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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1892
Page
2
A sale offers two weeks of discounted linens including table linen napkins towels doyles fancy stamped linen and crash items. No reserve and prices clearly marked below worth. Shop for damask pieces and other linens before June 1. This is a golden opportunity to restock with low prices.
The notice lists subscription terms for Che Hairfield Criburne proprietor C M MCELROY. Options include one year in advance six months and three months.
Mayor Jaques and wife spent Sunday in Eldon. Dr J Fred Clarke and wife expect back this week from Philadelphia. Miss Nellie Magill returned from Oxford Ohio. Mrs Crumrine of Washington PA visiting the Magill family. Death of Elizabeth A Schwartz at 81 in Libertyville. nine children, many grandchildren, Brethren's church member. Decoration Day plans announced with ceremonies and flower donations sought.
Parsons and Wesleyan University shared honors in a cloudy Field Day at Mt. Pleasant. Events included lawn tennis won by Wesleyan, distances and jumps led by Roth and Dall, hammer and shot put by Ricketts and Lawson, with Knox College beating Parsons 8 to 1 before rain halted play. Also a buggy painting offer from Jas Locke & Co.
The annual concert directed by Mr. Rommel will be held at the Presbyterian church next Monday evening May 30. The program features piano duets violin pieces soprano and piano solos with admission 25 cents and reserved seats from Townley’s. Also a notice for Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills as health aids.
C W Whitham notes the planting season for evergreens continues through July 1 and advertises a fine lot of trees available for sale or planting.
The program lists Decoration Day activities at the M E church with a martial band and readings by Miss Neva Trout and H C Raney, plus remarks by old soldiers. Also noted are bids for Brighton School Building work with G M Friend Co as lowest bidder at 10600 and other bids. fire furnaces and closets priced separately and final cost capped below 12000. Post office restaurant offers warm meals and oysters. Electric Bitters advertised as health tonic.
Geo. White advertises baled hay and straw for sale from an office one block north of Saving's bank, CuBE B cough cure advertised as a one minute remedy.
The Hillsboro Bee reports the contract for extending the Chicago Fort Madison and Des Moines railroad from Libertyville to Ottumwa was let last week. Bids from fifteen bidders chosen Mallory Cushing and O Keefe of Omaha. The firm Fitzgerald Mallory is linked. work includes excavation, clearing, bridge and track laying. Contractors will start west from Libertyville and begin Sugar Creek segment near Ottumwa.
Fairfield Gas and Electric Co outlines plans for limited gas main extensions this spring with expected fair returns. Notices invite residents on streets lacking gas service to apply to J. J. Roe, Supt., to approve extensions and summer gas supply, including a low cost stove program.
Instructions urge taking Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup at the first La Grippe symptoms with 20 to 30 drops, and for cough after onset 10 to 20 drops frequently after each coughing spell. Sold by R. H. Hufford.
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