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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
4
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In a striking historic shift factories have outpaced mints in production. Analysts note this anomaly reflects surging manufacturing activity and rapid industrial growth across sectors. The change hints at broader economic momentum and potential policy implications for labor markets and inflation.
Mr Harriman stays busy cutting bait in New York while a Chicago fish story lingers. The Scotch high ball arrives in Japan and sun flag followers grow bolder. A fashion writer’s forecast of checks appears vindicated by early tips. Autos may soon run on alcohol rather than gasoline, compounding damage concerns.
Chicago and Kansas City are contending to host the two national conventions. The winning city will likely wish they had attended the other one, as delegates consider the competing venues.
A Kansas City artificial limb factory will close and reopen as an automobile garage. The move aims to benefit another limb firm. The Midwest and West hold cash crops and confidence while asset values rise in this period. Elephants and girls supposedly reach full growth at eighteen, yet an elephant travels with one trunk.
The department of agriculture bans more than 16 percent water in butter, a rule that sets butter apart from copper mines and other stocks. A separate note recalls runaway mules nearly injuring Secretary Taft during an automobile ride in the Philippines, illustrating that transport can meet engines halfway.
Mayor Tom Johnson defeats Burton and key national figures in a fourth term bid. The piece notes many inmates lack trades, with a third aged eighteen to twenty five, arguing for more manual training in public schools to reduce prison terms.
Wall Street gamblers acknowledge no prior time when all combinations failed to work as the country broadens beyond their control. They concede American prosperity no longer depends on the whims of the Wall Street gang.
A new group in Boston called the milk chewers believe milk should be chewed as if solid food. Followers of Fletcher claim chewing milk could cut consumption and counter higher nationwide milk prices.
The passage credits Rockefeller and Morgan for easing a panic but emphasizes that final recovery depended on prudent business leaders, ordinary stockholders, and especially workers whose productivity backed demand for goods during volatile markets.
A column urges readers to reject self-pity and blame, stressing that personal advancement comes through struggle and effort. It cites William E. Curtis noting the high cost of living now spreading across Europe and beyond, with rapid, widespread impact.
The text notes rising prices and wages affecting labor and salaried workers in Germany and France. It cites a surge in living costs triggering strikes in Germany and recalls France raising prices during the 1900 Paris Exposition to capitalize on temporary demand.
A sweeping caricatured portrait traces Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt from a Staten Island ferry start with a restaurant keeping wife to a vast steamship and railroad empire. It notes his wealth at death, his love of fast horses, and his disdain for hypocrisy, then moves through portraits of descendants and society figures amid critical commentary on degeneration and social mores. The piece ends with a cynical aside about modern American society and a wartime optimism quote.
The Jamestown Exposition project drew high hopes from Virginians and offered promises of public spirit and regional gain but has shown a stark gap between anticipation and outcome. Managers face scrutiny as observers evaluate responsibility for the failure and the melancholy contrast with early prophecies.
The Iowa State Register and Farmer extols fall and open weather road dragging as the most effective method to improve roads. It argues fall work often wastes effort on taxes or levies, while a properly used road drag by farmers yields lasting benefits, reduces future mud and road woes, and improves efficiency for hauling loads.
A reflective look at historic Scottish and English Christmas practices. It describes the boars head and peacock feasts with gilded beaks, then the grand Yule log ceremony, candlemas guided firs, festive processions, and superstitions about hall arrivals signaling good or ill omens.
The speaker rails against panic on Wall Street predicting a crash, while urging calm and resilience. He dismisses rumors of bank and railroad collapses and says people should not despair or overreact to market fear. He notes New York has troubles but insists recovery is possible despite dire chatter.
McCall's Magazine recounts the Lord of Misrule as a Christmas official who ruled festivities from Christmas Eve to Twelfth Night. The figure declared all equal, induced foolishness, led mummers in disguises, and could be chosen by manor lord or by lot, with costumes funded by voters.
In Creston Iowa on December 7 A Bryan sold the Cartwright hotel to Mrs Mary Warbinton who brings hotel experience and will assume control immediately Bryan remains active in business owning a Creston grocery and will devote his time there.
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