iowa with heavy rain. Lightning struck the barn of W H Meeker killing his horse. Neighbors battled the blaze and saved nearby buildings as the rain aided containment.
A hard wind between 8 and 9 pm toppled trees and limbs in Denmark Iowa. A plate glass window at Mr Arnold Fischer's home broke, Henry Gauck's barn collapsed, and a windmill fell at W Woodruff's farm. A shingles strip was torn from Sam Hazen's roof, and telephone wires suffered damage. No injuries reported.
A severe storm near Sperry Iowa lasted about two and a half hours with wind and heavy rain. The Gosling barn northeast of town was struck by lightning and burned with contents, while Ralph Huston’s large silo was toppled and badly damaged. About one and a half inches of rain fell.
A vintage list advises proper correspondence rules including using clean paper and envelopes, including date and address, writing legibly, sealing introductions correctly, keeping business letters brief, using registered mail for money, replying promptly, answering all questions, affixing correct postage, including a return stamp, and beginning every sentence with a capital.
J W Jarnagin editor of the Cedar Falls Record defies Iowa's new anti pass law arguing it unconstitutionally impairs a contract. He cites a $125 advertising-for-transportation deal with Waterloo Cedar Falls Rapid Transit and plans to seek court action if needed.
A man claiming the name H. Kirbe was arrested at the Decorah races and identified as Harry O. Crabbe, a notorious forger and former convict, tied to similar offenses in St. Paul Sioux City Cedar Rapids and Omaha. He formerly served time in St. Cloud Stillwater and Anamosa. He forged several checks using State Bank of St. Paul blanks in Cedar Rapids.
A defendant connected to the Minnesota area faced additional court proceedings after payment of a prior amount to an individual named D. The case was brought back to trial for further adjudication as part of ongoing legal action.
Florence Schab, 18, left home in Dubuque yesterday morning and did not return. She telegraphed from Chicago this morning claiming amnesia about events and said she would return home tonight.
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