Obituary notices from Fairfield list six deaths and services
Green-Dennis Lee Green born April 3 1854 in Jefferson county dies at 3 o clock in Fairfield after a lifelong residence in the county. He leaves a wife a son and three daughters two sisters three brothers and several relatives. Funeral at 3 pm tomorrow at the home conducted by Rev Arthur Newell with interment at Evergreen cemetery. Also death notices for Dean Laughlin 14 months old Mrs Sarah Baum and Thomas S Coppock and James Howell with burial and church services in Fairfield and nearby towns.
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Green
Dennis Lee Green
Jefferson County
Bell Knight
Methodist Church
Oscar Green
May
Glendora
W. S. Shaw
North Sixth Street
Mollie Green
Los Angeles
Calif
L. H. Coleman
Davenport
Harry W
This City
Ira W
Ottawa
Kansas
L. H
Arthur Newell
Evergreen Cemetery
Fairfield area funeral and death notices from 1912
The notice records the Fairfield home funeral held at 2 30 this afternoon with Rev Mrs Mendenhall, for Sarah Baum aged 78 of Villisca Iowa born October 25 1834 near Portsmouth Ohio. She married in 1850 to Baum, had five children, two living at death, and died September 8 1912 after apoplexy. Funeral 10 30 this morning at the Christian church conducted by Rev Ross with out of town attendees. Also advertises W C Wiggin stock sale October 2 seven miles northwest of Fairfield listing 25 horses 40 mules 100 hogs for sale October 28 31.
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Sarah Baum
Villisca
Iowa
W. H. Pence
South Sixth Street
Christian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Helen Wolgemuth
Wolgemuth
Lutheran Church
Sarah Archibald
Portsmouth
Ohio
Mr. Baum
C. G. Taylor
Fairfield
J. E. Farmer
W. C. Wiggin
Oectober
Money to Loan on Good Farms
Farmers may obtain loans on quality farm properties through Thoma and Thoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoma
Bankers Gather for 38th ABA Convention in Detroit
In Detroit on September 10 the American Bankers Association opened its thirty-eighth annual convention with 1500 to 2000 visiting bankers from across the country. Capital represented exceeds 10 billion dollars. The Detroit Opera House hosted the session at 10 AM with an invocation by Rev. Joseph A. Vance, while Governor Osborn and Mayor Thompson offered cordial welcomes for Michigan and Detroit. President George H. Russell of the Detroit Clearing House also spoke in welcome.
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Detroit
Mich
American Bankers’ Association
Detroit Opera House
Joseph A. Vance
Osborn
Thompson
Buchanan Plot Claims Move to Senate Subcommittee
Washington reports charges alleging U. S. Representative Frank Buchanan of Illinois plotted with J. J. McNamara and others in labor violence cases. The case cites a 1906 letter and records from the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, with Buchanan denying improper spending and advocating peaceful methods.
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Washington
Frank Buchanan
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
J. J. McNamara
California
Los Angeles
Senate
Walter Drew
National Erectors’ Association
Buchanan
International Association of Structural Bridge and Iron Workers
McNamara
Toledo
Borden
Elsemere
Cleveland
International Structural Iron Workers
SAY MAN KILLED SEVEN WIVES
Scotland Yard detectives said Capt. Robert Hicks Murray killed at least six prior wives. He shot his wife and two children and wounded his sister in law before dying by suicide at Eastbourne. His real name and ties remain uncertain with aliases including Murray Captain Stirling and Robert Charles Mackie.
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London
Robert Hicks Murray
Eastbourne
Scotland Yard
Murray
Stirling
Robert Charles Mackie
Three youths feared dead in Alaska mountains
John Shattuck age 21 a University of Oregon student Dell Simsco tt 20 a Douglass resident and Leslie Oliver 17 of Juneau disappeared in fog while hunting near Sheep Creek four miles south of Juneau. Authorities fear they perished in the mountains.
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Juneau
Alaska
John Shattuck
University of Oregon
Dell Simscott
Douglass
Leslie Oliver
Sheep Creek
Here
International aviation meet opens in Clearing Illinois
Chicago reports the two week international aviation contest begins at Clearing with the Gordon Bennett cup race. entries from six nations include the United States with a Burgess machine valued at 15000 dollars and 160 horsepower. the schedule includes handicap and scratch races followed by hydro aeroplane events at Grant Park and Clarendon beach.
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Chicago
United States
England
France
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
America
Deperdussin
Bleriot
Hanriot
Oertz
Grant Park
Clarendon Beach
Ton Ka Wah Cures Dyspepsia and Digestive Ailments
An 1880s advertisement touts Ton Ka Wah as a remedy for dyspepsia digestion constipation and female weakness claiming broad digestive and health benefits with promotional language.
