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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
6
Uncle Joe and Senator Nelson cast political talk as Taft backs ship subsidies. The piece critiques the sugar trust and railroad switchmen in a satirical tone. It notes Iowa crops valued at 357,410,615 dollars for the year per Dr Chapel, marking an off year for many regions.
A reader laments the shifting logic of armament and defense spending, noting the costly cycle of new weapons and the looming burden of taxes on citizens. The piece questions what war would require in financial terms and highlights the strain on public funds.
The piece critiques lax appropriations and red tape amid Cherry bithine disaster fallout and advocates swift relief. It notes Iowa politics, party strife, and tensions between progressives and stalwarts as reform goals clash with old machinery.
John Downie warns farmers to exercise extreme caution buying seed for next season. He urges growers to raise and select their own seed, citing the recent Short Course as a catalyst for better seed selection and assurance of growth, noting strong seed yields over poor under any conditions.
Washington correspondent for the Philadelphia Record says the ses sion will likely devolve into a futile campaign against Speaker Cannon. The 1909-10 test between insurgents and standpatters ended in defeat for progressives. unless a broad lower house purge by new congressmen occurs, leadership will not change.
The text forecasts intra party conflict with a looming war between progressive and standpat factions. Dol liver’s move to the progressives allegedly strengthens insurgents and hardens standpatters, suggesting no compromise within the old wing and a fight to gain all or lose all amid deceit and subterfuge.
The Fairfield editorial argues city prices rise for holiday goods and clothing while Fairfield merchants offer equal or better value. It cites toys costing 10 to 15 cents in town versus higher city prices, notes Ottumwa shoppers also favor Fairfield, and urges comparing sale ads to see home trade advantage.
The readers are told there is a remedy able to cure catarrh in all its stages. Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to be the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh is described as a constitutional disease needing constitutional treatment.
An ad promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a catarrh remedy claiming internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. The proprietors offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials from Toledo based F. J. Cheney & Co. druggists sell the pills for 75 cents.
An English literary man visiting the United States declares Americans lack scholarly leanings in the arts. He mocks Shakespeare saying sleep knits up the ravaged sleeve of care. An American corrects him that the word is sleeve not slave, noting it is a weaving term used in Scotland and northern England.
A courteous janitor visits a flat to inspect a year long kitchen leak. The resident refuses help, claiming she will endure another year to pressure tenants below to fix the roof. The scene ends with her insistence on keeping the leak unresolved.
New York Evening Sun laments diners’ palate hardening to cold storage fare. It says a truly fresh broiler or egg, not iced or hatched, would seem strong and assertive to today’s sophisticated stomachs.
The earth has two magnetic poles where the needle tilts 90 degrees, but the simple north and south pointing idea is incorrect except in limited locales and times. Extensive experiments under various governments are mapping the field, offering vast research opportunities since the north pole discovery.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment reflects on reviving the local arena sport and uniting moss backed citizens for a grand effort. The dialogue hints at a bold future plan despite terse phrasing and oblique references.
A brief comic vignette in dialect features Mrs Wrink scolding aggles who pleads for coins to buy food, while he claims his ugliness hides a rare charm that explains his odd appeal.
A wartime verse recalls a soldier missing his wife. He lingers on the apron her hands used to tie, imagining her humming as she makes buttercakes. The apron hanging in the kitchen becomes a bridge to memories, easing his loneliness and keeping her close through scent and sight.
A classic fricassee method lists ingredients for one fowl with water parsley bay leaf celery onion carrot salt and pepper. Simmer slowly, then make a sauce from butter flour liquor egg yolk cream and lemon juice to finish, pour over chicken and serve immediately.
A playful tale of Louey-Ut and Heine in the Alps where a nannygoat calls to its kid and the answer is a humorous shouted translation. The exchange ends with the nannygoat saying You kid.
Warnings advise never holding a hot iron near the face or letting it rest on coal or stove. Avoid ironing with the light behind you so the rays strike the work. Do not use an iron that is too hot or it will scorch or blister. if too cold it will stick and yellow the linen edges.
A humorous ode to Chop Suey and its spelling variants leads to a wholesome dish recipe. It details chicken breast strips cooked in butter with celery onion mushrooms and stock, then simmered with sugar sauce and peppers, served over rice.
A fragment shows a husband asking about his wife sending someone to fetch a nurse girl described as pretty. The Maid asks about ensuring the children would have police protection.
A sketch of tansy cakes from an early 19th century cookery book describes a mix of sweet sugar and bitter tansy. Tansy, common in this country, was used as medicine and in cooking. recipes range from simple poundings of green tansy in batter to elaborate puddings with eggs cream butter and rose water, praised for liver stimulation and spring healthful connotations.
A fragment quotes a parent child exchange about punishment. The child explains a spanking caused pain to both, while noting it does not blister the parent. The dialogue conveys a tense domestic moment without further context.
The exchange features a confident demand for a leading role by Jones, while a countercall pushes back for equal placement. A rhythmic beat and drum offer accompany the visual tension between performers.
Dutch language and old customs endure in Hudson Valley villages, taught by Peter C. Barker of Buffalo. A city housekeeper visiting a 1690-era summer home finds surprises such as a kitchen file used as a floor cloth and a water wheel once used for churn and wash now powering modern appliances like an ice cream freezer and sewing machine.
The Tribune proclaims itself as the county’s real newspaper with the largest readership in Jefferson County, asserting authority and wide reach across the area.
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