Above:
A portrait of Rev. Herman Husband Fairall that appeared in on July
9th, 1909 in a Des Moines Register article celebrating his twenty-seventh
year as a Methodist minister. Rev. Fairall was the long-time editor
of a periodical called "The Iowa Methodist", and the author
of a history of Italy. He died in 1912 after slitting his throat
with a straight razor. More to follow. |