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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1905
Page
12
The attraction An American Gentleman comes to the Grand Thursday January 12. The story unfolds with rising interest from curtain rise, weaving pathos comedy and a love story with crime. Bonelli's strength and athletic prowess shine especially in the gypsy camp scene as he overcomes foes.
Manager Thoma arranges engagement of The Holy City. The production is praised as intellectually conceived dramatically built and powerfully acted with beautiful representations. Manager Gordon shows determination to excel in all divisions. A full house is expected for the January 16th appearance at the Opera House.
Arizona appears as the Wednesday January 18 attraction at the opera house. It is praised as a strong recent drama scored in New York and elsewhere, depicting life at a frontier army post with atmospheric, impressionistic visuals and broad, sure sketches that challenge Wild West clichés.
Mrs. Cora Walker of Porterville California proclaims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the best made for colds and pneumonia prevention. The remedy is noted as quick, safe, pleasant and effective. Sold by Shriner Swayze. Jan.
A saying notes that a woman typically shows little interest in her husband’s correspondence unless the letters are marked personal, implying privacy drives attention and curiosity in relationships.
Chicago on January 4 reports the death of Theodore Thomas, famed orchestra director, from pneumonia at his residence. He was 70 and had just seen the Chicago orchestra reach a permanent hall, with four performances held this season. His last concert was Christmas Day. The illness began a week earlier with grip-like symptoms, then pneumonia developed and worsened.
Bloodhounds scour the woods around Brooklyn Iowa as investigators hunt two or more men in the murder of 84 year old Tom Reed found shot at his home three miles east. The body lay across the door sill. a hammer clutched in his hand suggests a struggle. Evidence points to robbery. Reed reputedly kept about $500 at home. Reed, a Mexican War veteran, lived alone after his wife had died. his three sons offered care yet he stayed solitary.
Des Moines reports a flood of large rats in downtown areas around west Fourth Street Locust and Grand. Observers describe ferocious rodents emerging from basements, causing screams and panic among pedestrians, with some blaming them for nightlife temptations.
A pair of messengers in gray coats caused a restless scene as they paraded toward a hotel. One man shrieked with comic opera flair, another joined in with laughter, and townspeople remarked that the town was alive with them.
Ames Iowa January 7 Charles Samuels recounts the rise of P G Holden professor of agronomy at Iowa State College in Ames. It details how his seed selection methods, education tours, and farm management increased Iowa corn yields dramatically, earning him broad praise and a strong agronomist legacy.
Senator Bailey submitted to the senate a constitutional amendment to fix the presidency at six years and ban re election. The proposal states the executive power rests in a president serving a six year term, with the vice president elected for the same term. It declares permanent ineligibility for re election and bars any person who has served as president under any succession from future eligibility.
Mrs Kate Dwyer aged 66 was found dead in her back yard after lying out all night in Creston Iowa January 5. Neighbors and relatives believed she had gone to her daughter's home and a search was not made. No foul play is suspected.
Miss Rilla Coats, Ames, Iowa, a country school teacher near Zearing, Iowa, spent a bitter night alone in a dark schoolhouse during a severe blizzard. She remained inside from morning until daybreak, with no candle, relying on a prepared fuel supply, while storm winds and snow drifts raged outside.
I will sell at my farm six miles southeast of Fairfield on Thursday January 19 1905. Sale begins at 16 o clock with six head of horses seventy head of cattle sixty five head of hogs twelve dozen chickens and thirteen full blood roosters and extensive farm implements. Terms ten months without interest on notes over five dollars cash on amounts five dollars and under and five percent discount for cash on time sales. Lunch on grounds. John S Louden auctioneers T B Allender Craig Pattison clerk.
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