Special Efforts Highlight Diverse Line of Handsome Suits
Retailers emphasize varied selection to meet all tastes with a handsome line of suits. Local shops promote range in style, fabric, and fit to attract broad clientele.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1898
Page
7
Second Hand Goods Buy and Sell Offer
Local buyer advertises the lowest prices on second hand goods of all kinds. Pots, china dishes, jardiniers and tinware also purchased. Call to save money and bring your items for cash.
Subscription Rates At Fairfield Tribune
The Fairfield Tribune lists terms for subscriptions: one year in advance, six months, and three months for 1.08 dollars. This pricing appears in the period's newspaper notice.
Local residents and visitors noted in city society columns
A crowded list of neighbors and travelers returns from trips to Jacksonville Iowa City Ottumwa and Nashotah. The notes include students ministers and spouses visiting family attending schools and planning moves across Iowa and beyond with several sailing to Paris and others heading to Oklahoma and New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie Steele
Jacksonville
Illinois
H. C. Pumphrey
Iowa City
E. A. Whitney
Ottumwa
Mr. Whitney
Fred Letts
Ernest McCord
Keosauqua
R. C. Richardson
Parsons
Princeton
New Jersey
Tom Shaffer
James
Tom
Nashotah
Wisconsin
Shaffer
New York
W.C. Ball
Cora
Petersburg
S. L. Hastings
Wichita
Kansas
G. D. McGaw
Henry Howlett
Chillocco
Oklahoma
Homes for Orphan Children Reach City with Prospects
Mr E Wright of Chicago visits with eight orphans from the New York Juvenile Asylum. The group includes five boys and three girls aged five to sixteen, with several taken by local residents and others awaiting homes. Many applicants lined up to provide placements as reporters noted the hopeful scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. E. Wright
Chicago
New York
Rural free mail delivery praised as permanent success
A rural delivery system near Mt. Pleasant earns high approval from patrons after months of operation. Boxes along the road hold letters with a flag signaling outgoing mail and postage is dropped into the box for the carrier to stamp at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Farm for Rent or Lease Near Fairfield in 1899
Bryson farm comprising 244 acres four miles north of Fairfield is available for rent or lease starting March 1 1899. LEGGETT AND MCKEMEY handle the transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryson
Fairfield
Leggett & McKemey
Fairfield County Board Schedules 1898 Sessions and Grants Aid
Proceedings from the September 6 1898 session list approvals of auditor and clerk reports, school fund notes, coal contracts to A M Jordan, Soldiers Relief expenditures and pauper aid, bridge petitions, tax abatements, and budget allocations, with adjournment to November 15 1898. The piece also notes a Syrup of Figs ad and announces Jefferson County old settlers reunion on Sept 17 with program details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Buchanan
Christian Church
I. D. Jones
Old Plat
City of Fairfield
Eliza Eckert
City of
Fairfield
Geo. P. Baker
Gage
Mitchell & Bennett
Hammond
R. D. du Bois
J. W. Taylor
Frank Hurst
Ohio
Birmingham
County Board Sets Election Judges and Warrants
On September 7 1898 the Board approved warrants for county funds and appointed election judges and clerks for numerous townships and wards for the November 8 1898 elections. Appointments include Walnut Penn Blackhawk Packwood Abingdon Batavia Brookville Fairfield Buchanan Lockridge Round Prairie Cedar Liberty Des Moines Fairfield City Wards and other precincts. Also George Strong post and J S Gantz named to Soldiers Relief commission for three years. Recorder and Sheriff reports for quarter ending June 30 show fees noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Township
J. F. Miller
John J. Kurtz
J. A. Sinn
J. F. Koch
Amon
R. B. Kenyon
George Caldwell
I. A. Downey
F. O. Gillett
Abingdon
A. H. Eller
A. Myers
F. P. Mowery
L. G. Myers
Solomon Wilhelmedoerfer
Batavia
H. C. Pickerel
Wilson Warner
W.H. Williams
J. C. Helfinstine
John Dunlavy
Frank L. Droz
H. C. Pattison
Liberty Township
William Sullivan
W. G. Lawcen
W. E. Cowan
Frank Sullivan
J. O. Boyd
Des Moines
S. C. Peebler
Simon Blough
Thornton Fordyce
J. A. Stewart
Joseph Fulton
Alex. Easton
Ralph Lamson
Ed. Norvell
John W. McLean
Angstead
George Strong Post
Gantz
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
B. F. Black
Discovery by a Shelby lady leads to cure with King's New Discovery
Mrs. Luther Lutz credits Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption with curing her seven year battle with disease after three months of coughing and sleepless nights. Trial bottles offered at J D McDowell Drug Store with a guarantee. Also, Great Rock Island Route offers Iowa Day fares to Omaha September 20–21, with return by September 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Luther Lutz
W. C. Hamnick & Co
Shelby, N.C
J. D. McDowell Drug Store
Omaha
Iowa
Great Rock Island
Sunday church events schedule announced for all
Sunday school at 9 30 A M church services at 10 30 A M and Bible study Thursday at 2 30 P M. Room two doors east of Leggett House upstairs. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leggett House
Money to loan on easy terms and low rates
Radially worded ad offers loans on easy terms with low rates. The notice also mentions prescriptions compounded correctly at D. G. Higley’s, attributed to Raney & Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raney & Simmons
D. G. Higley
Local Business Expands Into New 100 Foot Room
Amid growing trade the firm leases a larger space with second floor and basement one door south from Mrs Allmayer's clothing shop and plans to move soon.
