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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
4
The Fairfield Tribune defines itself as a weekly newspaper with P. E. Boesen listed as owner and notes its second class mail status. The page carries the motto A drop of ink makes millions think.
Republican National Convention set for Chicago on June 17. Democratic National Convention planned for Denver on July 7. Iowa Republican State Convention to nominate officers at Waterloo on June 24. Iowa Democratic State Convention to nominate officers at Sioux City on June 25.
A Jefferson county Democratic convention met at the Fairfield court house on June 20 1908 at 11 am to nominate county officers not chosen at the primaries and to select delegates to the state convention and to fill senatorial judicial and congressional committees. Precinct representation totals are listed by district with names and counts. J S Kelly served as county chairman.
The passage critiques Taft's New Rock remark about General Grant in 1854 and notes the hurtful impact on veterans, Blaine’s defeat tied to harmful phrases, and the need for disciplined rhetoric. It lauds Governor Cummins for advancing Iowa's Primary Election Law, urges unity, and questions Congress value amid party clamor between standpatters and progressives.
A reflective aphorism highlights how force without judgment collapses under its own weight, attributed to Horace. The brief item emphasizes caution in action and governance.
A reader question overstates a state ruling on outside pupils and free public school tuition. The official text clarifies that only any child whose actual residence in a district is clearly established and not temporary is entitled to district privileges, with guidance on long term residence and parental control.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio in December 1886 that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice states the product is taken internally and aims at blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials offered and pills for constipation sold by druggists at 75 cents.
A heated exchange between Willam J. Bryan and James B. Forgan at a Banker's club dinner in Chicago centers on 10 percent loan limits for banks. Bryan challenges enforcement during the New York panic, while Forgan defends the current law and its enforcement.
William Jennings Bryan argues that bankers who loan more than 10 percent of a bank's capital to a single person should face criminal charges. He cites 15,000,000 depositors backing a guaranteed banking system and warns the U S could otherwise seek postal savings schemes or shift funds to government banks.
Jefferson County Teachers Normal Institute convenes Monday at Fairfield Hall on the Parsons College campus. County Superintendent Miss Bessie Buchanan has secured prominent instructors from multiple states to teach civics physics geography history economics and pedagogy. Lectures by Prof. H C Hollingsworth Prof. Charles O Carter and others begin the eight day program with sessions on teaching methods and classroom management.
Buchanan township Sabbath school convention set for June 21 at Prairie Chapel. Morning program includes opening by Hickenbottom, welcome by David McCarty, talks by Rev T S Poole and C E Ward, and sessions on Sunday school duties and religion in education. Afternoon features music, officer reports, county work, missionary spirit, and installation of officers. President Joseph Hickenbottom presides.
A reflective note questions the phrase dear teacher and the value of experience in education. It contrasts traditional respect with modern expectations and hints at the evolving role of teaching in classroom life.
A society widow wields a perilous power through mesmerism learned from a music hall display. She bends her husband’s will, causing neglect of health and a fatal pneumonia after a cold bath. She inherits wealth, remains a social leader, and may marry again, unexposed in her secret gift.
A perfume dealer claims doctors favor certain scents for influenza prone patients. He cites widespread use of spray perfumes with wood violets as the leading fragrance, described as springlike and refreshing. The piece attributes growing popularity to medical endorsement.
Mrs Hattie Butcher of Onawa was arrested on a bench warrant after being indicted by a federal grand jury on several counts for sending through the mails obscene unsigned letters attacking Onawa leaders. Deputy J A Tracy executed the warrant. the letters accuse leading citizens and have caused a county sensation.
George Keeler, son of Mr and Mrs W E Keeler formerly of Pleasant Iowa and a senior at the college, was elected assistant cashier by the board of the new Farmers Trust and Savings Bank. He will work under cashier Ross Walker who was also elected.
Rural Route 1 Cochran Georgia resident Tom Moore recounts healing a stubborn instep sore after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He notes rapid improvement from a quarter box and credits the product with a complete cure, sold under guarantee at F S Shriner's drug store in June.
Heirs of Daniel Francis in East Des Moines filed suit in district court to set aside the $75,000 deed to the Preachers' Aid society alleging improper conduct by Fletcher Brown agent for the society who removed papers from the Francis home Thursday night. The administrator M. R. Baird is involved and sensational developments are anticipated when the case proceeds.
J D Trowbridge of Mount Pleasant Iowa escaped from the asylum and nearly beat his wife to death with a rusty hammer before dying shortly after from exertion. He had been confined for threats against his wife who was injured in the attack. He died en route to the hospital.
After suffering 15 years with chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, F. Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina says Dr King’s New Life Pills are the best pills ever sold. The remedy is sold under guarantee at FS Shriner’s drug store for 25 cents.
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