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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1912
Page
3
The county Democratic convention praised a strong ticket and urged unity for a 100 percent vote. It noted enthusiasm and optimism as the party campaigns. Separately the road drag debate discussed timing to reduce dust by flattening clods before roads dry fully.
The Democratic national convention confirms William Jennings Bryan remains the party’s strongest influence. His uncompromising honesty and consistent stand against capitalist influence are praised as vital to purging the party and preventing Republican-leaning interests from seizing control. The Tribune regards Clark as a strong statesman and favored candidate, noting he would be a trustworthy leader from the West.
The two national conventions reveal that the people of the country at large are actively engaging in government for the first time, a development the piece deems timely and significant.
Politics grows too serious for Lafe Young who quips that the term General Sherman applied to war would be more apt. The remark frames contemporary rhetoric as warlike and blunt.
The piece suggests the East aimed to influence the convention and questions if Iowa progressives will bolt. It notes Chairman Franke refusing support to Taft, hints at factional splits, mentions the late Col Lafe Young’s remains found amid Democratic badges, and contrasts Republican and Democratic press reports from Baltimore.
Commentary argues that the International Harvester Company and the Plymouth Cordage Company dominate the binding twine market. It claims they fix prices, keeping them high despite raw material shifts, and dismisses government suspicions as unfounded.
A brief aphorism notes that a very low price disguises inferior quality as the varnish wears off and surfaces poorly. It suggests value comes from enduring materials rather than cut-rate bargains.
Chicago readers are told a Boston rostrum tale that a moon fly causes Roosevelt’s madness at each moon change. The column mocks the idea as a partisan excuse and notes the Taft faction pushing the theory amid a heated political time.
A movement to organize a third party in Iowa is under way with a Des Moines meeting of prominent progressives planned after the Fourth of July. Attendees will include Republicans opposed to Taft and favoring Roosevelt or another progressive for president, with possible Democratic representation if Baltimore action is lacking. The date remains to be set.
A typed document left in the surrogate's office pretends to be Theodore Roosevelt's political will. It dismisses a 1908 disposition to Taft, hints at personal property and a Republican steam roller, and names executors John Flinn Perkins Dixon with Root Barnes Watson as witnesses. Experts say probate could face several challenges.
Burlington Iowa June 29 Will Dor is a life torrier at Fort Madison prison convicted at Le Mars six years ago on a charge of criminal assault escaped yesterday evening. He was traced by Warden Saunders and guards in an automobile and captured early this morning. Dor had taken refuge in the deserted cabin boat a mile south of Burlington where Dave Geiger was murdered by Smith Dodge Thursday evening and surrendered without resistance.
Keokuk Iowa July 1 thousands visit the massive construction site hailed as the largest plant besides Panama and the nation's greatest engineering achievement. Leaders say the water power works will attract visitors and demonstrate unprecedented industrial progress.
The plant will open to visitors on the Fourth of July and will suspend all work for the day. It will mark the first full cessation since work began and even the private telephone exchange operators will be off duty. A large crowd is anticipated with railroads asking about visitor access. Sunday attendance has exceeded 5,000 and may reach 10,000 next Thursday.
A lad named Mosena driving a Kraestner team on Sunnyside Avenue escaped serious injury when a sand bank collapsed while he rested at noon. The horses were buried to their necks and required dig-out efforts by bystanders. Dr. Scott the veterinarian examined one horse, reporting severe internal injuries and an uncertain chance of survival.
Waverly Independent urges farmers to boost local production and dairy quality. It emphasizes increasing corn, clover, alfalfa, silos, dairy cattle, and creamery butter, with clean barns and healthy stock. It argues for farmer-led progress over politicians.
President Edwin A. Schell returned from a conference tour in Iowa as Hon. H. M. Havner donated 1500 and R. G. Popham 500 to the endowment drive. Other gifts include 150 from J. E. Peterson and 300 from Miss Clara M. Phillips bringing four days’ efforts to 2450 with 15500 more needed to reach 100000 by July 1.
Mr and Mrs Hugh Marlow of Lone Rock Iowa mourn the loss of their 2 year old son who vanished two months ago neighbors speculate about a hit and cover up or a wandering child may have fallen into quicksand Northern Iowa searches and a Des Moines gypsy camp raid failed to locate the boy and officials have given up hope.
The Knoxville Express notes Sears Roebuck or Montgomery Ward may start daily papers and county seat weeklies to advertise goods as local papers decline such ads. It questions merchant loyalty if a rival weekly gains large reach and undercuts price in ads. It adds that mail order returns are easy while merchants must beware faulty goods.
The piece lauds William Jennings Bryan for balancing politics and religion, noting his Sunday activities from a morning Sunday school to a sermon at the Armory and a church tribute at the Masonic theatre, ending with a Mission outreach to the Hope Rescue crowd. It praises his public advocacy for faith amid political life.
A Louisville Herald reflection recalls Bryan speaking at Brother Bruce’s mission hall. The reporter notes crowds from streets and grown men weeping at the gospel tale as Bryan, aging, speaks man to man about the Man of Galilee. The piece marks a high moment in his later years.
Lincoln June 29 vandals while the Bryan family was away in Baltimore tore up and hauled away 56 two foot squares of cement sidewalk from the path leading from the newspaper correspondents wigwam to the Bryan residence police report no clue in the incident with no arrests yet reported.
Davenport June 29 Navigation on the upper Mississippi river will practically cease on July 1 unless Congress provides funds for operating the government bridge its draw and the lighthouses and signal stations along the river. The funds were provided for in the army appropriation bill vetoed by the president.
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