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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1909
Page
13
Anisty plots to replace Maitland with the flirtatious, cultivated conquest she seeks. He envisions raking in advantage by mimicking Maitland while maintaining his own notorious edge. The scheme hinges on a daredevil luncheon and a detective kept in reserve as a tool.
Anisty schemes over a luncheon as Maitland’s meeting with the girl exposes shared roots and clandestine aims. The woman, torn between affection and crime, studies the safe memory while Anisty risks perilous trust, drawn by charm and danger in a single moment.
Dan Maitland arrives at his New York club and finds a dust fingerprint and an attorney letter. He helps a woman in gray whose car breaks down, then is drawn into a false partnership to steal his jewels. Anisty, posing as Maitland, lurks, while the real Dan confronts the ruse and a staged engagement.
Anisty dazzles Apristy with a cigarette case gift and a returning suitor’s offer. The pair discuss detectives and a theft tied to Maitland, while nerves rise over a possible search and an exposed loot. A hidden plan surfaces as dialogue edges toward a cliffhanger.
A new illumination system from Prof Blau of Germany delivers liquid illuminating gas to customers by regular home delivery. A 22 pound cylinder can power a 50 cradle light for four months at four hours daily. Connection to the burner uses a fine, flexible tube thinner than an electric wire.
Harry G. Legg of Minikahda Minneapolis led fifty entrants in the first half of the Trans Miss golf qualifying with 81. Des Moines player Bun Guinand shot 87 and Will Sheehan 81. Topeka’s Hurley 82 and Rev Talbot predicts sub 80. Cady 91 and Dickinson 90. Finkbine 88 and Abbott 85.
The grand lodge of Elks elected officers with James A. Sammis as grand exalted ruler and Warren G. Sayre as leading knight. J. L. Preston led the loyal knight vote, Detroit chosen for the 1910 reunion, and the year’s report cites record prosperity and 300000 members while condemning political use of membership.
Registration opens for 160 acre farms on the Flathead in Missoula Montana Coeur d'Alene in Idaho and Spokane in Washington. Any qualified applicant may register with no cost and bids run from 1.25 to 7 dollars per acre. Rail fares from Chicago to Missoula Kalispell Coeur d Alene and Spokane listed with specific dates and return prices.
Details from Orizaba report a cloudburst with extensive fatalities in Mexico. Early estimates place the death toll around 100 as rescue teams assess the scene near the town on July 14.
Denver dispatch reports Sheriff Griffin and Charlie Jones captured in British Columbia. Jones, identified as a mulatto, was wanted for a Buxton murder.
Fred L. Cole, a longtime justice of the peace in Princeton Illinois, shot himself amid lifelong physical infirmities. A note found at the scene read No one cares for Fred.
The Mound City Rowing Club of St. Louis won the six oared junior barge race in Ottumwa Iowa beating Central of St. Louis and Quincy's North Side and South Side clubs with a time of 2 24 3 5.
A witty exchange with Old Maid resigning about marriages in heaven. The doctor affirms belief, and Old Maid remarks the doctor need not call again.
The Courier Journal reports a well known Louisville woman famed for “saying things without thinking.” Her daughter entertains a young man on a front porch while the mother chats with neighbors. A baby about a year old nearby struggles to walk as the matron offers blunt advice about walking ages. The young man shifts to discussing the weather.
The ad claims Defiance Starch provides stronger starching so garments can be treated with a thinner layer. It asserts the product preserves fabric beauty and improves wear while avoiding paste buildup that hides texture.
At a Washington dance, Wu Ting Fang denounced modern ballroom attire. He compared it to an ancient Briton with grass in blue wood, saying the contemporary ideal of a magnificent toilet is heavy paint and scant clothing.
A fragmented page fragment lists varied items from a polite request to a judge about a non-resident selling a farm and crop notes, to an illustrated farm bulletin by FE Thomson of Sedalia Missouri. It includes Bronte quotes and a Cleveland address, with ads for white clothes and 48-cent watches amid miscellaneous lines.
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