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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1905
Page
5
Abingdon reports a subdued Independence Day with many residents staying home amid wet weather. Social visits span Fairfield Ottumwa Agency Libertyville and Birmingham with numerous family updates and local church events.
Corby Heaton recovering well after tuberculous glands operation. Ottumwa visitors Nellie Warren and daughter return home. Lucile Richards attended Christian Workers' Assembly in New Providence. Local builders erect homes and barns. Mrs. Roberts recovering after amputation. Mrs. W. B. Picken seriously ill. Ottumwa Chautauqua attendees reported. July 4 celebrations affected by rain with Hopewell picnic moved to Woolson church and C E program led by Albert Brown. No serious accidents noted.
Mrs Hobbie and Miss Margaret Sword from Quincy visited Mrs Hobbie’s daughter Mrs Dave Rin iker last week. M D Claypool and son Ora spent the Fourth at Brighton. Ora Carter of Burlington Col visits relatives here. Mr and Mrs David Hedge of Fairfield township spent the Fourth with Geo Newland. Rev Kendrick stayed overnight with Mr and Mrs Roling and Mrs Hale of Birmingham visited Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Den
Report notes a total of nineteen gallons gathered and mentions Mrs. W B Loving is on the sick list.
The article urges farmers to shoot every sparrow crow and butcher bird seen to protect crops. It notes late corn planting and poor seed hinder yields and remarks on how quickly a cow's pedigree surfaces after being hit by cars. It warns that optimistic fruit prospects often fail when markets are hard to find.
The text argues veal calves should not be fed skim milk and reach six to seven weeks old for best quality. It asserts that ethical men avoid selling veal under a month, though many do. It reflects tensions between animal welfare and sales practices.
The state prison’s twine factory sells binding twine to Minnesota farmers at near cost, saving about 300000 dollars this season. The author argues flax fiber should replace Manila fiber to further cut costs and urges workers to exceed eight hours daily to achieve financial progress.
The small farm nearly always yields a better rate of interest on invested money than a large farm. Many men try to cover too many acres, spreading effort and returns thin.
A South Dakota woman who entered hens in a late Australian egg laying contest, where they won several first prizes, now easily sells her old prize hens at twenty dollars each.
The article notes that eggs and butter consistently fetch good prices and never flood markets. It explains cold storage as the key method preventing any market glut in these products.
A report praises cement road culverts as superior to wood, predicting wooden culverts will disappear from national highways within ten years as cement gains dominance in road construction.
The article weighs factors in choosing a new home and farm, prioritizing soil fertility above climate season length and neighbor quality. It argues eastern soils are often poor, offsetting other advantages like market proximity and land clearing costs.
During the heat of summer, farmers are urged to keep cows in dark cool barns from 9 to 5 and provide lush green feed to prevent milk drops. The message links hot weather and poor pasture to reduced milk yield and emphasizes shelter and nutrition.
A man tamed two young foxes for his boys and they provided amusement until they escaped last fall and devoured a neighbor’s chickens. The owner has since abandoned the fox business.
Farmers can turn overlooked June land into useful catch crops. Thickly planted field corn for fodder suits late sowing, preventing weed overgrowth and making full use of marginal plots.
The press mercilessly exposes refrigerator car fraud, exposing rascality within the trust. The public shaming nearly busts the scam and forces railways to stall their own refrigerator service, treating all customers alike.
Weather remains unsettled as Mrs. Richard Fisher stays ill after recent surgery. Carl Jay needed a second Chicago operation. A baby boy arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Case on July 8. C L Cox shipped cattle to Chicago. The Fickel brothers bought new buggies. John Samuelson family returned from Red Oak. Grace Lane visits her grandparents. Fred McClain shipped sheep to Chicago last week.
The column reports local residents’ holiday activities and family news on July Fourth. Grace Heisel welcomed a new nephew born July second. Grace’s sister Mrs Alex Carmichael hosted near Bernhart. Others include H B Keltner’s return from work in nearby counties and various visits, travels, and sickness mentions.
The article states that hens lay the same number of eggs with or without roosters when eggs are not needed for hatching. It claims eggs hatchability and quality may improve when the rooster is absent, suggesting roosters are not essential for egg production for consumption.
A dairyman asks if dairy cows have reached their maximum. If cows make 175 pounds of butter yearly they have not yet reached it, but at 400 pounds they have. Most dairies have a 225 pound butter possibility—that amount they achieve and do not.
