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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1892
Page
7
The notice lists passenger services between Eldon and Davenport, Eldon and Muscatine, and shows which numbers stop at all stations versus major stops. It details routes via Kansas City for No 11 and 12 and via St Joseph and Leavenworth for No 13 and 14, with specific departure times.
City council meets Thursday night. New carpet in Methodist church. Slaters finish courthouse work. Holly water works pump at depot with foundation being laid. Junkin furniture sale halted by buyer illness. business to continue under Mr Junkin. Church topics at Congregational next Sunday morning Was Christ Partial and Household Religion in evening. Births two girls. quarterly post office receipts rise to 2 297.48. Death of R W Trowbridge’s father in Indiana. funeral to follow. Socials and visits include Edna Shaffer hosting twenty with Charlotte Kelly, a Brookville boy injured but not seriously. Fairfield Home Loan and Building Association proposed. shares 100 dollars. Fort Madison Plain Dealer reports a July 8 marriage Hufford Prewitt in Des Moines. Kasper Zalinski pleads guilty to assault. fine five dollars plus costs. Arrest warrant for Martin Zaharis. James Hedge wagon incident. Mrs Hedge injured.
The library project superintendent defends contractors over the foundation work noting dimension stone was used as specified and the only deviation was sand mortar for bedding. He claims stones were twelve inches thick instead of eight and delays were due to obtaining larger stone now used across the full wall width.
Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt of Boston spoke at the Presbyterian church on temperance urging a national prohibition ticket and critiquing parties. A golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. F B Huntzinger was celebrated with family, friends, a banquet, and gifts including $150 in gold coins.
GEO and WHITE advertise baled hay straw and hay covers for sale at a lot north of Savings Bank. Prices and quantities not listed in the notice.
A 1873 law requires hedge fences along public roads and railroads to be trimmed. Road supervisors must enforce notices. fines range up to 100 dollars or 30 days jail for violations. The thistle act also mandates destruction of Canada and prickly thistles on owned or controlled lands and along highways.
In view of what Hood's Sarsaparilla has done for others, it is suggested as beneficial for scrofula saltrheum and all blood diseases. The ad claims relief for dyspepsia indigestion sick headache loss of appetite tired feeling catarrh malaria and rheumatism.
An advertisement announces Dullams Great German Worm Lozenges as a worm destroyer on earth, priced at 25 cents per box, offered for sale by Geo. D. Clarke.
Uncalled letters advertised at Fairfield post office listed by S J Chester P M on July 12 1892. Names include Bellmond G W Mellon Bernard Craft Laura McPherrin H Duff Bella Peterson Miss Tena Lynn James B Pitzer and G W.
Lame back side or chest remedy Shilohs Porous Plaster priced 25 cents by Bradshaw Thoma. HOME money to loan on easy terms by Jones Fullen. Fruit and oysters at Langs Restaurant Hay Covers at G W White. Smoke the U S cigar.
The July 11 Elm Grove notes report a busy harvest with binders and mowers at work. Will Tuller and family, Greenwood and family, and others spent Sunday with relatives near Cross Lanes. A new boy blessed Jas. Birt's home, and an Epworth League was organized, led by president W. H. Van Dyke.
Mr and Mrs Loren Trescott caretakers of a government lighthouse at Sand Beach Michigan announce the cure of their four year old daughter who suffered measles with a dreadful cough and fever. After two and a half bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery she recovered fully and the family recommends a free trial bottle at Clarke's drug store.
Glendale reports lively hay making as Nicholas Linstraw of Nebraska visits old friends. W Hartley remodels his barn and enlarges his house. News arrives of the death of Mrs Harriet Simmons of Bradshaw Nebraska, a pioneer family long established there. Also notes on thistles and yellow dock to cut.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the unmatched remedy for diseases from impure blood. It warns of hidden impurities, claims health protection through vigilance, and asserts the product as king of cures.
The post office restaurant offers warm meals lunch options and fresh oysters at all hours, providing round the clock dining for workers and visitors.
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