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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1913
Page
7
Mrs. S. W. Coffin of 110 West Broadway marked her 87th birthday with family visits and flowers. She recalls Fairfield’s growth from a small village to a city over sixty four years in the same home, noting paved streets and cement walks.
A senior class resolution at Alton Illinois asks that Leo Grosh wear long pants at graduation, with indignant speeches against the rule. The body also adopts a second measure requiring girls to wear light shirt waists and dark skirts.
Washington lawmakers discussed a $2,000,000 appropriation for the San Francisco Panama exposition exhibit in 1915. The House exposition committee reported little opposition and anticipated passage of the bill.
An informal conference of progressives and Republican progressives in the House agreed to back Democrats in pursuing President Wilsons program. Representative Murdock of Kansas said Wilson would be a progressive president and Representative Lafferty of Oregon pledged support via telegram to Governor Wilson.
Two Bridgeport Illinois girls, Helen McDonald and Jessie Rymer, ages 13 and 12, begin a journey around the world with one dollar each at Union Station in St Louis Missouri. The girls, frightened at night away from home, were helped by a policeman who escorted them to the matron’s ward, then returned home with Miss Rymer’s father.
Fairfield National Bank announces Saturday evening hours from seven to eight to aid citizens in cashing pay checks and making deposits. The change serves factory workers merchants tradesmen and the general public in the community.
College girls join the 160,000 garment workers strike in New York urging Mayor Gaynor to appoint special women police to shield the pickets from alleged white slave dangers. The notice also advertises loans through Thoma & Thoma.
Topeka Kansas January 18 state senator J M Davis introduced a bill stopping lobbyists from giving cigars or dinners or talking with legislators during the session. Senator Malone proposed another bill to prevent elopements by requiring marriage banns appear three weeks before the wedding.
A well dressed man believed to be Joseph Tosney from San Francisco shot himself at Illinois Central Station in Chicago today. He was about thirty and died en route to a hospital.
The article argues Iowa can fully supply its sugar with extensive beet cultivation, citing Michigan as a model. It notes high per acre profits, potential factory expansion, and benefits to farmers, banks, and railroads, projecting major regional growth if beets become dominant.
The Postal Telegraph company in Omaha hires seven women as messengers, with plans to hire 25 if successful. Officials cite better service, non smoking, and adaptable, healthy work. uniforms issued and calls redirected away from questionable localities.
Winnebago resident W H Chapman recounts saving a doctor's bill by using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for his children’s coughs. He says a single 25 cent bottle cured them with no opiates and credits L S Bradshaw & Co with the advertisement.
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