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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
10
A collage of 19th century Fairfield items recalls prices, births, and civic notes. Mentions include Pierce family, revival meetings, a fire at a local brewery, and railroad progress. Records of officials, miners, circuses, and early electric lighting add to the town memory.
An advert claims Jad Salts neutralizes urine acids to relieve kidney and bladder irritation. It describes uric acid causing burning and frequent urination and promotes Jad Salts as an inexpensive, harmless lithia drink used by many with urinary disorders.
Fairfield markets report corn 32c oats 20c wheat 50c hogs 4.50 steers 4.50 butter 18c lard 6c eggs lic potatoes 40c. Russell Smith buys Beck property on Burlington street. Jefferson County Republican office fire damages plant and Leggett building.
The article notes accusations that Mr. Frasher's newspaper methods stirred enmities and that enemies fired the office, with countercharges that Frasher started the blaze himself. Tribune editor P. E. Boesen declined to comment on the fire's origin.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary public A. W. Gleason notes the oath on December 6, 1886. Advertisement claims internal use cures mucous-surface issues and promotes testimonials. product sold by druggists for 75 cents, plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A classic remedy promises to restore natural hair color. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drug stores and said to darken gray hair evenly with a few applications.
A sale listing notes fancy horses at various prices with a total of 552 dollars for eight draft animals and common horses at 30 dollars each. William Owen was booked for an engagement at the opera house.
Notices record John B. Stever purchasing Black Sale 400 acres west of the city for Mrs. Albert Brown and her two children. Obituaries mention Mrs. Jacob Schafer W. D. Ankrom and A Messenger. Lib ertyville couple Mr and Mrs John Turnbull celebrate fiftieth anniversary as Packwood rebuilds after a fire. Sam Sykes, a barber for forty years, noted in community brief.
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