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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1905
Page
4
The Fairfield Tribune lists subscription prices: one year in advance one dollar, six months fifty cents, three months twenty five cents. The paper is entered at the Fairfield Post Office as second class mail matter.
A New York Evening Mail column argues for tariff revision to secure government revenue while warning against overreduction. It questions reliance on tariffs for funding, notes that economy could cover needs, and stresses avoiding higher consumer prices while restraining trusts and monopolies.
An advertisement warns against alcoholic substitutes for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription claiming it has a forty year record of cures for women and offers a $1000 guarantee. It promotes the tonic as a countrywide relief for overworked women and urges readers to obtain the Common Sense Medical Adviser by sending stamps.
An analysis argues for a tariff revision to raise revenue on imports, prevent under valuation, and reduce smuggling and tariff evasion. It suggests the measure would cut costs and ensure foreigners pay similar prices, urging bipartisan support for the common good despite partisan divides.
A Kansas City Times account recalls Smith and a friend traveling about 100 miles toward Kansas City with limited funds. Smith posed as his wife to gain a train pass and used a junior ticket for his friend behind him. The ruse succeeded and the woman never learned she had been Mrs. Smith for a short ride.
The ingested insect food known as koo chah bee from Lake Mono California appears in vast wind rows along the shore. Indians gather scrape sun dry and husk the larvae which resemble rice and fatten on the nutrient rich diet. Birds also flock to this unusual sustenance.
The late John Hollingshead recalls Thackeray writing in a small neat hand using slips of note paper. He would stroll to the Athenaeum club to read and expand his tale before moving to the Garrick club. His habit of composing in public unsettled club regulars and earned him a black ball at the Travelers'.
A reflection on universal law: nature follows perfect, balanced laws. No philosophy accepts a flawed natural law, and any theory claiming imbalance shows errors in reasoning, not in the law. The excerpt cites Orlando J. Smith on Balance as foundational.
A dinner in progress honors new acquaintances when the host behaves rudely to his wife. She suddenly interrupts the lively table with a poised question about the story he urged earlier, drawing all eyes to the exchange.
A village grocer explains he already gets all the news he needs. He cites his wife in the women’s club, a daughter in a millinery shop, another in the post office delivery window, and his own shopkeeping as sources of information.
The January 2 1905 meeting at the County Auditor's office elected Newton Williams chairman and Sam Billingsley and H C Pattison to committees. Appropriations are set from bridge pauper and county funds. Official bonds for multiple officers are filed and approved. The board adjourns to 9 am tomorrow with reports and county printing bids to be considered.
On Tuesday January 3 1905 the board met with all members present. County auditor Chas H Corbitt reported four months to December 21 1904 detailing deed transfers bonds and other items with totals of 42 25 9 00 and 161 50 13 50 1 00 14 50 and a balance. Recorder Ek F Garber presented quarterly and annual fee totals including deeds mortgages releases and miscellaneous amounting to 214 20 and 986 10 respectively. Minutes approved and filed.
Rappal Bros. report from Chicago notes light receipts improve sentiment as cattle show a narrower price spread with top steers around 6.35 and past highs near 7.00. Hog prices fall with packers cutting quotes while country feeders reduce hog numbers. Sheep and lambs lift but not to prior peak levels, signaling cautious demand and future price pressure.
Market notes indicate moderate receipts and good near term demand. Prices show cattle ranges from $5.80 to $6.25 for select steers and hogs trading around $4.40 to $4.55 for heavy shipping and butcher weights. Export trade hinted as a price factor for heavy wethers. westerns to receive attention after current supplies move.
Along the Rotterdam harbor boats crowd together with carved lines and lace curtains at cabin windows. Children play on deck as women gossip and men smoke, surveying the busy scene in calm, orderly fashion. Edward Penfield in Scribner's illustrates a tranquil harbor vignette.
A Detroit Free Press quip has an old farmer telling a druggist he is wary of changes after buying strychnine to kill rats. He jokes that his wife Martha will likely place it in the familiar baking supplies, warning not to move it to avoid accidental poisoning.
A Philadelphia Press quip contrasts a husband and wife’s household voting with national issues. The husband jokes that his wife always wins by one vote, highlighting playful domestic politics and the idea that every vote counts in a lighthearted domestic debate.
A quotation urges fearlessness and self control, stressing that events are beyond control yet can be used nobly. It advocates facing life with steadiness, noting no person can prevent one from acting with virtue.
A terse exchange recalls a long engagement two years ending with the man’s joke about a rival wedding. The tombstone remark echoes a belief that only in death is a man certain to see his name in print.
The Retort and Smarticus quip about disguise at a ball. The sarcastic note suggests adopting an intelligent look as the clever cover for the night in a Baltimore American snippet.
A humorous exchange where a housekeeper notes that items washed are torn to pieces yet the washerwoman clarifies she charges only for whole pieces when a item is torn into multiple parts. The dialogue uses dialect to emphasize practicality and thrift in cleaning work.
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