Local items and events pace Fairfield life
O W Catlin gains a music leaf turner patent. Sheriff Crane hosts ten boarders while tramps stay scarce. J M WaltHam Co adds a gold leaf sign to their corner dry goods store. School class at Miss Lizzie Heaton’s home. The M E church sociable yields best record, netting thirty dollars. Printing press broken. Daily Journal suspended briefly. Real estate offers and payment plans on Rock Island addition. Dr L A Badger to advertise at Leggett House March 14. Ward children hold temperance concert at Baptist church. Fairfield post office February receipts exceed last year by 87 28. Congregational church program on Is it well with the child and True Liberty and the Liberator. Fire alarm from chimney at Mrs Hester Fisher’s home. Wesleyan University mock republican convention invited with Parsons students. Miss Snook’s class entertainment at the opera house supports piano fund. Fairfield annual school election set for March 14 at court house. Two boys fined for jumping a moving Q train. Mrs Wirtz’s surgery at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago progresses. Mrs James Wesday learns of Dr George Day’s death in Coshocton. E A Howard to build three story block north side with Knights of Pythias lodge room. McPherson Chidister marriage already occurred at Polk township home. Rev R G Wilson officiating.
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Sheriff Crane
J.M. WaltHam & Co
Lizzie Heaton
M. E. Church
Daily Journal
Chase Gage
Rock Island
L. A. Badger
Leggett House
Four Wards
Baptist Church
Wesleyan University
Mount Pleasant
Parsons
Opera House
Fairfield
Court House
Joseph Ricksher
R. J. Wilson
Chris Liming
Andy Boyd, Jr
Squire Pickett
Wirtz
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
James Wesday
George Day
Coshocton
Ohio
Day
Judge Day
Iowa Supreme Court
E. A. Howard
Adda Chidister
Wm. Chidister
Polk Township
Rev
R. G. Wilson
Local notices and events in Fairfield region
The report covers a mix of local happenings including an engagement of a couple to settle on a farm owned by Mr McPherson, a bridge accident near Crow Creek injuring A Mellon, a Burlington mayoral upset with Peter Fawcett defeating Bonni, and council balance in Ottumwa. It notes a burglary at B Allmayer & Bro. in Albia, a Dakota shooting death of Fred Houghton, W F Bevering starting a Fairfield cigar factory, and a March 5 birthday celebration for W M Mouck with family.
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Tribune
McPherson
A. Mellon
Ottumwa
Crow Creek
Burlington
Chris Bonn
Peter Fawcett
Fawcett
B. Allmayer & Bro
Albia
Ford Allmayer
Wonp
Fred Houghton
Hugh Houghton
Oelrichs
Dakota
Houghton
Polke Township
Moses Remine
W. F. Bevering
Fairfield
Ed Jerricho
Bevering
Hutton and Belle Smith Married at Fairfield Home
In Fairfield on March 2 at the home of L. W. Howard, Charles T. Hutton and Belle Smith of Glasgow were married by Rev. E. L. Schreiner. The bride, educated in Fairfield, taught near Glasgow this winter. the groom is a diligent farmer. They plan to live on a farm near Glasgow.
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L. W. Howard
Fairfield
Charles T. Hutton
Belle Smith
Glasgow
E. L. Schreiner
Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup Advised For LaGrippe
Take Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup at first symptoms of la grippe. Dose twenty to thirty drops. For a cough after the illness, take ten to twenty drops frequently after each coughing spell. Sold by R. H. Hufford.
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Warner
R. H. Hufford
Death of Mrs. Sarah Rowland and local notices from Four Corners
Mrs. Sarah Rowland died at the home of P. W. Lyon on March 5 and was buried in Traxler Cemetery, Ilbnry county. School meetings elected district officers Chas. Hildebrand G A Smithburg and Victor Swanson. John Quick delegates to Swedish Lutheran conference in Burlington. Joan Leafgreen sold property to Frank Gustafson for 850 dollars. L. plans to move to Rome. Electric Bitters advertised as health remedy with price 50 cents.
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Four Corners
Sarah Rowland
P. W. Lyon
Traxler
Ilbnry County
Chas. Hildebrand
G. A. Smithburg
Harmony
Victor Swanson
Fairview
John Quick
Burlington
Swedish Lutheran Conference
Joan Leafgreen
Frank Gustafson
Mr. L
Rome
Common Sense Liniment praised by readers and ads
A reader from Clarinda Iowa endorses Jacksons Common Sense Liniment noting it healed a yearling mare with barb wire injury and calls it the best liniment for horses and family use. Other items promote Hood s Sarsaparilla free gifts in Fairfield and a Fairfield sale deadline. Brown s Novelty Store advertises weekly attractions and low prices at the post office restaurant serves meals and oysters.
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Clarinda
T. H. Jackson & Co
Quincy
Ill
Jackson
R.S. Abbott
Drayman
Brown’s Novelty Store
Fairfield Classified Ads and Public Notices Snapshot
Local ads offer home loans, job cleaning services by JonEs and FULLEN, house for sale by E R Smith, and a health testimonial for White Wine of Tar Syrup. Also promotions for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Shilohs Cough and Consumption Cure with drugstore names Bradshaw and Thoma.
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Chamberlain
Bradshaw & Thoma
Shiloh
Fairfield Nursery Offers Fruit Trees And Evergreens
C W Wairnam advertises apples at 10 to 15 cents, cherries 25 to 30 cents, pears 50 cents, plums 30 to 40 cents, peaches grafted 25 cents, Russian apricots 30 cents, plus forty hardy apples. Stock grown on whole root, evergreens 10 to 35 cents, orders by post or at Risk Hufstedler's store.
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Post Office
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Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
ST. West
Washington
Herren
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Columbus Junction
O. W. Catlin
W. M. Monck
John Yount
Mr. Mouck
Wm. Parker
Jas. Mouck
Mouck
Hutton-Smith
Strength and Health
Clarke & Junkin
Cuber
Geo. D. Clarke
JonEs & Fullen
J. F. Crawford
ED. Stephens
E. R. Smith
Gorman
Cabool
John. W. Brown
Fairfield Nursery
City
AMD
ROBT
Israel
Shoults & Barger
Wilton
Body Brussels
Tapestry
Brussels
Agra
Albert
The
St. Joseph Hosiery Co.’s
Shoulis & Barger
Wyman & Rand
Burlington, Iowa
A. B. Scott & Son
Fairfield Music Company
Crawford Blk
Ita
Elkhart
America
Wilk
S&s
W.b.pratt
Sec’y
Ind
Hustler'’S
Southwest Corner Square
H. W. Weikert
Huster
District Court
State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
John Blaul
Crane
Charles Gift
C. L. McGaw
Pittsburg
Sam
Westside
Charles Cift
Lowa
John RK
Gausaway
Caroline Gibson
Louisa Hilton
Leonard Hilton
Thomas J. Gasaway
KE. Gasaway
Martha Gasaway
Sarah Ann Remine
Robert F. Ratcliff
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