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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1905
Page
2
Advice urges mothers to guard small children in heat with prompt castor oil doses. If needed, use Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, then castor oil. Keep both remedies ready for immediate use to prevent incipient bowel trouble and cholera infantum. Sold by Frank S. Shriner. Aug.
Advertisement reads for rent a spacious eight room house with inquiry directed to Chas. H. Gage at 201f. The notice provides a location and contact for prospective tenants.
A call to Fairfield's youth to leave idle street corners and pursue earnest labor. The piece urges self discipline, truth as a guide, and dedication to toilsome culture as the path to honor, even if fame and grand titles may remain out of reach. It argues few rise because they avoid hard study and labor.
A humorous snippet from a Chicago Record-Herald piece features a man and woman in a field discussing how to react if a frightening cow charges. He pretends to protect her with a kiss before noting the cow vanishes from the scene, ending the moment with a punchline.
Mrs Gaswell hopes for an improvement in her husband's appetite while Mrs Upmore jokes that jiu jitsu might help. The exchange ends with Gaswell asking how to cook it, reflecting a lighthearted Chicago Tribune panel style.
The item notes oats and corn sales at Geo. D. Henry’s Rock Island elevator, a thriving market amid a busy week. It mentions nearby commerce, escalating hotel demand, and preparation for city improvements on East Burlington Street as crowds gather and summer routines continue.
In a Swedish town prominent women declare doffing hats unnecessary through winter. A gentleman still insists on holding his hat in conversation with a lady. Swedish ladies claim this social change improves health by reducing exposure on windy days, a notion Boston readers might relate to influenza fears on Tremont Street.
A green subaltern on duty was warned by a long serving sentry that smoking near the post is forbidden. The subaltern discarded the cigarette, resumed patrol, then returned to find the sentry lighting another to use as evidence against him in the morning.
Farmers organize an excursion to Colorado on September 5. Land prices range from 3 to 15 dollars per acre. See Geo. W. White & Co at 24 21.
E J Eisenhart announces piano tuning service in Fairfield from August 29 to September 3 and September 18 to 24. Clients should place orders early at Baker's music store or Leggett House.
On account of owner's ill health this excellent hotel property will be sold at a bargain. It is undoubtedly the money making hotel of southern Iowa investment considered. For particulars and full information address the owner 22 31.
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes Nordy and Butts debating optimism as a nuisance amid a sweltering 97 degree shade. Nordy questions public reception to a woman singing Let a Little Sunshine In while activists seek relief from the heat.
The Pall Mall Gazette asserts that the banana is a real food not merely a flavor. It provides material for energy and heat, aids muscle and nerve repair, and dried flour rivals rice in nutritive value. Fresh, its primrose skin and creamy sapor tempt appetite and ease digestion without oppression.
A collection of quips and wry observations about imagination excuses romance weather and manners. Lines mock parties travelers and dialogue with deadpan wit and a jab at social pretensions.
An Outdoor Life perspective argues cotton underwear is sanier after two months of personal observation. The writer notes medical authorities now advocate cotton for cleanliness and reports friends in medicine converting, recounting decades of flannel use and experiences from camping.
A garbled Sioux City Journal fragment references initiation societies, a girl’s independence, marriage, baseball, reputations, and advice about timing and behavior. It mentions dress, mosquitoes, horses, and a general sense of social schemes, with scattered phrases on manners and waiting. The text is incomplete and reads as a miscellaneous collage of topics.
The mayor sits in the chamber to observe the proceedings as a man faces a life sentence in the case, with officials noting the gravity of the hearing and public interest mounting.
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