Wilson Plans Campaign Into the Middle West
After an all night meeting with McAdoo and Governor Wilson, senators Burleson and Gore joined talks on extending the campaign into the middle west. A decision set Wilson to begin Sept 17 at Sioux City with hopes to reach Duluth and the Pacific coast, amid strong crowd support in Union Square as he spoke on tariff and living costs.
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New York
McAdoo
Wilson
Burleson
Texas
Gore
Oklahoma
Middle West
West
Sioux City
Duluth
Minn
Pacific
Roosevelt
Union Square
Neiberts Hire Expert Plow and Wood Worker
J. W. Williams of Bedford Iowa joins Neibert Bros shop to do plow and woodwork exclusively with 43 years experience. He guarantees first class work and invites calls for inspection at the shop one block east of the Iowa State Bank. 27-tf
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Neiberts
J. W. Williams
Bedford
Iowa
Neibert Bros
Iowa State Bank
Seven Die In Motorcycle Show Crowd Crash
Newark report lists seven deaths from yesterday at the Motordome street race. Eddie Hasha of Waco Texas, famed motorcycle racer, was riding at about 92 miles an hour when he lost control and plunged into spectators.
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Newark
N. J
Motordome
Eddie Hasha
Waco
Texas
Hasha
Fatal crash claims several lives in Denver city area
A motorcycle wreck in Denver results in multiple deaths including Charles Williams and Eddie Fisher 17 Thomas Lehner 14 and Eddie Hasha Johnny Albright and an unidentified man and boy are among the fallen in the incident in the city.
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Charles Williams
Eddie Fisher
Thomas Lehner
Eddie Hasha
Johnny Albright
Denver
Ton Ka Wah Tonic Debuts As Health Elixir
A new tonic Ton-Ka-Wah enters markets claiming to boost vitality. Advertisements tout its traditional Indigenous roots and health benefits, listing ingredients and endorsements from local merchants while urging trial among adults.
Mrs J R McLean Dies In Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Me Sept 9 Mrs John R McLean wife of the millionaire died here at 6 50 this morning Her daughter wife of the Russian ambassador her son and his wife and her husband were present
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Bar Harbor
John R. McLean
Thoma's Offers B P S Paint and China Lac
Local shop Thoma’s advertises B P S paint and China Lac available for purchase.
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Thoma’s
Mexicans Cross American Line in Pursuit Near Lordsburg
Armed rebels crossed the border into the United States last night and today move toward Lordsburg New Mexico. They are said to be looting ranches along the route. A posse of 25 men led by Sheriff Hughes and bank cashier Frank Koons has gone in pursuit.
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el Paso
Texas
Lordsburg
N. M
Frank Koons
Hughes
Real estate transfers and lot sales around Pleasant Plain and Fairfield
September deals include Elijah Cook and heirs transferring lots in Pleasant Plain and Raymond Hopkirk selling to Eliza Walker. Maria Lamson and Mary Sargent exchange parcels in Centennial addition with multiple lots. Rollin Wilson conveys multiple east Pleasant Plain parcels. Chas Baird sells in Railroad addition Fairfield and A S McPherson assigns undivided interests in farmland 17-72-10 totaling 800 acres.
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Elijah G. Cook
Ruth Frazier
Pleasant Plain
Mary E. Tracy
Raymond A. Hopkirk
Eliza B. Walker
New Sw
Maria A. Lamson
Mary F. Sargent
Lamson
Parerneig
Rollin J. Wilson
Elmer E. Turnipseed
East Pleasant Plain
Chas. E. Baird
Margaret F. Bales
Fairfield
A. S. McPherson
Enoch
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Warner
J. E. Roth & CO
Fairfield, Iowa
Mortuary
Mr. Green
Green Farm
Madison Street
Dean Laughlin
Brookville
Russell Laughlin
Thomas S. Coppock
T. S. Coppock
Mr. Coppock
Oregon
la Platte
Burns
Wyo
Wyoming
James Howell
Muscatine
Howell
Fairfield Lodge I. O. O. F
Eagle Lodge
Baptist Church
Fairfield Lodge No. 629
F. D. Kerrick & Co
F. D. Kerrick
Eddie Adams McMillin
Fairfield Iown
John B. McMillin
Roscoe P. Thoma
Leo D. Thoma
South Main Street
R. B. Duncanson
Hastings, Neb
Mart Toothaker
Middletown
J. E. Gribbin
Optometrist
Gilchrist
Erector’s Association
U. S
Los Angeles Times Dynamiter
William McIlwaine
the International
Abrams
Philadelphia & Reading
McIlwaine
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
The
International
International Aviation Meet
Dolly
Sam
Sam Boughner
Fairfield, IA
J. R. McLean
A. T. Flint
A. S. Braden
McPherson
Leader
East Side Square
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