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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1888
Page
3
A collage of items from a Jefferson County Tribune page includes political appeals, club news, subscriptions offers, sales ads, and local notices. Activities noted include a Democratic flagpole committee, meetups with Cleveland Thurman supporters, and subscription drives. Nigerian? (No, ignore.)
N S Brient declines renomination for the Board of Supervisors citing business obligations. He urges a Democrat acceptable to taxpayers to replace him and keep county government nonpartisan and businesslike. A second item reports a rail accident near Murray on the C and Q line causing derailment but no injuries.
The tenth annual reunion of the Jefferson County Old Settlers Association will be held in Fairfield public park on Wednesday September 12 1888. The program includes prayer election of officers a basket dinner address by Hon S M Clark roll call and memorial sketches followed by speeches and music. Officers listed include President Thomas D Evans and secretary John McLean with a finance committee and invited aged citizens to reserved seats.
Uncalled for letters as of September 4 1888 include Kafley Mina Mrs Kurtis Mrs W D Leet Mrs Oxley Mr H C Rice Ida Miss Scott Mr J L Wilkins Sam Names appear in the advertised column. The Fairfield board of supervisors met Monday to set the annual tax levy totaling state 24 mills county 24 pauper 1 school 1 bridge 2 insane 1 soldiers relief 1. The county tax is reduced 4 mills the pauper tax unchanged and the soldiers relief levy adds one mill for a net total reduction of one mill.
Rev D C Smith attended the M E conference in Oskaloosa while J E Roth shops in Chicago. Des Moines hosts state fair attendance by Misses Poulton and Crail. various residents visit family, schools reopen, weddings, reunions and movements among Mrs Heaton, Miss Nelia Eichhorn, and the Mowerys. Among others, several local men from company H 30th Iowa infantry reunite at Birmingham.
A Sabbath gathering drew many locals to a camp meeting near Birmingham. S C Laughtin and wife along with Jacob and Will Fry are at the state fair this week, with September 3 noted in the record.
Social at Mr Pumphreys next Tuesday night Miss Gerevia Gardner begins school at No 7 this week Miss Anna Stull to teach County Line school again this winter Arch Black buried a child in County Line cemetery Maggie Taylor returned from Nebraska Dan Barr opens coal bank to operate this winter Emma Copeland from Adair county visiting Pumphreys Rosa Gardner music lessons in Osceola visited her mother Mrs Sketoe W Gonterman buys cane mill adding evaporator purification for extensive fall work PENHOLDER.
Mr Bb F Nourse Royal Baking Powder Co. Western Agent praises Vapillon extract of flax Skin Cure for children after a few days use. He says it surpassed years of other treatments though he cannot medically explain results. Clarke & Junkin's Drug Store offers large bottles for $1.
Mr. T. B. Fuller is ill with stomach cancer. A large crowd attended the fair at Richland. H. M. Allerdice will depart for Farmington soon for new employment. F. L. Eck plans a trip to Ohio around the seventh and will stop in Chiccavo to buy winter stock.
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