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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
2
A poetic tribute to the Western wife and mother. The piece contrasts sod homes and serene porches with the strength and sorrow of prairie life. Will Chamberlain cites enduring virtues as angels shape immortal wings from daily life.
Mrs. Preston plots to test her husband Jack Preston by planting an anonymous letter. She watches his reactions, but his unwavering faith remains, while she endures growing strain from the ruse as days pass without confession.
Preston and Kitty discuss a cryptic letter as tension rises in their room. Jack shrugs off concern, joking about watermark and ammunition, while Mrs. Preston struggles with emotions and hints of deeper trouble unresolved.
A Arkansas man recalls a cyclone while plowing. He was lifted into a tree top with a mule, the plow handles torn free, and later wooden tree fell to release him. Asked about recovery, he deflects further questions and notes locals chopped the tree down.
James Conner Roach presents a gritty New York glimpse of a youth nicknamed Rags. He recalls a harsh upbringing, a father who gambled in a policy shop, his mother struggling to pay bills, and a life of backbreaking work to support family. He vows to resist bullying, seek cash to help his mother, and someday improve their lot.
A Yale transition saw Timothy Dwight pass leadership to Arthur Hadley in a ceremony dampened by heavy rain. Dwight and Hadley led a rain-soaked procession. Dwight offered Hadley an umbrella, then quipped Let me carry it, professor, Your reign will begin to-morrow.
The late Thomas B. Reed recounted that Dr. Reed of Indianapolis once began a Sunday service with prayer. A stranger in the back urged him to pray louder, but Reed stopped, met the man’s gaze, and said he was not addressing him but God.
The sun was partly obscured across most of the United States on Wednesday morning August 30, with totality centered far north over Canada. The eclipse began before sunrise in the U S and in northern areas up to two thirds of the sun was covered. A map shows the totality path from west to east and the southern limit where the eclipse was not visible. A star near Cape Charles marks the first contact point where the eclipse began.
The piece warns women about everyday habits that harm health including slouching and poor sitting posture. It urges both adults and children to adopt correct positions and to begin early habit correction before habits become ingrained.
A recent census bulletin shows men outnumber women by 1 638 221 overall. Some states like the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island have more women. Women also outnumber men in crowded areas and in older age groups, with Wililcox of Cornell attributing the 16 to 25 age excess to underreporting by women.
A couple quarrels over marriage on a park bench as Miss Wiggins-Nellie demands proof of virtuous habits. George Goodwin asserts he has no vices and even rejects gambling and prize fighting. The turning point comes when his disdain for baseball is revealed and the proposal falters.
On Sixth Avenue a line of twenty baby carriages outside a department store toppled when a baby stood and leaned, sending the rest crashing onto the sidewalk. Attendants hurried to identify the children as they were poorly sorted after being repositioned. The Boston Herald quips that branding each child with a number would prevent such disasters.
A traveling salesman laments the disappearance of Bibles from hotel rooms. He recalls their ubiquity in the past and says their absence reflects a decline in temptation and faith, urging tract societies to resume providing the books to aid weary travelers.
In Houston Me a simpleton Bennie Salmon sits on a fence behind a barn fishing in stagnant water. Revenue officer Joshua Smith passes and asks what Bennie fishes for. Bennie calmly replies he uses devils as bait and that the devils are revenue officers.
James Waldron, Albion mills superintendent, refuses higher pay demands from Katie, a newly arrived daughter of the Emerald Isle. She asks for a dollar then 50 cents more, but Waldron says she must earn it. Katie leaves discouraged, per Boston Herald report.
A cryptic recounting of how the terms felon felon y and related words connected to crime, punishment, and even illness in old English practice. The judge questions a boy about intent, noting penalties once tied to forfeiture and corruption of blood and tracing word origins to Latin and older meanings.
In Chicago at the Studebaker Theatre after a performance of The College Widow George Ade, seated on a stair rail, was asked what his father thought of the success and fame. Ade offered a twisted grin and replied that his father thinks he is a burglar.
Former Congressman Loud met Knowland in a Capitol corridor. Knowland, newly assigned to a committee, was directed to the room by the chairman who assumed he was a temporary porter. Loud clarified the misunderstanding as the chairman admitted the delay in clearing the room.
Mrs. B Earnest of Jersey Shore Pennsylvania reports five weeks bed rest ended after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says the kidney remedy enabled her to work and go to town without suffering and urges other women to try it for relief.
A New York Press line notes a woman can wear a veil and ribbons and use a simile to surpass natural beauty, claiming her look outdoes what nature has performed for human beauty.
A. W. Taft of Independence Virginia reports twelve years of hair loss ended by using one box of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap. He states his scalp cleared of dandruff and hair growth resumed, praising the Cuticura products as a toilet soap.
Dynamic ad copy claims Defiance Starch delivers more lasting stiffness and extra value for money. A cheeky comparison suggests lawyers take fewer chances with money than burglars. The piece also notes a privacy mismatch when one hand fails to know the other.
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