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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
3
J. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo receives a personal endorsement from Walding Kilman & Marvin for F. J. Cheney and their business integrity. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with testimonials free and a 75 cent price. It also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a playful exchange about yachting and ocean breeze. The piece contrasts lively dialogue with social commentary on voting and corruption, ending with an ad style line about Garfield Tea for health.
A lively discussion on spelling reform notes the common shift from phoenix to phenix. Participants argue about phonetic logic and English quirks, comparing old and modern spellings and debating the impact on reading and identity.
A session opening item covers millinery legislation and bird plumage laws with Iowa and national concerns. It notes the Audubon stance, a New York ruling on imports, and possible changes to Iowa law while maintaining a ban on domestic plumage.
A former Kentucky governor recalls a crowded Philadelphia street car incident. A colonel steps on a woman's foot and declines to apologize saying women are beautiful and small footed, prompting her grateful smile and a reaction of admiration.
The Iowa state branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers held its annual meeting in Des Moines on the fourth. The convention was well attended and successful. Elected officers for the coming year include President Matt Crocker of Council Bluffs, vice president J A Ruston of Des Moines, secretary and treasurer H K E Allen of Iowa Falls, sergeant at arms F Jinton of Ottumwa, with Davenport chosen for the next convention.
An authority advertises a powder that cures painful smarting nervous feet and ingrown nails and makes new shoes comfortable. It claims to ease sweating feet and offers a trial package free. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents. Address A. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York.
In a Baltimore American exchange, a chaplain general of a patriotic society questions those lacking the same lineage. The reply defends Darwinian theory while affirming Adam and Eve as sufficient.
An American coach in England quips about trees and hedges, stating trees grow from hedges while the coachman replies that hedges are grown from trees. The exchange captures a humorous mix up in direction and language.
A jumble of quotations and taglines appears from the New York Sun and trade notices. References include Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Peoria and Garfield Tea Co. of Brooklyn with brief product pitches and皆 quirky lines about common sense imagination and rapid card houses.
A. H. Stotts of Columbus Ohio describes fifteen years of kidney trouble with backaches and dizziness. After collapsing and wasting away he used Deans Kidney Pills, weight restored to 188 pounds in two months. Twelve boxes cured him for two years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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