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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
6
The notice lists a business address at 112 N Main St and provides contact by phone 73 for Friday January 23, 1920. A compact catalog entry notes Frid ay pricing and services offered by the office.
The Jackson Day dinner controversy pits Woodrow Wilson against W. J. Bryan over a treaty settlement. Republicans claim Bryan aims to lead the Democratic Party and become a presidential candidate, while Wilson stands on principle. Democrats in Des Moines show strong support for Wilson as Bryan’s expediency is judged uncertain for America's future.
The article contrasts Republican claims of retrenchment with actual spending in 1918 and projections for 1921. It argues that under Republican control spending rises to nine billion next year, creating a large deficit, while noting today’s costs dwarf those of 1916 under Democrats and exceed pre Spanish-American War levels.
The piece argues the last congress did little beyond collecting pay and questions rising taxes for the average family. It claims no imminent tax cuts and warns Republicans will face accountability after the upcoming election. It likens Congress to a failing private company in debt.
The Bloomfield Democrat argues the Republicans lack recent executive and congressional practice while Democrats, allied with the Hawk-Eye’s view, should regain control to pass needed peace time legislation. It notes Taft to Wilson changes and cites the so called zero congress as justification for returning Democrats to power.
Sir Oliver Lodge at the Royal Society of Arts surveys present energy sources and warns they are minor next to solar stores. He criticizes waste, neglect of vegetation, wind and water power, and the costly electricity from chemistry, but notes atomic energy as a future vast store. Radiant energy used in wartime hints at future applications.
The state convention of commercial club secretaries highlighted the bond between rural and urban communities through mutual interests and community service. It argued that the partnership succeeds when neighbors get acquainted and work together for harmony, goodwill, cooperation, and a square deal.
An overseas dispatch reports 200 young maples planted on Vimy Ridge as the start of a Canadian memorial forest in the war zone. The piece contrasts future landscapes with wartime devastation and envisions a shift in landscape painting toward rounded, expansive trees like maples and oaks.
A London Times correspondent reports crowds gathered at a Berlin delicatessen where bananas, long absent during five years of blockade, were displayed in a shop window. The fruit's appearance sparked smiles and jokes, seen as proof that the blockade era is ending.
The article explains three grades of aviation gasoline for aircraft, training bombing and fighting planes. It notes pink colored “fighting gas” to prevent misuse by inexperienced workers and describes its high purity through extensive refining.
A young Indiana town graduate studies medicine with a popular doctor. He observes hours, then declares he will practice only on fair days and not go out at nights after a tired, rain-drenched exam.
Three South Portland men Dr. George W. C. Studley Percy York and Captain William York sighted a swordfish after groundfishing. Lacking proper gear they improvised a harpoon from a stove poker and boathook handle and landed the fish. In Portland they sold the swordfish for 90 dollars and the roughly 1 000 pounds of groundfish for 60 dollars.
Mrs Flatbush asks if Henry wears the suspenders with flowers given for his birthday. He replies he is using a nail instead of a button to avoid rusting them.
J. H. Coffman of Fairfield married Miss Jennie Parks of Bloomfield last Saturday at the bride’s parents home two miles northwest of Bloomfield. Rev. C. B. Hawkins officiated in the presence of relatives and friends. The couple will reside in Fairfield after a six o clock dinner hosted by Mrs. H. B. Coffman and the Salets.
H W Morrison leases the Frye garage and all three floors with an elevator for easy access. He will handle the Essex and Hudson Super Six cars, operate a full auto repairs department with battery repairs and vulcanizing, and plans to install a free air equipment soon.
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