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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1911
Page
4
Editor manager directs changes of address for old and new locations. Mail subscriptions are billed by cash in advance. Daily panel by mail costs 25 cents per month and will be stopped when paid for.
Lee Dick twenty six described by postal inspectors as running the country’s most extensive opium traffic sent narcotics via the mails. He faced $1000 bail after testifying that he earned about $200 a day from shipments hidden in tin and playing card boxes with customers across the United States from Florida to the Pacific coast. The new penal code makes mail opium offenses punishable by a $1000 fine and up to two years in prison.
An advertisement promotes Modern Shining Parlor offering shoe oiling to preserve leather and waterproof shoes. It targets men women and children with prices listed as 25c for men 15c for women and children. Shoes must be left for half a day and work is done under E R Smiths Office at 931.
An appeal notes that charm combines face form mind and temper but requires health. It links weakness to constipation kidney poisons with skin breakouts and urges Electric Bitters as a solution to regulate stomach liver and kidneys and improve skin nerves eyes breath and complexion. Sold by L S Bradshaw & Co.
A short service for Mrs. Fred Johnson was conducted yesterday at four at her Lockridge home by Rev. Martin of Swedesburg. The body was sent to Chicago for internment. She died Monday evening after a brief illness at age 26, survived by her husband and several siblings.
Mrs Minnie Simmons returned home after a visit in Illinois. Daisy Gilbert starts winter term at Penn No 3. Orval Ferrel and wife visit Missouri for two weeks. A Prairie Chapel schoolhouse Christmas tree Friday night features a pupil program with Penn No 10. Ladies of the Aid gifted Rev Boise a quilt and a Bible ahead of Christmas.
The Glass family expresses deep gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during their bereavement. They acknowledge thoughtful floral tributes and thank those who sent them.
Ed O'Dell, formerly the light man for the C. B. QQ. R. R., will be in the city Sunday to address the Helping Hand Mission audience.
Morning petitions circulate to place a school board measure on the ballot asking voters to authorize sale of the Franklin School property to the C B and Q Railway for a passenger station at a fair price. Signers argue the site is unsuited for a school and the new station will be convenient and attractive for Fairfield.
We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and help after the death of our son and brother and for the floral offerings. 927 Mrs. Louis Boos and Family.
James B. Mershon of Newark reports severe lung hemorrhages and eight months of weakness before using Dr King’s New Discovery. He claims it restored strength and alleviated his cough. The remedy targets weak lungs, coughs, colds, hoarseness, and asthma with trial bottles free.
President Taft's move to inform Russia via Ambassador Guild about abrogating the 1882 treaty eases tensions. The Sulzer resolution's bitterness fades, with locals predicting it will take time before a new treaty can be negotiated to remove the interior minister's passport veto.
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