One Day Only Notice On Office Hours
A public notice states operations occur on a single day with hours from a.m. to 6 p m. Citizens are advised to attend during this specified window and follow any posted guidelines.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1909
Page
5
A public notice states operations occur on a single day with hours from a.m. to 6 p m. Citizens are advised to attend during this specified window and follow any posted guidelines.
St. Louis reports a second disappearance of James Shepard Cabanne amid a tangled case involving Broughton Brandenburg, a magazine writer and adventurer. Brandenburg, accused of kidnapping the boy, appears connected to Minnie Cabanne Brandenburg, his wife, and the aristocratic Cabanne family as rumors swirl about motive, forgiveness, and a future trial.
The six month old son of Mrs. Herman Berger chewed up eight dollars from her pocketbook while she washed clothes. She sent two mutilated bills to the treasury and asks Treasurer Treat to redeem the rest before rent is due to avoid eviction.
Miss Traphagen of Altadena, a Stanford graduate and Young Women’s Christian association member, wed quietly in Santa Cruz on Thursday. The groom, Mr. Davis, is described as a wealthy Los Angeles resident with a fine home, and the couple plans extensive travel, including a Honolulu trip, in the coming years.
Mrs Mary Copley Thaw mother of Harry Thaw now in White Plains jail awaiting Supreme Court sanity review issues a six by eight inch twenty page booklet. It attacks District Attorney Jerome condemns insanity experts and calls Justice Dowling a tyrant. She mails copies nationwide and to Manhattan, with excerpts accusing legal and media figures of collusion.
Washington reports a decline in immigrant admissions for June with 85,490 admitted versus 107,839 in May, a drop of about 20 percent or 22,360. The figures come from the Bureau of Immigration and reflect a nationwide trend away from new arrivals.
Ned Carey was seriously hurt at the Blyth mines ten miles east of Oskaloosa Iowa after a slate fall on Wednesday afternoon. He suffered a broken leg and a badly crushed head with slim chances of recovery as doctors fought to save him.
A reflective reminiscence of two long five to eight mile train journeys from Glendale to Fairfield. The narrator recalls conversations with fellow travelers wartime and postwar experiences, including names like Walker Foster Cody and Buffalo Bill, and shared tales of the Civil War, the Wild West Show, and a lifelong bond formed on quiet rails.
In New York and abroad financiers gamble on Edward H. Harriman's life, with over a million dollars wagered on his health. A $100000 life policy on the railroad magnate prompted a flood of bets as London and Paris agencies set odds and brokers view Harriman securities as tied to his fate.
Ottumwa Iowa July 24 A Fosdick learns he is heir to a fortune estimated at a million and a half through a Courier letter He last saw his uncle about twelve years ago in Monroe county The uncle and associates M V Cousins and A E Benfry once ran a coal business in Hocking Monroe County They closed the concern and with 30000 to 40000 set out for California Fosdick says his uncle planned to invest the money hoping to prosper He is the sole living heir and vows to welcome Benfry if the letter’s confirmation arrives.
A trunk murder in Lynn Massachusetts surfaces when a fully clothed body believed to be Armenian Minask Morijan is found in a lodging house. The head is mutilated and a bullet wound is noted. The room was rented by Frank Jones a shoe factory worker who had not used it since Monday. A new trunk arrived May 30 for Jones.
Harriman family arrived by car from Innsbruck to Bad Gastein where the ailing financier greeted them with laughter and dancing. Reports of his supposed revolt against physician orders are denied and the radium cure is yielding improvement.
The article recounts paychecks showing wages as low as 5.70 for 12 hours and 22.50 for 135 hours at the Pressed Steel Car Co. during the McKees Rocks dispute. It describes deputies beating striker Alex Schmidt when he sought to cash a $42 check and learns his wife was dying, prompting a chorus of outrage at factory guards and corporate harshness in Pittsburgh.
President Taft told Senator Guggenheim he expects to reach Denver on his western tour around September 20. With Mrs Taft improving and a $25,000 travel appropriation approved, the presidential trip through the west and south is assured.
Pittsburg July 23 John W Gates prepares to wage a fight on United States Steel Corp Following Republic Iron and Steels contract for a new $1 500 000 steel tube plant at Hazleton Ohio Work on the mills to start within days say company officials
A cloudburst dumped nearly three inches of rain in Duluth over two hours causing widespread flooding of streets rivers and cellars. Traffic was paralyzed and damage approached one million dollars as rain from the weekend and Monday night compounded the destruction.
William Whiting Borden of Chicago aged 89, a recent Yale graduate, leaves a $20,000 mission in New Haven that he founded, establishing it as a headquarters for his charitable project.
A. M. Van Allen files in Jefferson County District Court a petition by N. E. Welch to quiet title and bar all heirs to land in Section 18 Township 72 Range 11. The case targets heirs of Andrew Bagey Martha Harris Isaac Harris Elizabeth Martin and James Tatum. Public notice ordered to run four weeks in Fairfield Tribune starting July 9, 1900, with default judgment possible after September 27, 1900 if no defense.
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