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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1898
Page
3
The September crop bulletin notes cooler, sunnier days with light frosts in places but no damage. Corn stands at 34 bushels per acre on 8.396 million acres, with oats 33 and winter wheat 18. Potatoes need 2-3 weeks to ripen as fall planting continues.
A compilation of property transfers dated September 1898 listing numerous deeds: Isaac Sharp to Solomon Gaumer for 20 acres in Fairfield township. Gust Samuelson to Diana E. Higbee for 60 acres in Black Hawk. William Paxen to Higbee for 40 acres. Richard Gudgell to Gus Anderson for 30 acres in Buchanan. E R Smith to Vivian Byers for 2 acres in Blackhawk. Robert Kenyon to Samuel Anderson for 40 acres in Polk. W H Faulkner to Ida Franz for 8.5 acres in Cedar. J J Crile to Gust Donovan for 3.5 acres in Walnut. O W Hoskins to Lee Gobble for 35 and 36 in Polk. Lee Gobble to Hoskins for 107.5 acres in Polk. Christina Barstrom to Henry Anderson for 40 acres in Round Prairie. Martin Bush to Louis Kirchner for 40 acres in Buchanan. B F Bowers to Ward Lamson for Round Prairie. D B McKee to Mary Hetherington for 36 in Fairfield. Henry A Edmund and wife acquire Lot 10 Block 11 Packwood. John C Bradshaw to David Stever for Lot 7 Block 10 Rock Island add Fairfield. Wm Despain to John Stever for Lot 8 Block 2 Barnes subdivision. Samuel A Anderson to Robert Kenyon for Lots 5 and 6 Block 10 Packwood. Mary Lowen to Sarah Litton for Lot 1 Block 1 Glasgow.
September reports from Libertyville describe travelers returning from Des Moines county Waterloo and Birmingham with many visiting relatives in Des Moines township. Local clergy and families visited Fairfield while others left for Chicago Boston and military service. Community updates include school teachers Dunkard graveyard cleanup improvements and a sick infant with several neighbors noting health progress.
In the Fulton Democrat Uncle Zeb urges young men to value a faithful partner. He warns against women who delay marriage over chores and advises waiting for a devoted spouse, framing it as a moral guide for boys.
The listing shows price ranges for crops and livestock including corn soybeans and wheat. Almanac style figures cover oats rye Timothy clover seed and hay with cattle hogs sheep and lambs rated by price. Pack includes butter eggs potatoes onions cabbage cucumbers and apples with various per unit values.
A man rushing through London streets bumps into a swell with an umbrella held at a risky angle. The hurried pedestrian snaps the umbrella away and, with suave humor, returns it saying he found it in his eye.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Miss Ollabrod praising a local sculptress who carves butter into figures. Miss Ritchley Greest notes the artist’s skill compares to her father’s oleomargarine craft, highlighting a playful local exchange about butter artistry.
Quote by Rev. J. D. Hammond urges men to let only good impulses stir the heart and to guard it against evil that could harden or ruin it.
Secretary Alger and Adjutant General Corbin press for a thorough inquiry. President McKinley appoints Major General Scofield and ex-Senator Gordon to a commission. Nine distinguished Americans invited to probe treatment of soldiers. Detroit event highlights Secretary Alger reception with Governor Pingree.
Manila reports Rear Admiral Dewey calls the situation critical while Aguinaldo plots a September 15 assembly to decide insurgent policy. He claims 9,000 military prisoners and 28 provinces under provisional rule, hints at independence, and questions American permanence amid Spanish and German moves.
Secretary of War Alger faced a boisterous reception in Detroit as about 1,000 marchers escorted him from his Fort Street home to the Light Guard armory. The procession included the Detroit battalions of the Michigan naval reserves and company M of the Thirty third Michigan volunteers, the only Detroit unit mentioned in coverage.
In San Juan on Sept 13 the American and Spanish evacuation commissions held an hour long session and adjourned to tomorrow. The Americans stated their position on evacuation while Spain did not reveal objections or instructions though willing to expedite matters. Havana notes two commissions will stay at El Vedado during talks and have only exchanged credentials in their first session.
List of sick soldiers from Camp Wikoff arriving in New York aboard the Shinnecock. Names include John Black and many others from First Illinois and Thirty-third Michigan units. Several are in hospitals. others were discharged from Presbyterian hospital.
