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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1904
Page
2
J E Roth and Co showcases tailored suits and a large silk department with silk wares in assorted colors and patterns. Linoleums and carpets arrive including 4 carpetings in Axminsters Moquettes evelvet Brussels with all wool carpets and a 75 cent velvet bargain.
Fairfield items note illness recoveries and social visits. Mrs. H S Carpenter and Mrs Ed Fligg are mentioned with pneumonia and rheumatism. Laura Irwin ill. Mrs Jones improving. Property purchases, a marriage license, a dry goods firm, planned store openings, and church groups are also reported along with seasonal remedies and local events.
The ad asserts life is governed by strict law and abuse causes pain and organ derangement. It promotes Dr. Kings New Life Pills as a gentle thorough remedy for constipation headaches and liver trouble, selling for 25 cents at Shriner and Swayze's Drug Store in March.
Two ten and two five dollar bills were lost somewhere about Fairfield last Thursday March to. Finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving at Tribune office I It.
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as world famous for cures of cuts burns sores and more with a 25 cent price at Shriner and Swayze druggists. The Tampa Tribune notes high ad costs and likens timely advertising to keeping business wheels turning.
The advert declares Witch Hazel Salve is genuine only when E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago, is on the box. It lists uses for cuts burns bruises eczema and piles and warns many counterfeit versions are dangerous and worthless. Sold by all druggists. Mar.
Iowa librarians report a proposed bill before the general assembly to protect library property. It makes willful destruction or theft of newspapers periodicals books maps pamphlets charts pictures or other library material a misdemeanor with penalties up to fifty dollars fine or sixty days in jail or both.
An ad extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a digestive remedy that adds to the physical by digesting and assimilating food. It claims to build strength in the human system, is pleasant tasting, and is advertised as sold by all druggists, dated March.
Elizabeth Davis, aged 93, died last Thursday at her Perlee home near her daughter Mrs. W. C. Gobble. Grandmother of Mrs. A. W. Jaques she was an early Jefferson county settler and among its oldest women, same age as Mary Frush who died last week. Mr. Jacques attended the funeral.
Mr J Seamons, aged sixty nine, died suddenly at his Rome Iowa home Monday after suffering an illness all winter He arose for breakfast and complained of a head pain then died before medical help could arrive He leaves two sisters Mrs Paxston of Rome and Mrs Bedford of Paisfield and one brother Mr Robert Seamons of Rome The funeral was held Tuesday at the M E church and burial was in Fairview cemetery Rome.
Rev. Thos. Osborn of the M. E. church will preach on joyousness in the morning and on Choosing the Hardest Way Out in the evening next Sabbath. All are invited.
A fragmentary passage portrays a printer persevering through storms and floods while others help the poor and merchants play their part. An ominous line signals a killer seeking any printer, with a tense confrontation hinted at over a wife’s remarked tea party.
Public warning against mercury containing catarrh ointments and praising Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as a safe internal remedy. Includes claim of no mercury and price 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available.
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