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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1904
Page
4
A fragment notes a weekly newspaper being mailed at the Fairfield Post Office as second class mail matter with the slogan A drop of ink makes millions think.
The voice criticizes Roosevelts annual message for mixing official duties with personal guidance, noting excess spending, federal overreach on insurance and labor, and calls for caution on naturalization and federal election laws while praising railroad safety measures and military strength. It questions Washington governance, tariff timing, and the Philippines policy.
The President argues it would be wicked for civilized powers to fully disarm while noting proposals for total disarmament. The speaker says weak nations have attacked strong ones in the past decade and recalls white chrysanthemums placed on Senator Hoar’s desk from Ohio in memory of his anti war stance against Mexico and the Philippines.
The case states Mrs Chad wick cannot be convicted of forgery for signing Mr Carnegie's name on notes totaling 13,750,000 dollars because she did not negotiate them within the law's meaning.
The text notes a $42,770,572 government revenue deficit on June 30, 1904, unseen by Secretary Shaw until after the election. It mentions Sulzer's Manhattan reelection by 5,000 and his stance with the old-fashioned Democratic party. It also cites reactions to Cleveland’s messages abroad provoking Republican indignation over ties with European monarchs.
The National Civil Service Reform League criticized President Roosevelt at its session last week for directing suspensions of the rules in forty cases during the previous year. The league charged the suspensions benefited favored individuals or friends with influence rather than adhering to merit.
Alden March editor of the Philadelphia Press writes the novelette A Darling Traitor in Lippincott's Christmas number. The tale blends romance and satire with sharp character work and a dramatic dinner scene featuring a priest and a crooked politician.
The Christmas season brings an editorial surge with special magazines and a notable focus on visual art. The Booklovers magazine stands out with a varied, attractive array of literary contributions and many color illustrations, highlighting a liberal holiday menu before December.
The December McClure's features an artistic cover by Bren don Campbell and a color frontispiece by Maxfield Parrish. Harper's Magazine January fiction includes Booth Tarkington W D Howells Warwick Deeping Mrs Humphrey Ward Mary Raymond S Andrews Philip Verrill Michels Anne O Hagan Mary E Wilkins Freeman Eleanor H Porter and Clark B Wakefield.
The contents page signals a top quality year for the Smart Set magazine with new contributors famed in fiction and verse. Notables include George Barr McCutcheon Frances Aymar Mathews William R Lighton Emery Pottle Rupert Hughes Edward Boltwood and Herbert D Ward among twenty seven names.
Nickel Plate road offers low excursion rates for travel between Chicago and Buffalo with sales on December 24 25 26 31 1904 and January 1 2 1905, returning January 4 1905. Three through express trains daily with no excess fare and low rates to Cleveland Buffalo New York Boston and eastern points. Modern sleeping and dining cars plus club meals 35c to $1 served in dining cars. Trains depart La Salle Street Chicago from city ticket office 413 Adams Street Me 413 Adams St Auditorium Annex. Address inquiries to John Y Calahan General Agent 113 Adams St Room 208.
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