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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
4
Local notices report illnesses of F. J. Bates and Mrs. Ella Moore and a new baby for Mr. and Mrs. Overholser. Ads promote fur coats, subscriptions, and a Dec 20 horse sale. Christmas trade prep, church topics, lodge events, and rail-train traffic plus road meetings are noted.
Clement Miller of School No 8 Center township won first prize of 2.50 in the Short Course contest on How Plants Grow. Bessie Prince of School No 8 Black Hawk township took second with 1.50 and Mildred McCormick third with 1.00. An additional essay by Wayne Peebler of School No 2 Des Moines township won first prize 2.50 for Historical Description of My Own Township.
The American Princess Rospigliosi wore a priceless pearl necklace with royal provenance. Once owned by Queen Henrietta of England and linked to Louis XIV and Mlle Mancini, the jewel passed to the Colonna and then Rospigliosi families. It was a wedding gift to the princess.
Holmes, among many ambitious men seeking universe solutions, conducts a chloroform aided experiment. Seated with ink and paper he writes in a dazed state, then falls unconscious. Upon awakening he finds a bizarre note on the page stating a strong smell of turpentine pervades the whole.
Kodol is described as a pleasant remedy for dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach and general stomach trouble. It supposedly digests all the food you eat using the same digestive juices found in a healthy stomach and is guaranteed to relieve. Frank S Shriner drug store endorses it.
Washington Herald notes principal outside workers at the Library of Congress hunt genealogies. Researchers say ordinary lines pay 20 dollars, while royal connections fetch high sums, with one American family paying 500 for a family tree featuring a coat of arms and royal quartering.
James R. Hosken, 25, died after hogs he and Charles Carter were driving to market gored him on a public highway in Chi Hwack B C. The animals overwhelmed him. spectators and three armed men subdued the hogs. Hosken, son of an English clergyman, had been in the country briefly.
A new form of electrical vacuum meter has been devised that does not require any instrument to measure current resistance or intensity, offering a distinct advantage over existing devices.
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