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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1892
Page
2
Local notables and travelers visit Fairfield
Hon W S Penny of Burlington visits Fairfield on city business. Miss Nellie Louden returns home after last week. R W Buchanan of Mount Pleasant attends legal matters Tuesday. Perse Wisecarver to depart Thursday for six weeks in the far west to recuperate. N B Rodgers returns from Peoria Saturday night then leaves again Monday. Bert Barr and Chester Smith in Chicago for business. Dr T L James to Ottumwa Monday to Friday for State Dental Society. Dr J B Monfort goes to Ottumwa to attend State Dental Society and State Examining Board meeting. Remine family arrives in Denver after leaving Fairfield ten days ago. The party includes Mr and Mrs Remine Moses Remine Jr and Misses Elizabeth and Anna Remine. Geo D Temple, ex-resident, visiting Fairfield for a few days and plans to Burlington. still employed by Bankers Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Penny
Burlington
Nellie Louden
R. W. Buchanan
Mount Pleasant
Perse Wisecarver
Far West
N. B. Rodgers
Peoria
Bert, Barr
Chester Smith
Chicago
Remine
Moses Remine, Jr
Elizabeth
Anna Remine
Geo. D. Temple
Fairfield
Bankers’ Life
Senator Wilson’s Library Gift Sends 97 Volumes to Jefferson County
Senator Wilson continues to forward books to the Jefferson County Library. The Tribune lists 97 volumes received in three shipments during April, bringing Wilson’s total to 160 volumes. The donation includes works on history, travel, poetry, art, biography, and fiction by authors such as Kirk Munroe, Wakefield, Kingsley, Wilkie Collins, and John Ruskin, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Wilson
Jefferson County
The
Tribune
Mr. Wilson
California Diggings
Kirk Munroe
Sam's W. Cozzens
Sir A. C. Kameey
New Zealand
Edward Wakefield
Richard A. Procter
Laurie
Annas A. Diehl
Manuel
Anon
E. Niel
Charles Kingsley
U. S
E. E. Childs
Ireland
Justin H. McCarthy
St. Bartholomew
Hugh de Normand
John Paul Jones
Benson J. Lossing
Wilkie Collins
London
Edmond Yates
H. Rider Haggard
Miss Bretherton
Humphrey Ward
Helen B. Mathers
Dr. Raphael
Richard Markham
Chevalier Bayard
John Frost
J. Clement
Aesop
John G. Edgar
Mary Cowden Clarke
W. H. G. Kingston
Jutland
Hans Christian Andersen
Thomas C. Bailey
Madame Destolz
W. H. Macy
Countess de Segur
Curtis Guild
John Ruskin
Venice
England
Louis Hellprin
Chauncey M. Depew
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Shakespeare
Mary RK
Sibby
Robert Grinshaw
Britain
Andrew Carnegie
United States
John Bach McMaster
Joel Chandler Harris
Death of early settler William Sheets in Jefferson County
William Sheets, born February 2 1798 in Martinsburg Virginia, dies at age 106 near Libertyville Jefferson County Iowa after ten days illness. He drove the first mail coach across the Alleghenies in 1839 and moved to Iowa in 1855. Survived by two sons Isaac and Joseph. Funeral at his home Thursday 10 am, burial Fell Cemetery. Local ad notes Orange Blossom flour $1.40 per sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Libertyville
William Sheets
Jefferson County
Sheets
Martinsburg
Berkley County
Alleghany Mountains
Kincaid, Beck & Evans
ISIS
Ile
Iowa
Isaac
Joseph
Fell
Mt Pleasant correspondent notes former townman Joel Turney praise
A Mt Pleasant Free Press reader in Trenton praises The Fairfield Tribune for a detailed profile of local figure Joel Turney and other Trenton men. The piece argues westward movement benefits talent and references Horace Greeley's motto. Rock Island Addition lots are advertised as high and dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant Free Press
Joel Turney
Fairfield Tribune
Horace Greeley
Rock Island
Contract Set for the Library Building
Bids opened for the new city library project with four bidders. C. Stafford of Kansas City won at 30 100.10 dollars and plans to start when weather allows, with completion due by February first. Ottumwa and Fairfield bidders were higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Reece
Ottumwa
George Witlow
C. Stafford
Kansas City
Cook & Gilchrist
Fairfield
Stafford
City installs Gaskill pump and enhanced electric light
The council contracts a Holly Manufacturing Co Gaskill high pressure pump 16x11x12 weighing 12000 pounds with a 1500000 gallon daily capacity. The electric light machine gains 26 lights ten more than before, now repaired as reserve. Combined cost about 2000 dollars. For sale 100000 brick inquire J A Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Manufacturing Co
Tragic Scald Death Of Baby In Ollie
The one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs A Moffit of Ollie died after being scalded by a kettle of boiling water spilled in a room. The accident happened Wednesday when the mother briefly left the child alone. the child passed away after hours of suffering, about three o clock Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlan Clarion
A. Moffit
Ollie
Flour and horse breeding ad blend in county notice
The ad promotes Orange Blossom flour at 1.55 per sack through Scott and Son. It also touts the stallion Star King weighing 1200 pounds with a 2314 trot, calling his offspring the county’s best. N H Filley will arrange viewings, near the opera house, with Lang's Restaurant serving fruit and oysters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott & Son
Star King
N. H. Filley
J.8
Richardson
Ten Wolf Cubs Found Near Fairfield in Cedar Bluffs Hunt
A group including Thos Bell J N Smith H C Raney and S S Crane found ten young grey timber wolves six miles south of Fairfield. Bell shot the log end killing four. the remaining six were brought to Fairfield and later killed. The ten scalps sold for 25 dollars to the county auditor. It was a bad day for wolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Bell's Grocery
Seven room house for sale with cellar and cistern
House with seven rooms, good cellar and cistern, plenty of fruit, well located. Valued at $1,300, asking price $1,900. Interested buyers should view at once. Office of Leggett & McKenney, E R L Smuth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leggett & McKenney
E. RL Smuth
Electric Bitters Endorsements From Ida ville Officials
Ida ville Indiana residents postmaster Wm Timmons farmer John Leslie and hardware merchant J W Gardner endorse Electric Bitters for kidney and liver trouble and general rejuvenation. The ad notes a 50 cent bottle at Geo D Clarke's drug store and seeks a good farm hand with good wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Timmons
Idaville
Ind
John Leslie
Same Place
J. W. Gardner
Geo. D. Clarke
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J. F. Wilson, Jr
MR. Columbus
Spain
Jas. F. Wilson, Jr
South Side
T He Buirfield Tribune
M. McElroy
Proprietor
Persnoal
Geo. White
Saving’s Bank
Dullam
Clarke’s
WI. Sibeets
King’s
WM. Sileets
Genial
U.S
J. A. Beck
Lang’s Restaurant
Pric
Henriettas
Arnold Brat
J. M. Whitham & Co's
Leggett House Corner
Fairfield, Lowa
North Side
Hunt
Happy Hoosiers
G. W. Hammond
Root Post
Syracuse
N. Y
Gettysburg
I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
A. Weaver
Mr. Hammond
J. L. Belden
Hood
Denni
J. C. Thorne
China and
Japan
Wyman & Rand
Third and
Valley Streets
Burlington, Iowa
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