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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
6
Iowa lawmakers discuss highway legislation school reform and an employers liability act as top priorities. Proposals include nonpartisan judges and substitute jurors while a daylight closing bill tests wet and dry sentiments. Also reports on Grundy Center telephone upgrades and a Yorktown elopement.
Dr. P B Cleave of Cherokee described Iowa’s lone pellagra case at the Sioux Valley Medical Association, detailing a summer patient who suffered severe delusions and died the day before a required state hospital permit arrived. A second item notes a bread contest winner in Council Bluffs, while another Sioux City police suspension involves Olaf Wilberg accused of drinking with Wold’s wife and alleged assault in transit to jail.
Mount Vernon Iowa January 27 information indicates Miss Jeska Schwartz a Boston grand opera singer plans to sue for divorce from her husband Arthur Wilson a former Mount Vernon youth and now music critic for the Boston Globe Wilson married her only a few months ago and the case is reported from the local area
Jan 27 Fort Dodge Iowa senator Kenyon and University of Minnesota president Vincent are slated to speak at the annual Northwest Iowa Teachers association meeting to be held in March 1915 J G Hobson of Sioux City serves as association president
Mitchell County Iowa board of supervisors engages E Welch of Eldora a former accountant to inspect the books and records of all county officers. Welch will begin inspections about the first of March.
Dubuque social welfare committee proposes a bill for Iowa to curb mortgage sharks. It would let the state allow small loans secured by chattel mortgages with up to 2 percent interest monthly under restrictions. The bill aims to curb ruinous rates after complaints of lenders charging 250 percent.
Albertus H. Baldwin heads a growing system of business spies operating worldwide. Government consuls, mercantile agents, and a staff of over eighty assist in gathering trade data and promoting domestic and international commerce under a new department role.
Speculation swirls over Grand Duchess Vladimir’s London trip as an aunt of the czar and ally of Anthony Drexel. Reported aims center on securing support for Cyril's succession and potential marriage alignments with British royals, amid talk of the czarevitch’s fragile health.
George Chapin, a wary uncle, helps his nephew Walter woo Linda Manners while Walter’s father fears a marriage to a fortune hunter. The plot twists as Linda is revealed to be George’s fiancée Alice Manners, who reappears with a license and a twist of fate.
A gust of wind from Twenty-eighth Street swept a small bank containing $100 and a silk stocking from Mrs. Robert Stadle of the Latham hotel. The bank was left on a window sill in her bath room when the window was raised slightly and the wind carried it away, with no sign of the assets or replacement found.
A terse exchange hints at danger surrounding a grieving widow. The dialogue suggests a risky situation linked to the widow's manner and a concealed warning in her voice.
Comical exchange as Patience notes a device to gauge heat by sound while Patrice questions and Wil faints from the idea. The humor hinges on interpreting hot air literally as a source of sensation and invention.
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