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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
2
Ottumwa's Commentary argues Our Dumb Animals magazine honors Jack London, praising his humane stance and compassion for the oppressed and animals. It contests whether praising London aids society or religion, while noting Oskaloosa council's cigarette license ban and stricter dress rules.
The county fair will showcase a 475 foot panorama of the Dardanelles as part of The Siege of the Dardanelles display. The scene includes Constantinople towers and minarets, Gallipoli peninsula, and fortifications with ships and wireless stations. The piece shifts from a historic view to a war time tableau ending in a celebratory fireworks finale.
Alexander Howatt president of the miners union of Kansas tells workers they are producing too much and warns against overproduction causing layoffs. He cautions Do not work too hard or you will produce yourself out of a job and labels the push for shorter hours as the agitator of the Howatt stripe.
The Thoma & Son company places a new front on the McElhinney building east of the square at the Leader store. The addition enhances the store’s appearance and promises one of the town’s largest and nicest display windows for merchandise.
The Y W girls will hold a picnic in Chautauqua Park on Tuesday August 9 at 4 p m. All Y W girls are invited and should bring their own sandwiches dishes and a dish of something. Tennis courts will be in use and players should bring their own rackets.
Zelma Kamp and Park G. Russell were married in Des Moines last week. Both are Fairfield graduates and well known locally. Mrs. Russell nurses at the county hospital, served nine months overseas, and will move to Guthrie Center with her husband, where he will teach in the city schools.
Announcement states George Loesch assisted by Mrs. Loesch will run the Davies undertaking business in this city. The enterprise moves to newly prepared east side quarters soon after Mr. Davies death. Loesch has fifteen years embalming experience and six years with Davies. Mrs. Loesch aids as an assistant and will receive a diploma soon. The couple has returned from Washington and begun duties.
The article recalls a planned forty page agricultural and industrial Tribune edition during county fair week. It notes farm and stock interests supported by farmers and stockmen, but county agent Deal declined to help, casting doubt on representation of local sentiment and framing the edition as a community movement rather than a private venture.
Mrs N C Hammond left Wednesday for Chillicothe Missouri where she was summoned by a relative's serious illness. She will stay indefinitely.
Fairfield residents recall a 20 year old affair when a group of men led by Ralph Lamson Vic Lamson Col Howard and Henry Alston created enormous box kites with lights to fool the public into believing airships flew over the city. Nightly sightings drew crowds and even sparked superstition before the joke emerged. The makers used the Fairfield Iron and Metal yard for construction and planned a commercial venture that never came to be.
Fairfield welcomes Burns Seed company to the east side of the square with L A Kerr in charge of store operations and L H Alexander heading the field seed department and acting as field representative. The mid month opening promises a top equipped store mirroring Davenport Iowa City Muscatine Washington and Sigourney locations.
Students of the Moorhead school of piano give a Monday evening recital at the studio at 8 o'clock. The program lists numerous classical pieces and student performers including Mana Zucca, Eva May McWhirter, Florence Rea, Mildred Wagner, Lizzie Davis, Catherine Cassel, and many others across a varied lineup of works by Bach Chopin Schubert and Grieg among others. The public is invited to attend and hear the students perform these selections.
Governor Nate E. Kendall expected to arrive by plane for a three day aviation show and tournament opening in the city. W S Swaney of Curtiss Iowa Aircraft to accompany him, with Des Moines reporters and photographers aboard the Ansaldo six passer.
The Tribune argues that support for beneficial town enterprises is justified if the project serves the community. It warns against exploiting patriotism for profit and urges ongoing cooperation in public ventures, noting Patronage should not determine coverage or support.
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