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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1911
Page
7
A Pound Wisconsin woman, Mrs Herman Sixty, reports relief from dyspepsia and female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy for disorders including displacements inflammation and fibroid tumors and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts.
Sheridan Wyoming hosts a feature on the northern Wyoming irrigation project fed by the Shoshone river. A colossal concrete dam 228 feet high will form a 100 foot deep lake of 10 square miles, redirecting floods into a 40 mile canal that will irrigate 150 000 acres and support towns and farms.
London reports a 170,000 year old prehistoric man buried 170 feet beneath a river terrace. The discovery suggests an ancient Briton five feet one inch tall with a thick neck and narrow chest. Researchers estimate land movement since Roman times at about one foot per millennium.
Eleven steamships of the Newfoundland sealing fleet report fair catches. The Bonaventura returns to St John s with 60,000 seals.
John Stipp of Newton Kansas claims to have rediscovered a copper hardening process once known to ancient Egyptians. In a small cottage laboratory he and his metalworker ancestors allegedly refined a technique to temper copper to steel-like hardness after eight years of trials.
The house of lords consists of lords spiritual and temporal. Seats were not guaranteed by birth but by royal summons. Any peerage now grants a seat, with the number indefinite and variable by the crown. The upper house includes about 580 members, plus 16 Scottish peers elected for each parliament and 28 Irish peers elected for life.
A note notes a disfiguring facial eruption prevented a photo. The advertisement promotes Resinol ointment and soap for skin eruptions and related conditions. It claims quick relief from itching and irritation and lists jar sizes and prices. The product is made by Resinol Chemical Co. Baltimore Maryland.
Natalie and Estelle discuss a man’s courage in proposing noting whether he has the nerve to ask. They consider whether his restraint reflects bravery or fear and debate his intentions in a concise dialogue about courage and love.
A country household door witness collection of whimsy as Melba the dog brings a large chip of worms to Miss Alice. The girl laments no letters and jokes that garden worms will fix the mail delay. The postman is blamed for the missing correspondence.
A humorous exchange contrasts carpenters and plumbers over city water versus an old well. A housekeeper notes the old hoisting apparatus can be repaired by a carpenter, while the poorly functioning well prompts consideration of modern plumbing.
Varnish is presented as a sanitary agent for floors cleaning by wiping to remove microbe laden dust. A varnished floor is described as up to date, beautiful, easily cleaned, and wholesome. The National Association of Varnish Manufacturers offers a free booklet Modern Floors from The Bourse Philadelphia. Varnish is claimed cheaper than carpet and more satisfactory. A proverb concludes with a dating remark about conversation.
A historical advertisement claims Garfield Tea regulates the liver and cures bilious attacks and sick headaches. It also says it overcomes constipation and suggests that men seek money due to the beverage's perceived ability to enable greater gains.
An advertisement highlights Paxtine Toilet Antiseptics as a deodorizing mouth rinse that removes tobacco breath and the dark brown taste after smoking. It claims superior hygienic use to other products, offers prices of 25 and 50 cents, and invites free samples from The Paxton Toilet Co in Boston.
A mother comforts her eight year old son after discovering a note from a girl named Isabel. The note reads I love you the best but Henry gives me the most handy. The scene is described in somber terms with a focus on youthful heartbreak.
An ad urges replacing ice water with Coca Cola to beat heat and thirst. It promotes Coca Cola as ideal for hot weather and invites readers to request the booklet The Truth About COCA COLA from The Coca Cola Co., Atlanta, Georgia, noting many people with brains waste their effort.
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