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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
10
A compact weekly digest surveys notable happenings worldwide gathered from quarters of the civilized world. The column aims to inform the busy reader with concise items spanning politics culture and technology.
President Roosevelt issued the annual proclamation designating Thursday November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. Notable items include Orville Wright leaving Fort Myer hospital after six weeks confinement, a Jersey City jury returning a not guilty verdict in a murder case, and William H. Flichner of Wall Street receiving a one year penitentiary sentence for grand larceny.
A London interview with the German emperor sparks ridicule of Chancellor von Buelow and the foreign office, threatening his position. Venezuela blocks goods reexports from Curacao. a Dutch fleet gap looming. About 150 feeble minded inmates rescued from a Rome New York fire. In Kentucky at Heidelberg a fight ends with one man dead and another fatally injured. Belton Texas fire wipes out the cotton compress at great loss. Catholic parishioners join a centenary parade in Boston. Russia reportedly to issue an ultimatum to Austria Hungary amid mobilization. Aeronaut Dr Julian P Thomas injured in an accident. Jackson Kentucky acquits Mrs Nancy Morrill in a murder case. A young farmer Oscar Hogason found dead near Marengo Illinois. Farmers’ Society of Equity formed in Indianapolis. National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to hold 1909 session in Omaha. Hamilton College president M W Stryker badly hurt in runaway. Northwestern’s Chicago Duluth train derails near Kempton Wisconsin with injuries.
The report lists multiple incidents and developments: Standard Oil dissolution hearing date in St. Louis. deaths of John B. Jackson and others in accidents. Wright engine explosion at Le Mans. battleship movements to Olongapo and Amoy. a railway elevator contract in Ontario. a New York judge accusation of white slave traffic. British squadron movements to South America. German Housewives society prizes to New York cooks. electrocution of Winston Green. ships painted slate color. health law recommendations. jail mob killing in Tennessee. confessions in San Francisco. murder body found in Michigan. fires injuring Cincinnati. cavalry orders to Hawaii. Yarmouth wreck. oil field gas fatalities in Tampico. Young Turks in Smyrna. Barcelona poster prize. Boston diocese centennial events. banking case testimonies. murder implications from Reel Foot Lake. bail release of Tschaikovsky. jewelry theft in San Francisco. death by self immolation. libel against Edward Cook & Co.
A compiled Iowa roundup reports William Oleson found dead in Mason City with a faint gas smell. James Blakeman, 12, dies from a head injury in Council Bluffs after a football collision. Colfax High School student Maurice Pabst breaks a collarbone in a game against Hillside Des Moines. Fire destroys Elma tow mill and 600 tons of straw. Oleson Drug Company escapes with minor losses. Ed Kripner dies by suspected suicide in Iowa City. note reveals fear of insanity. Measles epidemic hits Muscatine. Panora plans December corn carnival with $600 in prizes. Colonel George Burdett dies in Lincoln. Eagle Point Park planned in Dubuque. Percheron horses arrive in Nevada. 180-acre Allery farm near Tab or sells for $165/acre. Crippled hunting accident near Ellington risks life of Jackson Stafford. Des Moines saloon case ruled guilty. premises closed for a year. Gertrude Hawker dies after brain fever from a dog prank. Atlantic Gun Club results crown Appleman vase and other prizes. Founders Day at Town Wesleyan features caps gowns for seniors. new class colors shown. Iowa Falls electric dispute heads to November court term. Copper finds near Leon spark countywide excitement. OES officers elected with Davenport and Newton leaders. Ames new Methodist church dedicated with $24,000 raised.
In Harper s Willie Brook tale The Solar Machine a Yankee lawyer named Biddle jokes about living on ten cents a week. He halves meals and buys cheap cigars to curb smoking, noting Billy Doolittle once survived on a dime by skipping meals and relying on a single daily tripe snack.
Mrs V V Albert of Upper Frenchville Maine cites a diagnosis of rheumatism followed by leg sores. After three physicians and many remedies she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Within three weeks sores closed and pain abated. after three months the husband was well.
Lauder recalls Sir Alexander Ramsay building at his Scottish estate and a barnyard threshing setup. An old man, Robby, watches innovations and muses that even Solomon would be in awe of progress.
An East Broadway display read Vote for John Henry McCarthy the friend of the Hebrew. An Irish voter, offended by the line, copied it and vowed to vote for the rival Henry M. Goldfogie instead.
A wanderer asks for the supreme test of repentance. A seasoned stranger advises a year in a boarding house as the penance, framing it as the path to salvation through endurance. The tale unfolds with the man’s torn feet and the exchange on moral trial.
A coffee user writes of nerve, stomach, and heart complaints improved after switching to Postum. He claims better sleep, no indigestion, weight gain, and increased well being after nearly two years. He endorses Postum from the Postum Company of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Letter from the editor notes a surge of American settlers in Western Canada amid strong yields of wheat up to 85 bushels per acre and good oats. It highlights 160 acre homestead grants at $3 per acre, thriving prairie lands, and rail access, with optimistic views from bankers, officials, and settlers about Canada’s agricultural future and American migration.
Colombia hosts the sole South American iron foundry, La Paradera, in Bogota on a small scale. It smelts native ores and remelts iron for casting, with interior ironworks and ore near the Caribbean coast under test by American engineers.
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