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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1917
Page
4
Noted banker Jacob H. Schiff advocates establishing a permanent summer capital for the United States to improve government operations and climate-related efficiency. He outlines logistical and political considerations for moving officials to a cooler season location.
New York January 31 The North Atlantic squadron of the British Navy has been ordered into waters near New York to hunt for a German raider. Reports from steamship masters suggest unidentified ships seen within 200 miles of New York harbor may be raiders, prompting a broader search in Atlantic approaches.
Secretary Maker stated that after the 25,000 national guardsmen return to their home states from the Mexican border, additional militia will be sent from the border. He added that future plans depend on available transportation facilities.
Announcement that the Detroit Journal an afternoon newspaper has new owners N C Wright and H S Thalheimer of Toledo and C C Vernam and Paul Dieck of New York with E D Stair Free Press publisher making the disclosure.
Napoleon B. Weavitt a 55 year old farmer from Chester area committed suicide at his home six miles north of Chester by shotgun. Financial reverses are believed to be the motive.
Cash hogs at Chicago range $9.90 to $12.50 with light to heavy demand and receipts about 38 000. Cattle receipts 8 000 with steers $10.50 to $11.25 and vealers up to $14.25. Wheat No 2 red bids $1.80 1 84 and corn No 3 white about 98 to 99 cents. East Buffalo quotes cattle and hogs steady to slow with top lambs $14.75 and veal around $15.00.
Lee Friar of Grimes Iowa visited Parsons as a freshman yesterday. Huyett Gaines attends a week of training at Chicago University ahead of the Divisional Oratorical contest at Wesleyan next Friday. He works under Prof Blanchard and is backed by a solid school showing. Rev Roberts of Donnelson and Nev Denny of West Point led chapel this morning.
In February 77 Croesus invited a royal committee to view his gold in Sardis. An onlooker warned of misfortune and soon a quake buried the city and wealth. Princeton’s Professor Butler plans to visit Asia Minor again to study buried treasure, building on 1909 expeditions that yielded bronze statues.
Statistics show pneumonia bronchitis colds and grip peak in winter when windows stay shut. Rates fall in summer with windows open then rise again as rooms close. Fresh air lowers winter deaths. night air is as pure as day air. Open windows and lower the death rate.
A New York corporation long facing European competition now enlarges its workforce by hiring hundreds of women from France and Germany to produce novelties. The output, valued at hundreds of thousands yearly, dominates U S souvenir and favor supply. Joseph Reichel, a Kansas City hotel manager, bought $12 000 worth of American made favors in New York.
The article discusses Toulouse and Emden geese as popular breeds in the country. It covers ideal pasture land, water supply, housing needs, mating practices, breeding ages, and care of eggs and goslings from incubation through hatching.
A diagram shows two bee hives with standard entry holes a top chute and a bottom connecting passage. By linking hives and smoking the right-hand chute bees move to the empty left hive enabling safe honey removal without disturbance.
Precautionary measures by American and Mexican authorities prevented a repeat of the bath riots at the international bridge when the port opened between El Paso and Juarez. Proclamations in Juarez announced that health certificates from Mexican officers would be accepted by U S health officials at the quarantine station.
Growers remove runners by hand after September, but on large areas this is impractical. Use a disk on the row sides to cut runners after September 1. Later, when runners slow, use a sharp hoe to cut across the row and remove most plants, leaving enough to fruit.
The column lists rental notices including the west half of the Coffin property opposite The Orpheum with six rooms and contact Harry Smith at 139. Also rooms to young ladies with light housekeeping and furnace heat at 701 North Third Street, phone 4604.
For sale notice listing C. B. McPeek contact at phone 4274 for baled hay and wood cut in stove lengths with phone 7603.
First class residence properties and choice building lots for sale at attractive prices and on convenient terms. Wm. I. Long. 163
FOR SALE The Condit home seven room house with lot 115x165 feet seven blocks north of the northeast corner of the square Wm L Long 138 FOR SALE Wisconsin farm lands LANDOLOGY a magazine giving the facts in regard to the land situation Three months subscription FREE Mail me LANDOLOGY for details free Ad dress Editor Landology Skidmore Land Co 272 Skidmore Building Marinette Wisconsin
Mrs A Eveland of Duncan Mills Illinois says kidney pills freed her lumbago after a neighbor lent a half bottle. She used two to three bottles with complete relief and urges others with kidney trouble to try Foley Kidney Pills. They tone weak kidneys, remove poisons, and restore appetite and sleep.
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