Klondike Bill Buys Fairfield Farm for Niece and Husband
A traveling investor known as Uncle Bill arrives in Fairfield Iowa with his niece Fannie and her husband John. He purchases a city home and farm, arranges abstracts with E. F. Simmons, hires architect N. P. Work, and visits Fritz Parker Fritz & Droz for lumber hardware pianos stoves and coal, planning winter preparations and ongoing trades.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Uncle Bill
Bill
Alaska
Fannie
John
Court Hotel
F. S. Cooper
E. F. Simmons
Roth
Simmons
O. K
N. P. Work
McElhinny
Work
N. P
Fritz & Parker Company
C. B. & Q. Ry. Crossing
Fritz & Parker
G. B. Baker
Kurtzmann
A. B. Chase
G. B
Baker
Lakeside
Jannie
Chicago
Fritz & Droz
Riverside
Fritz’& Droz
Deery
Rockefeller Post Office Rift Tangles New York Town
In Utica on October 21 a clash over a Bay Pond post office pits Rockefeller power against local residents. Derrick and 28 Derrick families face mail cutoff as Bay Pond, owned by William Rockefeller, gains a station with armed guards enforcing access to the estate.
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Utica
N. Y
Standard Oil
Peepul
America
von L. Meyer
Bay Pond
Wm. Rockefeller
Derrick
John D. Archbold
Little Derrick
Wim. Rockefeller
Adironacks
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Mountains
New York Central Railroad
Postmaster General Petition Traces Trespass Penalty
Fragmentary text notes a $25 penalty and costs for trespass. Mention of Werrick’s group petitioning the postmaster general to reopen their case or access.
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Werrick
The Cold Storage Baby Mystery Unearthed in 1882
In 1882 an heir from Canada left with a diamond and other heirlooms after an inventory. The diamond vanished from a locked box, prompting a note promising joint action. A later visit revealed a glass inner box containing a living baby and a parchment claiming a cold storage device preserves human offspring for future use, signed Terah Fairweather. The tale ends with tension over the incubator and potential legal trouble.
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Canada
Conyngham
Mr. Conyngham
Elliott Strong
Terah Fairweather
Box of jewels hides a baby in strange hospital visit
In a tense scene two men carry a mysterious box to a hospital seeking an incubator. A box bursts open revealing a jewel set and a baby rumor, while a forged tale unravels under hospital scrutiny. Conyngham faces sanity questions and a conspiracy claim, ending with a cryptic letter from Terah Fairweather.
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Conyngham
Dr. Aler
Terah Fairweather
Color photography aids criminal forensics in London inquest
A London inquest on a willful murder used color photography to reveal blood stains on clothing worn by the suspect. An expert photographer demonstrated how pretreated fabrics showed blood traces more clearly, using a fine oxygen gas process and a color photographic method.
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London
White Fir Used in Pacific Coast Forest Experiments
The forestry department conducts experiments to find uses for white fir abundant along the Pacific coast. Little of the timber has been cut, and researchers aim to determine practical applications through study and testing.
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Pacific
Hope
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The
Fairfield Tribune
Jefferson
Tribune
Hufstedler & Baker
Drop Head
J.T. Hughes
the Sewin Machine Man
Singer and White & Wilson Sewing Machines
Rock Island Range
Zeigler Coal
Gaines Bros
Hardware and Sporting Goods
Cole
A.H. Messer
East Side of Square
M. L. Branson
Oxfords
Hunt-Ireland
Chas. A. Herrid
Kraft Klothin
F. D. Kerrick
J.C. Bra
F. D. Kerrick & Furniture
Snyder & CO
Fastman
Kodak
F. W. Jericho & CO
Browning
Une
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