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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1879
Page
3
Fairfield Iowa announces passenger train schedules and railway information for the West line as of Thursday June 5 1879. Details describe the railroad and freight operations in the region and update readers on train times and routes.
Clement Jordan, Evergreen Cemetery superintendent, reports a peaceful, orderly graveside ceremony as soldiers decorates their departed comrades’ graves. A large gathering of ladies and gentlemen observed the event, which honored the city of the dead and pleased cemetery managers.
Hiomer D. Corr announces a Friday evening appearance at Lemon's Opera House on June 27. The item promotes Dr Blair's Catarrh Remedy as a fashionable cure for nasal issues and breath, citing its modern popularity and urging readers to take note.
Jefferson County issued nine licenses despite a bountiful harvest. Named couples receiving licenses include J R Anderson with Elizabeth B McClelland, Jno W Gimple with Ella F Norcross, Joseph McReynolds with Theresa Heron, Edwin I Sargent with Cordelia E Sinclair, George D Clarke with Etta Montgomery, Edwin Hollibaugh with Emmat Ayers, Joseph B Swinburne with Virginia Junkin, Emmet H Nash with Eva L Young, Eugene Campbell with Minnie C Durr.
The Board of Supervisors acting as equalization board revised land assessments for several townships. Penn township down 10 percent from 15.69, Black Hawk up 5 percent from 13.22, Locust Grove down 10 percent from 15.31, Fairfield ernie unchanged at 18.64, Buchanan unchanged at 17.22, Lockridge up 5 percent from 1143, Round Prairie up 20 percent from 9.78, Cedar up 20 percent from 8.48, Liberty down 20 percent from 19.17, Des Moines unchanged at 14.76, Fairfield city unchanged on lands and 20 percent on lots. Further changes may occur before adjournment.
Edith Lowell youngest child of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Lowell died yesterday afternoon at five thirty after a brief illness of five to six weeks. The five month old baby, beloved by many in Fairfield, passed away leaving grieving parents and a sorrowful city to extend its sympathy. In Batavia a Sabbath School Association session convened with Rev. W. M. Sparr presiding, and Dr Eugene Campbell, Fairfield, married the daughter of Mr Casper Durr, in a widely attended event marked by generous wishes from friends including Mr and Mrs Sam C Farmer and others from Fairfield.
FrEBRINA described as a universal remedy that neutralizes poisons from malaria and strengthens the system. Sold by W J Jones & Bros.
Dr King’s New Discovery praised as the greatest medical remedy for Consumption and related throat lung ailments. The text urges trial free bottle from C S Clarke & Son and notes a regular one dollar bottle's efficacy and availability at 4.
June notes show flour price rise by twenty cents per hundred as the board of supervisors and school directors plan sessions and meetings. A Fourth of July park supper, church events, and a Seventh Day Adventist camp meet are announced. Local photographers promote stereoscopic views, and a jail insanity case is reported alongside nuisance concerns at the post office. Railroad refrigerator cars and sleeping cars expand travel and shipping options while a fish rare in Cedar appears at a Conlee mill picnic. New buildings begin in Fairfield as several residents convert homes and erect cottages and two-story frames.
Tur Reason Hilbert emerges as a prominent photographic artist noted for his study of audience preferences. He crafts images aimed at pleasing viewers, shaping his technique to satisfy visual expectations and market tastes.
Rev. Mr. Armstrong returned from Saratoga last week. Miss Mary Lamson came home from Ottumwa on Wednesday. Mrs. Frank Greene left for Trenton Missouri for a week or ten days. E. B. Wall traveled to his mother's in Hancock county. Mr. Henry Vote and wife left for Pennsylvania to visit friends. Capt W N F C Jaques and wife of Ottumwa attended Decoration Day. he is county clerk's brother. W W Webster of Muscatine, a marble dealer, was in the city on business. Annie Eckert returned home after two months visiting friends in western Pennsylvania and Virginia. Theo Goodlander leaves next Monday. Fred Day will replace him. Ella Jones returns home near Indianapolis after months with Misses Anna and Kate Jones.
A brief note highlights walking lions and a sale featuring astonishingly low prices at the 99 Cent Store, emphasizing novelty and bargain offerings.
Citrvrorp and Brown at the Home Mills near Fairfield announce readiness to perform custom grinding with efficiency and speed for local customers along the B and Q railroad line north of the C and B track.
Closing exercises last Thursday highlighted student progress in drawing and neatness. The Superintendent's figures show 720 pupils enrolled, 441 average daily attendance, 91 percent attendance, 98.7 percent punctuality, and per pupil instruction cost of $1.12 monthly, with district totals of 1010 last year and 913 this year.
Superintendent Sparr received a dozen silver table knives with a note of thanks from Fairfield teachers including Mrs Averill Mrs Bonar Miss Farmer Mrs Fowler Miss Ramsay Miss Temple Miss Mussleman Mrs Hochuly Mrs Grown and Mrs Stever. The teachers praised his kindnesses during the past year and expressed warm regard for him.
