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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
8
A county ledger shows various expenditures and allocations including goods to the county farm and paupers, printing costs, wages, and witness fees. Amounts include 435 50 for goods to county farm and 278 122 78 for printing and other services, with multiple salaries and care for paupers noted.
McLeod 10790 a bay four year old 1800 pounds 16% hands high sired by Craig Colvin 10114 with Princess Eulalie 7633 dam. Charleston Jr 22122 stands 16.1% hands 1250 pounds a top foal getter with fast lineage Race record 2:12% in Iowa. Charles Byron 41480 bay three years old 1100 pounds bred from Charleston Jr 22122 out of Daisy Byron breeding speed Terms 10 insure colt stand and suck. No accident liability note.
An unclear note mentions a barn location one and a half miles from Moyer Church in township. It references making items and a person named Mik, but details are fragmentary and unclear.
The notice advertises the import of Royal Recorder a dark bay Shire stallion in April 1906 weighing 2000 lbs with a gentle disposition and strong breeding. It lists extensive pedigree lines from Cour-de-Lion IV to William the Conqueror and describes terms for mare service at Fairfield with insurance costs. Additional notes mention other horses Manners and three-year-olds, plus reminders about weather and social musings.
An auction notice describes Dan Wilkes a 3 year old trotting stallion at 15.3 hands tall and about 1,200 pounds with a 2:40 gait and famed lineage through Garnet Wilkes and Nettie T. The ad notes premium winnings, dam lines, and a bidding term of 10 insu dollars, with moving mares and insurance details.
Rollin J Wilson and wife transfer property to East Pleasant Plain Cheese Association. Lot 8 block I in East Plain is part of a larger parcel described as in 29 ison and Banbrick. Consideration noted as $100. Local records indicate the transaction occurred in the East Plain area.
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