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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1879
Page
3
Baltimore Pills praised for digestive health amid militia roster
The piece urges regular bowel health with Dr Buils Baltimore Pills and shifts focus to Fairfield militia under Capt Daggett. It lists officers and troopers of the company with names such as Daggett W A Clarke G D Caton Thomas Robinson McKit, and a long roster of privates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daggett
W. A
Clarke
G. D
Caton
Thomas
Robinson
Mck
Sargeant
Heaton
Chas. L
Micksell
B. F
Smith
Otto F
Wertz
H. F
Spencer
C. A
Gibson
J. R
City Council meeting approves street work and lamp repairs
At Friday night session Mayor presided as bills for J A Herring street work W P Fee labor C Coffin marshal fees and Rand lumber were approved. The street commissioner reported and two crossings on Third North and Fourth North were ordered. Gas lamp posts ordered to be accepted and reward offered for lamp glass breakages. Adjourned to tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crry Lecretators
J. A. Herring
W. P. Fee
W. Coffin
Fairfield Tripunr
E. D. Rand & Co
M. A. McCord
Gibson and Wilkins
Frank Green
Southwestern R. R. Co
J. W. Pupois
A. R. Jordan
Messrs. Unkrich, Higley and
Sheward
Notable visitors and travels in Fairfield area
A cross section of locals and visitors includes Ed Roth in Nebraska and Jas G Berryhill in Des Moines visiting Fairfield. Keokuk’s Mrs Shaffer and Muscatine’s Miss Chambers are in town with friends, while Miss Shaffer and Miss Ramsey return from trips. Several plan trips along the Mississippi and to Minneapolis with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Roth
Nebraska
Jas. G. Berryhill
Des Moines
Fairfield
J. M. Shaffer
Keokuk
Raphael Fels
Salisbury
Mattie Shaffer
Keokuka
Juda Chambers
Muscatine
Miss Sargent
Washington Democrat
Wm. Boyd
Presbyterian Church
Katie Fowler
van Buren
Normal Institute
R. Huyett
St. Louis
Reed Wilkinson
Green Mountain
Vermont
Market note and local notices flavor of August
CANTELOPES are sold at ten cents each. J. T. Suewarp opens a new Glasgow store. Hoskins family recovering. Labor demand contrasts with rising street tramps. Foreseeable new 5Witch plant east of Southwestern depot. Court meets September first with State Fair. Three street disputes resolved by fighting. New sidewalk on Union school square. Five divorces docketed for September term. Stakes the deaf man recovering from railroad incident. State Agricultural Society moves to Des Moines around August tenth. Race course at county fair grounds in top condition. Maggie McKenney’s condition poor. Italian queen bee story ends with a pun. Masons plan Batavia trip for degrees. Rain and sun patterns noted across county. Apple tree in Shirmer yard boasts 50 feet spread. An exchange mocks store advertising. Noah and mosquitoes joke and Brighton deaf wedding. Frank Crain dies. funeral at Presbyterian church. Father of long-time resident Templeton dies. burial with Masonic honors. Corpse moved through Fairfield in Europe bound to California. Fort Madison line work to extend. awaiting Col. Harper. Epidemic disease cautions amid hot weather and dirty alleys. Center Point and Walker report cholera-like illness. diet and sanitation urged. The Two Lovers poem contrasts Nature and Art with a humorous ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T. Suewarp
Glasgow
Hoskins
Crecurr Court
Union School Square
Glenwood
Joan R. Suarter
State Agricultural Society
Des Moines
County Fair Grounds
Maggie McKenney
Keokuk
Batavia
Richland
Keokuk County
George Shirmer
Noah
Brighton
Council Bluffs
Frank Crain
Boyd
Presbyterian Church
Wm. Templeton
Creston
Batavia Lodge
Fairfield
Charley Wells
United Express Company
Europe
California
Cons. Doerr
Ft. Madison
Northwestern
James P. Harper
Gilchrist
Associated Press
Center Point
Linn County
Walker
Eliza Jane
Art
Drs Moines
Capitol
Grand Central Dome
Polk County
Rattlesnake Bend
Smith
Iowa
Memphis
Tennessee
Colfax
Aborn
Gath
Grain dealers McLettan and Jones form Batavia partnership
Messrs. McCLettan and Jones of Bata via have formed a partnership to deal in all kinds of grain. They will pay the highest market price for rye, wheat, oats, timothy and clover seeds. They will furnish sacks to sellers and urge farmers to note the arrangement for this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. McClettan & Jones
Batavia
Jefferson County Normal Institute Opens Under Local Leadership
