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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1905
Page
7
The piece urges readers to prepare for winter with advertising as an investment, notes the cold snap and rising coal demand, and highlights Mrs. Belva Lockwood's talk on women’s roles. It also reports Rev. F C Weed leaving Randolph for a Congregational post in Superior, Wisconsin.
The piece weighs in with old time prognostications about a gentle winter citing corn husks muskrat lodgings and a crossing sun omen while noting regional comparisons and hints of rising walking as exercise. It also lists a long column of local residents leaving for travel visiting relatives and attending events with several names and places across Iowa and nearby states.
An assortment of ladies and children knit wear flannelettes and heavy wool garments advertised at low prices. Includes extra heavy natural wool and camel hair pieces for women, boys and girls fleece union suits, vests, shirts and drawers for all ages, gloves toques and mittens, with emphasis on value and new styles. Store invites shoppers to visit before buying.
M D Rodabaugh went to Chicago Monday to buy goods for the Novelty Store. The hunting season for ducks is open, but state law restricts killing wild game between sunset and sunrise and bans ambush tactics, use of artificial light, or concealment devices on open water. Decoys may be used for mounting wild geese and ducks, with one hunter per boat between sunset and sunrise.
Mediapolis hosts a home wedding as Miss Mabel Blake allied with Dr Perle Irwin of Gibson Iowa at 5 pm. The Rev Ogilvie officiated with two attendants. Guests traveled from Davenport Lincoln Neb Fairfield Iowa City and Chicago among others. The couple plans to establish a medical practice in Gibson after his Bellevue training.
The ad promotes McBlunys coats with tailored fit and high quality materials. Children coats from $1.95, misses coats $4.74 and $6.40, ladies coats $9.85 with various fabrics and fur collars, including crushed plush satin lined coats at $11.90. A new fur line is priced lower and a wide ladies furnishings department is advertised.
Margaret B. Hurst will sell her household goods at public sale on Saturday October 21 in Libertyville. The notice appears in the Hotel Windsor medium and palmist listing as part of a local sale advertisement.
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