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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1879
Page
3
Advertises Holland Cough Syrup as a remedy for coughs saying it tightens and dries the cough, despite opium content. Claims to be harmless and beneficial with 25c and 50c bottles. Sold by Hufford Bradshaw through J L Taylor Co Ottumwa Iowa.
Joan Dillon, the popular comedian, appears with a first class company at the Opera House Friday evening Oct 31. Reserved seats go on sale at Inghram's tomorrow morning. Florina remedy praised as a cure when others fail, sold by W H Jones & Bros. Enrico's Fashion Quarterly Fall issue out with over a hundred pages selling for 15 cents a copy or 50 cents a year.
A bustling area near J. W. Burnett's lumber yard is dubbed Business Corners for its dense commerce. An ad touts Bromoline as a liver regulator, promising cures, sold by W. H. Jones & Bros.
The convention at Center Schoolhouse on October 26 at 2 30 pm features lessons by J W Kirkpatrick J W Stuart and others five minutes each with lectures on the Sabbath School as an educator by George Knight and on the duty of the community by Zeno Hadley Essays by J A Kirby and Hannah Mc Cracken and singing from Gospel Hymns No 1
An advertisement appeals to mothers with sleeping babies and relief from coughs and colds. It promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and lists a price of 25 cents.
Farrytrip dominates the horse market attracting buyers from across the county for first class work horses and roadsters. J T Holmes & Co from Kansas City Mo shipped a car load of cavalry horses this week and plan more deliveries. J N Ward of the firm is onsite to bid at Baxter Hughes stable opposite Leggett House on Monday and Tuesday.
A runaway horse frightened by a watering man’s team at the southeast square corner threw Mrs. J. G. Braden from the carriage. She was carried into Mrs. Kate Fuller’s residence. Doctor Mohr tended her, and while she is improving, doctors fear possible skull fracture and cannot yet confirm recovery.
John R. Shaffer visited Des Moines while Miss Etta McKissin expects to return home soon. Centerville's A W Hurst and Chicago grocer J M Gobble were in town. Several residents planned trips to Evanston Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh and Newark.
Local reports cover election canvass results and votes by township in Jefferson county. Mentions of Dan Dillon and a forthcoming dance at Wells Hall reflect social events. Notices include a court house vote defeat, new jury rooms plans, and Dr Eugenie Campbell relocating to Fairfield with a homeopathic background.
A crowd filled the Opera House as John Dillon and the Blaisdell Comedy company opened the new play Our Next President or the Dark Horse. Dillon as Sillas Pettibone drew continual laughter while Louise Dillon received strong praise for her growth and performance. The troupe performs again tonight and tomorrow.
Secretary Sharrer has sent circulars to county agricultural society secretaries requesting reports on crops grown within their counties. The information will be compiled into his forthcoming annual report.
Lectures season ticket holders will select their seats on Monday and Tuesday. The process assigns seating based on order of purchase and availability, with last minute changes allowed within office hours.
A township board of three Republican judges and clerks allegedly failed to count greenback votes in a recent election. Seven greenback tickets were found uncounted, with the headline angering both sides and prompting cross accusations of bias and carelessness. The Tribune urges readers to judge the incident, noting potential political repercussions and calls for fair counting.
The Burlington Gazette objects to uncounted greenback votes and notes how Linn county boards resist. Des Moines and Jefferson counties did not count such votes. It argues Republicans flout law and tax payers voted Republican despite beliefs. A critical view of election practices and officials.
Dr Baldrige of Batavia and Randolph Hite were returning home when the buggy seat detached sending occupants to the ground. The horses ran away and the outfit was demolished. Both men were hurt but not seriously injured.
The first lecture of the course will be given Monday evening November 3 by James Kay Applebee a popular lecturer in the country.
Official vote totals show scattered ballots for Jefferson County candidates. J Manatrey received 1 vote for representative, S K West 1, P H Howlett 2 for board member, Z W Hafferty 1, R Beck 1, Wm Rider 1 for surveyor, F Switzer A and Larry Freeland 8.
A local observer notes a sudden weather shift bringing overcoats back into demand. The essay highlights fine pasture and butter turning golden, praising a gentleman's praise for the tidy town, its walks, fences, yards, shade trees, and neat houses, claiming no Iowa place makes a better impression.
Superintendent Francis A. Walter issues a circular asking farmers for acres and bushels of wheat corn rye oats barley buckwheat potatoes and the value of vineyards small fruits grass seed flax beef sugar cane orchards tobacco peas beans plus wool fleece and dairy values for 1879 80. Also lists township officers elected in Blackhawk Buchanan Cedar Des Moines Fairfield Lockridge Liberty Locust Grove Penn Polk Round Prairie and Walnut with named officials.
A Marshall county stock buyer, known for his sense of humor, is the butt of a Macomb Eagle joke. In a St Louis barbershop, Sackett sits for a shave and protests a female barber. He finally concedes to proceed, joking that he will endure it even if it kills him.
A local ad notes a large stock of Queensware and clothing sold below auction prices, with Sewed Shoes praised for quality and price, and J W Burnett & Co offering hard ware and stoves at lowest prices. The message urges readers to call and see their organ for sale.
The undersigned announce the Richardson Bank coal bank two and one half miles west of Fairfield offering smithing coal and grazing coal in stock. They plan to maintain a complete assortment of each kind and invite the public to call. Tros. LorInG, Tros. Russet, A. CRUE.
Foreman and Towney offer engraving on short notice while Propie backs the best bargains as Allmayer Bros expects the largest fall trade in Fairfield. Goods are moved at bed rock prices with base burners and watches advertised. sales through J. W. Burnett & Co and Freeman & Townley.
C. W. Lewis announces a large stock of leather saddlery hardware and shoe harness makers findings plus saddles bridles whips blankets and robes. Carriage tops ready for spring wagons. Also 100 dozen silver plated knives offered cheaper than ever by Freeman and Townley.
Money to loan on improved farms and city property from $200 upward at 8 9 and 10 percent interest for two to fifteen years. Funds available in 3 to 10 days. Loans payable in installments to suit borrowers. H C Rowntree office in Wells Garrettson bank. Also notices for clothing styles and store ads from Burnett Co and Allmayer Bros describe cheap overcoats and new goods arriving daily.
Advertised goods at bottom prices with claims of immense trade and seasonal sale plans. Multiple remedies and tonics are pitched by Hufford Bradshaw and others, including Dr Jaques German Worm Cake, Eilert products, and Teething Spray, with prices and availability noted.
Referees in the Elizabeth Mills versus Minerva A Law son case announce a public sale of a 513 acre farm three miles south of Fairfield Iowa. The sale is set for November 19 1879 at 1 PM at the Old Court House front door in Fairfield. Terms are half cash and balance on credit with 10 percent interest from sale. The property includes multiple sections with tillable land meadows pastures timber and abundant water.
During the winter absence, Dr M B Cullom of Mt Pleasant will run the office at the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery. He will stay until the original dentist returns. T L James, Dentist.
The ad offers free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds asthma bronchitis and throat lung issues. It claims thousands cured and urges immediate trial as no other medicine cures as many cases, with C S Clarke & Son as the seller.
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