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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1909
Page
2
Wisecarver and Fredericks announce a partnership for the present sale season and promise the biggest sales with two strong auctioneers. They solicit farm and high class sales in Fairfield Iowa and guarantee satisfaction or no pay. They charge one percent on all farm sales.
D F Spratt announces a change of partnership effective January 1 1909 with E C Johnson leaving the firm Spratt Johnson and invites all debts to be settled at the old stand. They thank customers and solicit continued patronage for the new Spratt & Son firm. 37 Cattle Public Sale to follow at the farm four miles south and east of Fairfield on February 2 1909 at 10 am including horses cattle farm tools and 400 bushels corn 250 oats hay and other items with cash and credit terms and lunch provided.
Landowners announce ongoing prohibition of hunting and trespassing across their properties. Listed names include John B. Stever Geo F Stever R H Stever C W Whit ham C J Fulton and others, with numerous signatories indicating a broad enforcement stance.
The speaker urges disciplined methods in all grange work, stressing careful handling of business and degree proceedings. Even moving resolutions or appropriations must follow a correct, singular process, with attention to small details.
The Grand Opera House hosts Ben Hendricks Tuesday evening in the Swedish singing comedian role of Von Yon Son. The feature promises strong sales and satisfaction on large or small purchases, with contact details for Fairfield, Iowa, by Col. T. Ballender.
A period farming column offers simple home treatments. Licorice and ginger in hog feed may ease coughs, coal tar easedown the throat. For a cow with caked udder hot poke root application after milking is advised. Lamb colic may stem from excess milk and poor pasture, moving flocks to poorer land and newly sown fields is suggested. Warts on animals respond to lead acetate solution applied carefully to the lesion.
On January 19 Merlin Johnson of Fairfield aged 21 and Louise A Johnson of Fairfield aged 23 obtained marriage licenses. On January 20 Peter Bandura of Elba Nebraska aged 24 and Pauline Loba of Pleasant Plain aged 23 obtained licenses.
A historical note records a count spending three dollars twenty-five cents per minute for years to marry an American girl, a phrase describing extravagant devotion that became a famed financial and social anecdote.
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and upset stomach. It claims five minute relief, no belching or heartburn, and renewed appetite after use. The large 50 cent case is sold at drug stores and targets readers troubled by dyspepsia.
The article advises liberal but not excessive feeding of brood mares with high quality hay oats and bran. It warns against moldy or sour feed and stresses well fitting collars and proper bathing of the shoulders. It recommends exercise before foaling and careful grain reduction to avoid milk fever and scours.
The text notes that gulping a large feed or eating musty hay or sour feed can cause colic. It warns that freshly cut grass wet with dew or rain eaten in large quantities also often leads to colic.
Turpentine removes tar from fabrics. A marble in a teakettle prevents scale. A few lemon drops improve scrambled eggs. A splash of milk keeps silver bright. Salt on range prevents odor from fat spatter. Regularly wash brushes and avoid bristle contact. Save sweet gravy and use in stews or soups. Boil milk with water to prevent scorching. Wood ash and salt paste mends range cracks. Salt on carpet soots aids removal. Coffee test detects adulteration in grounds.
The ship doctor told the dead passenger to bury in Stateroom 45 but the body remained. An Irish burial steward later confessed he misheard room 46 and buried a living man who joked he was near death after asking if he was dead.
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