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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1909
Page
2
Stomach weakness and liver laziness are blamed for sickness and pale blood. The ad touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach restorer, liver invigorator, and blood cleanser, with Pleasant Pellets to regulate stomach, liver, and bowels.
The text instructs on eating sufficient wholesome food to gain strength and proper digestion. When the stomach struggles, it recommends using Kodol to digest the food for you, arguing against dieting and stressing regular, thorough digestion.
Advertisement offers a full refund of the bottle price if you return an unused large bottle after use and claim no benefits. The druggist is paid the purchase price, limited to one bottle per four family members.
The text markets Kodol as a stomach aid from E. C. DeWitt & Co Chicago. It claims the dollar bottle contains twice as much as the fifty cent bottle and urges rest for a weak stomach while promising a remedy from the Chicago laboratories. Sold by F S Shriner, Druggist.
The article promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as effective when used early to prevent dangerous outcomes. It notes long use and consistent success, and claims availability through F. W. Jericho & Co. in July.
Eliza beth Diefendorf a wealthy Fort Plain resident dies at her home aged 77. Once reclusive she owned a major assembly hall in the town whose seating drew criticism thirty years earlier and which was closed the next day. Her estate valued around $1,000,000, mainly in western real estate.
The Iowa state board of parole recommends a full pardon for Samuel Francis Smith of Davenport, now 73 and frail, who was imprisoned for perjury, larceny and embezzlement. He formerly chaired Davenport as mayor and faced losses to trust funds amounting to thousands, with extensive local support for clemency.
Six Marshalltown men pooled interests for land drawing on the Ute Indian reservation in Colorado. They drew a total of 240 acres, each receiving forty acres. Dr E W Jay drew the 160 acre tract near Ignacio in La Plata county. The first tract offered for $10,000 was refused. Pool members include Drs Jay Merrill Kinnan and B A Morgan, and lawyers G W Lawrence and Walter Canaday.
Six month old daughter of E N Dewey Agnewville Va recovering from cholera infantum after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad asserts the remedy’s success in bowel complaints in children and notes it is pleasant when diluted with water and sweetened. Sold by F W Jericho & Co. Jul
Federal court in Wilmington on July 21 heard a novel case about the government’s right to recover from transportation companies the value of contents of registered packages lost or destroyed in transit. The suit names the Atlantic transport firm as defendant.
Extensive preparations mark the formal opening at McNeely in Tripp county with a flag raising and speeches by U S land office officers from Gregory and local businessmen from Dallas Gregory Burke Lamro and Colone. Six year old Virginia Jones Foster will pull the rope to raise the flag. Lee McNeely will call the meeting to order with addresses by Ernest A Jackson Don Foster Fred Reichman and other former Iowans.
In Staunton Newfoundland an autopsy on Mrs. Henry Johnson, buried for nearly three months, reveals a fractured skull an injured eye and cuts on hands. Henry Johnson is arrested on murder charges held to the grand jury on 10000 bond. The couple lived near New Douglass and were reportedly wealthy.
Osage Ia July 24. The Tacoma Daily Ledger reports Dr F C Goodale of Tacoma has solved making phonograph records on celluloid and invented a phonograph that can run with film to provide sounds and scenes of an opera or play. Goodale, born in Mitchell Iowa forty five years ago, holds fourteen patent claims. The report notes test flights of an aircraft with one cog wheel failure and subsequent successful flight.
Mrs W L Gilpatrick of Dan forth Maine praises Electric Bitters after 20 years of dyspepsia and multiple doctor failures. The tonic, said to invigorate all vital organs, cure liver and kidney troubles, and aid sleep, is advertised at 50 cents by F S Shriner.
A nineteen months old child of Mr and Mrs Fred Johnson died after being run over by a Chicago Great Western train between Lehigh and the Sewer Pipe Tile Co plant. No witness accounts exist suggesting the child was left unattended by older children.
Orville Wright flew two rapid sessions in his plane at Washington D C estimating an average speed of 54 miles per hour as Wilbur Wright confirmed the near world speed record during the test with a stop.
Denver July 24 Ranchman Hugh Hoy near Fort Morgan faced a costly winter with fourteen antelopes dependent on his alfalfa. The animals now raid wheat fields and return to his back door seeking handouts. Hoy asked for relief from the game and fish commissioner. Deputy Warden Ed Baugh ordered dogs to drive the antelopes back to the prairie.
Leonard Roe Der, a likely state’s oldest resident, died at his Quincy home at nearly 110. Born January 21 1800 in Gerstenbach Bavaria, he reportedly served as an orderly for General Blucher at Waterloo at age fifteen.
The man arrived in 1844 in the United States, traveled through Philadelphia Cincinnati St Louis and Pittsfield Ill before settling in Quincy in 1845 to work as a shoemaker. Retired about forty years ago and cared for by an adopted daughter who raised him. He had been blind for five years yet retained other faculties until a fall a week ago caused a fatal shock from which he did not recover.
Somerset Ky July 24 James Starns county surveyor was shot and killed at his home near Woodstock last night. His 16 year old son is charged after authorities say the youth seized a shotgun during a dispute and fired.
Cedar Falls Record notes a dozen tramps on the streets in one day while women aid the hay crop due to lack of male labor. The piece labels this view as a disturbing condition reflecting social strain.
Fragmentary notes indicate Cedar Falls faces municipal stone pile shortages and debates over work and reform measures before residents obtain access or permits. The text suggests authorities seek orderly solutions for public infrastructure requirements.
A motor car driven by Richard Uae non, nephew of Speaker J. &. non, dashed over an embankment in Crawfordsville Indiana. Passenger John Noone of Dan Ill. was trapped under the vehicle and "probably fatally" injured. Cannon sustained painful bruises.
In an old fragment a man from Alexander Maine credits Dr Kine's cure for coughs lungs and pneumonia prevention with saving his life. The ad touts a remedy priced at $1.00 with a free trial and a lifetime guarantee.
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