Store Cuts Prices to Move Stoneware Stock
The retailer announces generous concessions on all pods to reduce stock without disturbing the complete assortment in all lines. Profits will be passed to customers as part of the move.
Marriages Reported in Fairfield and Liberty 1898
A list of marriages from Fairfield and Liberty township records in 1898. Details include dates in July and August and couples such as Emery N. James with Martha G. Rasmus, James W. Hite with Lillian B. Manning, Bert Vantassel with Daisy Davis, Charles E. Buchanan with Flora B. Downey, William E. Newman with Gertrude G. Fickel, Gurley B. Baker with Collie Wilhelmsdorfer, all officiated by various ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Rasmus
Fairfield
Emery N. James
Martha G. Rasmus
J. A. Boatman
David Manning
Liberty Township
James W. Hite
Lillian B. Manning
C. Springer
M. Graham
Bert Vantassel
Daisy Davis
Milton Graham
J. P
D. B. Wilson
Charles E. Buchanan
Flora B. Downey
David B. Wilson
William E. Newman
Gertrude G. Fickel
Junkin
Gurley B. Baker
Miss Collie
Wilhelmsdorfer
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. E. Roth
Gapes
Gallarettes
McElhany’s
Samuel Holt
Emery’s
THE
Fairfield Tribune
C. M. McExiror
E. W. Stone
Oklahoma City
J. W. Stinson
Stone
Ed. Spangler
Marshall County
Dick Kerrick
Nebraska
Margaret Jackson
Miss Maude
W. A. Jones
Cantril
M. V. Jones
Centerville
Elizabeth Jones
Frank Brown
W. C. Jones
Hawkins Taylor, Jr
Paris
Sen. S. K. Davis
Peace Commission
Taylor
C. W. Mayor
Mary L. Harkness
Vance
Appleton
Wis
Ed Lucas
Stockport
Fred Harrison
Susan Parker
Chas. Gift
Kingley
Mary Stever
Cedar Rapids
W. A. Mast
M. L. Wharton
Concord
D. W. Mason
Omaha Exposition
California
Oregon
J.C. Thorne
Leggett House Cigar Store
W. Wright
W.S. Shoemaker
Tribune
William C. Jones
J. D. Jones
Mr. Jones
Horatio Jones
Surrey County
North Carolina
Wythe County
Virginia
Permelia A. Vaughn
Franklin
Johnson County
Indiana
I. D
W. A
William H
Cornelius A
Martin W. B
Elizabeth
Libertyville
Copeland
J. F. Wilson, Jr
Lewis
Board OF Supervisors
the Board
Tursday
George R. Horn
Wm. L. Long
A. M. Jordan
Moses Kiger
PRR
R. D. DU Bots
Geo. R. Horn
G. J. Emry
Penn
G. W. Riniker
Liberty
J.C. Gow
T. B. Short
Round Prairie
James Burns
Des Moines Township
Gao
R. Horn
California Fig Syrup Co
Old Settlers’ Reunion
Batavia Band
Ed. McCarty
A. W. Jaques
D. Leggett
John Williamson
F. Marion Stephenson
Pioneer Boys
David Coop
C. W. Gage
H. Heaton
T. P. DuBois
W. B. Frame
Christian Science Services
South Side
Stransky
Sively
Chas. H. Gage
West Side Square
Brown’s Novelty Store
West Side Park
Fairfield, IA
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