Washington Sept. 10 Senator Gray of Delaware accepts the appointment to the peace commission replacing Justice White. The panel now includes Secretary Day Senators Davis Frye Gray and Whitelaw Reid. His appointment may require Gray to retire from the Anglo American commission in Canada where foreign questions show his opposition to expansion including Hawaii annexation.
New York reports list of deaths yesterday at Camp Wikoff including Frank T. Rinkhas of company F and R. F. Harrison of company E First Illinois.
Ann Arbor Sept 13 Thomas M Cooley one of America s leading jurists died at his home after a period of mental weakness and lengthy unconsciousness He was born Jan 6 1824 in Utica NY and practiced law after studies at Palmyra and Adrian Michigan His death followed a life marked by prominence on the bench and bar.
Burglars blew open a Fairbury Illinois general store safe owned by Joseph Ostrander and set the building on fire. The fire consumed the store and its contents and also scorched the nearby residence of L Breedlove with contents.
Fatal collision occurred when the St. Louis Limited on the Missouri Pacific ran into a freight train near Independence. The caboose wrecked and telegraph line man R. J. Thompson was killed, brakeman A. Bechtel was seriously injured.
Vienna reports the assassination of Empress Elizabeth in Geneva by an anarchist. The emperor endures grief at Schönbrunn as Vienna plans a funeral, with flags at half mast and various amusements suspended. The émigré killer, a Paris-born Italian, confessed and claimed he acted for example. He sang on arrest and said bourgeois society would disappear.
The First regiment returned from the war with 1,300 original strength and 927 back home. Sick total 247, with ten seriously ill. Armory crowds surged to greet the soldiers as they broke ranks at Michigan Boulevard and Sixteenth Street. Noted counts show 1,185 accounted for and 117 missing. Nearby towns report naval reserves mustered out and regiments arriving home from Jacksonville and Camp Meade. Bayard in Dedham, former ambassador, remained weak after a poor day.
Davenport reports J. O. Lane of Davenport nominated by Republicans of the Second Iowa district for congress. In Sioux City the Mondamin Carnival association invites President McKinley to attend the fall harvest festival in early October drawing participation from Iowa South Dakota Nebraska and Minnesota.
Des Moines dispatch reports Sergeant Charles F. Brown of Fort Dodge and Corporal Burton R. Dutton of Webster City, members of the Fifty-second Iowa, died of typhoid fever. Dutton died in Webster City.
The Missouri river has undermined city revetments protecting the bank and washed away thousands of dollars worth of property. Several waterfront buildings may tumble into the current before aid can halt the erosion.
Colonel Lopez of the Fifty first Iowa regiment reports Governor Shaw will cover all bills to keep troops from suffering. Requisition sent for underclothing. A special cook may be used for the sick, but rations of healthy men remain unchanged. The colonel asserts the regiment is all right.
The Heb el Hoskins libel suit ends with a guilty verdict for J M Hoskins. J J Bruce convicted for writing the libelous article. Judge Quarton rejects motive evidence and upholds malice presumption in the trial in Storm Lake Iowa.
Ex Governor Packard and wife receive letters from their daughter Blanche in Santiago where she assists in a government hospital for the sick and wounded. She recounts carrying dying soldiers to porches for fresh air and personally tending a typhoid patient with crushed ice and brandy until his condition improved.
The Fusion slate declares allegiance to Bryan and the Chicago platform with Claude R. Porter as treasurer and Anderson as auditor. Gillette named attorney general and Parsons as supreme judge. Spurrier leads railroad commissioners with Hanson and Wills as clerk and long term commissioner, Perkins listed.
The tri party fusion convention in Marshalltown Iowa elected a joint ticket. Claude Porter for secretary of state Nels Anderson for treasurer J M Parsons for attorney general W A Spurrier for supreme judge E H Gillette for auditor A Hanson for long term railway commissioner H E Wills for short term clerk E R Perkins for reporter. Fred Townsend of Albia chosen state committee chair. The platform backs Chicago platform free silver 16 to 1 Bryan in 1900 and opposes a large standing army. It also supports Nicaragua canal and income tax with referenda on certain questions. Territorial expansion split form among delegates. The attendance was small.
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