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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
2
Community calendar highlights a July 3 to July 4 store hours and sales at J. C. Thorne dry goods, Gilbert's feed yard offering feed for horses, and multiple church and club gatherings. Social outings include picnics, a wedding shower, and a surprise party for Pauline Clinkerbeard with 17th birthday noted.
A severe Saturday storm floods Boone with lightning strikes causing fireworks stock at Daniels restaurant to explode and the Opera House to suffer a close call. Fire damage, smashed interiors, and widespread destruction follow as residents escape injury and authorities assess losses. The Des Moines River rises with heavy rain and several homes and the Boone Electric line member James Wallace are damaged.
Charles Lanks an engineer on the Burlington fast mail halted a runaway 50 ton coal gondola that derailed none while his train rolled backward to stop the car near Balfour Iowa. He shut off steam applied brakes reversed the engine and brought both to a standstill saving likely a dozen lives. The car had broken away during local freight switching.
Notice from Mayor T. L. James bans firing of firecrackers or explosives along the parade route next Saturday morning to prevent accidents.
A curious observation notes how style helps a woman stay cool in summer while puzzling over how she avoids freezing in winter. The remark contrasts seasonal dressing with an implied question about warmth and comfort.
Governor Cummins appeals to Iowa citizens to donate to relief for McGregor after a June 20 flood, hail, and wind wrecked the town. Mayors and civic groups are named as collectors, sending funds to Mayor Je Pe Walter. The disaster devastated streets, sewer systems, and business blocks, leaving the city bonded, insolvent, and unable to fund repairs.
Two more victims die when a gasoline launch capsizes near Doerr's island during an outing across the Mississippi. Ezra Parmeter and his 4 year old daughter drown after the craft is caught by a tree branch and overturned. Mrs Parmeter, a son and Engineer Rhoades reach shore. The bodies remained unrecovered at dusk. Parmeter was a Santa Fe employee.
Mason City Iowa June 29 delegates return from Des Moines convention with national secretary’s announcement that the Mason City Women’s Missionary Society of the Christian Church is the world’s largest. The 280 member group has grown through energetic service and strong leadership led by Mrs H. as it pursues broad missionary work.
The Iowa state convention of the colored Baptists met in Mt. Pleasant on June 29 with about 50 delegates. They adopted strict temperance resolutions and condemned a minister guilty of gross immorality, publishing the action in their records. The group is affiliated with the Western and National Baptist conventions.
Thomas Long, a country solicitor for the Daily Nonpareil, died at Mercy hospital from septicemia after a dog bite near Silver City. He was on a collection route when a large dog attacked him as he neared C. C. Knight's hilltop residence, biting his left hand.
Merrimac notes a busy wheat cutting week with many already finished. Several plan trips to Trenton Fairfield and Mt Pleasant for the Fourth. Local social items include visits among neighbors and a riding accident injuring a pony rider.
Sunday at the Christian church presents two talks. The morning topic is Christ the Only Foundation. The evening discourse is The Superior Influence of a Pure Christianity.
A garbled snippet discusses luck and fairness, contrasting the butter side down experience with wealth and gender pay. The jumbled lines reference a poor man desiring wealth and a woman’s pay, reflecting a newspaper page fragment with stray phrases.
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