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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
4
Postal officials target mail order fraud where firms solicit names, send sample goods, then ship trinkets to sell on commission and demand payment. The new rule bars such deceptive practices from the mails and warns that unsettled accounts lead to collection actions.
The department ruled that collection agency communications are fraudulent and unmailable. It declared such houses and the firms they employ as deceptive, with threatening notices and threats to send accounts to collectors deemed invalid. Responses to these letters are also considered unfit for the mails.
Cedar Grove resident Geo H Parriss praises Electric Bitters after liver and kidney trouble, noting three bottles cured him following initial relief. Advertisement by F S Shriner Drugist claims best stomach liver and kidney remedy on earth, priced at 56 cents, June.
A reader reports a peculiar experiment with a peanut and milk bedtime remedy. After following the suggestion, the narrator fell asleep quickly but experienced a surreal sequence of dreamlike episodes before waking about ten minutes later.
C V Pepper of Fedora Tenn credits Dr King’s New Discovery with ending severe lung and throat hemorrhage after doctors could not help. He says coughing halted, bleeding lessened, and within three weeks he returned to work. Trial bottle offered at Shriner’s drug store.
Dubuque Iowa June 7 Mayor Henry A Schunk vanished leaving city with no notice He was found in New Melleray Monastery near Dubuque seeking quiet amid a liquor law injunction case involving Arch Bishop Keane The mayor says he needs rest and calm for his spent nerves and has not set a return date.
Mount Pleasant Iowa June 6 Rev Ephraim H Winans of Los Angeles is visiting old friends He once presided over the Des Moines district and told a New Virginia lost child tale that inspired John Hays Little Breeches The writer shared the sermon with Whitelaw Reid who published it on the train to New York sparking immediate fame
Melilla Morocco June 7 reports say the pretender to the Moroccan throne has once more defeated the Sultan's forces in battle. The claim centers on ongoing succession disputes and indicates continued instability in the region.
Clare's Bridget Spellacy Collins born February 1 1809 in Ireland nears age 100, a Clare resident since 1891 with three children. Muscatine's Mary Hanlin turns 100, living at 1017 East Ninth Street, remembered for a long life of joys and friendships. Bedford reports a street altercation where William McCaun was struck by a bolt wielded by traveling cigarmaker Joe Russell. Russell arrested on assault with intent to kill charges and held in jail pending Friday hearing.
Wapello Iowas board of supervisors reports fragile county records in the auditor and treasurer offices and has hired Chicago parties to install concrete ceilings to safeguard them.
The board approves installing floors and doors in two offices and furnishing fire proof cases for books and documents to safeguard valuable records left unprotected for years and potentially irreparable if lost.
A Baltimore Sun extract notes global tobacco facts including acreage, prices, and origins. It highlights Cuba and the Vuelta de Abajo region as premier for cigars, imports from the Philippines and Italy, and age restrictions in Tasmania. It explains leaf quality indicators, ash color cues, and differences in smoke behavior from pipes and lips.
The writer notes that a farmer boy often casts longer strings by staying hidden and using flirtation to place bait under bridges and logs. Familiarity with streams boosts catch size, and practice is needed to land bait precisely where fish hide.
Grain market report notes speculation cited as legitimate business. Traders assert orderly activity, avoiding gambling connotations as they discuss price signals, demand, and futures positions amid steady cash markets. Major firms quoted on pricing.
Detroit Free Press notes critics claim traders who put call and margin violated a strict rule to avoid excess wheat dealings. The piece argues the volume traded in recent weeks exceeds national wheat production since Plymouth Rock’s landing, illustrating perceived overreach in grain markets.
Mr. E. W. Goodloe of Dallas says in the past year he has become acquainted with Dr King's New Life Pills. They do not grind nor gripe and effectively dispose of malaria and biliousness. Price 25 cents at F S Shriner's drug store this June.
Magazine notes praise Brian Hooker as a young writer for the July Smart Set novelette Steel a shipboard love affair told with an original approach. The issue also highlights June American Magazine pieces by Lefevre Butler Baker Tarbell Crawford Grayson and features Harper's Bazaar with Women’s topics including Social London and The Poet in the Nursery.
A preview of Lippincotts July numbers highlights new novelettes by Helenmi and Caroline Ticknor with titles The Plague of Ways of the Hour and Walnuts and Wine. The Home Companion July issue promises Helena's Path and a Boston Cooking Magazine June-July content with recipes and menus for housekeepers.
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