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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1900
Page
4
A fragment lists time frames and prices with unclear text. Mentions one year six months and three months near term with a price figure 81.00 80. The readable parts suggest scheduling or rate notes without full context.
For President William J. Bryan of Nebraska and for Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois. Congressional ticket includes Representative First District D J O Connell Times Moines County.
The Democratic electors in Iowa are invited to Cedar Rapids on August 16, 1900 at 10 a.m. for a delegate convention to nominate candidates for state offices and electors. Representation is by county with votes based on past statewide results, under the guidance of G. A. Huffman and A. E. Jackson.
The text condemns administration loyalists and campaign distractors while arguing the central issue is the administration itself. It claims corruption from business interests and contractors, advancing the Philippines and 16 to 1 as burdens on credit, confidence, and national industry.
Fragmentary line from the Fort Worth Register references scattered forces and noisy speech as a rallying call. The snippet hints at a historical tension or mobilization without providing clear names or events.
The Pittsburg Post argues that Bryan’s 1896 groundwork and a united, aggressive Democratic Party portend victory in 1900. It notes his 6.5 million votes and near-miss in 1896, praising his past effort and urging renewed effort toward a definitive win with a consolidated base.
The New York World notes rising ordinary expenditures from Harrison to Cleveland to McKinley, averaging 361 291 323, 860 418 254 and 514 480 254 dollars respectively. It argues annual costs grew by about 154 million and debt by 200 million since McKinley’s inauguration, totaling nearly 13 million a month more in running expenses and 1 79 per capita debt.
The Kansas City platform endorses an immediate par declaration for the Philippines to establish stable government and independence with outside protection. The author argues Hanna's policy would have prevented the Philippine war and its costs and would have secured a strong U S ally near China in emergencies.
The Ledger editor hints at reprinting C M Junkin's Iowa Capital effusion about party candidates Martin and Gilbertson. Junkin depicts Martin as weak due to his legislative record while Gilbertson is linked to factional elements that have challenged the party. More to come from Adair county.
A sharp backhand from a former state Republican power broker contrasts with Des Moines fallout, noting that Jefferson county would be bosses have sunk in influence and esteem, felt as cheap as 30 cents since the setback.
Republican leaders in Jefferson County face a sharp reversal as internal critics deliver a public rebuke. The piece frames the setback as a warning amid rising tensions within the party and signals a turning point early in the campaign.
The Ledger questions Democrat knowledge of their congressional candidate and lamentsRepublican actions. It notes opposition to direct election of U S senators by popular vote and hints at removing nuisance figures like Hedge with decisive action. The piece signals political accountability ahead of forthcoming notices.
The Hon Walter Butler offered five dollars as a gift to any man who could prove a false statement in his speech last Saturday or show a single instance where McKinley administration policy matched Abraham Lincoln. No Republican claimed the prize. Critics resorted to Roosevelt type argument abuse, but it did not affect Butler or his claim.
Republicans dismiss Butler's greenbacks as obsolete money within their party, arguing the currency holds little value amid retreating paper money policies and fading political influence.
A brisk editorial analysis critiques Republican fears of imperialism and McKinley policy, notes censorship in the Philippines and a costly trust system, and surveys electoral implications for Texas and Washington amid 1900 campaign dynamics. It cites Champ Clark and King Humbert while warning about political strategies and public sentiment.
Milwaukee dispatch quotes Jackson H. Ralston, Aguinaldo's former legal counselor, alleging U S control in the Philippines is limited to rifle range, asserting widespread insurrection across many tribes and predicting long conflict until Filipino independence is recognized. He says the Tagalos are not the sole insurgents and cites a “gold brick” purchase by the United States.
The piece extols the Chicago Chronicle as an aggressive yet fair newspaper and the best metropolitan daily, urging every true Democrat to support it for its reliability and leadership in news.
An advertisement touts No-To-Bac as a cure to quit tobacco easily and forever. It claims the product makes weak men strong and offers a guarantee with druggists selling it for 50 cents or one dollar, plus a free booklet and sample from the Storing Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
The Iowa Experimental Station reports on winter wheat trials from 1900. Of nineteen varieties planted in fall 1899, fourteen survived, four showed no injury, ten were winter-killed. Long table lists yields in bushels per acre for varieties including Buda Pesth, Kentucky Giant, Canadian Hybrid, Red Cross, and Turkish Red among others. Bald varieties underperformed bearded types by wide margin. Rotation results show oats, rape, buckwheat, millet preceding wheat yielded 59.8, 58.0, 55.5, and 54.7 bushels per acre respectively.
The station notes that when soil is fit, winter wheat grows well with only two failures in the past decade and yields rarely below 25 bushels per acre, typically 30 to 40. It profits more than spring wheat and aids grass and clover establishment. Bulletin 51 covers winter wheat work and is available from the Experiment Station in Ames, Iowa.
Francis Wilson argues in Collier that most want stage life for vanity and glamour. He notes the hard training, nerve wrecking rehearsals, and unrelenting effort required. Only two exceptions in a century show easy success, he says, citing Day Garrick and Mary Anderson.
A city physician warns stair railings spread disease. He notes healthy people rarely touch rails while sick individuals may expose others to contagions including skin infections. He recalls Napoleon briefly handling a swabbing rod during Toulon siege, then forming an eczema link.
The Chicago Post notes Willie Jenkins has been misbehaving on Thursday afternoons while Mrs. Jenkins attends mothers' meetings on the proper method of child education and discipline.
An anxious husband Huddleston recounts a nightmare at breakfast about being in purgatory forced to do all the things he advised his friends to do in their places. This credibly reflects a conscience moment reported in a Brooklyn letter.
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