08 Feb 1923
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1923
Page
1
The Iowa senate passed a bill making it manslaughter to sell liquor that causes death, aiming at poison hoathh vendors. The article critiques loopholes blaming the poison makers and notes general assembly politics hinder progress while praising Horace Greeley’s Iowa slogan.
The Locust Grove township Farm Bureau will meet February 16 at Cross Lanes church. Rex Beresford from the Ames Animal Husbandry Extension will discuss purebred sires with lantern slides and photos. A county livestock survey will precede the program, led by Ray Fresconi.
A short, promotional line hints that luxury lifestyles advance with each new tier, suggesting consumer focus on higher-end goods and status markers as a pathway to future aspiration. The fragment underscores the cyclical chase for premium experiences.
The Des Moines report notes factional strife and distrust delaying code revision and tax reform. The tax commission proposes abolition of local assessors, a state budget board, district boards, a 10 percent amusement tax for schools, and a one cent gasoline tax for roads. Highway funding faces scrutiny with bills on road use and funding transparency amid debate over federal aid implications.
Judge William Walker announces change of venue for the Scott and Boyd cases to Washington and Henry counties respectively. Scott faces retrial for the fatal Linby store stabbing, while Boyd, convicted on similar charges, will be tried in Henry county. Also covered are Yanaway’s guilty verdict, pending sentence, and related hearings in Batavia and Ottumwa.
Mrs Myrtle Kirby McCleary writes from Ebelewoo Cameroun West Africa describing Halloween celebrations moonlit rain dancing drums and village mischief. She details missionary work with Bulu people rice fields gardens schools mumps eye disease and a deaf pupil. The note mentions guests from another station a mission meeting and a local death a romance and Christmas hopes.
The column lists court actions and probate matters including wills admitted to probate for Mary Ready and Louisa Miller, executors named. foreclosures and judgments against John Axelson, A C Hoexter, and others. several divorces and bids in foreclosure. and estate matters for Belle Ireland and James Speck.
readers recall the 65 year old Fairfield blaze of February 5 when the new Huntzinger Cripp flouring mill burned uninsured causing several thousand dollars in losses and the Hon house east of the mill destroyed. The town awoke to the thunder of the church bell as people rushed to save property.
The Chicago Tribune health editor promotes winter sport like skating as the best medicine for cold weather. Skating exercises nearly all muscles and improves coordination while offering clean air benefits and broad health endorsement.
It is unlawful to cut or injure trees or shrubs within public highways in Michigan without a permit from highway authorities. Violators must also obtain consent from abutting property owners or face damages. Enforcement protects roadside aesthetics and highway safety.
The passage describes a mill near Alters house opposite Mr Coffin where Uncle Billy Fulton helped build the mill. He had just finished a new basement floor and had removed his tool kit the night before the fire. He later settled the land and built a small home nearby.
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