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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1910
Page
7
A brief exchange shows Chaplain Tommy admonishing and a repeat offender promising not to go out while drunk. The dialogue frames a remorseful moment with a vow to avoid alcohol-related outings in the future.
Des Moines hosts the Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers Association opening session at the Coliseum with over six hundred delegates in attendance. Secretary A R Sale reported 922 members, 169 new this year, a new Mason City headquarters project, and a 636.40 surplus as of Feb 1 1910.
A sick man clings to his wife and asks for the whole truth as the crisis passes. She assures recovery and confirms the doctor’s confidence, then he asks her to call his partner to foreclose a mortgage he had renounced.
Herbert M. Wilson of the United States Geological Survey places annual damage and waste from smoke at 500 million dollars in large cities alone, about six dollars per person for every man woman and child in the population.
C M Hart a prominent Iowa attorney died in Council Bluffs after a paralysis strike on Monday. He never regained consciousness and moments before death his two Chicago daughters and wife Mrs Hart were at his bedside. Hart was a leading figure in the state's legal profession.
Washington March 2 surgeons operated on Senator Dolliver. He has been in bed for several days as his old malady returned. The procedure drained glands in his cheek not functioning properly. Officials say he should be out in a day or two.
Washington March 2 Mrs Cummins wife of Senator Cummins underwent an operation at Johns Hopkins hospital Baltimore. Word from the hospital said the operation was successful and that Mrs Cummins was doing as well as could be expected.
Washington March 2 Rep Jamieson of the Eighth Iowa district says he will not seek renomination by the democratic party in his district, ending questions about his candidacy for re election.
Ottumwa, la on March 2 Dr I B Whitaker was arrested on second degree murder charges. An ante mortem statement from Mrs Emma Hammersley alleges she had a criminal operation performed by him.
Earl C. Macy aged 24 a traveling salesman from Chicago died at the Pilgrim hotel after an illness of four days from appendicitis. He is survived by a widowed mother who resides at Durant Michigan.
Ohio faced widespread displacement with about 4 000 people left homeless. Zanesville reported around 1 000 residents forced from homes, as flood conditions continued to affect the state.
Word reached here that the Montezuma Republican plant and office were destroyed by a blaze. The Republican paper was recently bought by Chas. A. Needham and Company.
A brief dialogue reverses a self risk joke as the girl claims she wore a mask while the boy says he did not. The light exchange centers on personal choices and fairness in social coverings.
A father finds Mabel praying at her bed in a nightgown and is rebuked when he interrupts. She scolds, then resumes prayer with a pious demeanor, leaving him to slip away quietly.
A woman at a Wagner performance points out her friend’s butcher, noting he is a German who knows about more than meat. The moment connects opera culture with everyday trades. Also mentions WRIGLEY’S Spear Mint and a proverb about sowing wild oats signaling father’s thrashing machine.
An old advertisement fragment touts Perry Davis Painkiller for rheumatism and neuralgia and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain. The text references long use and advises against substitutes, with partial Shakespearean phrasing and pricing noted for the syrup. The readable lines resemble a cluttered 19th century classified ad snippet.
The article declares the crabbed stereotype of spinsterhood obsolete. Today independent women find niches, work for charities and boards, and bring common sense to public service. Spinsterhood is no longer solitary or shameful but a source of capable, active involvement in humanity.
A Brooklyn church runs a novel ad campaign to enlarge its Sunday school. Shop windows display placards reading Wanted Boys and girls to join our Sunday school. The notices list advantages for attending the classes.
One hundred dollars reward offered for a catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to cure by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Endorsers Walding Kinnan Maquiin of Toledo, Ohio, vouch for F J Cheney 15 years of honest business. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Fragmented text shows a caregiver remark about a child who gets everything yet lacks what they truly need. The garbled dialogue suggests a discussion on entitlement and genuine needs, with unclear context and missing speakers.
Fragmentary advert claims Pettit's Eye Salve treats eye inflammation and light sensitivity. Mentions Toward Bros. of Buffalo and a dubious note about ad men’s reputations, with unclear references to numbers or dates.
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