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Newspaper

Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1912

Page

2

Hamilton Club Aims to Reunite G O P After Convention

The Hamilton club of Chicago proposes restoring peace and unity in the Republican party as it stood before the June national convention. It calls for eliminating firebrands from both factions including Roosevelt Dixon Crane and Penrose while confronting a daunting, Herculean task to fuse the remnant into one party.

Republican Party Hamilton Club Chicago Roosevelt Dixon Crane Penrose G. O. Po

Woman suffrage in East shows Michigan loss under 600 votes

The Chicago Daily Journal notes Michigan’s narrow defeat for woman suffrage, contrasting it with western states where suffrage passed. It warns campaigns must win over old conservative communities and acknowledges future battles in settled areas.

Michigan Friends of the Cause Journal Missouri River Chicago Davy Journal

Clear Up Panama Scandal Incoming Administration Faces

The piece argues the United States paid 40 million to acquire Panama Canal Company rights and properties but questions who benefited. It calls for a full inquiry to prove or disprove charges of improper profits by a Wall Street clique tied to the Roosevelt era and demands the purchase be examined for taint.

United States Trench Panama Canal Company France Wall Street Roosevelt Cozen Panama

Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments and Hall's Cure

Caution against mercury containing catarrh ointments. Claims mercury can ruin the system. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo and Cheney & Co. Toledo. Internal remedy says no mercury, advertised as genuine. Testimonials free. Sold by pharmacists. Also advertises Great’s Family Pills for constipation.

Hall F. J Cheey & Co Toledo Telefio Ohio F. J. Cheney & Co Pdrneeists Giatl

Armistice Signings Delayed as Peace Hints Rise

Constantinople reports armistice signing postponed to tomorrow to allow allied representatives to reach the city. Outlook for peace remains bright as Turkey and Balkan states contemplate terms amid Turkish gains and allied weariness.

Constantinople London Bagthe Scutari Adrianople Turkey Italy Tripolitania Cyrenaica Tchatalja

Gardener Gives Free Service to Actress Clara Morris

Hugh Hopper, longtime gardener for the veteran actress Clara Morris, has supplied his services free for eleven years at The Pines estate in Yonkers New York. Morris, married to Frederick C. Harriett, is totally blind and dependent, and Hopper declined salary despite prior good pay.

Hugh Hopper Clara Morris Yonkers N. Y Hopper the Pines Miss Morris Frederick C. Harriett

Georgia Mob Lynches Negro After Court Run Protest

In Cordele and McRae area a mob drags Chestly Williams from McRae courthouse and lynches him after he shot two white women near Rhine and assaulted one. Victims not dead but feared unable to recover.

Cordele Dee

Scientist Finds Consumption Cure Demonstrated in Trials

Berlin reports Dr. Frederick F. Friedman, a German tuberculosis expert, presented a serum he claims cures consumption after two years of testing. He says the turtle-derived serum requires one injection and aims to place it with doctors worldwide, rejecting commercial offers. He asserts cures can occur in one week.

Berlin Frederick F. Freidman Friedman

Parcel post details issued by Postmaster General Hitchcock

Postmaster General Hitchcock issues strict parcel post rules requiring stamps and sender return cards on all parcels. A new law effective January 1, 1913 sets mailable limits to eleven pounds and 72 inches combined length and girth, with flat 1 cent per ounce up to 4 ounces and higher rates by weight and distance, plus optional indemnity and delivery on payment.

Hitchcock Jonathan Bourne Jr Senate Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads

Thirty-Two Years Ago Today in the Tribune '80 Chronology

Items from that date reveal travel to Chicago by Mr. and Mrs. A S Jordan and Mrs Wim Jordan, Mr A W Jaques departing for Knoxville and Virginia, C B Q moving into new quarters, the gas firm out of coal, Hon Jas F Wilson and wife en route to Washington and New York, W C Ball moving north, and D P Stubbs buying the brick property for 3500 dollars.

the Tribune Mrs A. S. Jordan Chicago Wim. Jordan Jas, F. Wilson Washington New York

Battle for Senate Finance chair in Democratic fight

Washington insiders predict a bitter Democratic battle after March 4 for the Senate Finance committee chair as seniority and tariff policy split the party. Senator Simmons faces challenger Senator Gore while Governor Wilson’s allies fear reactionary control could block tariff reform and other progressive measures. The Panama Canal project also draws congressional scrutiny as moving pictures and a photographer document the work. Secretary Stimson tours the canal as part of the winter report.

