Local notices for government and business changes
The board of supervisors meets next Monday. New night watch Van Thomas starts Friday. A new steam laundry is ready for business. Machinery began Tuesday. Jeffer son county Boies club meets next Monday evening. A new cigar factory by Wm Bevering exhibits cigars this week. Iowa real estate notes align with local views. Josgin S Fryer appointed administrator of Sarah J Fryer estate with a $2200 bond. War is Man 2 features at Congregational church next Sunday. Old buildings removal near the post office spurs library project. Demand grows for housing. many families must board due to shortages. Builders await clear weather for work. Jos. Mitchell to open court at Mt Pleasant next week. Clell Q Thorpe is reporter. Cranmore Gage plans a large fine residence. Court house work progresses with beams and cupola. Dr Wor thington announces April 1 office move to square north side. Macadamizing Fairfield streets debated. clay ballast proposed. Wagon works orders large for Oregon. Fairfield school board reelects Dr Snook president. J S McKenney joins board. Fritz Goehner plans Seymour branch factory. The Shamrock and Rose play at Catholic Lyceum on St Patrick’s Day draws strong praise.
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Board of Supervisors
van Thomas
Jefferson County Boies Club
McCord
Wm. Bevering
Des Moines Register
Iowa
Josgin S. Fryer
Clerk Taylor
Sarah J. Fryer
Congregational Church
Jos
Mitchell
Boies
Mt. Pleasant
Clell Q. Thorpe
Cranmore Gage
Fairfield
Oregon
Snook
J. S. McKenney
Jos. Ricksher
Seymour
Fritz Goehner
Goehner
Chariton’s electric plant receipts cited as model for cities
Chariton owns an electric light plant with one hundred lights nearly free of cost. The city clerk’s annual report shows cash receipts $527.49 above expenses. A library benefit event netted about $100 from a pleasant, well attended performance at the opera house.
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Eldon
Ottumwa
Mt. Pleasant
Pleasant Plain
Chariton
Red Oak Sun
Opera House
Little Maud Howell
Sue Blair
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Relief For Coughs
Advertises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs colds and throat chest lung troubles with money back guarantee. Sample bottle offered at Clarke and Junkin’s Drug Store trial sizes 50c and 1.00. Also notes Iowa farms and towns entering a high price era for property as buyers migrate from other states.
Home Money to Loan by A. W. Jaques
Advertisement notes loan services by A. W. Jaques offering funds at the lowest rates and tailored to borrower needs.
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A. W. Jaques
Death of Mrs. N. R. Greenwood in Locust Grove Township
Mrs Rhoda Hannah Abraham widow of N R Greenwood died at age seventy four years three months seven days on March 24 1892 at their Locust Grove home. Born in Butler County Ohio she married N R Greenwood March 27 1838 and moved to their current farm in 1848. Funeral held March 25 at the house by Rev Rh B Reinking and interment in Fairfield.
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Pleasant Plain
Moran
Washington
Father Kelley
Fairfield
Wa. Burkhard
Blanche Laughlin
Inter-County Teachers’ Association
Ottumwa
Jas Sullivan
James Sullivan
Canning Factory
John McLane
Sullivan
H. F. Booker
Tike Tribune
Booker
Jefferson County
N. BR. Greenwood
Locust Grove Township
Rhoda Hannah Abraham
N. R. Greenwood
Greenwood
Butler County
Oho
Baptist Church
QO. A. Sinclair
M. E. Hudson
Isabelle Ireland
Home Nest
Rose Ella Morse
Texas
Hester A. Moorman
Rh. FB. Reinking
Fairfield Baptist Church
Advertised Letters Fairfield Post Office 1892
George D. Clarke druggist lists uncalled letters at Fairfield Post Office marked advertised by S. J. Chester P. M. March 29 1892. Names include Bottors Harvey Corbett L E Dean Fuller T E Myers Jennie Wilkinson Mills C W Neibern Jennie North Geo Shipley Martha Wilson James WalkM and others. Post office cafe serves meals and fresh oysters at all hours.
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Fairfield
S. J. Chester
P. M
Real Estate Activity Highlights County Market Uptrend
Last week saw multiple Jefferson county property sales signaling a rising market. John Roop sold the Gillette farm in Polk township to A Howard for 10000, and Levi Howard traded his city residence for 4000. W E Cowan sold an eighty acre tract near the Libertyville road to F L McGrew for 4500, with Cowan having invested hundreds in improvements. McGrew seeks educated children via Parsons college. John Harper purchased Mrs W W Uttz’s west-of-J D Jones residence for 1000, a 116 by 350 foot tract suitable for a home.
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Gillette
Polk Township
John Roop
Ek. A. Howard
Levi Howard
W. E. Cowan
Libertyville Road
F. L. McGrew
Doud
Cowan
Jefferson County
McGrew
Presbyterian Church
Parsons College
W. W. Uttz
D. Jones
Burlington Street
John Harper
Fairfield Nursery offers fruit stock and evergreens for sale
Advertisement lists fruit stock with ages and prices including apples cherries pears plums peaches and rus sian apricots plus hardy apple varieties and windbreak evergreens. Also notes selling method by post or at Risk and Huffstetler’s store and includes a soda ad and medical cures.
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Post Office
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Israel
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Nhoults & Barger
Fairfield Nursery
City
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Leader
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E.R
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Thoma
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Risk & Hufstedler
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Bert F. Barr
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