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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1898
Page
2
The notice touts a Standard of Quality for durability finish and style. It mentions a buyer returning from the Eastern Market and urges readers to read every item for extra good values at the store.
Advertisement lists muslin at three cents per yard, blue prints at three cents, ACA Tick at twelve cents, and standard denim at twelve cents per yard. Local textile retailer promotes low prices on basic fabrics for makers and small projects.
Threaded in a retail notice, the ad touts ladies long sleeve vests at 124 cents each and up. It claims the largest line in all grades, a 10 percent savings guarantee on any seven, and highlights an extra fine line of hosiery.
A retailer touts its vast product line and unmatched prices by buying directly from manufacturers. The message emphasizes strong value and bulk sourcing to attract customers.
The feature promotes the city’s largest dress goods department noted for bright lighting and the latest novelties. It emphasizes extensive selections and modern presentation to attract shoppers.
Darning cotton ten cents per dozen cards nickel plated safety pins three cents ten cents toilet pins one cent per paper black pins one cent per box.
An old ad touts a carpet department with phenomenal growth and new novelties in carpeting mattings curtains and portieres. It claims the best lighted room in the city for shoppers to view samples.
A clipped timetable shows train numbers 16 15 12 11 86 94 with corresponding morning and afternoon times. It lists daily operation and notes exceptions for Sundays in a concise schedule fragment.
Fairfield column covers residents moving to Ottumwa and Hamilton Mo. A large tax collection tops $5506.42. Socials include Miss Randall’s visit and a Presbyterian Endeavor social. Cattle, crops, and a strong mandolin club grow. A wedding license, indictments, and the Smith Blair nuptials headline a busy week.
Volcanic eruptions of pain fade with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised as a cure for skin eruptions, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, warts, cuts, burns and chapped hands. Claims best pile cure on earth and guaranteed results at 25 cents per box, sold by D. C. Collins, Druggist.
A meeting of the Democrats of Buchanan township will be held at Beckwith on Thursday September 29 at 7 30 P M for the purpose of nominating a township ticket P IL Labagh Committeeman
The article extols syrup of figs as a pleasant safe remedy for women in all conditions. It urges buyers to seek the true product with the California Fig Syrup Co. name printed near the bottom of the package and notes it is sold by all druggists.
The Buchanan Township Sunday School Convention meets at Parsonsville Church on October 2 1898 with sessions from 10 in fore noon to 3 30 in the afternoon including talks by Mc Carty Bates Workman Johnson Jenkins Short and Rains and an officers election. The notice also includes a medical advert for Hall’s Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and Hall's Family Pills.
The Ottumwa Press reports Miss Nellie Huff, formerly of Fairfield, has been promoted from book-keeper at Jersey Dairy Milk Depot to manager of the Ottumwa home station. She shows deep knowledge of dairy work and explains pasteurization clearly, winning new customers with her practical sales approach.
Sunday school starts at 9 30 A M church services at 10 30 A M Bible study Thursday at 2 30 P M Location two doors east of Lengem House, upstairs All are invited to attend.
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