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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
1
Local notices report a fever outbreak cancels the Sunday school convention in Round Prairie township. Parsons Alumni defeated Freshmen in a Tuesday baseball game. Church topics for next Sunday include Devoted Lives and Jesus At the Bar of History.
Parsons college qualifies for Class A status after a four month campaign to meet library requirements. The institution is the fifth in the state to gain the designation, enabling graduates to receive five year teachers certificates without examination. The library, rebuilt after a blaze, now houses over 5,300 volumes plus government documents.
Roy E. Curray of Batavia won the Freshman prize of 15 dollars for the best ovation. Miss Alice May Childs of Fairfield took second prize of 5 dollars. Other contestants were William E. Gearhart of Batavia and Paul F. McLean of Fairfield.
During a severe electrical storm Mrs. John Mahannah died from heart failure while traveling with her husband to visit their son. A lightning strike and thunder caused her collapse. her husband also fainted but recovered. They resided in the White Pigeon area.
A dinner for 1000 at Shrine temple marked the close of a three day Knights of Columbus gathering in Des Moines Iowa. Sixty knights received the first three degrees with District Deputy John F E Mc Dermott and State Deputy John J Fleming presiding. The event was noted as the largest held west of the Mississippi.
Heavy rains and warm spells dominated May with 11.80 inches of precipitation, the month’s highest total this season. Early in the month temperatures dipped to 30 and 46, while May opened chilly and ended with a 91 degree day on the nineteenth.
Robespierre proposed armies of the republic be followed by droves of hogs to cleanse camps. The line gave rise to a saying that he would become a general if Robespierre's little pigs do not eat him en route, noted by Le Cri de Paris.
In Good Housekeeping guidance a parent and child negotiate ear washing. The suggestion envisions using a shaving brush instead of a standard brush, aiming for a smoother, less stressful procedure for both sides.
Tommy laughs at a new trolley car method comparing it to horse drawn wagons and steam powered ones noting the odd mode run by a clothes prop.
A Toronto Star quote notes that a politician who canvasses the poor on the eve of an election and kisses a baby embodies hypocrisy. The aphorism says hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
Fragmentary text discusses self love and sacrifice in romance, noting how devotion to others can threaten personal peace and control over one’s life.
A terse maxim notes Water and fire as the devil’s preferred tools, implying a warning about dangerous choices and the power of elemental force in moral or spiritual battles.
After polls closed at 8 PM the primary produced clear wins for W B Allison over Gov A B Cummins by about 10 000 votes. Weather and heavy ballots slowed counts but Jefferson county gave Allison 640 majority while wards in Fairfield favored Allison against forecasts. Republican ticket mostly aligned with the head and Democrats contested several congressional districts with close races across the state.
Van Buren County reports Allison winning 1,137 votes with Cummins 201 and Garst 1096 in the governor Carroll race. State Senator Allen leads Elerick by 100, while W A Duckworth wins the state representative seat with 225. County officials J W Harwood and J G Morris shown with majorities and nominations noted.
Official county returns from Washington County Iowa on June 3 indicate Allison holds a 531 vote lead while Standpat candidates for state offices lead by similar margins. Samuel McCleery defeats S M Neal for representative by 17 votes and George Eckerman the progressive candidate for clerk leads by 100 votes. Remainder of the county ticket remains close and unresolved.
Complete Henry county returns show Allison 1 212 votes Cummins 447 Governor Carroll 773 Garst 263 Hamilton 133 County totals.
The Democratic slate for the state ticket is fixed with two contenders for the superintendency of schools Cap F Miller of Sigourney and John M Stoke of Chariton. Other nominees include United States Senator Claude R Porter of Centerville Governor Fred J White of South English and Lieutenant Ray of Humboldt.
County conventions for all parties are scheduled in Fairfield on June 20 to fill vacancies in tickets. The county auditor handles the matter and will announce the exact holding places later. By law, county conventions must be held on the third Saturday after the primary.
Burlington Iowa June 3 J Tobin passenger brakeman on the Burlington shot himself last night and Chase Holstein a cooper of himself in a barn Both men were supposed to be temporarily crazed.
A fragmented passerby note suggests social gossip about individuals. The text hints that some people would be ignored or unacknowledged if not discussed behind their backs.
A terse note frames the idea that yielding to sin incurs divine displeasure and moral debt, warning against yielding to temptation and urging steadfast virtue.
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