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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1879
Page
3
About sixty people gathered at the C B and Q depot for Mr Hacketts Keokuk excursion. The car did not arrive due to negligence. Many returned home while others bought tickets and continued. Hackett is blameless, holding a signed contract. A rumor blamed nonpayment but he carried a payment instruction letter. The day of promised pleasure ended in disappointment for all.
A flurry of travel and visiting notes as Rev Thomas Harrison departs for Baltimore and numerous figures from Dubuque Muscatine Fremont and Granville visit or plan trips. Names include Fred O Donnell M A McCord Maggie Dahlman Laura Craig Nora Sedgwick and Whitelaw Reid. Also a drug ad promotes Dr Bull s Baltimore Pills for blood cleansing priced at 25 cents.
Market notes show green corn at ten cents a dozen with merchants preparing for a strong fall season. The piece also mentions a new cabinet of curiosities at the city library and general commentary on warm weather affecting railroad travel.
The Ft Madison & Northwestern stockholders re elected the same nine directors J C Atlee Jno Van Valkenburg Chas Doerr Geo Schlapp A L Courtright E Pitkin R W Pitman J C Walker and A C Roberts. Officers named A C Roberts president J C Walker vice president A L Courtright treasurer Chas Doerr secretary. A report details progress and plans to extend to Birmingham and beyond with tax aid and subsidies urged.
Isaac Jones, about twenty five or twenty six, arrived from Keokuk County near Richland for treatment by Dr. Mohr. The doctor deemed him a suitable patient for the insane asylum and he will be sent to Mt. Pleasant tomorrow morning.
Gro H Staxes a deaf man in middle life was struck by a C B & Q train near Glenwood while asking directions to Burlington. He suffered severe non fatal injuries and is cared for by the Odd Fellows. A sermon at Congregational church followed, praising the preacher and urging aid.
The period sees fine weather aiding hay making with wheat rye and oats being harvested as ripe. Mr Ozier lost a fine work horse last Friday from overheating and Mr George Camblin lost a horse last Tuesday. The spring colt with a broken neck was splintered by the late veterinary surgeon J Blakely and is now doing well. Mr Wallace Norcross has finally returned and Mr Samuel Q Helfiustine is noted in the update.
Been attending school in New York for the past three years a welcomed visitor. He will fill the pulpit at the Wooster church this Sabbath evening at half past seven. Batavia is quiet health good. Work on the new depot progresses rapidly. Two grain and seed buildings will be erected this week by the railroad. Grain houses and depot buildings to be painted the same color improving the town’s appearance. Farmers busy with harvest crops claim record yields since 1860. Dr H M Shaffer back from mountains with inflammatory rheumatism confined to bed. District Deputy Grand Master D Jones installed Ohio lodge No 120 C O F last Saturday. Officers listed. Mr Jones stayed over Sunday. Henry Franks wife presented twin boys on the 12th. Eleven boys and two girls in the family.
The county shows prosperous harvests with rye and fall wheat gathered Odessa reports the best fall crop in years while oats near ready for cutting. Pleasant Hill Sabbath school hosted a large picnic with music by Tanzy and Coykendall and speeches by W M Miller and Frank Burch.
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