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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1904
Page
6
A Friday Daily piece warns on the dangerous power of a lying tongue. It describes how suspicion grows into belief, then into slander, and compares inflammatory speech to a serpent’s hatch. It urges readers to seek scriptural guidance and curb censorious and false rhetoric with biblical admonitions.
A Des Moines Daily Capital large edition honors Iowa and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. It features illustrations and a letter from David R. Francis praising Iowa's progress, leadership, and patriotism while noting Iowa’s prominent role in the celebration and its exemplary public service record.
Former Governor William Larrabee and wife notify the Iowa Board of Control they will donate a large pipe organ to the Eldora industrial school for boys. The organ, built without expense limits, mirrors the earlier Davenport Soldiers' Orphans Institute gift and costs around three thousand dollars.
Des Moines July 29 Waite FP Brewer 16 son of Captain D A Brewer Woodland Cemetery superintendent drowned while swimming in the Raccoon river south of the water works last night at 8 o'clock Two youthful companions tried to rescue him and were aided by an older stronger boy who swam to help preventing a triple tragedy
A Pall Mall Gazette essay surveys how words shift in meaning and pronunciation over centuries. It cites Swift’s proposed academy, Wyclif and Tyndale Bible phrases, Milton and Spenser, and eighteenth century letters, noting pronunciation changes and the loose edge of slang.
The Grand audience enjoyed For Her Sake with Billy Marble delivering rapid humor amid a war themed plot. Ella Marble as Princess Valanoff impressed with grace and Or Roy Laidlaw as Lord Hargrave drew praise in a mine scene while Gertrude Ritchie and Helen Gillingwater elicited strong performances.
G J Rauman of the New Amsterdam bank identifies the ramble victim in Central Park as Samuel L Dana, a former bank clerk from Waco Texas. Dana, reportedly wealthy and from the West, is not on the payroll. Police suspect self inflicted wound after a quarrel with a woman, with a court date planned after hospital treatment.
J E Stanton of Marshalltown a lifelong Democrat bolts the ticket and says he will vote for Roosevelt. In a letter to W J Bryan he praises Bryan and explains his switch citing party betrayals and historic Democratic loyalties. He hopes Bryan leads to victory in 4 or 8 years.
Wallace's Farmer urges adoption of Parcels Pest and Pest Check Currency, arguing it serves the greatest good for farmers and the public. The piece envisions a future where farmers are businesslike, debt free, and enjoy greater comfort as farming improves and external interests adjust.
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