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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1917
Page
8
Noted banker Jacob H. Schiff advocates establishing a permanent summer capital for the United States. He argues the seasonal relocation would bring improved governance, climate considerations, and economic benefits to lawmakers and national administration.
The North Atlantic squadron of the British Navy is ordered into waters near New York to hunt a German raider. Masters of steamships report suspicious vessels within 200 miles of Sandy Hook, fueling the search. An embargo now blocks wireless reports of ships under allied flags.
Secretary Baker said that after 25,000 national guardsmen depart the border for home states, more militia would be sent from the border. He cited transportation limits as the key factor shaping further plans and timelines.
The Detroit Journal, an afternoon newspaper, changes hands in a sale announced by E. D. Stair. New owners include N. C. Wright and H. S. Thalheimer of Toledo and C. C. Vernam and Paul Block of New York. The sale price appears as one dollar.
Napoleon B. Weavitt a 55 year old farmer and stock raiser shot himself at his Chester area home six miles north of town. Financial reverses are believed to have driven the suicide.
The Chicago live stock market shows hog receipts at 38 000 with light shipping at 11.40 to 11.60 and heavy packing at 11.50 to 11.65, good to fancy pigs 9.90 to 10.50. Cattle receipts 8 000 with good to choice steers 10.50 to 11.25, cows 7.25 to 8.00, vealers 13.75 to 14.25. East Buffalo bids: cattle 20 carps steady, hogs 30 cars slow with 9 9 12.15 to 12.26, sheep top 14.65 to 14.76, yearlings 12.50, wethers 11.25 to 11.50, ewes 10.75, veals 15.00.
Lee Friar of Grimes visiting campus as a freshman student at Parsons last year. Huyett Gaines trains at Chicago University for the Divisional Oratorical contest at Wesleyan next week under Prof. Blanchard. A large delegation plans to accompany him. Rev. Roberts Donnelson and Rev. Denny West Point led morning chapel prayers.
In February 77 a Croesus era palace tour ended with an earthquake that buried Croesus wealth beneath mining depth. Princeton archaeologist Professor Howard Butler plans Asia Minor travel to study the buried trove, following a note from Consul George Horton in Smyrna about the safety of prior Sardis excavations.
Practical Health Hint urges opening bedroom windows to increase fresh air and cut pneumonia, bronchitis, colds and flu deaths in winter. It warns closed windows trap poisonous indoor air and claims night air is as pure as day air, while fogs and rain mainly deter opening windows.
The New York corporation that battled European competition expands by employing hundreds of French and German women to make novelties. Output now runs in the hundreds of thousands yearly as American-made souvenirs gain ground. Joseph Reichel of Kansas City bought 12000 dollars of local favors for guests. He cites higher quality from European-trained workers and notes segregation by nationality in workshops.
Precautionary measures by American and Mexican authorities prevented a repeat of the bath riots at the bridge when the port opened. Juarez proclamations stated that certificates issued by Mexican health officers would be accepted by U S health officers at the quarantine station.
The Toulouse and Emden geese are the leading breeds in the country, with weights of 25 and 20 pounds for ganders and geese. Geese thrive on low rough pasture with natural water, require shelter in bad weather, and are profitable on small farms. Incubation lasts 28 to 30 days, eggs should be collected daily, and goslings kept warm after hatching.
A diagram shows two bee hives with entry holes kk chute near the top and a connecting passage near the bottom. The system lets beekeepers move bees between hives to harvest honey by closing entry holes and releasing smoke into the right-hand chute, driving bees to the empty hive on the left.
Growers cut off runners after September to produce extra fine fruit. Disk cuts on row sides help remove runners. later, when runners slow, a sharp hoe cuts across rows to thin plants and keep fruiting plants dense.
The notice advertises the west half of the Coffin property opposite The Orpheum with six rooms. Also available rooms for young ladies with light housekeeping, furnace heat, and electric lights at 701 North Third Street. Contact Harry Smith at 139.
Classified sale notice listing two items: baled hay offered by C. B. McPeek with phone 4274 and woodcut in stove lengths available by phone 7603. Includes an itemized, compact ad from the local paper.
I offer first class residence properties and choice building lots for sale at attractive prices and on convenient terms. Contact Wm IL Long at 163 IW for details and inquiries.
Property listing offers the Condit home a seven room house with 115 by 165 foot lot. Located seven blocks north of the northeast square corner, listed by Wm. L. Long for sale in Marinette Wisconsin. Also advertisement for Landology land prospect magazine with three months free subscription.
Letter from Mrs. G AL Eveland of Duncan Mills Illinois praises Foley Kidney Pills after suffering lumbago. She says two to three bottles relieved her and she now recommends the product. The ad-style claim says the pills tone up kidneys and remove poisons.
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