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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1900
Page
3
The shop highlights its freshness and variety with tender steak, choice chops, sweet ham, bologna, sausage, dressed poultry, fried fish, and a full range of meats. The ad promises consistent availability of every item a 4 meat market is supposed to handle.
The Fairfield market lists corn at 32 to 35 cents per bushel with no change, oats up to 20 cents, rye at 42 cents, wheat steady 50 to 65 cents, hay bales 7 to 8.50 dollars per ton, loose 6.50 to 7.50, timothy seed 85 cents per bushel, clover seed 4.00 to 4.50, hogs and cows mixed in gains and losses, fat steers 3.00 to 3.50, lambs 4.25, fat sheep 3.50, butter 18 to 20 cents per pound, hides 20 cents, eggs up to 25 to 40 cents per dozen.
Lord Roberts reports heavy Boer losses at Driefontein and a bold British maneuver that outflanked Dutch forces. The capture of Bloemfontein appears likely as Gatacre holds Bethulie and French advances threaten Boer lines. Kruger and Steyn seek intervention to halt fighting.
British forces bury 173 Boers killed or wounded at Drei fontein with groups numbered 37, 23, and 43. Reports say most deaths came from shrapnel on a hillside taken by the Welsh battalion, as a flagrant treachery claim arises. Four 4.7 inch guns arrived at Poplar Grove after noon. General Roberts condemned the surrender treachery and ordered caution about white flags. An ambulance with explosive ammunition was found at the deserted Boer position.
Iondon dispatches report Lord Roberts enlarging his push toward Bloemfontein with a second turning movement. Dutch forces occupy a double entrenched line about fifteen miles long north and south of the Modder river. Roberts does not spell out his strategy, but hints can be inferred from the bulletin.
Fifteen people, mostly children, die in a morning fire at Morris and Fourteenth Avenues Newark. Thirteen bodies recovered within hours. Authorities say the three story former church tenement became a deadly fire trap. Suspect Vito Credavo is detained after a boarder Virginia di Prula identifies him. Credavo and family were in the upper rear portion. he denies arson.
Edward John Phelps former minister to Great Britain and Kent professor of law at Yale died at his Humphrey Street residence in New Haven at 4 15 p m after two months illness from acute pneumonia and subsequent lung troubles. He was 69 or 70, survived by wife Mrs Phelps and son Charles Phelps of Boston and daughter Mrs Horatio Loomis of New York.
Debs of Indiana and Harriman of California were nominated at the Debs Harriman convention in Indianapolis after Debs agreed to accept. His supporters cited a debt payoff from the American Railway Union and a three month respite before campaign starts.
Topeka March 13 Rev C M Sheldon editor of the Cap ital visited the office at 8:30 am and examined departments. He held a 10 am conference with visiting correspondents promising information for the week and met the staff at 11 am giving daily instructions.
Eldora Indiana March 12 a copy of the will of John I Blair the Blairstown New Jersey railroader has been filed by H C Stuart. The will limits public disclosure of assets with a trust of several million dollars for grandchildren about 3 000 000 for each and most remaining estate to his son DD C Blair of New York. D C Blair named executor.
A morning blaze in Redfield Iowa destroyed all south side Main Street businesses. Loss estimated at about 20000 dollars with partial insurance. Firms burned include J L Bandy general store Stearns Kriddlebaugh harness Fred Harper meat market Jeffries Bros the Fair store R F Stiles Betz Spillers groceries J Peppard building B Walsh drug store Clint Keiffer general store S Sheppard barber shop.
DeWitt Hurley, 31, former teller at Central State Bank, plunged from a sixth story window in Des Moines. He fell onto a busy sidewalk as onlookers watched. Hurley, who was single, had a sister in Chicago.
At the Iowa Association of Unitarian and liberal churches semi annual meeting in Sioux City resolutions establish a summer school at Lake Okoboji and name Des Moines as permanent headquarters. A principal topic was shifting age tendencies from materialism to spirituality.
Reports from Sioux City say Archbishop John Keane named successor to Archbishop Henessey and that a consensus among country’s archbishops sends his name to Rome. Two new sees are proposed in Iowa with Sioux City and Des Moines as see cities.
Iowa Republicans meet in Des Moines to set time and place for the May state convention that will select national delegates. Representative Cousins is anticipated as temporary chairman due to his role on the house committee on foreign affairs.
After a week of talks in Des Moines between Iowa coal miners and operators, the dispute narrows to a five cent per ton difference. Operators propose 90 cents, miners demand 95 cents. It is believed an agreement may be reached with miners likely to accept 90 cents.
In Fort Dodge Louisiana on March 9 three Christian Science teachers submitted to compulsory vaccination by the school board but washed the virus off at home. One in the trio developed a sore arm and stayed home.
Sioux City newspaper reports Christ Bauer was killed near here Saturday night by Ernest Meyers, Bauer’s brother-in-law. Both men are farmers and Meyers, intoxicated, attacked in a dispute over Bauer protecting his mother.
The Burlington city campaign opened after the Republican nomination of C. J. Caster for mayor over Nauman. The election is scheduled for March 26 with the incumbent Nauman seeking re election.
Des Moines March 10 The Iowa house voted 55 to 43 against submitting the equal suffrage constitutional amendment to a popular vote. A motion to reconsider was filed.
Des Moines Iowa March 12 the house tabled the motion to reconsider the vote on a bill prohibiting railroads from giving officials and judges free transportation by 53 to 43.
Sioux City Iowa Republicans nominate A H Burton for mayor with a heated campaign centered on the saloon question and related issues. The March 9 report notes a contentious race ahead.
Ottumwa March 10 The Press assigns H J Vail as assignee with assets claimed at 15000 and liabilities at 7000.
An ice gorge in the Raccoon river gave way injuring the City Flooring mill in Redfield causing about $200 in damage. Local authorities reported the incident on March 15.
Kentucky warrants name Caleb Powers and four others as accessories before the fact in Goebel’s murder. Culton, Whittaker, and Finley face arrest, while officers plan further warrants and examine alleged conspirators amid tightened security at Frankfort.
Catchy advertises Cascarets candy cathartic claiming to purify blood by stimulating the liver and removing pimples boils blotches blackheads and bilious complexion. It promises beauty for ten cents with guaranteed satisfaction at druggists.
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