A large crowd gathered in Fairfield for Decoration Day ceremonies. The event featured a parade from the Park to the cemetery with prayers recitations and addresses by Rev Hedrix and Geo Heaton and music by the colony band.
A large crowd attended a Monday temperance meeting. The reading room topic sparked discussion among Messrs Wilson Tomey Lamson and Burgess. Ladies plan a Fourth of July festival for the club. Rev W M Howell spoke and Miss Alice Blair recited a poem. Prof Armstrong to speak next Monday. Higgins medals announced for state fair butter and cheese exhibits with gold silver and bronze awards.
The council met Friday with mayor and all members present. Bills allowed include Herring 47.20 Powell 3.50 Rand 146.16 Gas Light 83.67. May street report read and approved. The marshal to board up wells on Hunt zinger mill property and secure them. Repairs for Seventh West street ordered. Nuisance north of gas works to be abated. Sewer No. 2 extension vote failed. nuisances along its line to be cleaned. Alley ditching near sewer No. 2 to J. d. Cummings property. Adjourned to Friday evening June 13.
Republicans met at the court house to select ten delegates for the state convention in Des Moines. A five member committee picked eight named delegates with two replacements, and the full report was adopted with a provision to fill vacancies locally.
A fierce nighttime tornado struck J. B. Arnold’s 500 acre farm near Winchester Union township causing severe destruction to barns and outbuildings and damaging the orchard and yard. Neighbors mobilized in large numbers to aid repairs while Arnold plans immediate reconstruction. The storm veered toward widow Spencer's nearby property but caused less damage.
At the bride's parents residence in Batavia on Tuesday evening June 3 1879 Dr. Eugene Campbell and Miss Minnie C Durr were married by Rev J M Mc Elroy in a quiet ceremony attended by family.
A Sabbath school convention is planned at Pleasant Grove church next Sunday starting at 9 a.m. and continuing all day. The event opens with a temperance meeting Saturday evening and promises an interesting program. Farmers have been kept out of cornfields by recent heavy rains. A Sunday school has been organized at No 6 with S Noble as superintendent and meets at 3 p.m. Madam Gossip hints at upcoming weddings in the township.
The Seventh-day Adventists will hold a camp meeting in Slagle and Acheson's grove, three-quarters of a mile east of Fairfield, June 12 to 17. Some citizens consider tenting. Late rains have set farming back. wireworms appear. Crops generally are doing well. Road supervisors were out last week improving public highways. The note reflects local news and weather concerns around Beckwith and Central Depot in New York.
The community reports heavy rains over the past week easing fears of a dry season. Some begun corn but expect delays before harvest. illnesses raise concern as Jacob Welch has lost sight, Peter Shater has partial blindness, his brother at the Blind Asylum in Vinton, Wisconsin, and a Wisconsin sister is also blind. Life amid afflictions weighs on them.
Report from Batavia covers Dr Dean's death and funeral in Salina with all descendants present, storms damaging May Creamer’s barn, and a note on corn and grain shipments. Mentions new local Democratic club formation and J E Daugherty visiting Fairfield for State Insurance business.
Rain and wind bring a string of small town events. Mr. Smith Ball’s hay barn blown down during the storm. H. W. Lash returned home from Decoration with his load of girls. Two young women clashed at a party and blows occurred. John Blakely found new shingles in his orchard blown from elsewhere. Oren Fry’s horses ran away but no injuries or damage.
Heavy rain dominates town news as residents report the heaviest rainfall in years. Health updates include Griffin Abraham’s wife recovering from lung fever and Mrs Fryer’s son severely ill with pleurisy and lung fever under Dr Tracy care. A lightning strike at John Lock’s home injures none seriously, while Joseph Orndorff welcomes a new son. A Sabbath school is organized at Chandler school house with officers named. The Grafton cheese factory begins operation, planning a larger cow run, under Wm Callister supervision. Flooding affects infrastructure, corn and weeds spread, fall crops look good, and a horse accident injures Frank Gardner’s son. Farmers transport grain to Ottumwa amid Fairfield’s new weighing laws.
Open daily with seasonable fabrics and a wide range of goods. Cotton goods rising. save by buying now. Dress goods, cassimeres from 35¢ to 1.00. bed spreads, lace, shirts, parasols, hose, corsets, and trims priced to attract cash buyers. Also notes highest market price for butts and eggs and watches from Jones Bros. and Freeman & Towlsley.
The article notes the upcoming June start of summer and urges light under clothing to avoid heat. It promotes Mr. David B. Wilson near the Post Office as having a large stock of undergarments straw hats and men’s furnishings including children’s hats. The ad references the sign of the black bear and invites shoppers to visit.
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