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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1920
Page
11
The column lists high school standings, local trials, and tax collections. It notes furniture purchase by H. H. Fulton, Thorne and Gage joining in a dry goods venture, a fatal rail crossing accident, and a busy city election with 523 votes. It also mentions marriages and serenades by Parsons College students.
A defense of the writer's character fills much of the column but he omits his name and the remarks about him. The piece mentions women’s suffrage and the Blue Ribbon club as topics of wide discussion at the time.
Fairfield markets list wheat 55c corn 22c oats 15c hay 4 dollars cattle 2 to 3.50 hogs 3.50 flour 1.10 to 1.35 potatoes 30c butter 13a eggs 10c chickens 5c turkeys 9c. C H Bandy placed fourth at Mt Pleasant state oratorical contest. editor McElroy criticized judges. Frank Crail buys Bandy dairy. will succeed. Deaths of William S Lynch and his wife. Rev S C Chatham Lutheran pastor. Glendale correspondent Hiram Heaton. City elected aldermen: John Taylor, J T Booth, N S Bright, C C Risk, O Flower. Townsend Paxton dies in Penn township aged 73. Farmers Club on free school books. next meets about eight hours constitute a day. J E Roth & Co buys Fairfield woolen mills stock and closes at bargain prices. Charles Gift offers single harness set for 14 dollars.
Oak lumber of all lengths was purchased for city use at 19.50 per thousand feet. J. H. Merckens and Mrs. H. D. Cook won the Hard Times social costume prize. Henry Bacon was blindfolded and robbed of a small sum in the rear of the Long and Kamp store. Fairfield markets list corn at 29 cents and oats.
The notice records 961 students enrolled in city schools, including 161 in the high school, reflecting enrollment figures for the district.
H B Trainor appointed superintendent of a new twenty six acre prison farm near Bicker Station Indiana to be used for cultivating sweet potatoes and tomatoes. He will supervise six inmates at work before the facility expands with barracks and mess halls to follow.
Special Agent Jim Yates of Northwestern Railroad followed a thief from the yards to a cache at A. Jensen's property where seven tons of sugar valued at $2,000 were found. Four men were arrested in connection with the theft of sugar from box cars in the railroad yards.
Notice announces an amendment of the articles of incorporation for the Lauden Machinery Company. Details specify the action to be taken and the corporate authority involved. Further information likely includes filing steps and official dates.
In Searles Minnesota Mrs Gertrude Busharp recalls using Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for over twenty years. She says it kept her in splendid condition during expectancy and eased midlife symptoms such as heat flashes and dizziness. She also praises the accompanying medical book People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser.
Public notice of a special election in the Consolidated Independent School District of Linby, Jefferson and Wapello counties, Iowa. The election will be held March 13, 1920 at the Linby schoolhouse from 1 PM to 6 PM. Voters will decide on a district measure presented for approval.
Voters of the Consolidated Independent School District are notified of a proposed school site and equipment plan by order of the board of directors. The notice is issued under Sections 2820-d1 et seq. of the Iowa code supplement. Dated at Linby Iowa February 7 1920. Co W Edwards secretary, board of directors.
Mrs E L Inwiy of Oelwein Iowa says she first took Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription about thirty years ago and has continued using it with wonderful results. She has recommended it to others who were satisfied.
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