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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1904
Page
6
The article critiques temperance history and the harm from whiskey power, urging vigilance against corrupt legislation and urging honest, sincere political zeal. It defends republican principles and places emphasis on civil discourse, party affiliation rights, and responsible campaigning.
Huntington correspondent praises Cowgill for a Fourth of July speech describing western territory progress and mining wealth. He warned of threats to government foundations, impressing listeners including aging attendees. Cowgill, son-in-law of J Dolph, plans to speak in Oskaloosa around September 8.
The parties will closely examine candidate qualifications for the offices they seek and emphasize honesty. If all would act honestly, they would treat opponents as they wish to be treated, reducing strife.
The Journal office is prepared to do job work on short notice and invites orders for note heads letter heads circulars envelopes sale bills and advertising. It notes that good words from subscribers won t cover publication costs and urges patronage to sustain a first class daily.
Jefferson county old soldiers met in the G A R to arrange a reunion for veterans sailors and marines. The event is set for Saturday September 24 with events in the opera house. Committees named include Opera house Jerry King Speakers and program J S Gantz J F Loebr and J W McLean Finance R McBeth S B Crane and Frank Armstrong Martial music J W Messers Vocal music M Graban. Meeting adjourned to reconvene August 13.
The P. and O. steamer Malacca seized in the Red Sea by the Russian volunteer cruiser Petersburg last week has arrived at port flying the Russian flag and commanded by Russian officers with a Russian crew. The British agent was refused admittance aboard the vessel.
A July 18 incident in Carbondale Illinois left two dead and four poisoned after misidentifying wild toadstools for edible mushrooms. Mr Greenfield and John Fry died. two Greenfield children and two Fry children severely poisoned. two Fry family members survived.
Terrible overnight rainfall in Des Moines damaged crops with corn and oats laid flat across fields. Special to the Journal notes near universal destruction from the downpour.
The article presents the puffer or blow fish as a comical saltwater fellow with loose wrinkled skin a tiny round mouth and a conical snout. It explains how when frightened it inflates into a rubber ball shape grunting and puffing up to deter predators and drift on the water’s surface.
A Philadelphia Ledger tale shows a lawyer pressed by a witness on memory age. The witness recalls a judge’s office visit twelve years earlier and a failed loan of $15 from the lawyer’s father, claimed as vividly remembered. The exchange ends with the witness insisting on proper respect under questioning.
A passenger recounts an odd city car ride where a man quietly boarded, bowed, and insisted on accepting a bag while clinging to a strap for twenty blocks, leaving the car empty except for the two riders and the surreal moment as the man swayed in the breeze.
In Agen France a sawmill fire at ten degrees below freezing produced water thrown on the flames that vaporized and fell as snow. The scene featured bright starlight and a strong northwest wind sending swirling snow above the fire.
In a lively exchange, Hogan complains of illicit imitations of his residence by mechanical players while Clancy retorts with feisty bravado. Puck notes the heated mood as the mock confrontation unfolds.
A Chicago Tribune snippet presents a domestic joke where a mother notes Harold’s lingering interest in his wife’s cooking, while the young wife jokes that he eats it from duty rather than appetite. The dialogue underscores rifts between affection and obligation in a domestic scene.
A maxim on truthing notes that lying multiplies the task, as every false claim spawns further fabrications to sustain the original deceit. The proverb emphasizes the heavy workload and consequences of dishonesty.
Daniel Glen McDonald aged 15 years 5 months 20 days died suddenly of heart failure at his grandmother Mrs John McWhirters home on East Jefferson street Des Moines. He had been living with his grandmother this summer with his sister Hazel and had recent illness with doctors advising rest and removal to Ottumwa for examination. He collapsed on the front walk after breakfast while his aunt watched from a window and neighbors aided him home. The community offers sympathy and funeral arrangements are to be announced.
Albert G. Shaffer, a Des Moines stationary fireman, arrives in Keokuk after a telegram. expects bad news about his wife but learns he has a $30,000 fortune from a California uncle. An attorney informs him of the inheritance held in a local bank. Shaffer plans to buy a home and enjoy the windfall.
Mixa Maude Uteeb, aged around 60, initially refused to wed ALG Greenwood, who appeared intoxicated at the courthouse as the license was secured. The couple later married in Palestine after arrangements, causing much statewide comment.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a child naming or catechetical item with unclear subjects and foreign-looking words. Reading suggests a calendar or school related note but key names and context are unreadable.
A telegram to Deputy Sheriff Barnes reported Carl Teeter drowned in the Mississippi River at Davenport about a half hour earlier. His body had not been found. The message asked notice to his relatives in this city where his sister is to be married soon. Barnes searched local Teeter families but could not locate immediate kin by late today.
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