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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
17
The item bulletin lists many residents and visitors from Letts and nearby towns. It notes weddings, travels to Chicago Des Moines Davenport and Dubuque, relatives visiting, and locals reassigned to new posts from Ottumwa to Hutchinson Kansas. It highlights community social events, letters, and family gatherings across Iowa and Illinois.
Madison Letts a former Fairfield resident wed Miss Marguerite Marney of St Joseph at Christ Episcopal church. The ceremony featured Lohengrin march and a Welsh hymn. The couple plans trips to Canada Niagara Falls and Boston before settling in Des Moines county after September 1.
Dell Chidester married Harry Fair of Poteau I T at her parents home with Rev. Ross officiating. A wedding feast followed and the couple left on Q No 1 for Ottumwa then Red Oak to visit relatives before returning to Indian Territory. Mrs Fair was a beloved participant in local social circles.
Miss Ada Gertrude Damm and William T. Greene were married last Saturday at 3 30 p m at the parsonage of the Lutheran church in Burlington Rev Bright officiated The bride a noted local resident grew up in Glendale and has worked as a stenographer in this city Greene formerly a checking clerk for the C B Q in Burlington will relocate with his bride to Denver Colorado The couple is welcomed by many friends in Jefferson County for a prosperous married life.
Miss Margaret Lamanski and James Arthur Woods were married at Father Hogan's parochial residence. After a brief ceremony witnessed by a few friends they left by the noon train for Ottumwa then plan to settle in the city with the groom's mother on East Hempstead Street. The couple are well regarded by Fairfield residents and their many friends wish them a happy future.
The editor and wife spent Sunday at the farm seven miles northwest of Fairfield visiting Mr and Mrs William Wiggins. Billy is a progressive farmer with his own waterworks and well designed barns. The property is tiled throughout with crops thriving and stock in fine condition. Mrs Wiggins is a key partner on the lane. The scene offers a glimpse of country life and optimism for the year ahead. Old Jefferson appears set to keep pace this year with improving meadows spotted along the road.
Undulating farms with prosperous homes, groves and orchards, cattle and horses in rich pastures, pigs roaming from dawn to dusk, birdsong filling the air. The piece extols open-air living and calls Jefferson County Iowa a true beauty spot, noting a farmer editor would not sell his land for Morgan's millions if no alternate sale were possible.
The Sunday baseball game at the new ball grounds west of the Malleable Iron Works between Ottumwa Red Socks and Malleable Iron Works was cancelled as Ottumwa players arrived late. Next Sunday Hillsboro team will visit and tickets for the rescheduled game will be good. 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 career spanning Chicago Burlington Colorado Springs and medical missionary work in India She was born in Fairfield educated at Parsons College Chicago University Johns Hopkins and studied in London Paris and Baltimore She left a sister Mrs Fresh in Chicago and brothers Frank Cedar Rapids and R A Tuttle Los Angeles from a large bereaved family.
The bulletin covers week ending reports on temperatures about four degrees below normal, with frequent showers and moderate conditions across the state. It notes occasional severe events including a fatal incident in Des Moines area and a shopwide sale advertisement featuring dry goods and furnishings with special values.
Farmers face costly upgrades as a new seed law mandates stricter cleaning and labeling. Officials warn that even cleaned seeds may contain bad stock, requiring testing and disclosure of seed quality proportions to protect markets. Local growers anticipate higher expenses and logistical changes.
William Kubli, a 27 year old youth from near Pleasantville, was found by the board of insane commissioners to be demented over religion after hearing evangelist Billy Sunday in Knoxville. He later attempted suicide and was sent to the Mount Pleasant asylum following violent episodes and hearing voices. He claimed he alone could deliver the wicked.
Pension Agent W V Willcox met Interior official Vespasian Warner at Spencer Iowa and learned the new service pension law will not require large additional funds Warner said reductions in regular pension rolls are expected to offset extra expenditures on account of the law.
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