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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1905
Page
10
J E Roth & Co offers fancy wash silks and jap silks at lowered prices. Regular 48c to 85c goods drop to 23 55 cents with a wide line of 27 inch china jap and habenten silks now 60c 75c and 1 00. Includes 36 inch plain and changeable taffetas and other fabrics priced from 50c up to 2 00.
In a brief exchange with a reporter, the centenarian attributes reaching a great age to perseverance and continued living. The Philadelphia Press notes the exchange as a human interest moment.
Report notes that work has begun on the new ward school house and will be pushed rapidly. Also mentions civic events and local notices including births and marriages, Knox Day activities, and community updates about farms, clubs, and the Fairfield band.
Last Friday Mrs. T. J. Bates was injured in a buggy incident while returning from Birmingham. Her horse backed, she jumped to inspect, falling and breaking a knee. a nearby workman aided her and she received medical care at home. She has the sympathy of friends.
A three year old child in Central Park asks a passerby to buy a date and then wonders what to do with its bones. The exchange is described in a whimsical tone reflecting a New York Sun item.
Mrs Enpeck recalls a marriage by telephone claiming she and her husband were 200 miles apart during the ceremony. He mutters a rueful remark about their distance, reflecting on their estrangement. The quote appears in the Louisville Courier Journal.
A narrator admits surprise at a near friend who saved him from a knave. The ally, revealed as a regal figure, spoils the plots of the arch enemy and becomes the victorious champion of the speaker’s case. The piece thanks the queen of trumps for taking the trick.
A store highlights its latest season Weaves with a line of updated designs and colorings. Shoppers are invited to view the new collection and consider Wash 6 options as part of the display.
An ad announces sale of carpets, lace, curtains, room rugs, shades and sewing machines. It highlights New Desi White sewing machines as the best, and notes availability of low grade models as well.
Z. T. Gray of Calhoun Ga reports his wife suffered a long aggravated cough that resisted two physicians. After trying Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and a trial bottle at Frank S Shi store the cough eased and she slept better, then was cured.
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