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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
7
Local notes recount carriages of visitors and residents in Ottumwa and surrounding towns. Travelers include families from Letts, Fairfield, Burlington, Des Moines, and Chicago visiting relatives, attending conventions, or touring the Midwest. Business visits and transfers occur among local merchants, bankers, and clergy.
Madison Letts of Fairfield marries Marguerite Marney of St. Joseph at Christ Episcopal church in St. Joseph on June 26. The couple, after a simple ceremony, plan a Canada Niagara Falls New York Boston tour and home after September 1 at Seven teenth and Edmond. Neighboring Jefferson county context mentioned with Wisecarver Carlson wedding and a note on local rural scenery and life.
Yesterday noon at the Chidester home the marriage of Dell Chidester to Harry Fair of Poteau I T was performed by Rev. Ross. A wedding feast followed and the couple departed on Q No. 1 for Ottumwa and Red Oak then Indian Territory.
Miss Ada Gertrude Damm and William T. Greene were married at the Lutheran parsonage in this city last Saturday at 3 30 p m Rev Bright officiated. Miss Damm, longtime resident and Glendale native, works as a stenographer here and has many local friends. Greene, a checking clerk for the C B Q in Burlington, plans to move to Denver with his bride.
Miss Margaret Lamanski and James Arthur Woods were quietly married at Father Hogan’s parochial residence at 11 30 with few friends present. They will spend several days in Ottumwa before returning to Fairfield to set up home with the groom’s mother on East Hempstead Street.
The article recounts a Sunday visit to the Wiggins farm seven miles northwest of Fairfield praising Billy Wiggins as a progressive farmer with his own waterworks and well-ordered barns. It notes general country prosperity, improving oats, corn color and stand, and an optimistic outlook for a bumper corn crop if frost cooperates. A July 1 weather and crop bulletin from the Iowa Weather and Crop Service describes a week with four to five days of suitable weather, beneficial rainfall, and improvements in corn, clover, meadows, pastures, and garden crops statewide.
The scheduled Sunday game at the new ball grounds west of Malleable Iron Works between the Ottumwa Red Socks and Malleable Iron Works was canceled as Ottumwa players could not arrive on time. Train No. 6 was three hours late, forcing the manager to call off the contest. Next Sunday Hillsboro visits I M Co. Tickets for the postponed game will be honored and are on sale at Cornell and Long and F M Raible's cigar store. Lineup includes Loehr Burnell Sprote Morris Loehr Van Dorin Brooks Van Hyning Heffelstein Hawkins.
Dr Mary B Tuttle died recently in Pithgora India after a long medical career. Born in Fairfield she studied at Parsons College and Chicago University then practiced in Burlington for years. She later studied at Johns Hopkins and in London and Paris before moving to Colorado Springs and finally India for missionary medical work.
The city council met at City Hall with all aldermen present. Minutes from prior meetings were approved. Walk permits were denied for Grimes street and granted for East Burlington street. Ordinance No 94 changing sidewalk widths was adopted. The Public Property committee was instructed to order a mowing machine. A new sidewalk was ordered on B street in Huey’s addition.
A local retailer promotes cheap prices on fabrics, ladies wear, hosiery, hats, belts, parasols, gloves, and shirts. The ad highlights dress fabrics, laces, ribbons, and silk finish hose with values from 5 to 50 cents and hats at reduced rates. Sale runs up to the Fourth with Wednesday evening hours.
The council abandoned the proposal to extend East Briggs Street from D Street to Chau tauqua Park as impracticable. The street commissioner was directed to build a crossing across BK Street at the northwest corner of the Old Cemetery. On motion, the council adjourned.
Last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ball a large party marked their thirty-fifth anniversary. About fifty friends attended, including several who were at the original wedding. The event featured fern and sweet pea decor, music by Cora Ball, readings by Minnie Jenks, a faultless menu, and gifts for the couple as keepsakes.
The Rock Island railroad reports new methods in its claims department. Claim agents charge up to 50 percent, but the railroad will pay every properly filed and substantiated claim directly to the claimant, saving agents’ fees. It also urges coal dealers and consumers to stock up during the slack freight period for fall and winter.
United States court in Fort Dodge Iowa ruled that speculating on the board of trade is a form of gambling. In Ware vs Pearson stock brokers Leland & Ware sought $6,000 from Arthur Pearson after his losses. Pearson refused payment on margins, with witnesses testifying and Senator Dolliver discussing his financial capacity.
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