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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
5
Fairfield Iowa firm offers legal services including attorney at law notary public and collections with money to loan and abstracts made. Office located over Jefferson County State Bank in Fairfield.
Mrs. Robert Ware of Wrentham runs a 30 cow dairy inspected yearly by cattle commissioners. Her milk, tested for TB and fat, is bottled at 40 degrees with certified quality marks. At 30 cents a quart the operation could net about 16 thousand dollars after expenses and inspections.
Jack Dalton offers a vivid critique of a past classical concert at Manson. He portrays the star pianist as charming and confident in full evening dress, approaching the organ with grace. The instrument reacts, and the performance unfolds from darkness to daylight as the stars fade and the sun rises.
An old advertisement extols Favorite Prescription as a safe non alcoholic remedy for female weakness and regularity. It boasts known composition with professional endorsements and invites readers to request the Doctor’s pamphlets and free medical advice while noting confidential correspondence. It also mentions Dr Pierce's Medical Adviser and Pleasant Pellets for digestion and liver health.
A vivid scene blends birdsong, a laughing baby, and a blind singer in a stormy day that turns to twilight. Thunder, hail, and farmers lament crops while a procession of domestic moments and prayers unfolds. The day ends with music, love, a crash, and applause.
The article notes the 1893 clearing house check as a novelty used widely in the region and beyond. A. Barton Hepburn, then former comptroller of the currency, estimated about 100 million dollars in such instruments, with 66,125,000 in New York Philadelphia Boston and Baltimore interbank certificates. It states that despite extensive ruin, no one lost a cent from these temporary currencies and records 158 national banks and 425 other banks entering receiverships, while the currency remained sound.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes a majority of suspended national banks resumed after 1893, and those unable to resume typically pay 70 percent of liabilities. Current bank failures are minor by comparison, with assets sound and depositors likely to recover. The era teaches confidence amid mild upheaval.
In New York the Christmas tree trade floods streets near West Street with hundreds of evergreens from Maine Vermont and beyond. The piece notes the market’s impact on forests, the steady wholesale flow to churches hotels and retailers, and traces the tree’s origin back to Europe through legends about Luther and other tales before arriving in America via English adoption and McCall’s Magazine.
The Chinese oppose Christianity as a foreign influence and critique missionary practices on ancestral reverence and legal interference. They cite denominational splits as a hurdle, yet Revered Lord William Cecil notes a strong, shared Protestant drive for cooperation in China, hinting at broader ecumenism.
Miss Ruth Pinch offers pipe organ instruction for the College Conservatory of Music and will accept piano pupils. She trained in Chicago for three years under Elmer Todd and W Middelschulte, organist of the Thomas Orchestra, and studied piano technique with Moorhead this past year. For details call 600 or visit Cor 3rd and Jefferson streets.
An advertisement touts Dr A W Chase’s Nerve Pills as a remedy for nervous headaches and weakness in growing girls. Mrs Geo Schutz of New Philadelphia Ohio testifies the product rebuilt her daughter’s strength allowing a return to school and that she uses it herself as a tonic. The pills cost 60 cents a box and are sold by Thoma’s Pharmacy Fairfield Iowa.
The Shanghai centenary Protestant meeting heard a speaker advocate a course to enable a possible junction with Roman Catholics. The suggestion, rather than arousing anti Catholic sentiment, drew marked approval. The Outlook notes the call for solidarity in both national and international Christian movements.
Soot and Ashes, Work and Worry argues for gas as the clean safe fuel. The listing promotes gas ranges water heaters instantaneous heaters portable units and inverted lamp mantles plus electrical supplies and affordable piping and wiring services.
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