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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
9
Area residents travel for visits and business while others plan summer stays and out-of-town trips. Notables include Rev Abraham Wolf visiting with family, J T Davies traveling east, Edna Hisel returning to Minneapolis, and Miss Jessie Wray aiming for the western coast tour. Local business visits by C W Wade and D C Bradley. others relocate for work or conferences.
M L Letts of Fairfield married Marguerite Marney of St. Joseph Mo in Christ Episcopal church in St Joseph June 26. The couple left for a trip to Canada Niagara Falls New York and Boston and will reside at Seventeenth and Edmond after September 1. In Fairfield Miss Minnie Tressin Carlson and Samuel Bernard Wisecarver wed at home of the bride with Rev W Luther Bright officiating. The couple planned a Des Moines honeymoon but Co M delayed them with a guard.
Yesterday at Dell Chidester's home in the Indian Territory area the wedding to Harry Fair of Poteau was conducted by Rev. Ross. The ceremony joined two families amid relatives and friends with a wedding feast and merrymaking. They depart on Q for Ottumwa then Red Oak to visit kin before returning home.
Ada Gertrude Damm and William T. Greene were married last Saturday at 3 30 p m in the parsonage of the Lutheran church in this city Rev Bright officiating Damm daughter of M Damm of Glendale is a longtime stenographer in this city and Jefferson county Greene a checking clerk for the C B Q in Burlington has accepted a position in Denver and the couple will reside there soon Friends in this community extend best wishes for happiness and prosperity
Miss Margaret Lamanski and James Arthur Woods were married Monday at 11 30 in the parochial residence officiated by Father Hogan. They left for Ottumwa after the ceremony and will reside with the groom's mother on East Hempstead Street. Both are well regarded and wished a happy future.
A Sunday visit to a farm seven miles northwest of Fairfield featured William Wiggins and his wife Mrs. Wiggins. The piece praises his waterworks, tiled barns, and well kept stock, noting the couple’s key role in the ranch and a general view of country life along the road.
The Sunday clash at the new ball grounds west of the Malleable Iron Works was called off as Ottumwa players couldn’t reach in time due to Burlington Route train No. 6 running three hours late. Next Sunday Hillsboro visits I. M. Co. with tickets honored from the canceled game and sales at Cornell and Long and F. M. Ramble's cigar store. Line-up includes Loehr captain, Burnell, Sprote, Morris, Van Dorin, Brooks, Van Hyning, Heffelstein, Hawkins.
Dr Mary B Tuttle died recently in Pithgora India after a career spanning Fairfield and Burlington Iowa. Born there she studied Parsons College and Chicago University Medicine. Her brothers Frank of Cedar Rapids and R A Tuttle of Los Angeles survive. sister Mrs Fresh died in Chicago. She served hospital work in Chicago and began practice in Burlington in 1887, studied at Johns Hopkins, then in London and Paris. She moved to Colorado Springs in 1901 and sailed to India in 1902 for medical missionary work.
The weekly weather and crop bulletin reports a very beneficial latter week for farmers across the state with average daily temperatures about four degrees below normal. Central areas show improved corn progress though some delays persist while Meeker and nearby meadows are mentioned. a fire incident in a city is briefly noted with efforts to save property and a neighbor assisting. Also advertised are bargains on fabrics, dress goods, ribbons, belts, and men’s and children’s wear at a local store.
A local ordinance requires a tag on garden seeds sold with prohibition of contaminated seed. Farmers fear high costs for cleaning and labeling. Seed dealers report prior dirty seed shipments and expect inspections to reveal bad seed proportions.
William Kubli, 27, of Pleasantville, Idaho, deemed insane by commissioners for religious fervor after attending Rev. Billy Sunday meetings in Knoxville. He reportedly heard voices and believed he alone could save others, attempted suicide, and was sent to Mount Pleasant asylum.
Pension Agent W V Willcox met with Commissioner Vespasian Warner of the interior department in Spencer Iowa and learned the new service pension law will not demand large extra funds. Warner said reductions in the regular pension rolls may cover the additional costs of the new law.
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