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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
3
Fairfield Tribune lists subscription terms with one year in advance at 1.00, six months 50 cents, and three months. The weekly newspaper is entered at the Fairfield post office as second class mail matter. motto: A drop of ink makes millions think.
A local reflection on a ten day Chautauqua, harvest prospects in Jefferson county, Walter Wellman’s planned North Pole trip, and concerns about asylum treatment. Commentary on Labor Day proclamations, Iowa political maneuvers, and a Des Moines telecom purchase raising consolidation questions for city services.
The Chicago Great Western is purchased by J. P. Morgan for 12 million, framed as a value-boosting move. The piece argues the railroad has long been unprofitable and that depreciation stock will rise, praising financial restructuring while warning small investors. It notes public price hikes by carriage dealers and tariff-driven industrial cost pressures across sectors.
The Ledger contends that tariff advocates miss the point by focusing on price hikes. It argues the protective tariff alone enables such increases and empowers manufacturers to raise prices at will, while urging focus on tariff reduction to curb costs.
A Washington dispatch says the president plans to appoint a tariff commission of strong men to study domestic and foreign production costs for tariff articles. It notes Senate and House leaders oppose the measure, fearing a real inquiry would expose tariff inequities and shift accountability from politicians to the commission.
A 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from J Cheng & Co Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional remedy. It promises a $100 reward for any cure failure and cites internal dosing and mucous surface action. Sold by druggists for 75 cents with accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Rome reports Signor Coggia introduces a voting machine called the psephograph claimed incorruptible. Voters use a chip in a booth. the device prints the tally outside and reveals totals, with Turin showing 37,000 votes cast in two hours.
Chicago will host a nationwide Prohibition party celebration on September 24 to mark the 40th anniversary of its founding. An expected 20,000 delegates from outside will join a temperance parade the next day with about 109,000 in line. The event recalls the party’s Chicago birth on September 1, 1869, with many old‑timers and notable presidential and vice presidential candidates slated to attend, including St. John, Levering, Woolley, Swallow, Chafin, Cranfill, Carroll, and Watkins.
The notice promotes DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills as the best remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It warns of imitations and urges customers to insist on the genuine product from F. S. Shriner, Druggist, and to refuse substitutes.
Dr H I Fuller testified at the preliminary hearing that morphine likely came from W H McMullen, accused of poisoning his wife Mrs McMullen, as no one else was in the house in Emporia Kansas on August 20.
DeWitts Little Early Risers liver pills are promoted as pleasant safe and easy to use. DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is recommended for piles and general salve use. Sold by F S Shriner Druggist.
Newton Iowa August 18 The George W Parsons company plant north of Newton produced Iowa s first crucible steel today for its own ditching machine work Four furnaces stand in the expanded works and a new plant is under construction north of town The steel is produced at 4000 degrees to ensure proper alloy and quality
Reports from Teheran dated Aug 20 say the deposed shah tried to kill the young ruler by his own hand and struck the boy with a poignard in an assassination attempt allegedly ordered by the father.
Mrs. Cora L. Hanson of Macon Georgia filed for divorce in Atlantas Superior Court accusing Major Fletcher Hanson president of the Central of Georgia railroad of cruelty and of infatuation with Mrs Horner. Hanson also runs a large cotton mill and the wife says she feared him and often slept in the bathroom.
Four Ottumwa sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary celebrate twenty-five years in the order. Sisters Mary Madeline Gertrude Genevieve and Mary Cecelia Marion devoted to mission work with postings at Marshalltown Parnell Mount Pleasant Fort Madison and Neola.
Howard Snyder faces trial before Mayor Meredith Friday on a charge of driving on the left side of the road in Newton Iowa The incident began when Snyder and A J Brookhall and wife met head on near Snyder’s home The horse was injured and Mrs Brookhall was prostrated by the collision Brookhall argues the auto on the wrong side caused the crash while Snyder maintains the horse was unmanageable
A massive fire destroyed the Pleasantville Boiler Mill in Pleasantville Iowa owned by S T Maddy and J W Perry. The loss is about 15000 with partial insurance. The blaze began in the boiler room around two o'clock and spread before firefighters gained control. Inside were 3000 bushels of wheat with 2000 dollars insured, plus rye barley and 200 sacks of flour. Building insurance stood at 2000 dollars.
Davenport lawyers contended that the Moon saloon law does not apply to Iowa’s special charter cities. They briefed the district court on behalf of Wenzel, a Davenport saloonkeeper, in a case brought by the civic federation. The argument notes no legislative provision extends the Moon law to Davenport Dubuque Glenwood Keokuk Muscatine and Webster City.
Marion Bleakley, five, known as the St. Louis world’s fair incubator baby, was abducted from her mother’s home on Garfield avenue Topeka. A hired buggy was found abandoned at Fifth and Filmore streets, two miles from the theft scene.
A woman posed as a soap seller and with two men abducted Charlotte Bleakley from her Topeka residence. Clarence Belknap pursued the buggy as police swarmed rails and streets. Warrants issued for John Jane and Richard Doe as search widens westward.
Tulsa, Aug 20. J S Shaver, local businessman and son of the deputy sheriff, was shot and probably fatally wounded by lawyer E Roberts Taile who mistook him for a burglar. The shooting occurred last night in Tulsa.
Notice to heirs at law of J F Miller deceased and all interested parties that the administrator's final report is on file in the Clerk of the District Court Jefferson County Iowa seeking approval discharge and release of bond sureties. A hearing is set for September 27 1909 at 2 o'clock pm at the Fairfield Iowa courthouse.
A testimonial from J H Garrison of North Fairfield Ohio Claiming Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills steadied his nervous system and improved weakness twitching and irritability After using the pills he felt lasting benefits and praised the medicine as the best in his home Sold 50 cents a box and by Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY
George Orr of Conesville lost his arm at the shoulder when it was caught in the belt of a threshing machine on a neighboring farm near Muscatine Iowa. The incident occurred August 21.
Statement of the condition of Linby Savings Bank in Jefferson County Iowa as of the first business day of August 1909 filed with the state auditor. It lists cash on hand drafts and checks on solvent banks overdue accounts. It shows liabilities to depositors notes capital stock and undivided profits with affidavits by cashier H Linden and directors Gambell and Ruggles.
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