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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1912
Page
8
Mrs F S Massey and daughter Martha visit Nor tonville Kansas. Dan Sullivan returns from Council Bluffs and heads to Illinois for studies. Various visitors arrive from Denver Oklahoma Wisconsin Illinois and Michigan. Music students join Parsons college staff and townsfolk travel for work and leisure.
Chicago and New York markets show mixed activity with wheat prices slipping slightly in New York trades while Chicago notes higher and lower annotations across Sept and Dec contracts. Grain and flour values adjust with butter eggs and potatoes listed alongside live poultry and dairy figures for regional buyers.
A city office displays a motto showing a guiding sentiment believed to reflect the character of its occupant. The phrase, though partially presented, conveys a principle meant to steer professional conduct and daily decisions.
Pro and family return from vacation on Lake Mendota Wisconsin while presbytery and church activities unfold. Chicago resident John G. Spielman visits Okoboji. Rev. Montgomery attends Iowa Presbytery in New London. Parsons to lead Sunday service. Mrs. Campbell ill in Chicago visit. H E Donaldson plans October Los Angeles winter. aged man’s motto praised amid reflections on life and work.
Market report from East Buffalo New York dated Sept 9 shows cattle prices for various grades from common to prime and hog prices by weight class. Prime steers reach about 9.50 to 9.9 with packing and butcher categories listed. hogs range from 8.10 to 9.60 for various weights.
Des Moines Iowa reports a hot week with abundant sunshine and high humidity. Showers were frequent early in the week with light rainfall in the southeast and northwest. the heaviest rain in the southwest. Over five inches fell in Audubon and Guthrie, more than four inches in Shelby. Corn maturity aided by conditions but four more weeks of dry weather needed to avoid frost. Much corn dented, large portion roasting ear. Threshing and fall grain plowing progressed. pasturage good and late potatoes doing fairly well.
Winnipeg dispatch reports twenty decomposed bodies recovered from the Fraser river just below Fort George. Most are believed to be members of a Minnesota excursion party missing about a month ago, with others thought to be railroad workers.
Several social gatherings mark a busy week in Fairfield society. Ellen and Lettie Lindren of Chicago visited at the Coleson home on South Main with music and games, then Grace Hobson of Independence Kansas enjoyed a niece party hosted by Mrs. W. S. Shaw on North Sixth. Mrs. M. D. Rodabaugh hosted thirty ladies for a six o’clock dinner honoring Des Moines visitor Mrs. J. F. Magill. The Ladies' Missionary Society held its annual thank offering meeting at Mrs. Louis Hershberger’s. A September 4 wedding united Ross Parrett and Emma Nehre at the bride’s parents’ home with Rev. O. J. Fix officiating. The newlyweds are praised by family and friends for a happy future.
Rev McLaughlin spoke on The Philippines at the Methodist church to a large audience. He spent years as a missionary there and his familiarity with customs made the lecture engaging. Stereopticon views accompanied the talk, making it entertaining and informative.
Oxford report says Lieu tenant Edward Hotchkiss and Charles Beddington of the Royal Aviation Corps died when they plummeted five hundred feet this morning during a flight.
Miss Hanna Sabel visits sister Mrs Arthur Loomis for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Reinier travel to Ottumwa. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steigleader spend time in Oskaloosa. Miss Orrisie Lyon teaches Cat Alley school. Mrs. J. N. Smith is listed as ill. Grandma Oliver remains poor. Carl Peters visits Hedrick. Mrs. R. H. Myers visits sister Mrs. Whit Wood in Brighton. Clevenger family spend Sunday with A. Ramsey near Batavia. Mrs. Will Kenyon and daughter plan trip to Sterling Colorado via Fairfield to visit her parents. Loomis and son John visit Hedrick. Shepherd visits Brighton. Dr. Packwood of St. Joseph, Mo., stays with Woolum family in Abingdon era.
Thoma's operates as Fairfield's sole exclusive wallpaper and paint store, offering specialist products and services.
The column lists local movements and events including Joseph Howell visiting Muscatine with a sick brother, Gurley Bush at Hark ness Academy, Mrs C H Johnson visiting relatives in Ottawa Kansas, a dinner by Mr and Mrs Oscar Monson, a public sale by Veronnica Gavin northeast of Beckwith on Thursday afternoon Sept 12, Vanilla Smith attending Fairfield High School, Ep worth League attendance and a Pure Ice refrigerator promotion.
Shanghai reports say a massive tidal wave and heavy rains after a typhoon devastated Chekiang. About 75,000 people were killed while crops and towns suffered total ruin. Wen-Chow, a city of 80,000, was nearly wiped out. one million in the province is said to be starving.
Local machine shop Pence's Machine Shop offers bicycle repairs and wheel truing services. Pedals, frames, and spokes are inspected for safety and performance, with quick turnaround and skilled craftsmanship.
No. 8986. Report of the condition of Fairfield National Bank listing assets and liabilities. Details include loans and discounts, overdrafts, U S bonds, premiums, banking house and fixtures, due from other banks and reserve agents, cash items, notes of other banks, fractional currency, specie, legal tender, and redemption fund with U S Treasurer.
Crop correspondents report corn at 95 percent of normal for Sept 1, up 2 points from Aug 1 and 20 points above last year, with dry warm weather likely lifting prospective yield above 100 percent if frost holds off. Potatoes at 90 percent. optional frost dates range from Sept 15 to Oct 15. Domestic grains yield estimates: winter wheat 25, spring wheat 18, oats 46, barley 33, rye 22, timothy seed 4.8 bushels per acre. timothy seed acreage up 82,000. total potential seed yield about 1,493,000 bushels if averages hold.
Two people die and six are hurt when a Pennsylvania Railroad train from New York to Chicago, carrying passengers and freight, collides with a fast freight near Latrobe Pennsylvania. Flagman James Frick of Altoona and freight engineer John Seaird of Whitney are killed outright.
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