The rivalry between steam and trolley lines grows as gasoline powered motor cars are developed to run on steam roads, aiming to capture trolley advantages and restore traffic and profits for steam railways.
A farmer plows and plants corn but discovers in mid May that the seed corn will not germinate. He must replant the entire field, delaying the crop and risking frost before maturity. The narrator notes many will not learn from this error.
The new method for treating common earth roads is rapidly expanding in the northwest. Reports from various localities praise wonderful improvements in highway conditions and highlight the method's extreme cheapness and simplicity, urging adoption wherever bad earth roads exist.
Guidance on when to market a calf and how to feed it. Do not sell before one month old. Recommends feeding with all the fresh milk available to prepare it for market.
The article notes Americans shifting from sirloin steak to mutton chops. It argues sheep farming can yield mutton as cheaply as beef or pork, using feed that would otherwise be wasted. Wool income also contributes to profits, enhancing the sheep industry’s future prospects.
In a western state new road laws require cash road tax payments instead of the old work system. Farmers resisted as an innovation depriving an ancient right but after the road boss forced a ten hour workday many finally agree to pay the tax without further kicking.
The death of an elderly inmate at a western poor house prompts reflection on thrift and aging. The paper notes he was long a good citizen yet never saved, leaving him no option but the institution in old age. It argues for better savings education during working years to prevent poverty in later life.
The notes describe a new earth road maintenance method praised for low cost and easy operation. It improves poor roads, suits worst materials, and many cities now apply it to unpaved streets, urging townships and towns to adopt it to cover highway care costs from poll taxes.
An old advertisement touts Mi o na as strengthening the stomach to prevent disease germs and improve digestion. It claims nervousness sleepiness headaches back pains and rheumatism stem from stomach issues and that the remedy, offered by Frank S. Shri, guarantees cure with price at 50 cents.
The passage discusses regular taxes levied and collected to fund bridge and culvert construction and heavy road work. It suggests taxation rates could be reduced soon while earth roads of high quality remain possible.
An editorial argues vast railroad rights of way in the northwest are unproductive due to weed growth and high maintenance. It urges leasing road margins to adjacent farmers, enclosing the highway portion after grading, to convert waste acres into productive land and improve landscape values. The piece predicts national progress through waste resource utilization.
The piece compares current market values with farm costs arguing hogs at five cents per pound beef at five to six cents eggs fifteen cents corn forty five cents per bushel oats thirty cents hay six dollars per ton and notes farm inputs and wages. It questions if prices balance and laments demands for lower costs and wages while criticizing calls for drastic policy changes.
The article argues farms rarely apply the cost-cutting mindset of manufacturing. It notes farmers seldom know real costs per bushel or per pound of produce and often measure success by end-of-year profits rather than systematic accounting. It urges farming to become a true business proposition.
A rising protest targets feeding hogs with animal offal. The piece notes hogs as cosmopolitan scavengers among domestic animals and questions whether such feeding, while not definitively disqualifying hog meat for humans, undermines public confidence as the practice continues.
A garbled excerpt discusses neutralizing meat use and pig feeding methods. It mentions boiled ham and a vegetarian diet, with odd phrases about legislators and protests. Names and context are unclear, but the text hints at debates over pork feeding practices and animal diet.
The article notes cows produce about 165 pounds of butter per cow at dairies with special care and scientific feeding, while farms treating dairy cattle as a side issue see lower yields. It emphasizes that when dairy is principal, strategic ration planning boosts milk and butter output significantly.
Paris reports a new diamond cure for consumption claiming instant relief and permanent cure. W T of Vanleer Tenn endorses Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. Frank S Shriner’s store offers 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes with a free trial bottle.
Philadelphia Ledger notes that Young Kallow’s time is fully occupied. The exchange implies he has just left and has not yet gone to another engagement, suggesting a busy schedule or pending duties.
Ruth the daughter of Dewey of Agnewville was near death from cholera infantum but recovered after using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The family, told by Dewey, attributed the quick turn to a bottle obtained from the store. Frank S. Shriner sold the remedy.
The Jefferson County Court issues a general execution directing sale of real estate in Fairfield Iowa. Property listed is Lot 6 Block 1 Island Addition. Sale set for Saturday in July 1905 at 4 pm at the courthouse to satisfy debt of seventeen hundredths dollars and five dollars five cents with costs, to the highest bidder for cash.
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