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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
7
Iowa advertisement lists dentist Wilson Block of Fairfield with a phone number 378, indicating local medical service access in the area.
A Janesville convention of good roads enthusiasts plans a coast-to-coast concrete surfaced road network. Congressman Wubberton is to seek congressional funding to build a sixteen foot wide pike from Lansing Michigan to Chicago then to Springfield Illinois Des Moines and Janesville Wisconsin continuing back to Lansing.
Friday’s armory match between Joe Kitterman and Guy Elliott ended in a draw after three hours and twenty-two minutes. Both men fought fiercely with Kitterman’s weight and reach countered by Elliott’s ring craft and endurance. A preliminary saw Gustav Open defeat Halingstead in two minutes.
A Palmer House gathering in Chicago brought Parsons college alumni and friends together. Organizers S. C. Irving and Hubert Howard led the first event, with addresses by Irving Bandy and Dr. Parsons. Irving was elected president as plans for regular meetings and future annual banquets were set.
In Logansport Indiana on December 6 Mrs Elizabeth Lang was sentenced to a term from two to twenty one years for the murder of Mrs Mary Copple sparked by gossip about Langs past life The judge pronounced the term as Lang sobbed in the courtroom while her husband Lee held her
An advertisement features John Mc Masters of Streator Illinois praising Foley Kidney Pills for improving health and kidney and bladder function. The ad from L. S. Bradshaw & Co. claims the pills tone and strengthen aged kidneys and bladder and restore vitality.
Chicago December 6 two prominent Hoosiers will attend the annual Chicago Indiana society dinner. Charles Fairbanks former vice president and Governor Thomas R Marshall vice president elect will be among the guests. Fairbanks will speak on How to Be a Vice President.
Money to loan on good farms. See Thema and Thema for details.
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