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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
4
Local dental practice advertises all work guaranteed with a convenient location near the post office in Fairfield Iowa. It notes access via the alley stairway or the stairway by the telephone office and provides contact phone 51.
Frank Taylor a 52 year old Iowa Central section hand was crushed between a box car and a switch engine at 5 30 PM while seeking shelter from a shower. He is alive and conscious but both legs are severed above the hip and both wrists crushed. He is not expected to survive. A former resident of Seymour he has two daughters Mrs Charles Black and Hazel Taylor living in Oskaloosa.
A brief note from the Chicago Record-Herald mentions Lily and Rosie enjoying the effects of rouge stick, praising the visual appeal. The remark highlights cosmetic use and aesthetic results observed.
A Cheyenne man explains that players fear opponents with cold feet in poker. A Denver businessman loses about $800 in a late night draw game with a sheriff, Jeff, and bundled winnings. Jeff plans a dawn exit for a border parade as the sheriff prepares a hanging.
Many women gather Sheffield plate, silver on copper, since no pieces have been made for over fifty years. It is valued higher than solid silver, with intricate decoration. Unlike china, it grows in value with time and cannot be broken.
In certain German towns households must separate waste into three containers for ashes and sweepings, cooking refuse, and rags and paper. The collected rubbish is reused by the town authorities.
A Washington Iowa note reports several deaths in one period. Jas R Hammond formerly of the area and US marshal deputy in Arkansas dies at Fort Smith. James L Quinn dies after months of illness and his wife recently passed. Mary A Shellenbarger dies visiting her son in Fredonia and Flora McAtlin dies of measles. Peter Leeburg a Swedish born tailor dies. H J Williams dies at home. The piece closes with a university league note on a debate committee headed by Prof Gordon and others.
Rockwell City Iowa mourns as typhoid fever linked to a April banquet claims five lives. The epidemic, traced to a Methodist church supper for 63 diners, left 57 ill and several critical cases including county auditor Beaumont Stonebreaker and Calhoun banker F P Huff among the named figures. Also at risk are Joseph Barber and Frank Delano, a local farmer.
Grinnell Iowa May 31 the Methodist Episcopal church elected Bishop Elect E H Hughes an Iowan His parents live in Grinnell where he was a schoolboy and Iowa College student He won an interstate oratorical contest at the college and later became president of DePauw University at the time of his election
Nashua Iowa May 29 Gus Klotg a 25 year old Fredericksburg township resident was fatally injured when a tree limb broke while he joked with companions at a picnic. He fell about twenty five feet sustaining a broken hip and arm and internal injuries dying within thirty minutes.
Iowa City, May 29. The Iowa High School Debating league will narrow its coming year’s topic to the resolution that the federal government should have exclusive control of all corporations doing interstate business. Each school chose its preferred question, and this proposal received the most votes.
The Iowa Christian church convention will meet at Capitol Hill church of Christ June 18 through 24 in Des Moines. The program includes women’s missionary society opening, sessions for Sunday school and Christian Endeavor, a mass communion at the Auditorium, and addresses by Rev. Finis Idleman and Rev. D. R. Dungan with convention speaker W. T. Fisher.
Des Moines Iowa May 30 Edward Griffith sub-contractor for the Hubbell building at Eighth and Walnut streets fell from scaffolding on the first floor striking the tower cross bar and fracturing his skull. He was taken to Mercy hospital with death expected.
Centerville Iowa reports population 8 193 in the new directory count up from 5 967 in 1905. About 1 000 of the increase results from extended city limits, while 1 200 reflect genuine growth. The city shows strong prosperity and signs of further expansion.
In Davenport Iowa on May 30 a jury failed to reach a verdict in the sponge case against Dr A Hageboeck. The dispute centered on damages to Mrs Arp for her husband’s death after a sponge was left in his body during surgery. Charles Cruys blocked agreement, leaving no determination of amount.
Des Moines reports unusually warm temperatures and frequent showers with excessive rainfall. Flooding and washouts hindered field work until Saturday, causing heavy losses and much replanting. Early fields are weedy while cultivated land improves. grain growth is rank though yellowing on low land. Geo M Chappel reported.
In Ottumwa Iowa on May 28 the last of seized gambling paraphernalia was burned by the courthouse janitor Dorothy. The destruction included poker tables farebanks layouts crap tables chuckaluck Klondyke and other games valued at 3000. The water wagon remark notes the effort was powered by will power.
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