College Opens Tuesday and County Fair Prospects Rise
The issue day of Tue Ledger changes to Friday. Eureka Springs drug store owner Frank E Shamp is profiled. The county wool market remains bullish and harvest tickets for G A R encampment sold. A Soldiers Relief Commission is formed to distribute a county tax for needy ex soldiers and widows. The county fair dates Sept 18 19 and 20 are announced with plans for exhibits races livestock and a balloon parachute act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tue Ledger
Tue C., R. I. & P. Railroad Company
Frank E. Shamp
D. G. Higley
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Fairfield
Columbus
Ohio
Charles Gift
Libertyville
Ioka
Packwood
Board of Supervisors
A. W. Jaques
Samuel Zeigler
J. S. Gantz
Jaques
Mr. Gantz
Mr. Zeigler
The Rock Creek Wreck Jury Verdict and Critique
The coroner jury faulted Engineer Gillespie and Conductor Thompson for the Rock Creek collision but spared blame on others. The paper criticizes the investigation as flimsy and calls for a fuller inquiry, noting reports of close train spacing and missing questions on speed and train composition.
Collision at Krum Brought Trains to Sudden Finish
Iowa inquest jury found the collision between a construction train backing into Krum and a westbound wild freight on August 27 1888 caused by the freight crews not following orders. The verdict blamed the reckless speed of sixteen to eighteen miles an hour and cleared the construction train operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Thompson
Krum
Dennis Gillispie
Thomas Condon
Thompson Extra
Batavia
John Welch
Jagman
Thompson
Boling
Hugh O'Donnel
West Burlington
Rock Creek Bridge
Jack
Lis
State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Thomas D. Evans
Said County
Dennis Griffin
Patrick Ready
Gust. A. Rose
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy
Rock Creek
James Eckert
Samuel Cockley
Harvey J. Graham
Thos. D. Evans
Boston clothing store hosts joyful day of celebration
The Boston clothing store enjoys a lively day with bands banners and street pageantry. Crowds fill the store as Herman exudes happiness and confidence in the success driven by enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Herman
The Men and the Moral Tribute to Griffin and Ready
Funeral services for Dennis Griffin and Patrick Ready, victims of the Krum railroad disaster, were held August 29 at St Marys church. The Catholic rite was led by Rev Hugh B Kelly, reflecting a rare community outpouring. Both men, long Fairfield residents, were honored for their honest toil and steadfast character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Griffin
Patrick Ready
Krum
St. Mary’s Church
Hugh Bb. Kelly
Fairfield
Pat Ready
Secord
Patrick
Erin
England
John Miller Dead After Ten Days Sickness
John B. Miller died at about 7 o clock at his home on Second North Street after a ten day illness of typhoid fever. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. M. Jones of the Baptist church at 10 this morning, with interment in Abingdon. Miller came to Fairfield from Abingdon as deputy county clerk in January 1883 and served in that role. He had been in poor health for a year or more and recently was not bedbound until a week ago Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Miller
Second North Street
M. Jones
The
Baptist Church
Abingdon
Miller
Fairfield
Stores Close For Holiday September 15
Our stores will be closed on Saturday September 15 for a holiday per B Allmayer and Co Mrs M Allmayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Allmayer & Bro
M. Allmayer
Baby born weighing about twenty pounds at home
A large baby described as a great big girl weighing around twenty pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lou on Tuesday morning. James Bailey was brought from Ottumwa Monday evening to his parents' home, sat up in the car and bus, and looked well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou. Howard
James Bailey
Ottumwa
Death of Mrs. P. G. Camblin in Holdridge Nebraska
A dispatch to Mr. J. M. Whitham reports Mrs. P. G. Camblin died yesterday in Holdridge Nebraska. The remains will arrive Tuesday morning and services will be held at the Presbyterian church with the bell tolling to announce the hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Whitham
P. G. Camblin
Holdridge
Nebraska
Presbyterian Church
Thurman speech cites tariff as consumer tax
Mr Thurman declared tariffs are taxes paid by article consumers and argued a lab oring man can be aided by taxing only the crown to the soles. He questioned how a country grows rich by unnecessary taxation and urged restoring the surplus to the earners.
Wheat futures buoyed by English crop ruin and tariff impact
The English wheat crop is ruined by wet weather and writers expect a rise in Liverpool prices that could lift Chicago values by a dollar a bushel. Trade writers say world markets set farmer prices regardless of protection, and tariffs would only harm ocean trade by limiting returns to ships that travel both ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Chicago
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Tribune
Frank Moore
Benkleman
David King
S. Brainard’s Sons
Wabasha Ave
Gillispie
Evans
Wilson
Wilsons
No. 15
Gillespie
Timothy Killroy
Caboose
Keady and
Griffin
Fairfield Section
Rose
Arthur M. Bartlett
William Henry Boling
Burlington
O. E. Stewart
John Miller
Shakspeare
Puck
Texas
New Orleans Picayune
Pittsburg Chronicle
Philadelphia Inquirer
Duluth
San Francisco Alta
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!