Inducing Crime and College Democracy in City Affairs
A state of public ethics is critiqued as county officials employ two informers to induce gambling, with calls for reform. The piece then praises Fairfield and Parsons college for democratic leadership, urging civic integration and mutual support between campus and town. It closes with a plea to aid the elderly during Christmas through small acts of kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Parsons College
Institutovent
Xts
Index of Progress Highlights Progressive Fairfield Merchants
The Tribune notes advertising is essential to modern publications and helps readers stay informed and purchase goods. It praises Fairfield’s merchants as progressive and widely awake, presenting advertisements as a true index of the city’s commercial progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Times
Fairfield
Incompetent County Bill Sparks Graft Allegations
A Tribune analysis questions a county claim list item for "services to county" by Sheriff Harris. It details $739.84 paid to two informers for "securing evidence" against gambling and bootlegging, recounting repeated purchases of booze and extensive gambling by the informers to obtain evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
the Tribune
Board of Supervisors
Emy] Johnson
Fairfield
Muscatine
Joe Bucher
Johnson
Bucher
Saeea
Lockridge
Chautauqua Park
Hyenana
Gambillside
Johnson and Bucher
Dene Attra Ee
Real estate transfers and local life in Cedar 1882
In Cedar area notes from 1882 include Blakely buying the Lash farm of 240 acres for 2100 dollars and Dr. Randall purchasing the Eli Wiley estate of 120 acres for 1775 dollars. Vance Palm acquires 80 acres from Mrs. Mary Boyd for 825 dollars and David Miller buys the Bergen farm of 3800 acres for 4000 dollars. Miss Lizzie Locks teaches in Cedar township. Social life mentions sleighing parties and a birth, while Miss Fannie Wells wins a prize for roller skating. Railroads offer half fare to ministers and reduced student rates for holidays.
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Cedar
Blakely
Lash
Dr. Randall
Birmingham
Eli Wiley
Vance Palm
Mary Boyd
David Miller
Bergen
Night Station Hold-Up Leads to Arrest in City
Burlington station night operator Co L Murrow was robbed by a lone highwayman who took the money drawer contents. Painter and paper hanger H C Van Werth was arrested and charged with the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. L. Murrow
Burlington
H. C. van Werth
Bank Opens in Batavia Amid Cold Weather
The report notes a newly opened bank in Batavia as cold weather hit the area with snow and poor road conditions. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crail. Homes of H. C. Rowntree and H. C. Kirkpatrick were burglarized, with small losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Crail
H. C. Rowntree
H. C. Kirkpatrick
Cottage antics and golf plans collide in a weathered comedy
A jolly house husband returns to a summer cottage to a heavy suitcase and a flurry of chores. He plans a late afternoon golf foursome while his wife tackles the pantry. A mice scare and comic rescue end with the husband promising a steak supper after a long day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grigsby
Thomas Merryweather
Thomsa
Unusual Plant Trades Highlight Feats of Agriculture
An Iowa man sold a single strawberry plant for fifty thousand dollars, with experts predicting future descendants could revolutionize berries. A New Jersey farmer sold a graft from an apple tree for eight thousand dollars, claiming a new Mood variety may spawn hundreds of thousands of trees. Agricultural science and farming techniques are praised as feeding the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlow Rockhill
Iowa
Rockhill
Lewis Mood
Perreu
N. J
Mood
Andy
Alexander the Great
India
Syria
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Adam
Judas Iscariot
Benedict Arnold
Hire
Jefferson County
Sheriff’s Office
County Board of Supervisors
Lizzie Locks
Cedar Township
Louis Mendenhall
Fannie Wells
Fairfield Ledger
Sol Stever
Frank Morein
Cinderella
Clifford and Shearer
N. M. Bright
Thos. Bell
B. F. Black
Robert Kaesentz
Drs
James, Monfort and Spencer
Farmers’ Insurance Union
Gus Unkrich
Batavia
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