Washington D. C Congress Senate Finance Committee Senate Senator Simmons North Carolina Boris Penrose Pennsylvania Simmons Wilson Movement Gore Oklahoma Wilson Finance Committee Finance Panama Canal House Appropriations Committee U. S. Geological Survey Congressional Inspection Party Canal Zone Stimson House Committee Canal Taft Panama

Elks Hold Annual Memorial Service

Yesterday afternoon in the B P E hall the Elks held their annual memorial service with a public gathering of members and friends. The program opened with invocation by the Chaplain, P J Easton sang My Rosary with Lucile Wisecarver at the piano, Judge Fred D Letts gave the memorial address and C M Junkin delivered the eulogy. Easton Black and Miss Conner McClain closed with a final musical selection.

B. P C. M. Junkin Messrs. Easton and Black Conner Mce Clain

FINE LIVE STOCK AT CHICAGO SHOW

The thirteenth annual international livestock show opened at Union Stock Yards with over 11000 entries and prizes totaling more than $75000. Exhibits come from many U S states Canadian provinces and several European countries. Belgian horses are featured by the Belgian Horse Society. The students judging contest begins Monday with participants from over fifteen agricultural colleges competing for twenty scholarships valued at more than $10000 donated by J Orden Armour.

Chicago Union Stock Yards Union Dominion of Canada Mexico Belgian Horse Society United States Canada J. Orden Armour

Good Roads Focus At American Automobile Association Meet

Chicago hosts the eleventh annual convention of the American Automobile Association with good roads as the main topic of two day discussions. The national body includes forty four states and 50 local clubs and will consider expanding road propaganda to lagging states. The gathering ends with the annual banquet tomorrow.

Chicago American Automobile Association Auditorium Hotel

Insignias Conferred On New Cardinals

Rome December 2 The Consistory with Pope Pius X conferred the red hat on the remaining five of the eighteen cardinals named a year ago who had not yet received final insignia as princes of the church. The five include three Spaniards and two Austrians.

Rome Sacred College Pius X

Attempted Assault on Washington Girl Arrest Report

Des Moines reports from Pueblo Colorado state George Wilcox of St. Louis a Rio Grande Pullman porter is held on charges of attempted assault on Alma Smith a 20 year old girl from Washington Iowa. Miss Smith awakened by a hand and found the porter climbing into her berth as passengers rushed to aid and restrain him.

Des Moines Pueblo Colo Alma Smith Washington Iowa George Wilcox St. Louis Rio Grande

Young Illinois Lieutenant Governor-Elect Barratt O Hara

Barratt O Hara is named lieutenant governor elect of Illinois, noted as one of the youngest men ever chosen for the office in the United States.

Barratt O'Hara Illinois United States

Roosevelt Wedding Anniversary Observed at Oyster Bay

Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt quietly marked their twenty sixth wedding anniversary with a family gathering at their Oyster Bay home. The couple wed in London on December 2 1886, with Edith Kermit Carow as the bride.

New York Theodore Roosevelt

Thanksgiving Hunt Draws Eighteen Sportsmen In Local Row

A big Thanksgiving hunt with eighteen sportsmen on a side was enjoyed by local nimrods this morning. The Free Masons plan a December 27 banquet at their east side hall. Snow accumulated over two days marking the first heavy fall of the season.

Nimrods Free Masons

Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad for Children

A L. S. Bradshaw & Co. advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the quickest simple remedy for dangerous croupy coughs and wheezy colds in children. It promises almost instant relief, soothing healing, and contains no opiates.

Foley L. S. Bradshaw & Co

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