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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
10
A fragment shows bargain prices for meats and cheese. Chuck steak and chuck roast priced, ground meat and cheese items listed with per pound figures and bulk weights. The notation includes cents and a dollar value for bulk purchases.
Fairfield updates include a Saturday noon wedding of Philip vans and Mise Glessie Worley at the parsonage with Rev Frank Leeds officiating. Other items note political speakers James Hamilton Lewis and Walter Hughes Newton for Chautauqua, several births at Jefferson County hospital, and community visits and moves among local residents.
F Butler undertaker takes over A V Frazey with phone 1382. A small shipment of Fancy Chocolates in one-pound boxes was sent by mistake. rest sale at cost. Elite Billiard Parlor advertises clearance.
A testimonial from Mrs. L. Gibson of La Junta Colorado praises Foley Kidney Pills for rapid relief from kidney trouble backache and rheumatic pains. The ad notes kidney and bladder relief and lists Jericho Easton druggists as sellers.
John Bryce, led astray by social life, faces his mother’s stern discipline. She traps him at Lyndon to reveal Lillian's quiet fidelity and the couple’s need for his attention. He learns, writes, and resigns from the club, choosing home, wife, and unborn child.
In Hoboken New Jersey a spider colony of 200 labor in a surveying instrument factory works two months yearly. The spiders produce thousands of yards of thread used for cross hairs while four trained girls coax them to spin by tapping them and attaching their silk to a whirling frame.
General Birdwood holds a unique place in Australian memories of Gallipoli and France. A rain drenched digger in Victoria announced the general was greeted in Melbourne with a slouch hat gesture, then noted a cartoon from the Twenty-eighth battalion.
A massive granite shaft over 100 feet tall was found on Green Mountain north of Canon City Colorado. Reportedly the only swinging monument in the world the column sways two to three feet at the apex under light winds. The base sits in a three foot hollow with surrounding rock disconnected.
Army aviators report a strong west wind at heights of 25 000 feet or more, estimated at 175 mph, along with no steady temperature drop as altitude rises. Tests of a supercharger suggest major military and commercial value by boosting speed and enabling heavy transports to clear high mountains with modest engines.
An unnamed narrator recalls a night ride where, armed with flowers, they confronted a stranger seated with their fianc é. The moment became awkward as the narrator realized the man was not the intended target and surprised by the confrontation.
A student of economics admits fatigue from rising at 6 am and working to midnight on a series of speeches to prove that six hours' work a day suffices for any man.
Members examined stinkhorn Dictyophora ravenelli and the Judas Ear Himeola auricula Judae, noting development smells and spore dispersal by carrion flies. Edible selections included Agaricus campestris, Hypholoma appendicatum, Russula virescens, Pluteus cervinus, Collybia radicata, and Coprinus micaceus, which dissolves into inky fluid when aged.
Members describe edible specimens found on oath Second Main and Court though many were wormy. Raw toadstools have a nutty flavor while cooked varieties are excellent. The club remains in continuous session during Chautauqua and invites all to visit the club tent. Bring an interesting toadstool for extra welcome.
Floyd Osborn of Dungannon Virginia notes his child suffered bowel trouble. He administered Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and the illness rapidly improved. He says it is the best he ever used.
Final report of Nettie C Hammond executrix of the estate of William S Hammond on file in Jefferson County Iowa district court seeks approval and discharge of executrix and release of bondsman. Objections must be filed before September 2 in Fairfield court. Simmons & Ross attorneys for executrix.
Carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for all makes available at the Tribune office. Contact the Tribune for details and pricing.
A health column promotes sunshine and outdoor living to stay happy. It recommends the Iowa state board of health infant mortality bulletin and the National Child Labor committee pamphlets. It suggests copying Keep Well leaflets and reading tuberculosis related stories, with Red Cross tent access at lot 19 during Chautauqua.
George S. Dick, Iowa school inspector, says 94 of 99 counties now have consolidated rural schools totaling 418. Buildings run 30 000 to 800 000 dollars with over 50 000 students, 10 000 in high schools. About 2 800 one room schools closed and 1 800 county youths graduated from four year high school. State aid includes 500 equipment grants and 750 annual allowances for four room schools in specific departments.
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