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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1905
Page
8
E Roth and Co announces a June sale with Ladies Tailor Made Suits priced from 3.88 to 11.88 and a full line of Wash Skirts and Waists in navy black and white silks and lawns, trimmed with eyelet embroidery, available now before stock runs out.
JE ROTH CO hosts a wedding supper at Dyke home as Donna Van Dyke weds with Rev Osborne officiating. The piece notes gifts, friendships, and best wishes from guests. An obituary for Joseph Rove details birth in Fayette County 1819, long Iowa residence, five sons, twenty grandchildren, and a life of faith, business success, and family devotion. Eva Augusta Anderson Shinbloom obituary recalls Swedish origin, marriage in 1867, five children, and funeral in local Evergreen cemetery with Rev Louis Mendenhall officiating.
Memorial services for deceased Knights of Pythias I O O F and Rebekahs were held last Sunday at the opera house. A 2 PM procession from the park led by the Forest City band marched to the opera house where music, readings, and addresses followed. The procession then moved to the cemetery where graves were covered with flowers. It was the first joint memorial and organizers expect it to become a tradition.
County Normal convenes Monday morning June 1g for a compressed one week session to benefit students. Anna White directs with instructors from Chicago University Cedar Rapids Des Moines and local teachers offering didactics grammar music penmanship physiology orthography and history. Teachers' examination will be held June 26 and 27 with a $1 enrollment fee. Saturday enrollment is urged.
Sept. Anna White conducted the annual country schools examination for diplomas. Twenty nine pupils appeared and twelve earned diplomas: Emma Lamansky Nellie Julian Ina Gantz Velma Eyestone Earl Hewett Mae Simmons Cecil Inghram Lena Welsh Helen Parsons Trissie Nelson Ralph Larson Edna Pollock.
A long list of visits and departures as residents and visitors from Ottumwa and surrounding towns travel to and from cities such as Chicago Des Moines and Kansas City. The piece notes weddings graduations and local gatherings with many named individuals and places including Fairfield Fairfield Park Mt Pleasant Cedar Rapids and Ottawa.
McElhany's advertises a second wash goods purchase at lower prices than earlier in the season. New lot ladies wash silk and white waists, new styles for ladies and children lace hose, lawn kimonos, warm weather shoes, and barefoot sandals. Invites shoppers with the promise of always great bargains.
A local store touts better value for money in millinery and highlights a strong selection of children’s hats for youngsters. The advertisement emphasizes price, quality, and suitability for children’s headwear.
The National French Draft Horse Association of America held a meeting at the secretary C. E. Stubbs office. Attendees were President S. Noble King J. W. Craft W. E. Prichard and M. C. Hodgson. They planned Volume IX of the Stud Book containing 1500 to 2000 records since Vol VIII in 1904.
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