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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1905
Page
7
Local column lists numerous departures and returns among Ottumwa and surrounding towns. Names include Crail, Martin Bush, Jevenson, Bean, Hague, Jonathan, Frampton, and many others visiting relatives in Albia Colfax Keosauqua Portland and Des Moines. Obituary notes for Stoner Brumback and William K Alexander summarize deaths and funeral details.
Charlotte A. Dubois born September 17 1890 in Fairfield Iowa died Tuesday morning July 25 at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Jno Marcy. She was the only daughter of Mrs Cornelia DuBois after two years of ill health. Brother Thos left for the west with Mr and Mrs Robert Wilson before the funeral. Funeral from the Marcy home East Burlington Street Thursday at 2 30 pm. Burial Evergreen cemetery Rev Thos Osborne in charge.
Last Wednesday evening at the parochial residence at 7:30 Father Nodler officiated as Fred Clark and Emily Dwyer were married. The newlyweds received a religious ceremony and began their life together.
The couple spent a few days in Burlington and Ft Madison and will start housekeeping in a cottage on South D street. They are well known locally with many friends, and well wishes accompany their plans for a long, happy life together.
Tuesday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs T L Emry in Brighton Iowa Wade Emry wed King Cornell of Afton Iowa in a small ceremony attended only by immediate relatives. Rev Cornell father of the groom conducted the service. After breakfast the couple left for Fairfield and then to Afton where they will reside. Both are well known locally and leave with many good wishes for happiness.
The Forest City Band offers a Sunday trip from Fairfield to Davenport on August 13. Round trip $2.00 with a Rock Island depot departure at 7:00 a.m. Muscatine to Davenport by chartered steamer W. W. stops at Suburban Park. Davenport 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Return train to Fairfield by 11:00 p.m.
The text mocks aging and courtship norms with satire on women’s concerns about youth, men’s hesitations, and marriage duties. It also quips about office life, wages, and military gear, implying social and gender expectations of the era through pithy dicta.
Tess and Jess tease about Miss Hussle's constant activity while noting she is aging. The Philadelphia Press quotes them against a backdrop of a photographer who makes it hard to be natural.
Every piece of summer merchandise in stock must be cleared out. Low prices will lift them off counters, benefiting customers with value and savings.
A. J. Ryan and E. R. Chambers, railroad brakeman and conductor on the Northwestern between Mason City and Belle Plaine, were arrested on charges of stealing goods from freight cars. They appeared before a justice court and received heavy fines. Local officials suspect a wider scheme and noted a $300 clothing loss two months earlier. Chambers had notable duties at national railroad meetings in Portland and Buffalo.
Rappal Bros. notes Texas and Western range cattle dominating Monday and Tuesday trade with Montana loads at 4.00 to 4.85. Hogs rise 5 to 10 cents to a top of 6.05 as light and medium weights sell well. Sheep and lambs hold with native lambs around 7.00 and Westerns down 25 cents amid mixed beef and cattle pricing.
Brief, fragmentary items from the Sioux City Journal feature wry maxims and reflections. The quotes touch on optimism, youth, fireworks, and stubborn resolve in domestic life with a somber, reflective tone.
Local flyer promotes low prices on men’s work shirts stripe overalls and durable pants plus good underwear hats and dress shirts. It also advertises ladies wrappers muslin under skirts corsets and percale items with discounts stated such as 48c 25c and 50c throughout the sale.
A reader note advertises savings on dishes tinware and graniteware promising to save money for shoppers. The brief urges customers to visit and compare prices at the local store.
The Philadelphia Record stresses the core aims of schooling: children must read write and cipher. It argues for eye and hand training and sharp observation, but insists rudiments come first and time for essential literacy and country knowledge should not be crowded by nonessential topics.
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