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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
4
The Fairfield Tribune lists editors C R Spencer and G L Bargar with business management, and provides subscription terms: one year in advance one dollar, six months fifty cents, three months twenty five cents, noting it is mailed as second class from Fairfield and carrying the motto A drop of ink makes millions think.
The piece promotes July 4 public measures while praising fast living and racing carts. It warns against corner cutting harming parking and notes growing weeds in vacant lots. It questions San Francisco's vigilance committee and graft issues amid a city beautification push.
Reports say the Senate plans to finalize tariff schedules first, postponing remaining business to be dealt with later. This move signals prioritizing trade measures over other legislative items.
An editorial voice rails against tariff policy linking it to wealth, labor, and corporate power. It contrasts domestic crime and public attention with scandal, noting Hiram Green and Mrs. Howard Gould as examples while warning that higher duties shift profits to paper trusts and suppress worker wages.
A critical note argues writers inflame anti wealth sentiment while wealth fuels oppressive legislation. It warns that as long as wealth holds power the rift with labor widens, claiming labor and capital share interests but greed widens the gap and sustains public harm.
Katherine Eggleston argues in Woman's Home Companion that in primary schools only fifty of ten thousand girls reach college while nine thousand nine hundred fifty are trained for wage earning and homemaking. She cites Helen as an example of education steering girls toward work and away from domestic roles.
The story follows Helen and her ex classmate Billy Smith as he moves into work where she accompanies him. Billy resents her independence and equality, seeing her as a rival and fearing loss of promotion and earnings. Helen remains uncertain why their romance dissolves as social obstacles rise.
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Roger Noble Burnham, a Harvard sculptor from Brookline, and Eleanor Howard Waring, Brookline author, launched an aerial honeymoon near Pittsburg Pittsfield shortly after midnight. About 50,000 onlookers cheered as Pilot Van Vleet prepared a balloon ride from Fay’s Woods Holly summer home before the couple headed to Pittsfield for the ascent. Eight newlyweds from Lenox joined the crowd at the largest balloon display seen there.
The ad describes attractive women as envied and contrasts with weak women plagued by kidney poisons marked by pimples and skin eruptions. Electric Bitters are promoted to regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify blood improve nerves eyes breath and skin. Available for 50c at F S Shriner's drug store in June.
A young Norwegian boy presents to a schoolteacher with the name Pete Peterson. He cannot state his age or birth date, replying in dialect that he was not born and has a step mother, creating a humorous exchange from June Harper's.
An advertisement touts Dr A W Chase Kidney and Liver Pills as fast relief for kidney weakness backaches and fatigue. It asserts action on liver bowels and kidneys for cleansing and regulating the excretory system, with a testimonial from J H Ingersoll of Stearns Montana. One pill dose 25 cents, sold by Thoma's Pharmacy Fairfield Iowa and all dealers.
Polly reveals to Strong and the pastor that she intends to leave with Jim for the circus. Douglas confronts the idea as Polly declares she will run away to rejoin old friends, music, laughter, and clown songs she misses.
Douglas confronts Strong about a girl and a minister’s stance. Strong defends his position while the girl hums a song from earlier, her calm courage contrasting the heated dispute as the scene hints at a forthcoming continuation.
Bert R Lean of Cheng Wash details a desperate lung trouble that resisted doctors in Spokane and California before he was cured by Dr Kings New Discovery. He endorses its use for lung trouble bronchitis coughs colds asthma and whooping cough with trial bottles free and guaranteed by F S Shriner June.
Eugenia Richards age 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs E J Richards of Columbus Junction fell from a second story window while asleep, then down a stairway into the cellar beneath. She was found badly bruised by her mother and sisters. The incident occurred near Ainsworth on June 17.
June 16 report from Iowa City describes Major Ira V. Alder, a longtime attorney, confronting a shooter with his army pistol aimed at a woman. The incident highlights Alder's command of the tense moment and his role in resolving the crisis without further harm.
Pratt, a client, left with three fi dollar bills in Alder's pirate office when a gypsy read his palm and tried to leave. Alder stopped her and Pratt retrieved the money with an old army pistol, preventing further loss.
A humorous exchange circulates about a newspaper man and a bank official disputing who can run a business better. The quip implies one man’s constant advice is a nuisance and hints at cautioned skepticism toward outsiders offering management know how.
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