The sixth session began July 28 under Prof. Samuel T Boyd with Miss Junia Rodgers and others guiding. Fifty two names enrolled on day one with rising interest as divisions A B and C list numerous teachers and students from the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Normal Institute
Samuel ‘T’. Boyd
Junia Rodgers
A. J. Sheridan
H. Carse
Geo. W. Williams
John Grinstead
Boyd
Keota Iowa Sees Bold Manufacturing Push Gains
July 25 column from Tri bune reports Keota Iowa thriving with flour mill by Jacob Hefflefinger and Nordyke & Marmon plans, Eagle Glass Works, carriage works, creamery and cheese factory, starch mill, and oat meal mill. Editor Reed praised, urging Fairfield to imitate and attract similar industry growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Tribune
Iowa
Nordyke & Marmon Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
W. P. Clifford
Elmwood
Messrs
Shearer & van Dorn
Keotans
Eagle Glass Works
Illinois
Reed
Pata
Des Moines Letter Reports Fair Preparations and Local News
The Des Moines letter describes a thriving State Fair prep with graded roads sidewalks and a growing hotel near the depot. It notes the Capitol dome progress and a new weekly paper planned for the city. It includes human interest on a displaced farmer and a fatal freight accident plus health measures and local commerce details.
Local notices mix death marriage and weather notes
A death occurred near town yesterday as Jerry Bates died at his father’s home. Josephine Fegan wed Harvey C. Ritchie at her parents’ Hamburg residence. July marriage licenses include Basher, Swanson, Peterson, Russell, Vance, Carter, Burke, Covert, Tornhan, and others. Weather predictions for August 1579 by Prof. Couch, plus a call for city cleanliness and stalls issues, and advice to expand wool farming in Jefferson County with Febrina as a remedy reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Bates
Josephine Fegan
Hamburg
Harvey C. Ritchie
A. C. Allen
Presbyterian Church
P. Mary
M.V. Basher
Augustus Swanson
Ellen Peterson
Andrew Peterson
Clara Swanson
Yorn
I. Caveness
Fannie V. Shriner
K. Cornell
Eliza Leonard
Orlando P. Smith
Alna A. Russell
Ulm
A. E. Vance
J. A. F. Bennett
Emma P. Carter
Ezra D. Fitzgerald
May Burke
Alfred W. Demarce
May Covert
Jno
R. Dehart
Sarah Tornhan
Harvest Time In Wooster Brings Mixed News
Report from Wooster notes harvest nearing completion with high grain yields and good prices. A local accident is described where Mr J F Smith jumped from a wagon, sprained an ankle but finished plans to kill a large snake, while Mrs Ewing plans to visit her father in Michigan. At the Board of School Directors meeting Mr A S Fry was impeached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Jf. C. Smith
Ewing
Michigan
A. 5. Fry
Bill Poster
Birt
Harvest reports and local notes from BucHan an
Harvest is nearly over with good yields though rain is needed for corn. Health is generally good though chills persist. Mr Hez Templeton and wife visit for catarrh treatment with Dr Blair. Funeral of W C Templeton at Creston Iowa July 27 1879. Jeremiah Bates died suddenly yesterday. BucHan an notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Johnson
Creston
Iowa
Jeremiah Bates
Evily
Buchanan
Organ purchase tips point to Estey and Mason Hamlin options
The note recommends considering Estey and Mason & Hamlin organs, with Inghram keeping them available for viewing or inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estey and Mason & Hamlin
Inghram
Clothe Shoe Store advertises fall stock and prices
Over 100 cases of boots and shoes received at the Clothe Shoe Store with an elegant stock of ladies fine shoes at reduced prices. Misses and children's shoes offered, plus a large selection of men's and youth boots all new and cheaper than other houses. The undersigned D. W. Templeton also buys grain and seeds at the Southwestern elevator at cash market prices.
Ten-Dollar Reward For Vandalism In City Lamps
The city offers a ten dollar reward for evidence leading to conviction of anyone breaking glass in street lamps or windows of vacant houses. Mayor D R McCrackin signs the notice on behalf of the City Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. McCrackin
Styles of Stem Winder Watches at Free man and Tow sley
All the latest styles from American and Swiss stem winders offered at Free man and Tow sley. Sold cheap for cash with emphasis on price and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman & Towsley’s
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