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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
15
A flood of brief notices lists weddings travels and visits of residents and relatives from Letts Letts to Ottumwa and nearby towns. Names include Mr Heer Mrs Carlson Mrs Wisecarver Rev Jones Judge Biddle and others as they move for weddings fairs business trips and family stays across Iowa and neighboring states with several departures for Chicago St Louis and Denver.
The St Joseph Gazette reports the June 26 marriage of Madison Letts to Marguerite Marney at Christ Episcopal church in St Joseph Missouri. The couple planned a Canada Niagara Falls New York Boston trip then a home on Seventh and Edmond. Neighbors wish them well as they start married life and future plans.
Dell Chidester and Harry Fair were married at the Chidester home in a ceremony by Rev. Ross. The couple will travel to Ottumwa and Red Oak before returning to Indian Territory. Friends and relatives presented gifts and best wishes for the couple.
Ada Gertrude Damm and William T. Greene were married at the Lutheran church parsonage in this city last Saturday at 3 30 p m Rev Bright officiated. Damm, a Glendale native and Jefferson county resident, worked as a stenographer here. Greene, a Burlington C B Q clerk, will relocate to Denver with his bride. Local friends extend best wishes for their future.
Miss Margaret Lamanski and James Arthur Woods married quietly at Father Hogan's parochial residence. After the ceremony they planned a short trip to Ottumwa then will home with the groom's mother on East Hempstead Street. Woods is well known in Fairfield and Lamanski is a favored Glendale native.
The editor and wife visited seven miles northwest of Fairfield on the Wiggins farm. Billy Wiggins is a progressive farmer with his own waterworks and well arranged barns. Mrs. Wiggins greatly contributes to the ranch, and the country outlook is favorable with promising hay and oat crops and a potential bumper corn yield if weather cooperates.
Undulating farms dot Jefferson County with prosperous homes and groves. Cattle horses and porkers thrive as birds sing and air grows pure and sweet. The narrator urges nature’s lessons and praises Iowa beauty, even as a farmer editor would not sell his own Jefferson County farm for Morgan’s millions.
The baseball game between Ottumwa Red Socks and Malleable Iron Works was canceled due to Ottumwa players failing to arrive on time as Burlington Route Train No. 6 ran three hours late. Next Sunday Hillsboro team will play I M Co with tickets transferable. lineup lists Loehr Burnell Sprote Morris Loehr Van Dorin Brooks Van Hyning Heffelstein Hawkins.
Dr Mary B Tuttle died recently in Pithgora India after a life spanning Fairfield Parsons College 1883 to Chicago Medicine Johns Hopkins post graduate study in London and Paris and hospital work in Chicago Burlington Colorado Springs and missionary effort in Asia Survived by two brothers Frank Cedar Rapids and R A Tuttle Los Angeles with a sister Mrs Fresh who died in Chicago last winter Her parents rest at Evergreen cemetery Her career included medical practice from 1887 for fifteen years followed by missionary service beginning in 1902 onward
The week was beneficial for farmers across Iowa with four to five days of seasonable weather and moderate showers. Average daily temperature ran about four degrees below normal for late June. Wind hail and lightning caused limited local damage on the 24th, but crops show healthy color, corn fields receive second plowings, clover and meadows improve, and small grain pastures and garden truck perform well.
The city council met at City Hall on Monday July 1 with full attendance. Minutes from prior meetings were approved. Grimes street north side walk permit denied while H F Pumphrey et al. granted for East Burlington street walk. Ordinance No 94 altering sidewalk widths adopted. Public Property to mow weeds with city machine. New sidewalk ordered on east side of B street.
A bustling store advertises cheap, high quality merchandise across categories. Spools of machine thread, wash fabrics, lawn fabrics, lace hose, belts, parasols, gloves, ribbons, shirts, hats, and straw hats are priced to attract shoppers during the Fourth of July week Open evenings and until 10:00 a m on the Fourth with deep discounts across dress goods and men’s and boys’ wear.
The proposition to extend East Briggs street from D street to Chau tauqua Park was abandoned as impracticable. The street commissioner was directed to build a crossing across B street at the northwest corner of the Old Cemetery. On motion the council adjourned.
Last Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ball a social event marked by the thirty fifth anniversary of their marriage on June 27. About fifty friends attended, including relatives present at the wedding thirty five years ago.
The Rock Island railroad issue a circular to road agents instructing them to inform shippers and patrons about claims. It states that claim agents charge up to 50 percent, but new department methods pay claims promptly to the claimant, saving agent fees. It also urges coal dealers and consumers to stock up during the slack period for fall and winter.
In Fort Dodge Iowa on June 29 the US court ruled that speculation on the board of trade is a form of gambling. The Ware and Pearson case found Pearson not liable for $6,000 in losses from margins. Chicago brokers Leland and Ware sued, with testimony from Senator Dolliver about Pearson’s mental capacity.
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