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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
5
In a theatrical scene the stepsisters and Cinderella stage a playful pursuit as the Prince, in disguise, eventually retrieves a silver slipper and declares companionship with Cinderella. The Fairy Godmother watches as Cinderella outwits the others and the couple share a tender moment before retreating inside.
In Ventura County three Santa Paula youths Clif ford Tharp Cuba Tharp and John Blues ages seventeen nine and thirteen perished after venturing from home Thanksgiving morning to view snow. Their bodies were recovered two days later at Timber canyon about ten miles from town. They likely succumbed to cold after getting lost in deep snow.
A stage dialogue reveals Prof Fulcrum’s radical neuroscience turns murder and memory into tools of control. Trepanning and microscopic bumps promise love manipulation, memory erasure, and fake fate as a father seeks to force a marriage. A twist shows memory not destroyed, but redirected by love.
Excerpted line discusses a woman's reactions to different costs and a man’s concerns. The remark centers on gendered expectations about frugality and expenses. It presents a witty comparison between fear of a mouse and indifference to a dressmaker's bill.
Franklin county grand jury indicts Nic Thomas and William Walsh two farmers for the hold up of John Wessels a German farm hand near Latimer Iowa. Wessels enticed to rear of a building overpowered and about 150 dollars taken after a night of drinking. Wessels had been paid off the day before and was flush with funds.
Divers retrieved $100,000 in gold and silver from the Finance wreck after two days of effort. The coins were aboard to pay government employees in the Panama canal zone. A diver finally penetrated the ship’s strong room to recover the specie.
New York reports that Frank H. Hitchcock has been offered and accepted the office of postmaster general in William Howard Taft's cabinet, the first cabinet position to be filled.
Washington says David J. Block of Chicago patents a process to turn a 185 pound body into gold for 515000 or silver for 300000 with a bronze statue option for 2000, claiming 100 year preservation. He showcases metalized roses with lasting scent and worn by his wife, while declining details of the method.
St Marys church parish members organize a popular bank modeled on Canadian success stories. The institution blends savings and cooperative features with deposits loaned against savings and overseen by a shareholder board. Deposits held in trust convert to redeemable shares in depositors names.
In Rockwell Iowa on Thanksgiving day Miss Amanda Saylor married Alfred Chappel of his county Iowa. The groom about sixty, a three farm owner, twice married before and brother to L E Chappel a Brookings banker. Miss Saylor is fifty five and has lived at home all her life.
Promotion offers free balance of 1908 on new subscriptions through Jan 1 1910 with rates for daily and Sunday editions. The paper touts extensive Iowa news service Ding cartoons market coverage and a bold editorial page with wide rural delivery.
John St. Clair, wanted at Peoria NL for nearly killing a negro last August and firing on a police officer, was found at Olivet mines in Oskaloosa Iowa. He waived examination and accompanied Sheriff Thompson returning for arrest.
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