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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
6
A string of visits and home gatherings spans Mystic Brighton Burlington and Four Corners. Residents including Roy Heron Mathias Hickenbottom John Clark and Miss Eunice Hult spend Sundays with relatives while contractors build barns and churches host services and Sunday schools plan Memorial Day events.
Velma Jones celebrated her eighth birthday with friends at her home. The Greasy Flat school house narrowly escaped fire from a defective chimney with minor damage. Mrs. Al Johnson traveled to California to visit relatives. John McPherson returned to the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown after visiting. Mr. Clark Hinshaw and family from Fairfield visited and then moved on to Long Branch California. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Howard welcomed a baby boy. Harry Ramsay began erecting a new house. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Sasseen of Pleasant Plain plan a summer visit. May Day observances appeared across schools. Farmers started planting corn with expectations of a large acreage.
May reports from Burr Oak note Miss Agness Fritz leaving for Burlington, four new Burr Oak pupils, and Celia Arant absent due to sickness. Andrew Wolf recovers from illness as farmers plant corn and two girls win rides in a new buggy. Teachers and scholars gathered wildflowers. Willie Lamansky and Albert Thoman will speak at a Pleasant Plain contest on the 11th.
Henry Miller of Burlington visited Four Corners this week. Ida Giese is seriously ill with pneumonia. Louisa Boos of Fairfield visited. Ida Gillen married Otto Gillen of Ottumwa on April 29 at the Quick home. Alma Hildebrand returned home. Mrs Lillyblade went to Mt Pleasant for her daughter Fred King’s brain fever illness.
John Jacobs died at his home four miles northeast of Salina on Thursday May 4. He was 79 years 11 months and 27 days old. He was stricken with paralysis five days earlier while in good health and suffered until death relieved his suffering.
May 8 report from Richwoods and Germanville notes Miss Mary Schneider of Fairfield visiting relatives, a pie social at the upper Richwoods schoolhouse, and visits by Mr. and Mrs. William Wolf and son Willie from Burlington. John Anot of Waterloo visited his son, and Rev. Fred Chamberlain will preach at Richwoods church Sunday night.
Libertyville notes from May 8 report visitors and visits including Mrs. Roy Fry and Mrs. John Fry from Fairfield, S. S. C. music recital at Mace Clinkenbeard's, and visits to local homes. The Epworth League plans a 16th anniversary program May 21 at the M. E. church.
In Harlan Iowa on May 8 a remarkable wedding took place as Dr Luella S Cleveland who once saved Charles E Coplin from a fatal mining accident in Leadville Colorado married him last week.
Harry Collins, released from jail Saturday after a forty five day larceny sentence, was found dead on a South Market Street stairway around 5 am. The physician cites heart disease aggravated by hard drinking as the cause of death.
May 8 report from Montrose Iowa notes a promising strawberry season with plants in full bloom. Last year about fifty cars of berries were shipped despite delays, and current conditions suggest a similar or better harvest.
Des Moines reports a population of 74,178 per the state census released today. The city shows a gain of nearly 20 percent over the past five years reflecting growth in the capital region of Indiana.
The piece warns that cigarette smoking harms youths by weakening the heart and digestion, stunting growth, and corrupting morals. It notes studies from universities and military academies, cites French school bans, and urges parents to treat misbehavior as a symptom of tobacco illness needing cessation.
Judge Gaynor of the district court upheld the new Iowa ditch law as constitutional. The decision promises hundreds of drainage ditch enterprises across the state, with work to begin on the Monona-Harrison ditch costing about 300000 and draining hundreds of thousands of acres.
William Owen, renowned for his Shakespearean stage craft, is lauded for his dramatic range and strong Iago in Othello. With colleague J. W. McConnell, he has staged the classics across major cities, drawing critical praise and audience appetite for legit drama. Grand Theatre announcement notes a May 1st performance.
The English Shire Stallion New Cut President 5705 will season in 1905 at John Larson's stable, 30 miles northeast of Fairfield on Fairfield and Brighton road. Foaled 1899, imported 1900, he won multiple prizes in England and the U S. Mr Prichard favors the imported pair. breeding terms are $12 to insure a colt, with a stated breeding fee.
A historical notice lists JOHN LARSON as Keeper for the Larson Shire Horse Co owners. The fragment notes a 5-6t measurement and positions Larson in ownership or stewardship of the horse enterprise.
Des Moines Iowa May 9 1905 the first week of May brought above normal temperatures across the state with the Mississippi slope the warmest area rainfall was light except in central and northern sections cloudiness high winds slowed farm work plowing largely complete corn planting to accelerate by May 15.
Notice of filing of purported will for D P deceased in Jefferson County Iowa with a May 24 1905 deadline for proof and proof hearing set. signed by the Clerk of the District Court and dated May 8. Local probate proceeding indicates standard administration steps pending.
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