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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1905
Page
11
The Fairfield Tribune lists subscription options including one year in advance, six months, and three months. It notes postal class and status as a weekly newspaper printed at the Fairfield Post Office with second class mail designation.
The piece questions whether forthcoming public buildings will showcase genuine American art while noting current reliance on Ancient Greece Rome and Scandinavia as inspirations.
A New York Turkish bath house caught fire and six men escaped in their skins. Fire lines caused women to fall back, with no further prompting needed from firemen as the blaze drove patrons away.
Over the year ending June 30, 3,787 people died and 51,343 were injured in railroad accidents across the United States.
The Patent Office, a rare government revenue source, adds to the Treasury every year. Since 1837 it has contributed large sums, about 200000 this year after expenses. 1904 is projected to top all prior years with over 35000 patents issued, signaling rapid U S progress. Domestic postage rates will apply under the Panama treaty, and the government aims to secure home prices for Minister Barret.
The passage notes that Navy personnel matters are under discussion by Naval committees in Congress. It emphasizes the need for thoroughly tested, well disciplined officers as current shipbuilding plans increase reliance on capable leaders to protect government property.
The State Teachers' Association estimates Indiana public school teachers average $420.32 annually, about $200 less than New York street cleaners. Congress will reconvene and state voices will be heard. Speaker Cannon, a man of few words, likens Congress to a Lincoln era boat that stops when the whistle blows, and adds that the wheels of government are clogged with speech.
A group of men and women forms a society to offer healthy exercise for the poor by establishing golf links near urban centers. They aim to provide accessible recreation and community benefit through the new venture.
The text notes the Department of Commerce and the Interstate Commerce Commission lack funds for trust investigations. It proposes outsourcing inquiries to a charity like an Old Ladies' Home where money isn’t needed as an incentive. It also references continuing Congressional Record paragraphs and a lingering joke about reliving old management for six years.
A brief notice notes Mr Chadwick wavers on his trust in his wife. The piece cites Egerton Castle’s novel where a neglected husband pays his wife's gambling debts as a backdrop to discuss loyalty and truth in marriage.
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that the key issue is not where the Missouri river is now but where it used to be. The decision highlights the difficulty in predicting where the boundary will be in the future, underscoring the ongoing dispute over the Nebraska Missouri border.
It claimed the President is a serious jiu jitsu student and deeply interested in the sport. The public may doubt this until the muscular fraternity shows McGovernor Gans pitted against a jiu jitsu expert and knocked out.
Washington D C Jan 5 a national board to supervise corporations is proposed by Senator Heyburn with five members four appointed by the president for four year terms and the secretary of commerce and labor as a fifth. The board could compel books production and witness attendance to probe corporate rights under the act.
Manchester Iowa December 6 County Sheriff T J Hennessey began the new year by arresting five suspected burglars tied to a series of thefts around the Jones Woolen Mills area. Stolen blankets worth about $800 were recovered and linked to a burglary at J S Jones store. Progeny of Pratt and Werb suspects were taken to county jail after discoveries at Pratt’s home and a local grocery. A chicken coop burglary on Herbert Alcock’s premises yielded stolen fowls and a chicken found in Pratt’s oven. Evidence suggests the same gang is responsible for ongoing hen roost robberies.
A portion of text notes an officer or enlisted man retired since the start of the Spanish war due to service disability and who did not receive benefits under the act of April 23, 1904. The record preserves the official wording without embellishment.
L B Adams of Maxwell faces federal fraud charges over a recent farm transfer to his father in law G W Bolmnett to hinder creditors. An involuntary bankruptcy petition filed in federal court cites over 1000 dollars in debts by Kratzer Carriage Co of Des Moines and others. Adams previously bought A C Cole & Sons stock, resold it to Cole, and creditors seek to set aside the farm sale.
Ray Townsend, 19, of Lehigh, sought on a seduction charge in Cherokee, escaped from officers yesterday by slipping through an open window at his brother's home. He had been in Cherokee several months, linked to Miss Fuhrman, then returned home where relatives obtained a warrant. Officers found him at 1 pm at his brother's house, but he disappeared through the window while claimed to fetch his hat and has not been caught.
A period advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a pure tonic for ague and malaria, claiming genuine curative power with no quinine after effects. E S Munday of Henrietta Texas testifies his brother recovered from malarial fever and jaundice after taking the medicine sold by Shriner and Swayze at 50 cents with guarantee.
A brief quotation depicts a teacher prompting a child about spelling and bullying, with a child hesitant to name the aggressor. The exchange captures a social moment from a Philadelphia Ledger item illustrating classroom etiquette and peer intimidation.
The final three horses affected by a rare malady known as maladie du coit were destroyed under orders of Governor Cummins and State Veterinarian Paul O. Kato. The eradication work, a joint effort with Washington, ends the disease’s presence in Iowa after a year of containment and tracing of exposed animals across several states.
In Manchester Iowa on January 5 Judge A S Blair presides over a state suit against farmer Lester Clark for manslaughter in the death of his son a boy about 12 allegedly abused as an unsound mind witness testimony including the county coroner reveals brutal treatment and more than 100 witnesses have been summoned drawing strong local comment
Carl Frickel, a prominent Davenport business man for twenty years, went to his store this morning and hanged himself in an anteroom. Life extinct when found. His brother was sent to an asylum years ago, and insanity in the family is blamed. The man who pays cash for a ton of coal has money to burn.
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