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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1892
Page
2
An advertisement lists ladies and gentlemen wool and cotton vests and drawers, ladies union suits, children's onion suits, vests and drawers in wool and cotton, highlighting a wide range of warm undergarments for all ages.
Sunday visits and business trips mark a busy week with names like L. R. Derby Geo D Clarke and E Stubbs noted. An obituary for Zebbie Johnson records his death on Oct 14 1892 and a family’s tribute in verse. Jurors for the November term and notices of entertainment at the Opera House appear alongside ads for flour and remedies.
The largest assortment in southeast Iowa at W. W. Lewis with prices to suit the times. Our motto is Quick Sales and Small Profits. East side square.
The death of Mrs. Beersheba Viers Leggett occurred at five o'clock Sunday in her Leggett House room. A longtime Fairfield resident born April 29 1815 in Jefferson County Ohio she and husband Richard H. Leggett opened the Leggett House in 1856 and built a local hospitality legacy. Surviving children include Charles D. and Mrs Geo Phelps among others. funeral Tuesday was large and attended.
Two burglars were captured at Kelly & Lythe's store in Willamsburg at 3:00 a m on the 7th while stealing about 300 dollars worth of silks and plushes. A night watchman with a Winchester rifle interrupted the theft and the pair are held in the Iowa County jail at Marengo.
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