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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1905
Page
7
A local craft service offers to transform tired carpets by re weaving them into fresh, desirable pieces. Customers send in worn textiles and receive renewed patterns and textures. The program emphasizes sustainability and custom design options.
Imported French draft horse Abner 44694 will stand at J H Richards barn near Libertyville on Monday to Wednesday and at C Springer barn in Libertyville Thursday to Saturday. Owned by Libertyville Horse Co. 2000 pounds, seven years old April 6 1905. Jet black, fine action, powerful | ideal draft horse and top breeder. Terms 12 dollars to insure a colt. Care not guaranteed. owners not liable for accidents. Viewing by manager.
William Mueller, the Graettinger Savings Bank cashier missing from Graettinger Iowa, has been found in Indian Territory. No criminal charges against him. creditors may lose but depositors will be paid in full.
Fairfield Tribune lists subscription rates for one year in advance at 1.00 dollars, six months for 0.50, and three months for 0.50. The paper is entered as second class mail at the Fairfield post office and bears the quote A drop of ink makes millions think.
A humorous jumble of quirks and notices from southern Iowa anecdotes. A New York accountant streams a double life while a Missouri court urges Sunday shaving as necessary. Tom Lawson’s loud talk and a pen that outspeaks his voice surface alongside a princess barred for snakes. Peary seeks the pole but lacks funds, provoking dry wit about northern travel and taverns.
A curious tale reports John D. Rockefeller gifting a bushel of potatoes to a Cleveland pastor each hollowed and filled with a $1 gold coin. The question asks whether the preacher prayed for small potatoes or for untainted money or for seed potatoes to yield five dollar gold pieces.
The Albia Republican issues a creditable industrial edition praising Albia and Monroe County as Iowa’s garden spots. The McCormick Bros. are highlighted as leading newspaper publishers in southern Iowa.
The letter accuses Virgil White a young lawyer and son of Fred E. White of running away from Des Moines after making Republican speeches in the last campaign. The writer labels him non compos mentis, asserting he is now clearly irrational.
The letter questions protective tariffs raising wool sheep cattle hogs and horses prices yet asks why prices for horses and cattle fall recently. It suggests a chance for the Ledger to appeal to new Republican readers and supporters.
The 1905 Fairfield Chautauqua booklet issued from The Tribune office invites comparison with similar publications printed elsewhere. The committee worked to secure the best talent and program, reflecting local effort and civic pride.
The article critiques Bro Junkin and his anti south stance as uninvited outsiders push southern hosting. It contrasts unrest with national bank failures and suggests Republican papers blame Democratic leadership, recalling 1906 era woes.
A local editorial questions blue laws linked to any inter-urban railway proposal. It defends Sunday recreation for laborers and professionals, arguing the day should allow enjoyment of nature and a humane rest rather than sanctimonious restriction. The piece invokes biblical imagery to oppose stern pledges against Sunday car use.
In Fairfield a long standing push for a new post office faces opposition from some figures while others endorse it as a modern, central, and respectable facility. The piece argues the current plan will outshine the old building and cites broad citizen support, noting a new structure is an assured fact.
A historical address laments municipal fear of lawbreakers noting strength lies only in money. The speaker argues officials should investigate the status of lawbreakers to reveal true weakness beyond wealth.
Des Moines reflects Governor Folk of Missouri asserting that honest voters can wipe out crime by exposing graft and vice. He cites former Philadelphia Insurance Commissioner Israel W. Durham, ousted for dereliction and involvement in grafts, as proof that exposure brings wrongdoers to heel.
The Illinois Central seeks to purchase from Iowa state several Pottawattamie County tracts in Missouri River bottoms to preempt other buyers under a new law. Appraisers set water lots at 25 per acre and other parcels at 32 to 40 per acre, with the railroad aiming to secure title along 100 feet of its tracks to protect its right of way.
In Sioux City Indiana born Harry C. Tillinghast, now employed by C. Schenkberg, has remarried for the fourth time after a divorce from his third wife. His new wife is Miss Louise Cavana, once a clerk at the First National Bank in Sioux City.
The coroner jury finds the Rocky Mountain Railroad liable for last week’s fatal Downey wreck in Iowa City. The engineer failed to stop when signaled by the freight conductor aiming for the side track, causing one death and three injured.
Two Belle Plaine druggists M. A. Swallum and J. G. Van Meter secured an injunction restraining Benton County sheriff from abating their premises for liquor violations. The writ was blocked due to mistaken county clerk entries and their refusal to post $1,000 bonds.
Pearl Gray, charged with throwing a club at a Rock Island passenger train in Washington Iowa on July 7, has been bound over to the September term of the grand jury under $100 bonds. The incident followed a Fourth of July night quarrel with a colored man on No. II. After leaving the train they attempted retaliation, a stake thrown broke a car window.
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