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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1907
Page
7
A detachment of the Eighteenth Infantry from Fort Bethune is trapped by Indians in a narrow gorge. Among the survivors is a stranger who calls himself Hampton and Gillis, with most of the soldiers killed during a three day siege. Hampton offers aid to Gillis daughter, and she accepts.
A cavalry party spots two exhausted fugitives lying in a sunbaked prairie after a perilous ascent from a canyon. The man clings to the woman as they are carried toward water and nourishment, while a young lieutenant orders aid and notes the grim scene before them.
Secretary James Wilson of the department of agriculture notes years of distributing camphor tree seed leading to widespread growth across the south and Pacific coast. He mentions a two year effort to develop camphor manufacture with satisfactory results and a large Florida grove of 2,000 acres being developed by a major firm that consumes over $500,000 worth of camphor annually.
A historical quotation attributed to Publius Syrus on the value of silence over speech. The line reflects classical wisdom about restraint and prudence in communication.
Describes an overburdened gray horse strapped for a race at a country fair. The horse is described as hobbled and heavily rigged, with a farmer remarking that the gear could yank the animal off the ground. The scene recalls a rustic, humorous take from The Country Fair by David Lansing.
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich of Napoleon Ohio suffered fifteen years from kidney troubles with back pain poor eyesight and dizziness. After doctors offered no help Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her pain and cured her claiming the pills saved her life sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Miles Millburn Co Buffalo NY.
A canvasser tries selling a cyclopedia to a colonel who boasts of his sons riding mules. The colonel declines, quipping that the boys do not need books. The scene highlights humor from contrasting priorities and misapplied praise.
A quoted exchange contrasts a daughter's essay about destiny with her real interests like ice cream, while a quip about Eve and the apple hints at feminine curiosity. The dialogue reveals humor and character in a family scene.
A sample discussion contrasts wit as an intellectual quality with humor as emotional, noting wit perceives resemblance while humor perceives contrast. The piece highlights incongruity between ideal and fact and the element of pleasant surprise in both, with a farmer anecdote illustrating the moral undertone in humor.
Rachel a 12 year old wrote a composition praising wild flowers including arbutus liverwort spring beauty blood root and other blossoms. Her editor father notes she wrote on both sides of the sheet and she retorts that she prints on both sides too in a light family exchange.
A report notes lightning causes more damage in open country than in cities with many projections and wires which offer some protection. It warns towns face high risk when struck, due to exposure and infrastructure vulnerability.
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