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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1907
Page
2
Notice from County Superintendent Bessie Buchanan that the regular examination will be held at the superintendent's office on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th. All teachers connected with this writer are expected to attend. Those who must write thesis for certificate renewal are also required to be present.
A 20 acre farm six miles north of the airfield offers a seven room house a barn and capacity for six head of cattle. It includes fruit trees ample water five acres in timber and tillable land. Price details available from J. S. Coop Place or D. B. Coop Perlee Ia.
An old ad fragment from Fairfield Gas and Electric Co promotes buying Coke during hot weather with delivery promised when ready. The notice is brief, lacks dates, and reflects a simple sales pitch from a local utility.
Hogs. Write or phone Henry Rider or J. H. Copeland, R. F. D. 1. a7tf.
R H Spence offers an Iowa cream separator described as good as new. This compact listing notes a 20-tf model with reliable performance for dairy needs and farm use.
Sixty five head of shoats available contact Fred McClain or call phone T 485 for details.
Oak bedroom suit, sideboard and chairs advertised. Call at 500 W. Burlington St. or phone 123. 3otf.
250 acre stock farm for rent located 0.4 mile from Donds Le ando. Inquiries welcome to Mrs. S. E. McGrew at 800 West Burlington Street Fairfield.
A speaker extols persistence as the path to success, noting an exception in the case of a hen that sits on a china egg. The orator uses the fable to illustrate caution against blindly applying general rules.
In ancient times glass mirrors existed by A D 23 but the craft vanished and only resurfaced in 1300 in Venice marking a revival of the art with Italian innovation and craftsmanship.
County Treasurer Brown reports September taxes collected at 58086 dollars 9 cents. Numerous local items include weddings, real estate postings, bank filings, school events, theater notices, church activities, sports results, and upcoming public gatherings in Fairfield and surrounding areas.
Des Moines reports Dr H S Miner of Fort Dodge named superintendent of the Knoxville retention hospital for inebriates to succeed Dr W S Osborn who resigned. Miner, about fifty, will assume charge about November 1. Osborn moves to Colorado for his wife’s illness. Dr Miller, a homeopath, is the first such appointee for a state institution superintendency. The post pays 2000 a year plus living allowances. Miner is married with two children.
Notes from Birmingham, Oct 5 report Mr and Mrs Rufus Arnold of Texas visiting their parents in Birmingham. D W Smith of Springfield Missouri and F J Smith of Mankato Kansas are in Birmingham for the death of their father Hugh Sunday at the Smith home, who died at an advanced age.
Fairfield welcomes Chas H Young of Bloomfield as the new manager of the former Lightfoot & Son grocery. Young, a Des Moines trained merchant with four years in Bloomfield, pledges first class up to date service and inviting eager customers to get acquainted. The change brings energetic business leadership to the town.
The infant of Mrs. John Davis died after three weeks of illness in Sioux City Iowa. The mother abandoned Christian Science healing for physician aid but the baby died despite distant phone treatments from a Christian Science expert in Oelwein. The mother’s anguish over faith and delay has drawn deep sympathy.
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