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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1912
Page
10
The piece lists Democratic candidates for national and local offices including President Woodrow Wilson and various state and county roles. It also includes promotional lines for locally made products, remarks about Wilson, and assorted brief items on Cedar Rapids, San Antonio, and a Chicago murder plea.
An Iowa weekly editor notes Nat Goodwin will recover from injuries sustained while rowing and jokes about his past misadventures. The piece also mentions a planned Chautauqua vacation with no paper published this week and forecasts a busy speaking circuit for the Colonel in late summer across Vermont Des Moines Illinois and Seattle.
A letter argues residents must weigh the hitching rack proposal near the courthouse park with impartial judgment. It stresses community interests for city and country, warns against blind self interest, and notes a circulating petition and pending action with outcomes yet unknown.
The piece argues city and country rights must be respected and interdependent. It asserts that prosperity hinges on farming trade feeding the city and a thriving city in turn boosting farm values, urging harmony and no separation of interests.
The 33 year history recalls Joel Turney wagon works choosing Fairfield with a $3,000 city investment, now valued near six figures including machinery and buildings. The piece credits Turney with industrial growth and invites local business groups to recruit more factories, arguing Fairfield now offers greater potential than in 1879.
The article laments August’s quiet, contrasting Polk County’s quiet with Jefferson where threshing machines and progress threaten calm. It notes few blue jays and daisies, a sprig of lavender thistles, a lingering freshet, and a political silence from minor Republican candidates described as intensely still.
Montezuma Iowa reports oats averaging around fifty bushels per acre with many fields reaching sixty. Exceptional yields include O E Hathaway and Chris Schilder at seventy five, Albert McKeag at seventy three and Jay Wheeler at seventy. Local grain dealers have purchased about 30,000 bushels of oats to date. Corn shows promise for a bumper crop but is about two weeks late due to cool nights.
In Bloomfield Iowa on August 16 Ralph Sherman, nephew of William Harris, fired at Mrs Wimp and her children after the latter was shot by Eph Wimp. Sherman is jailed. Doctors operated on Harris removing a left eye and bullet, with prognosis hopeful that he will live.
Des Moines reports Iowa aims to run the nation’s largest agricultural extension service under Prof. P. G. Holden. The effort includes seed corn trains soil specials and farm organization, with funding to be secured and winter readiness targeted. Holden notes North Dakota’s $300,000 fund as a benchmark and voices Iowa loyalty.
Muscatine Iowa August 19 The Muscatine Commercial club guarantees salary for a crop expert ensuring farm extension work under the U S department of agriculture proceeds locally Congressman I S Pepper spoke on the value of crop inspection and the club has wired that the fund is on hand securing a government 1000 grant Muscatine will be the third Iowa county to hire a crop expert bringing modern agricultural methods to the area.
Ames Iowa August 19 The Iowa beef producers association will send representatives to the state fair to urge farmers to address the beef shortage Rex Beresford the beef cattle experimentalist will meet cattlemen statewide to discuss economical production on high priced land Beresford has spent the year compiling data on Iowa beef cattle conditions
Des Moines Iowa August 17 Researchers report threshermen using short measuring and weighting to swindle grain growers. Commissioner Barney says the latest scam has been proven and is being acted upon by authorities.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. internal remedies are needed. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a internal blood purifier for mucous surfaces. Sold by Druggists for 5 cents. testimonials offered, F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Washington Aug. 17 Rep Charles Miller of Iowa said he believes Wilson will carry Iowa and that Taft will place third. He noted Roosevelt supporters may back Wilson to prevent Taft, while some Republicans desert both Taft and Roosevelt. Miller spoke at the Wilson headquarters in New York where Jamieson of Iowa was assisting in organizing.
Clarence S. Darrow, the Chicago lawyer, was found not guilty in Los Angeles of bribing a juror in the Mc Namara dynamiting case. The jury deliberated 34 minutes, with a single ballot voting not guilty. After the verdict, Darrow thanked the jurors as bailiffs restrained a brief celebration.
Washington on August 16 reported Tama Jim Wilson secretary of agriculture and the oldest member of President Taft's cabinet celebrated his seventy seventh birthday. He said he planned to retire on March 5 next to return home among his grandchildren and work among the common people in his overalls.
Woodrow Wilson’s Democratic nomination speech contrasts wealth and prosperity under Republican leadership with rising prices and stagnant living standards for the average worker. He argues national riches and corporate power mask inequality, urging preservation of industry while noting workers face diminishing purchasing power.
Des Moines August reports from Polk County farmers claim corn yields will exceed any season since 1886 with many fields reaching 50 to 100 bushels per acre. Rice of small grains good. rains kept threshing slow. tomatoes rot in fields. potato crop close to corn in value. farmers foresee wealth and stable prices this fall as urban prospects rise.
A masked man boarded Southern Railroad train No. 13 from Spartanburg to Asheville near Biltmore, assaulted Express Messenger E F Carr with a revolver, took a $3,000 baggage, bound Carr and locked him in the express chest. Police were dispatched toward Biltmore on a special train after the discovery at Asheville station.
A brief aphorism notes that some people's morals appear only on rare, dramatic moments and resemble clothes worn for special events rather than daily life.
Mr Mary Ellen invites a lively old crowd for dinner to relive past times. The evening ends in mishaps with spilt lemonade, damaged books, and a ruined rug, leaving Mr Mary Ellen glad to avoid future gatherings.
In a New York hotel two college professors remark on Ty Cobb muttering at a newspaper. They misread the baseball page, joking that players are uneducated. The exchange highlights Cobb’s literacy and the quirks of sports writing.
Dr C H Ellsworth of 16 Baldwin Street Rochester NY reports immediate relief and strength after using Foley Kidney Pills. He says he suffered from weak kidneys and bladder trouble and was greatly helped, adding a recommendation for their continued use. Aug.Bradshaw & Co.
The Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs announces the September 11 1912 opening for the next term. Officers will meet trains on September 11 and 12. prompt attendance is urged and trunks should be checked to the Local Depot. Vaccination is advised and notes should be sent if done.
An advertiser promotes a Burlington Route rail journey through Yellowstone Glacier Park Washington Oregon California and Colorado. The piece invites travelers to see multiple iconic destinations via the Shasta Route and offers to send folders and plan stopovers. It emphasizes low cost and personal assistance.
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