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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1879
Page
3
The Tribune outlines KR and RB passenger train services with notes on routes and schedules. Officials emphasize connectivity and regional mobility through key stations and timetables, signaling ongoing rail service updates.
The issue lists essays and poems including The Defense of Lucknow by Alfred Tennyson and The Difficulties of Socialism by John Stuart Mill. Also features Biographies of the Season from London Society and The Royal Wedding by H. C. Merivale. Ten cents a number or $1 a year from American Book Exchange, 55 Beckman Street, New York.
The City Council met after adjournment with all members present except Wilkins. The judiciary committee reported exemptions from poll tax for Company B, 5th Reg., I.N.G., and a list ordered to be furnished. Gas lamps ordered at multiple intersections, and bills approved. Sewer work postponed. Temperance meeting noted with strong attendance and program details. A Sunday school convention program for Parsonville in 1879 is listed with times and speakers.
Local notes report school closures in two weeks and rising rail travel. Religious services in German at Lemon's Opera House are announced with invitations. Updates cover health, correspondence, and a law students' contract talk. Kendall's Fairfield performances draw crowds despite mixed reception of H M S Pinafore.
Mr Jno Dill returns from Nebraska while Jno Melcher of Lockridge calls on the Tribune. Miss Sweetland of Highland Park is visiting with her aunt Mrs Scrantom. Mrs N A Repass of Burlington visits with her parents. Mary Confer of Winfield arrives to visit Mrs Capt Burgess. Ex Secretary Belknap passes through on the C B Q. President Armstrong attends the General Assembly in Saratoga. Lucy H Washington, author of Echoes of Song, visits with Mrs M A McCord. Jno R Pierce returns from Nebraska trip. T B Perry of Albia visits the city with remarks from physicians praising Bromoline.
A Harmony courthouse meeting hosted by Fairfield area citizens discusses a proposed Ft. Madison and Northern narrow gauge railroad. Pollard outlines freight and cost advantages, anticipated eastern connections, and local tax and aid terms while residents express mixed hopes for Fairfield involvement.
A slick Arizona stock hawker visited Fairfield offering shares at five dollars in a mining venture. His long spiel described Arizona heat and cliff dwellings while a wary listener pressed him for specifics, exposing the confidence trick in progress.
The article notes growing public interest in music across schools and cities. Brainard's Sons, a leading music publisher since 1846, operates the largest music publishing facility in the U.S. and maintains a Chicago office at 158 State Street offering free catalogues for requestors.
Tuesday afternoon storm caused sharp lightning that knocked several people unconscious briefly, including a woman at the Jones House a woman at the college and Dr Spencer. The college cupola was struck and damaged though no one was seriously harmed. The text notes a medicinal claim about Febrina sold by W S Jones & Bros.
Farmers report忙. Mr Joseph Blakeley s Norman colt injures neck entanglement but expected to recover. Evily notes Beckwithites finished corn planting. Wooster folks attend Coletrain mill baptism. Pleasant Grove mentions a birth at Wm Barton's. A French maid is noted. Picnickers planned at Conlee s mill next Saturday. Ella F Norcross weds John Single in county. Van Buren county relaxes pressure. See NIno.
Quaker Quarterly meeting is planned for next Saturday and Sunday, alongside a Methodist Episcopal Quarterly at McDowell Chapel. Monticello Literary Society adjourned to meet in October first Wednesday evening, noting strong early success and community benefits. A few cattle graze nearby and a dry season could push them into fields. The Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church was dedicated last Sunday with debt of $150 promptly subscribed. A heavy rain and hail fell Tuesday afternoon.
Farmers near completion of corn planting and optimism for spring crops after a recent rain. Local health said to be good with aging residents noted. John Snook returns from Kansas to Iowa with Joseph in improving health. A fishing and picnic party is planned on Cedar Bank next Saturday. Public schools progressing well in Buchanan.
In Batavia the community reports good crop prospects with corn planting nearly finished and small grain thriving. Many workers are employed on the C B Q railroad project near town. A petition to replace postmaster H Greenland with M S Frisby stirs local politics as factions anticipate future influence after 1880. Dr. Geo M Blackmer and Dr. H M Shaffer form a new partnership in Independent Iowa. An incident about twenty colored travelers passing through en route to Kansas caused local excitement.
Citizens discuss treatment of distant groups in Kuklux and red shirts town. They express support for the Ft Madison Narrow Gauge line and anticipate Fairfield not blocking progress. A full township delegation plans to attend the Bluffs, with eleven slated to ride the train, signaling a lively fall political campaign and strong local interest in the cause.
Health reports include Kellogg Mulkins with lung bleeding and Scott Chandler with nervous-system derangement while H M Bright recovers from rheumatism. Farmers plan large corn planting, tobacco expected, new buildings, and local business activity. A bridge over Brush Creek yields discarded clothing, and a note ends urging Dr Bull's Baby Syrup for a restless infant.
William Carnes announces the establishment of Wm. Carnes & Co. a grocery firm near Dunshee's on First West Street, offering flour and feed and a general stock. He invites customers to visit and inspect the shop. A second-hand seven and one third octave piano is for sale via D. W. Inghram.
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