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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
7
A Houston Post item playfully invites reading wives to brighten their husbands holiday season with affectionate gestures and gift buying. It notes Christmas bargains in town shops and suggests wives woo husbands for gifts like gowns, urging cheerful generosity.
The article outlines early phosphorus classed with organic products, its mineral sources like rock phosphate and wavellite at Mount Holly Springs, Pa, and notes major factories in Wedensfield Oldbury England Lyons France Greishelm Frankfort Germany and Niagara Falls. It cites U S domestic production, refining processes, and shifts toward safer red phosphorus and safety matches with European bans on white phosphorus.
Iceland's 12th and 13th century sagas shaped a rich national literature. Despite harsh living, Icelanders maintain literacy with twelve printing presses since 1530, and a culture centered on storytelling, poetry, and self education across a small population.
Of Interest To Women highlights Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a non secret remedy for childbirth preparation and women’s ailments. It emphasizes known ingredients, non alcohol content, and endorsements by medical writers. Also mentions Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and overall health.
A fragment notes crafts like embroidery and wandering minstrels who earn by reciting prose or poetry at farm houses. It reflects a National Geographic Magazine tone about rural livelihoods and storytelling traditions.
The article notes Germany dominates the Canary trade as breeding and marketing expand. It highlights Canada’s vast landholdings under Lady Ernestine Hunt in Alberta. It mentions New Jersey strawberry crops and a waiter in Indiana inheriting 65000 dollars. Berkeley scientists test wireless police calls via helmet receivers and dotted signals.
A Nashville Tennessean excerpt quotes T F Ryan of Portland describing Dawson in Alaska as an expensive town. He notes population around 8000, warehouses, churches, banks, electric lights, two newspapers, and high prices for eggs, caribou steak, beer, champagne, shaving, oranges, butter, boots, shoes, socks, and collars.
The article explains that mahogany trees grow scattered in forests and require a skilled woodsman to locate them. A hunter identifies high ground, signals axemen and sawyers, and a large tree can take two men a full day to fell with scaffolds for cutting above spurs. Earnings vary, potentially $500 to $1,000 a month, but travel and success are uncertain.
A London dispatch reports Mrs. L. H. Mc Cormick displaying Egyptian treasures including a large goblet famed for magic powers. Guardians warned of doom if taken away. Mrs. Whitlaw Reid examined the goblet and attempted to draw out the demon inside.
The speaker urges building a positive environment by taking on small burdens without murmur and rewarding efforts by uplifting others. They claim the brightest rewards come to those who bear burdens quietly and encourage making others better through daily actions.
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