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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1909
Page
4
Chicago and Q line timetable lists the daily express and local trains between Chicago McCook Denver and Burlington Otumwa with times such as 12 31am for 5 Chgo McCook Express and 6 50am for 3 Chgo Denver Express. Daily operations noted with some Sunday exceptions.
Estray notice states a bull was taken up at a farm four miles southeast of Batavia last Thursday. Owner may recover by paying pasture and advertising costs and proving ownership.
A humorous ad claims night riders like calomel croton oil or aloes pills disturb sleep. It praises Dr King s New Life Pills for cleansing the system and curing colds headaches constipation malaria. Available for 25 cents at F S Shriner s.
Miss Ina Farmer attended a Perlee party Saturday evening. S. A. Power offers best steam coal for threshing. Miss Sonia Graham vacationing from Mc Elhany department store in Decatur. Clyde Warner returns to Roth dry goods store. Dr T L James moves dental office across hall. Glen Fairall returns from Chicago course in window dressing. Ladies' Aid Society hosts ice cream social at Perry Bates residence Friday July 20. Missionary box to India departs August 2. Bessie Buchanan and Agnes attend Woolson Sunday school convention. Mrs Linnie Savage visits city. to teach at Lincoln school. Fairfield school board fills Logan building vacancy with Miss Floss Rogers. Fairfield Chautauqua reserved seat sale starts July 22 at Thoma's Pharmacy. $1.00 per session. Dragging roads progress noted. rain improved grain and hay harvest. S Gadhamis, Greek killed by train near Lockridge, dies in Burlington Mercy Hospital. Mr and Mrs James Wilson plan Fairfield bakery at new South Square room. Wilson ships Wisconsin ovens. George M Ball and family return from Canada Cheadle Alta. plan to resume Fairfield residence. Six thousand of eight thousand dollars pledged for deep wells. mass meeting shows enthusiasm. J S McKenney presided at Armory meeting with talks on artesian water project.
Smoke the Court. Sloan and Hochuly for legal bonds. One dollar yearly Tribune subscription. Fritz and Droz coal for threshing via L A Power. Wanted for general house work Mrs William Louden 501 Washington Street Fairfield Indiana. Test burn of Fairfield pottery clay completed. cooling takes days. potential high quality outcome. Plan for Sons of Veterans camp in Fairfield moving forward after G A R meeting. Mr and Mrs A A Fry of St Paul arrived for Louden Machinery convention. Mrs Fry visiting. Orchard sale of forty acres in ten acre tracts near Packwood road. suburban home appeal. K P grand lodge year end close. John H Merckens busy. Typhoid cases seven or eight in city. Harmen family area. water well suspected. no ongoing outbreak.
Des Moines July 24. The state board of railroad commissioners ruled they cannot regulate interstate train schedules, denying authority to intervene against complained schedules, affecting small towns.
Decorated for King Silsoe in July as King Edward arrived this afternoon to spend the weekend with Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. The lit tle old time village clusters around Wrest park gates and hosts a fete in his honor.
An advertisement promotes ZENOLEUM DISINFECTANT and LICE-KILLER for homes and animals, including KRESO DIP for cattle and sheep. It touts anti-contagion protection, mentions various lice products and fumigation supplies, and notes availability of LINCOLN PAINTS for climate suitability.
A probable presidential candidate will address Fairfield Chautauqua on August 17. His lecture titled The Majesty of the Law will cover law and governance before a attending audience.
A large crowd attended the Woolson Sunday school convention last Sunday with thorough planning and strong readings. Linneas McCracken welcomed guests and the Star Quartette provided music while Charles S. Walker reported on township training work and Sunday school progress in Black Hawk township.
Elmer Eastburn and wife transfer lots 4 and 6 in block 1 of Parsons College Add to John H. Fritz for 200 dollars. Robert Davidson and wife quit claim lot 6 in block 10 of McQuerry's Add to Marion Davidson for 1 000 dollars. James Davis is Rollin J. Wilson in block 10 of E. Pleasant Plain.
At Griesheim a captive balloon rose to 4000 feet for tests. Rifle and machine gun fire failed to affect it, but a second howitzer shell destroyed the balloon, marking a successful experimental attack.
The regular teachers examination will be held at the Court House on July 28 29 and 30 commencing at 8 00 a m Persons seeking to teach this fall should appear for the examination Those with renewable certificates should visit the office before July 28 to renew their certificates BESSIE B BUCHANAN Co Supt
Having dissolved partnership J C Shy takes over the business all indebted to Huffman and Shy are asked to call and settle by August 1 and those with bills against the firm should present them for payment Huffman and Shy Feed Store and Barn.
The Independent School District of Fairfield Iowa invites bids for about 10000 bushels of coal to heat three district school buildings for the coming year. Coal must be best quality weighed on city scales and delivered to building basements. Bids due by noon August 2 1909. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids.
Naivasha in British East Africa reports the Roosevelt expedition collection now totals about 2000 specimens. The haul spans mammals and birds from mice to rhinoceroses and from shrikes to bustards, with thousands more reptiles and insects. Roosevelt's latest bull hippopotamus shot at Lake Naivasha measured fourteen feet.
A severe glanders outbreak in Winnebago County is confirmed by State Veterinarian Dr. Paul Koto. Newton and Logan townships report several short horses, traced to western horses imported a year ago. Another outbreak in Harcourt, Iowa, has fourteen infected horses.
Edward C. Hogle of Mt. Pleasant, a well known Iowa newspaper man, has been afflicted with incipient tuberculosis and has been admitted to Oakdale near the Iowa State sanatorium for treatment. The move is not expected to be serious.
Maryville reports two saloons paying $5 225 license each the highest in the United States. They contribute $4 200 to the city $800 to the county $200 to the state $25 to the federal government and a proposed additional $200 yearly state license would raise total to $5 435.
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