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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1907
Page
8
A farm sale near Lockridge Iowa on the Stephenson farm lists 5 horses including a work team and a branded mare, 8 cows with milk, calves and yearlings, hogs, chickens, and farm implements. Terms include cash on small sums and 5 percent off for cash, or notes at 8 percent interest if not paid.
A notice shows L. C. Gudgell, T. B. Allender as auctioneers with George Miller Clerk. The grounds remain moved until specified terms are met.
The president of the medical college faculty spoke to awaiting staff about upcoming reforms and classroom changes during a tense faculty meeting. The remarks focused on curriculum updates, staffing adjustments, and anticipated timelines for approval.
Des Moines hosted a successful I O O F session with Marshalltown named to host the 1908 grand lodge. New officers were installed including Grand Master L W Smith and Deputy J W White. A floor vote kept the ratio of representation unchanged and a push for new constitutions was approved. A separate report notes a Boston-related minister's resignation amid a local wedding dispute in Cushing.
Conrad Bahr aged fifty died at the Roach and Musser Lumber plant when a large lumber pile collapsed burying him. His skull was fractured and his body bruised. He is survived by his wife and one daughter.
Guy Lyman, sought to marry a bride in Cushing Iowa, threatened to whip Rev. James Himrod who had been asked to perform the ceremony. Himrod, recently from Humboldt, left town after resigning the Methodist pastorate amid the clash.
Edward Johnson a wealthy Meriden farmer shot himself in his barn after his first wife’s death and remarriage to a younger woman. Friends say grief over the first wife drove the tragedy, as he had been devoted to her and had only recently wed again.
A seasoned curio collector, with leisure and funds, pursues fifty odd collections. She gathers items from obscure places at low prices, ranging from stuffed toads and fossilized vegetation to teeth of famous people and cat skins, illustrating the breadth of her curio collecting as a profession.
Des Moines reports the 1906 Iowa library commission outlines only ninety free public libraries in the state with twenty five counties lacking any. It notes 73 libraries own buildings, 52 funded by Andrew Carnegie, and further Carnegie support for colleges. Several towns over 3,000 lack free libraries, and Drake Leander Clark Ellsworth seek Carnegie buildings.
Deceased was a 25 year old bachelor known as a prominent figure in his local community. His passing last summer drew mournful tributes from neighbors and friends who recalled his active involvement and character.
Charles Ames, a sign artist from Fort Dodge, secretly packed his trunk with clothes and took his 5 year old daughter, claiming a visit to Webster City. A letter via express announced he was leaving for good toward California. Authorities may prosecute him under a new desertion statute.
Ames Iowa records College Day on October 2 with a full campus program. The 39th anniversary of the college will be marked with an address by J B Hungerford, a steel flagstaff presentation, unveiling of the marble fountain, opening of Alumni Hall, a campus picnic, and a seniors versus faculty football game.
An old advertisement promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy for liver torpor and constipation. It claims the pills prevent appendicitis and establish regular bowel habits, offered for 25 cents at F S Shriner s drug store.
Property changes include M G Tomy selling part of block 19 Centennial Add Fairfield for 2000 to Mack M and Mary J Davis. Wm Krumholtz and wife transfer tract in 18-72-8 to Jno Caldwell for 1000. Jno M Caldwell and wife to F N Swinford tract in 18-72-8 for 1000. Jesse B Randle and wife sell lot 9 block 27 new plat Fairfield for 200 to W A and Belle B Randle. Anna G Erickson and husband to E R Smith lot 2 block 17 Parsons College Add Fairfield 300. Frank Fourt and wife to H C Alston tract in 23-72-10 Q C D 700. 20 ft road parcel in Penn Two to several heirs. Oct 17 Serene C Pumphrey to Lettie L Pumphrey tract in 18-71-11 2800. Thomas Davies and wife to R T McClain lot 1 block 11 Gage's Add Fairfield 3000. Mrs W B James and husband to Grace Henry part lot 4 block 20 southwestern Addition Fairfield.
Fred Watson a young farmer five miles northwest of Atlantic Iowa died yesterday from brain trouble linked to an early sunstroke. The death was reported from Atlantic on October 17.
Lawrence Allwin, a Great Western brakeman, was dragged to death beneath train wheels at Clarion Indiana while coupling cars. He tried to jump onto a passing car, slipped, and was crushed. Neck and back broken. death immediate. body mutilated.
Miss Ruth Pinch offers piano and pipe organ instruction at the College Conservatory of Music. She has three years of Chicago study under Elmer Tod and W Middelschulte and one year of piano technique with Moorhead. For details call 600 or visit the Cor 3rd and Jefferson streets.
The Baltimore American quotes a quip about trial lawyers always agreeing on the size of their bills, implying consensus is found in legal costs rather than case outcomes. The remark highlights a skeptical view of courtroom billing practices.
W. B. Branson of Dublin Ga reports his eighty three year old mother thrives on Electric Bitters for two years and gains appetite strength and sleep. The tonic is also claimed to aid female weakness debility and weak children and is guaranteed for stomach liver and kidney troubles by F S Shriner 50c Oct.
Having sold our farm we offer at public sale one mile east and a quarter mile north of Brookville on Saturday October 26 1907 at 10 am. Items include one gray mare nine cows one three year old short horn bull seven steer calves four heifer calves thirteen hogs farm machinery low wagon deering cort harvester gang plow hay ladder hay in barn and other articles. Terms: credit on sums over ten with bankable note at 6 percent. if unpaid at due date interest rises to 8 percent from maturity. Ten dollars and under cash. No removal until settled. Lunch on premises. Cooper Aue W T Johnson Clerk.
A Cadell citizen Earl Shamburé recalls hard times from grasshoppers to prosperity in Kansas. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with relieving his cough and throat ailments after other remedies failed. Shriner’s Drug Store advertises 5 and 1 dollar sizes with a trial bottle offered.
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