Local notices from Fairbury features trades and people
Multiple short items describe Dr. Leach dentist in Fairbury stock and grain movements by C C Andrews and A H Phelps, land deals, repairs, store建设, and local events. Social visits, church convention, and weather note precede ads for wagons, furniture, millinery, and farm supplies including oil, paints, and post cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Leach
Fairbury
Cc. C. Andrews
G. E. Reynolds & Son
A. H. Phelps
J. A. Taylor
Cc. I. Clark
C. C. Andrews
Hastings
Leach
Watts
Hogs Average 180 Pound Weight Fetches 64 Cents Per Pound
The Fairbury Gazette notes Dickinson 17 head of hogs averaging 180 pounds sold for 64 cents a pound. Hogs fed on corn and a warm place to sleep yield about $11.70 per head, averaging over $2.12 per month of the pig’s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson
Mr Smith
Fairbury Gazette
Taxpayers Notice on 1908 Real Estate Tax Delinquency
Notice from County Treasurer John Simpson declares the 1908 real estate tax becomes delinquent May 1, 1909. It urges early payment to avoid rush and ensure funds are received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simpson
Roberts Selective System Brings Clear Phone Lines
The Fairbury Gazette reports Andrew F. Rosenberger, once of Fairbury, perfected a party line system known as the Roberts Selective system. It allows direct communication between any two of fifty subscribers without third party interference, claimed to be the only practical working selective system beyond experimental stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbury
Homer Robert
Andrew F. Rosenberger
Fairbury Gazette
Notice on horse and books collection by Ankrum
J F Ankrum states the horse and the books of G F Putman now owned by Sanders and Long are in his hands for collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Putman
Sanders & Long
J. F. Ankrum
Advertisement highlights from the Exchange Bank and local merchants
Read QO L Schumann on page four and see bank ads from Exchange Bank. Bay coal sells for six dollars a ton at G E Reynolds & Son. Also promote Ed Hicks coats at A H Phelps grain office and poultry pricing at C I Clark for top prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Andrews
J. W. Hicks
B. F. Becker
Schumann
Fairbury
Hicks
Walter Nutter
Endicott
QO. L. Schumann
G. E. Reynolds & Son’s
the Exchange Bank
Ed Hicks
A. H Phelps’ Grain
C. I. Clark
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the Breele City Press
Steele City
G. E.reynolds & Son
G. O. Taylor
Frank Crinklaw
Jefferson
Christian Church
Margaret Brown
GR. Barr
Mr. Dean
J. C. Morrow
Hollenberg
E. Q. .Chapman
Barr
L. E. Clapp
V. Whitbeck
The
Exchange Bank
Y. Whitbeck
Trave
Coryvniants &c. Sketch and
Fos Ees
Waebington, D
Spring Goons
C.J. Clark
Beatrice Barb
Union Lock
Ing
the Hardware Man
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