This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1912
Page
5
Myrtie Kirby McCleary recounts her August 1912 trip from Batanga to Lolodorf and Elat Kamerun. She notes mission meetings, new workers, planned outstations and schools, garden joys, ant pests, and ongoing colonial challenges, with updates on staff, food, and upcoming inspections.
Gerta E Turnbull born December 6 1878 near Packwood Iowa married Harve T Orndorf December 5 1900. Lived on a farm near Batavia then Deering North Dakota until death October 8 1912. Survived by husband three children Ralph Wendell Opal aged 10 7 4, parents and six sisters. Funeral October 11 1912 Libertyville Iowa with burial at Dunkard church.
Major Charles Gantz, billed as the smallest man on earth, visits Fairfield as a relative’s guest on old settlers day. Born in 1865, the 18 inch tall, 30 pound man enjoys crowd attention, has his own show, and plans a California winter before returning to spring performances.
Longstanding South Side Fairfield attorney Roscoe P. Thoma and Leo D. Thoma lead Thoma Lawyers as mourners recall a beloved family member who has departed for a peaceful, distant home. The tribute notes a loving tone and a final resting place beyond the living world.
I W Parks and Mr and Mrs R B Parks and daughter Ruth traveled to Troy Iowa Saturday after the death of R B Parks father Wesley Parks. Deceased had long Davis county ties and had lived with his son near Fairfield and in Troy. Funeral services were held Sunday in Troy with burial there.
A. E. Johnson notes Schafer the Ottumwa fullback is feared for his tackling, while Fairfield's line is stronger. Zeigler and Neibert give Fairfield speed on the back field, with experts rating Fairfield slightly superior overall. Fairfield aims for Ottumwa on November 16 with probable special travel.
Records show transfers including R J Woody to Andrew Lames for northwest quarter and other parcels totaling 14000.00, W A Simons to Emma Johnson for 50 feet of lots in Old Plat of Falsfeld for 1200.00, S K Hoffman to A Swanson for lot 10, Libertyville for 400.00, Peter W Slimmer to O A Swanson for part of lot 4 in 18-71-10 for 350.00, A L Bottorff to J G Bottorff for two thirds of six ne seo tcagy-5's for 11000.00, Joseph Bottorff to A L Bottorff for lots 1-4 in Stephenson addition for 1500.00, and Mary E Dudgeon et al to T Kenyon for lots 9-10 in block 3 for 75.00.
The Unkrich boys band and director Geo W. Unkrich will give a concert Thursday night October 24 1912 at Lockridge Baptist church. The program features marches overtures solos and choruses with twenty eight members and a strong Fairfield following after four years of weekly Tuesday night shows.
A poem by Mrs. T. B. Short recreates a 1842 pioneer journey from Buckeye state to Iowa. A family travels by wagon four weeks, a child Lou dies when a wagon sheet loosens, and the band continues to Cedar Hill. The reader identifies Lou with Mrs. M. H. Westenhaver.
Miss Mary E. Harper the Parsons librarian left for Ottumwa to attend the Foster Shutts wedding. The tennis association met to plan for the coming year and duties. Ralph Tracy and Malcolm Griffith visited their Brighton homes. Juniors began selling lecture course tickets with twenty six sold yesterday.
Mrs Younghusband returns a hat Mr Younghusband disliked. He notes the torn ornament and removed additions lowered the price. The milliner kept the changes reasonable charging only ten dollars more.
A list of names from Penn Township Des Moines and nearby areas is drawn as the trial jury venire for the November term and summoned to appear November eleventh at 1 30 p m. The names include residents from Des Moines Lockridge Round Prairie Township Cedar Township Blackhawk Township Center Township and other wards and townships.
In Williamsport Pennsylvania the Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs opens its seventeenth annual state convention with social welfare as the keynote. Miss Sadie American of the National Council of Jewish Women delivers the immigration address as the first business session item. The gathering continues through tomorrow and Thursday with suffrage and related topics to be discussed. Mrs Samuel Semple of Titusville presides.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.