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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
3
In Muddleton Mr. Goodman won a fourth mayor term amid chatter of personnel. The Register and Leader boasts extensive Iowa coverage with 200 correspondents, AP access, Washington presence, strong sport reporting, and wide state delivery through a morning mail service.
Word came today of Henry Haffey’s death in the Northern Pacific shops at Livingston Montana. Haffey formerly of Muscatine Iowa was killed in the shop incident. He was the son of Mrs. Jessie Tuman whose husband and she were murdered in a Sherfy woods cottage near Muscatine three years ago.
A group of local teachers travels to Des Moines this week for the annual State Teachers Association convention.
Christmas observances church programs and social events fill Ottumwa society pages. Listings include receptions by Rev. and Mrs. Osborne, the Miller turkey dinner with guests from Ruskin and Parson, reports on weather memories, school and teacher association plans, and local business notes from Israel & Kramme and Taylor & Workman.
Arch ie Poling son of William Poling of Indianola was injured when his No 12 shotgun discharged while he was unloading from a buggy. One charge pierced arm muscles and another struck his hand severing a tendon. He was treated locally and the arm is believed to be saved.
An engineer for the Rock Island Railroad laid out a switch track east of Muscatine to clay pipe deposits. Local capital plans to organize a company and start a sewer pipe factory with railroad assistance.
Enquire of Harry I. Ball at 238 Fairfield about renting large stock fields ranging from 300 to 400 acres. Local notice seeks potential lessee for agricultural use.
In a satirical chorus the article portrays multiple legislators debating tariff revisions. Various speakers propose revision, reconsideration, modification, or outright rejection, each voicing different stances. The piece lampoons indecision and political posturing in soundbite fashion.
An editorial meditation calls for New Year reflection on personal character and social values. It urges tracing self interest, sympathy, and standards, warns against materialism, and suggests old fashioned mottoes toward healthier living and stricter conscience.
Fragmented reflections urge balance between society and inner life on New Year. The piece questions temper, truthfulness, charity, courtesy, and restraint, urging a life of directness, kindness, and civic responsibility beyond frenzied social life. A brief testimonial then promotes Chamberlain remedies for grip and cold.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes residents of a grand street, naming Skinner the longtime legislative agent for a major insurance firm, Bantam the famed jockey, Dr Wise the college president, and the renowned poet Meterleigh living in nearby cottages.
A teacher asks a pupil for an example of the word damper and the student replies with a pun about teachers being damper-ticular about English. This quip appears in Harper's Weekly as a light classroom moment.
An Albany Journal excerpt captures a child named Harry refusing to go to his mother who fears fainting. He insists he heard her but keeps playing, revealing a tense domestic moment and the boy's calm detachment in the face of worry.
In Cassell's humor note Muriel-Paul is praised as the prettiest girl seen by a speaker, who recalls a similar boast from the past. The exchange suggests evolving flirtation and wit in social conversation.
Farm for rent offering 219 acres. Enquire of W. P. Sullivan in Fairfield for details.
Keona Ia farmer L S Spaver loses prized bull when it leaps from box car between Davenport and Muscatine at thirty miles per hour. The animal was found near Buffalo, Iowa, bruised but living and valued at about 1200 dollars after winning a premium at the Chicago International Stock Show.
Geo W Hoffman of Harper Washington reports seven years of chronic stomach and liver disease cured by Electric Bitters. He praises the medicine as a wonder and recommends it for others. Sold with guarantee by Frank Shriner, druggist, at fifty cents a bottle. Buy today.
The body of Arthur Traister aged 20, son of a prominent farmer from Oskaloosa, was found near Eddyville after a hunting trip. It is believed his gun discharged while opening a gate, tearing away part of his head. He left home yesterday.
Tribune and Daily Chicago Chronicle one year three dollars. Tribune and Daily Chicago Tribune one year three fifty. Tribune and Daily was one year four twenty five. Tribune and Twice Louis Republic with one year one seventy five. Tribune Woman's Home Companion and Cosmopolitan Magazine one year two sixty five. Tribune and Daily Des Moines News one year two sixty. Also Examination Drover's Journal and Farm Progress weekly.
Pains in the stomach and sudden colic attacks demand immediate relief. The advertisement claims Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy provides faster relief than a doctor and recommends keeping a bottle on hand for emergencies. Detected by Frank S. Shriner, druggist.
A garbled box mentions native lumber for gale and storm, dimension lumber, sheeting for flooring, stove wood and sand posts. It refers to a phone number L-488 and credits The Tribune as the news source.
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