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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
6
In Wisconsin Iowa Aug 1 J A Snodgrass injured while boosting a gasoline stove. While helping with laundry in night clothes he sparked an explosion from spilled wood alcohol. He escaped the house, tore off clothing and threw the bottle from a window. A leg and hand were badly burned.
The article describes the secure process of minting and delivering government currency from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to the treasury cash room. It notes two successful theft attempts in decades, detailing a pressman who concealed a sheet and a colored messenger who slipped a loose sheet into his pocket, both dismissed without prosecution.
President Hadley urges that selfish pursuit of happiness threatens individual efficiency and national resilience. He argues the fate of Americans and the civilized world depends on maintaining a Christian philosophy of life, a conclusion seen as guiding graduates amid present temptations.
A terse exchange ends with a vow as a suitor declares intent to marry a daughter. The daughter’s self-assured reply implies inevitability, noting that several men before him sought her hand and failed to satisfy her.
A dialogue notes a daughter's match with Count Fudashi, but the speaker counters it is a patrimonial alliance rather than a matrimonial one. The exchange hints at family status and inheritance implications in a whimsical social vignette.
A campaign scene turns comic as a candidate asks about babies at a farm. The farmer quips that babies are grown and married, then pivots to offer work in the forenoon plowing. The exchange highlights rural politics and local humor.
An equerry to the king of Saxony was summoned for attempting to smuggle a pet dog ashore at Dover. His wife appeared bulky at landing and was found to have a dog in a bag under her waistcoat. Women frequently smuggle small dogs in muff or other disguises, a trend described by a veterinary surgeon who treats two or three small dogs with morphia yearly as their portly owner hides them one above each breast.
A nature student observes hermit crabs seeking shells along the seashore. He notes the moment a crab abandons a houseless, frightened state and examines a new shell, quickly moving in as its independence returns, then gazes out boldly.
The deacon's wife explains she took her husband John Henry's poker winnings of 20 dollars and 40 cents to teach him a lesson and to fund prizes for a bridge party. The exchange ends with the judge hearing their truancy from misdeeds.
A six case beer delivery to President was halted by a ferryman who refused to transport alcohol calling it poison. The cargo was ferried across the river in skiffs after protests by a Prohibitionist. The incident was reported by the Oil City Derrick.
At a dinner honoring Augustus Thomas the playwright discussed his current efforts to write plays about telepathy and the occult. He remarked that occult ideas are growing in popularity and recounted a curio about a chorus girl who, thinking of a theater manager, declared belief in osteopathy in a witty exchange.
The Cleveland Leader excerpt shows a playful exchange where an unnamed suitor asks a woman to marry him amid a family joke. The woman boasts about siblings, prompting a lecturing but affectionate interruption from the man who insists the flirtation was not serious.
A sardonic remark notes how civilization persuades the Indian to abandon his headdress and blankets for hats and trousers. The other speaker jokes that civilization also profits from selling cast-off garments for wall decorations, highlighting cultural change and commercial irony.
A witty exchange from the Houston Post captures a suitor asking about his progress in winning Miss Skads. The reply minimizes family pressure, framing the situation as progress in courtship.
In a California mining camp reminiscence, William M. Stewart recalls a rare sight of a woman’s clothes and gold dust donated by two to three thousand miners. The scene centers on Buckeye hills and a cloth tent, ending with the wagon owner taking the purse and vanishing the next day.
An engaged girl discusses traveling to London for a wedding explaining it is cheaper and more prestigious than a lavish New York ceremony. She notes many American couples choose London weddings and that the phrase Married in London adds social distinction.
A young man had been out sailing and his misquoted quip sparked humor. The line, reflecting a playful malaprop, circulated locally as a lighthearted incident from the seafaring scene.
A man with his sister and her friend attempted a landing despite a head wind. Lacking mastery of the craft, he declared that it is better to have luffed and lost than never to have luffed at all, reflecting his cautious approach.
Mr Snooks admires architectural designs as the architect explains a fifteen hundred dollar bungalow. The designer notes the build cost around eight thousand dollars, prompting Mr Snooks to inquire about total expense.
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine says she has adopted Dr King's New Life Pills as the family's laxative medicine because they are effective and gentle. The painless purifiers sell for 25 cents at F S Shriner's drug store. August.
Mrs. M. M. Davison of San Jose California endorses Electric Bitters as a powerful general remedy for headache biliousness and liver and bowel torpor. She claims a bottle provides more digestive benefit than any other remedy she knows of and notes it is sold under guarantee at F. S Shriner's drug store Aug.
Osage City Herald notes no enthusiasm as Joe Cannon does not run for speaker and the rules committee dominates the ticket, signaling a quiet section in political circles.
Fred Collins offers livery boarding and feed barn services in West Burlington St. Gentle drivers and prompt attention for all calls. Phone 22.
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