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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1909
Page
7
In Marshalltown on July 17 Rev D D Babcock famed temperance worker and lecturer wound himself with needles as heart disease worsened. His wife supplied the needles and an undertaker found two to three needles in his heart, coroners deem the death a self inflicted act.
Waterloo July 17 a teamster for G W Bunn found a leather purse containing a $500 bill and a stack totaling $1222 in Confederate money dated 1864 in a coke car. The bills are souvenirs. origin and owner unknown, car 17 954 loaded at Hamilton Ind. and routed via Chicago to Chicago Great Western.
Schleswig Iowa reports eighty suspected typhoid like cases among young people ages fifteen to thirty five with abdominal and back pains severe headaches and black tongue. doctors cite unusual symptoms and lack of typhoid germ on initial water analysis. additional samples were sent and outside help may be needed for relief.
Samuel Boyer of Folsom Iowa says after twelve years of stomach trouble and $500 in medicines his wife used one box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and improved greatly. The medicine is sold by F W Jericho Co with free samples. July.
Knoxville reports James L. Davis, described as the largest man in Marion County with a 360 pound frame, shot himself at his northeast Knoxville home. His casket, a Des Moines number 3 extra, required special handling and removal of door facings to move from the house to a furniture van for burial.
A Missive dated seven years ago bearing a New ark N J postmark arrives at Corning post office addressed to Mrs. Decatur Bacon. Postal service in southern Iowa appears unsettled as the long missing letter finally reaches its destination.
In Union Mississippi July 18 a dispute over a cow valued at fifty dollars led to a gun battle in front of the Union bank. Four men died or were wounded: E J McDonald and Peter McDonald were killed. Cornelius Chisholm and Joseph Miller were fatally or grievously wounded. the fight involved Miller and Chisholm against the McDonalds with revolvers firing in a long-standing feud over cattle ownership. Police reported no state troop presence needed as order was restored by night.
Peoria Illinois July 17 Jeanette Dolan a leading chorus girl in Richard Carles shows was drowned yesterday near Columbia Park after attempting to save her helpless brother James Dolan of Chillicothe who floundered in the water. Dolan starred in The Tenderfoot The Mayor of Tokio and The Hurdy Gurdy Girl among other musical comedies.
Kalamazoo July 17 Attacked by a savage dog Helen Ives four year old daughter of a farmer was scalped before the dog was driven off fifty stitches were required to close the head wound The item notes the severity of the attack and medical response.
Shelby county residents note rattlesnakes remain in the area after the Iowa legislature authorized a bounty. Five or six snakes have been killed and bounty claims filed, though no resolution authorizing payment has yet passed.
An advertisement claims Dr A W Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills cure kidney and liver derangements causing back pain. It cites a testimonial from A Fillinger of Wheeler Illinois Route 2 and notes the medicine costs 25 cents per box, available at Thoma's Pharmacy and dealers of Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
Brooklyn July 18 clergy in Brooklyn hail the 46 year old Rt. Rev. George W. Mundelein S T D as the youngest bishop in America if not the world. Born in New York City he was educated at Manhattan College studied in Rome and ordained there. He served as chancellor of the Brooklyn diocese and became a papal domestic prelate. Mundelein has lectured on Pope Pius and is a member of the Roman Academy of the Arts. He founded the Cathedral club in Brooklyn and is noted for his progressive views of Pius.
Mrs. Lillian De Grate of 338 Pelton avenue awoke on the porch roof during a heat relief sleep and fell about ten feet to the cement sidewalk. She suffered contusions and bruises on her head and body and a severe right ankle ligament strain. Assistant City Physician Morse attended her.
Iowa's per capita wealth appears as $1,200 if evenly divided among 2,000,000 residents, per an abstract of county assessment rolls by State Auditor John L. Bleakly. The totals include real and personal property valued at about $2.446 billion, with land at $1.471 billion and town lots at $489 million.
The fragment lists financial categories and values including moneys and credits, merchandise, corporation stocks, capital employed in manufacturing and other property. No identifiable people, organizations, or places are present to anchor a proper news headline.
A Rugless Kentucky resident chronicles ten years of torture from piles until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve provided relief after other remedies failed. The ad touts the salve as infallible for piles burns scalds cuts boils fever sores eczema salt rheum and corns priced at 25 cents with a local guarantee from F. S. Shriner Jul.
The record lists R. B Louden with paid up capital of 60000 dollars and notes legal liability of stockholders. The fragment provides financial details without broader context or actions.
At Martin Springs near Sparta Georgia on July 18 a lightning bolt hit a tree while sixteen Sunday school scholars stood under it escaping rain. One tree bolt left nine bodies with perfect electric photographs on their skin and metal in shoes fused. Six children were severely ill though not dead and ten others unconscious but not in danger.
Des Moines July 17 Directors of county Agricultural Fair associations and local saloon keepers fear a mulet law provision. The rule requires all saloons within half a mile of fair sites to close during fair week, affecting events across several communities.
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