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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
6
A vintage advertisement promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as a safe inexpensive vegetable remedy. It instructs a half to unnamed spoonfuls with hot water, taken several times daily to relieve congestion loosen bowels and expel illness from the body.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment as a fast remedy for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatic stiffness. It claims application to the sore area relieves misery within minutes without skin burning and urges timely use to end pain.
A 30 day risk free advertisement from EASYHOLD CO for a rupture cure device. It claims comfort over belts and trusses and promises a refund if not satisfactory. Readers are urged to mail name and receive a free measurement blank and device for trial.
A tribute recounts Jose Rizal as a seven language martyr whose elevation of reformist ideals sparked Filipino nationalism. It notes his letters to family, European work for reform, and his execution which transformed into collective patriotic inspiration. It mentions his last night, the poem My Last Farewell, and Rizal as national idol across homes and streets.
The poem speaks of a hero's sacrifice for the Philippines, as Rizal bids farewell to fatherland and loved ones. He vows to endure battle and martyrdom, hoping his ashes bless the land and inspire future generations. The speaker asks for prayers for the people, mothers, orphans, and captives, and imagines rest beneath the country’s skies.
Dr. D. M. Gandier, superintendent of the California Anti Saloon League, returned from the Philippines and reports broad desire for independence among all classes he met. He believes Filipinos can govern themselves and doubts they will learn quickly under colonial rule, predicting independence will come soon in some form.
The Filipino House of Representatives debated in English for the first time and Cabled to the United States Insular Affairs Bureau. Principal speakers were Benito z De Guzman and Virata, graduates of the University of the Philippines. English teaching in public schools will continue if independence arrives. An old census estimate puts literacy at seventy percent for residents over ten, higher than any South American country.
The article recounts James A. Garfield securing the Republican nomination after a long balloting process with Grant leading early votes and Garfield emerging on the 19th to 35th ballots. It notes grain prices in Fairfield, incidents including a cow attack on a girl, a swindler's activity, and local college milestones.
Thirty years a Wallace’s circus showed in Fairfield and locals were fleeced of over two thousand dollars while trying to beat gambling games. German farmer George Kauffman north of town lost 1245 dollars. City council favored refunding license money for the new opera house. Promoters gave S J Chester the subscription paper to collect pledges. Building size not yet determined, to be veneered brick with two storefronts.
Ten Tests: Age class of thirty two graduated. Ellsworth Turney purchased the Frank A Dustin farm for 125 dollars an acre. Corn was up well and prospects for a good crop. A baseball league formed with Fairfield Mt. Pleasant Brighton and Washington as members. A tramp was struck by the Rock.
Twenty years ago sheriff's officers raided two drug stores and a grocery, confiscating a quantity of alcohol. The Charter Oak band provided music for local entertainments, while John G. W. Smith died at his home.
An advertisement urges readers to apply Ely's Cream Balm inside the nostrils to relieve cold symptoms and nasal congestion. It claims quick clearing of air passages, reduced headache and mucous discharge, and invites asking a druggist for a small bottle.
A fragmented vintage ad touts Foley products including Foley’s Honey for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pain and dyspepsia, Pecks Fer matism, and Foley Cathartic tablets described as a wholesome laxative for constipation and sluggish bowels. Jericho Easton, druggists, presented the line.
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