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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
2
Multiple brief items span Taft's summer home site options from Beverly to Wayzata, Iowa, and Des Moines monuments. Lincoln volunteers, Mexican politics, and a wide range of global incidents. Notable names include Taft Bryan Diaz Gilbert Dodge and Reed.
A collage of brief items covers political murmurs in Congress and party splits, a Diaz era warning to Mexico, a Presbyterian heresy verdict for Rev Grant, and disclosures at a reciprocity hearing. Other notes mention wheat prices rising on agri‑trade fears, a Oklahoma drowning, a glass revolving summer home, Parmele’s fatal hit‑and‑run, a robbery of a university cashier, Grieves’s confession to give proceeds to a killed driver’s family, and political maneuvers around Speaker Clark and trust prosecutions. Additional items note Hayt San Domingo arbitration talks, Spanish war dead commemorations, and Taft’s push for stock and bondTransparency.
Rumors swirl about Senator Lorn er May resigning. The Champ Clark presidential boom is noted and President Diaz sails for Spain after resignation. Roosevelt in a Memorial Day address calls for law reforms and an assassination rumor about Madero circulates amid a northern Mexico governor installation and trust treatment.
Iowa City plans a new hotel project with a 100000 dollar price tag funded by local businessmen taking stock. The item notes broad civic development in the city and the role of investors.
Judge W R Green a republican from Audubon won the Ninth district seat in Iowa’s congressional delegation over W F Cleveland the democratic nominee. Cass county delivered a surprise majority near 600 after being listed as doubtful.
Delegations from Shady Grave Jubilee and Gilbertsville met Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Interurban officials to win inducements for a south extension to be built this year. Interest is strong as towns compete for the route and La Porte City line is also planned, with Vinton’s Commercial club ready to offer incentives.
Fraternal Order of Eagles members from across the state arrive in Des Moines for the sixth annual convention. The gathering runs Wednesday and Thursday with sessions at the Eagles hall on Locust street. Judge Lawrence DeGraff delivers the welcome address, and State President L. L. Evans of Council Bluffs presides and responds.
Des Moines plans for a new northeast Des Moines bakery building schedule start next fall. The structure is to cost between 75000 and 100000 and is described as one of the best in the region.
William Rosecrantz aged 21 drowned in the Raccoon river near the Dallas county line while swimming Sunday evening. His body was recovered yesterday afternoon. He was the son of Benjamin Rosecrantz, a well known farmer.
Col. W. T. Chantland of Fort Dodge orders the Fifty-sixth regiment band mustered out after citizens failed to build the promised armory. The action follows the June 6 order in Mason City.
Cedar Rapids June 6 C Becker a banker from southern Illinois brings a suit in Independence for 77000 against C H Widener and H T Lynch claiming loss in a land transaction.
Grinnell reports 17 year old George Jacobs drowned while swimming Sunday in Arbor lake on the city south line. His body was recovered about three hours later.
Charles Brooks a 21 year old music student at the Waterloo Conservatory of Music was struck by an engine at the Illinois Central crossing and badly injured in Waterloo on June 6.
Deputy State Oil Inspector Thomas Duff once county auditor was indicted and released on bail in Garner on June 6.
Storm Lake June 6 The Citizens bank a private institution owned by Schaller Son and operating since 1902 has changed allegiance to the First National bank. The new capitalization stands at 75000 dollars.
Johnson county’s longtime figure Gil H. Irish aged 75 died in Iowa City yesterday. He was among the most recognized residents and helped shape the county’s early history since the first settlers arrived.
A comic exchange has the Professor claiming a brick absorbs a quart of water while the Pugilist counters that his brother is not a brick. The banter centers on the imagined absorbency of the brick and the brother's reactions.
Mrs Violet Cole of Philadelphia testifies that Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured her eczema and that she used them on her five children who suffered ringworm and scalp sores. She praises the remedies as wonderful and notes they are sold worldwide with a free treatment book from Potter Drug and Chemical Corp.
A New England woman and a southern cousin discuss travel costs on a small branch railway. The woman calls five cents a mile extortion, while the southern cousin argues it is cheaper by the hour at about thirty five cents.
An advertisement urges readers to seek Coca Cola to beat the heat this summer. It highlights Coca Cola as delicious, refreshing, thirst-quenching, and available at fountains or bottled everywhere, with a request to send for a free booklet from the Coca Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
In a picture gallery scene Aunt Eunice dismisses a claimed old master as no better than some modern works. Mrs Newgold defends the value of the painting, noting its status as a real old master.
A reflection on how many assume they face little hardship while misunderstanding true trouble faced by others. The line suggests a contrast between perceived and actual struggles and prompts empathy.
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