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Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1901

Page

4

Fairfield Tribune Subscription Rates Ad

A brief display lists subscription terms for one year in advance six months and three months with prices. The notice notes Fairfield postal mailing status and ends with a motto about ink causing reflection.

Jurisdiction and Cuba as a foreign territory under the Constitution

A legal analysis argues the thirteenth amendment could apply to Cuba as a territory under military control not part of the United States. It compares Cuba with the Guano islands and discusses whether jurisdiction implies inclusion in the United States. The piece questions presidential tolerance of slavery in Cuba.

Supreme Court Cuba United States Griggs Porto Rico Philippines Sumner Guano Islands Congress Sulu Islands

The Hill Silver Bill Moves Through House Committee

The coinage committee orders a favorable report to keep the silver dollar at parity with gold. Chairman to seek quick three day rules committee action for house consideration. Senate faces opposition from subsidy opponents and obstructionists while supporters push ahead. The bill authorizes the secretary of the treasury to coin silver bullion from the Sherman act and to recoin silver dollars into subsidiary coins as needed.

House Committee On Rules Senate Secretary of the Treasury

Crude bill on silver dollars drew mixed criticism

A Chicago Chronicle critique labels the proposed silver dollar bill crude and faulty, warning it preserves discretionary gold replenishment and muddles redemption terms. The piece argues the measure risks flooding the country with depreciated fractional silver and favors Republican handling of finances.

Erasmus On Christianity and War Echoed Through Centuries

The Commoner reprints and comments on Erasmus urging Christians to reject war. He questions soldiers reciting the Lord's Prayer before battle and condemns fighting brothers, praying for peace while seeking earthly conquest, and forcing others into danger.

Erasmus God Father God Satan

Wanted A Resident Representative for Jefferson County

An advertisement seeking a resident representative for Jefferson County. Terms and particulars available from The Hunt Manufacturing Co in Newark Wayne County New York. Dated 1945.

Jefferson County The Hunt Manufacturing Co Newark Wayne County New York

Tribune Office Moves Nearby Alston Block

The Tribune informs patrons its office is now one block west of the old site, three doors south of the opera house in the Alston block.

Tribune Opera House Alston Block

Pasture Land for Rent Owned by J A Beck

200 acres of fine pasture land offered for rent with 30 acres in one tract and 170 in the other. Property owned by J A Beck.

J. A. Beck

Board of Supervisors January 1901 Claims List

The Board of Supervisors reviews and approves claims from the January 1901 session. Miscellaneous items include payments and orders relating to county expenditures and small service charges.

Clubbing List for Tribune Readers Across Papers

The Tribune offers a renewal and new subscription deal combining Fairfield Tribune with multiple partner papers including St. Louis Semi-Weekly Republic Des Moines Weekly Ledger Cincinnati Enquirer and more. Savings apply to other publications as well.

Tribune Fairfield Tribune Homestead St. Louis Republic Des Moines Lohder Eich Geisas Eknasee Cincinnati Enquirer

Mental power and the brain its unlimited growth

The New York Journal argues that the brain can develop without limit through exercise and proper health. It cites examples of exceptional memory, language learning, and brain as a vast system of atoms, urging readers to keep the body in good condition to sustain mental effort.

Chicago Twenty-third Street New York City Houudin Meinert New York Journal

The Practical Joke As Barbaric Malice

Ada C. Sweet argues in Woman's Home Companion that practical jokes embody barbarism and aim to inflict pain, fear or ridicule. She contends such harms persist across cultures and urge an end to the practice among civilized societies.

Ada C. Sweet

Conversation Frustrates Planned Meeting Between Old Friends

Exchange shows Gaylord inviting a visit, Meeker declining due to prior engagement, and Tye proposing future contact. Boston Transcript notes the polite but final nature of the refusals.

Gaylord Old Boy Meeker Tye Boston Transcript

Persia Turquoise Mines Through Eight Centuries

Persia contains the world’s most famed turquoise mines with eight centuries of activity, though the stones are also found elsewhere including Saxony.

Persia Saxony

First Money Earned Brings Custard Pie Lesson

A father recalls earning a five cent piece from a grocer for carrying potatoes and spending it to buy a custard pie. He kept the coin a few days to feel ownership, then traded it for simple joy rather than books or toys. The tale ends with a child’s reaction and a short newspaper-style quip about pride and favors.

Papa Indianapolis Press

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