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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1909
Page
7
A satirical verse questions the identity of a powerful, unnamed oppressor blamed for social ills. It criticizes monopolies, standard oil, tariffs, and undemocratic rule, implying a single controlling force behind many historic misdeeds. The piece uses biblical and historical imagery to lampoon a dominant power.
The text riffs on tariff politics and public opinion, noting the session’s claim of progress yet public doubt about tariffs rivaling the Dingley law. It mentions Roosevelt's appetite for big game, two sugar trust figures near guilt, support for Allison monument weak, and Des Moines Capital casting tariff doubts. The Cosson law prompts sheriff opposition over staffing, yet is seen as potentially beneficial, urging action against negligent officers and a shift away from tolerated minor offenses.
A Fairfield Ledger clipping bundle criticizes insurgent senators for voting on tariffs. It notes Dolliver and Cummins backed a tariff on hides and on sago and tapioca flour due to competition with Iowa starch.
A Washington dispatch reports 23 Republican congressmen urged President Taft against reducing duties on various products to protect raw materials. The piece criticizes lawmakers from South Dakota Nebraska Minnesota Kansas Indiana Wisconsin and others, accusing them of pursuing offices over party pledges and misrepresenting the people.
The Des Moines Capital is playing a wait and see game amid Republican realignment in Iowa. With the senior senator’s move to the progressives, major papers like the Capital and its satellites face a strategic flop they must weather to align with the larger party current.
Judge J C Mitchell filed a bill of exceptions for John Junkin asking a new trial in Centerville. The defense claims faulty jury instructions and doubts about death versus life imprisonment. It also cites a remark by Attorney Smith and fourteen contested instructions by Judge Roberts.
Advertisements claim deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and is curable only by constitutional remedies. It offers one hundred dollar reward for any deafness case caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, with circulars available and pills for constipation advertised.
Local papers weigh in on tariff policy and party unity. Primghar Bell says the party will bear the bill. Davenport Democrat notes rising prices while appealing to goods holders. Iowa Falls Citizen credits Dolliver for steering Iowa through tariff disputes. Scranton Journal warns Taft against Aldrich influence. Spirit Lake Beacon backs Dolliver Cummins against Aldrich program, pledging Republican loyalty.
Mrs. Clark Dawson Bern Macy and Nina Thorson Perished when Macy’s pleasure boat struck a snag on the Raccoon River three miles above Adel Iowa at about 530 yesterday afternoon. Darline Dawson survived and aided the rescue effort as searchers scoured the river for the missing bodies.
Hon. Jerry Sullivan leads a push to pardon Anna Myers, convicted of attempting to burn her daughter Livesay’s home in Winfield. Claims sleepwalking and physicians’ exams show somnambulism at the time. Myers was sentenced to life, appeals bond active, petition reportedly signed by prosecutors and the trial judge.
Rugless Kentucky resident L. S. Napier describes ten years of torture from piles and says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him after doctors failed. He touts the salve as infallible for piles burns scalds cuts boils fever sores eczema salt rheum and corns. 25c guaranteed by F. S. Shriner. Jul
Iowa Senator Cummins after a lunch with Taft and a meeting with progressive colleagues issued a statement backing the president’s tariff approach while urging broader reductions on manufactured goods. He argues iron ore oil hides coal should be dealt with but stresses cutbacks on finished products to protect consumers.
Samuel Boyer of Folsom Iowa praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets after twelve years of stomach trouble and spending nearly five hundred dollars. He reports extraordinary relief for his wife who used the product, which is sold by F W Jericho and Co with free samples available.
John C. Busby, the northeast Iowa weather seer, forecasts a dramatic August with heat waves, earthquakes, hail, wind, rain, cyclones, tornadoes, hurricanes, comets and sun strokes. He also hints at Martian discoveries and a mercury period influencing events worldwide.
Notice to heirs and interested parties that the administrator reports a final settlement seeking discharge and release of bond sureties. Hearing set September term on the 27th at 2 PM at Fairfield Courthouse. appearance permitted to contest. Attorney: I D Jones for Louisa Miller.
John C. Busby forecasts a severe heat wave starting August 1 with heat harming people and animals. He warns of a bright monster comet visible for half the month behind the sun, and notes Mercury Venus Jupiter Mars alignments and near Earth encounters.
Illinois Governor Deneen plans a November special session to push a direct primary law with Supreme Court approval likely. He has begun a campaign to win support from lawmakers for the measure amid public interest and political maneuvering.
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