Cross Crossing Safety and Labor Disputes Loom Large
Editorial notes railroads push public safety, but blame public for crossing accidents while urging cooperation. It recalls Fairfield subway crossing efforts and calls for action. A 400,000 shopmen strike threatens after pay cuts, challenging the U S railroad labor board. President Harding may mediate miners and operators to end the coal strike, with government intervention seen as likely for a lasting settlement. Coal dealers foresee shortages but not famine, expecting a strike to linger into late summer.
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Fairfield
United States Railroad Labor Board
Railway Labor Board
High Court
Harding
Illinois Coal
Remarkable world hiker visits city during long trek
J F Belland, famed world walker on a nine year journey, stopped in Fairfield. He deposits thirteen cents in a local bank, his 36 335th such deposit. Belland says he travels for health and education under the Sirod Lyceum Educational bureau, gathering data on nature and psychology as he circuits the globe.
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J. F. Belland
Belland
Fairfield
Iowa State Savings Bank
Savings Department
Con
Bell
Sirod Lyceum Educational Bureau
Educational Bureau
Ike
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Union
Canada
Mexico
Central America
East
West Indies
Davenport
Seattle
Wash
Cape Town
West Africa
Johannesburg
Holy Land
Siberia
Alaska
Russia
Poland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Europe
Indian pottery and basketry shown in motion pictures
The art of pottery and basket making among various Mexican Indian peoples is being demonstrated through motion pictures. Many tribes possess only crude versions, so the government aims to teach more modern methods. Lectures accompany the films to reach large illiterate audiences.
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Mexico
Tribune Company Declares 8 Percent Dividends
The Tribune Printing Company votes to pay eight percent dividends on both common and preferred stock. Directors approve semi annual and annual payments amid strong year end results. The firm notes excellent business volume and plans major improvements and increased equipment for growth.
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Tribune
Tribune Printing Company
Tribune Company Plans New 6000 Square Foot Home
The Tribune Company seeks larger quarters to expand and improve operations. It has three available business lots totaling 66 feet frontage in a prime location, with tentative plans for a new building and front elevation under consideration.
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Tribune
Mysterious fire destroys Gaines barn and auto on South Main
Fire wiped out a large barn owned by L. O. Gaines on South Main Street early Tuesday night. A Studebaker car and tack were lost. a pony was rescued. Fire origin undetermined with gasoline ignition suspected. loss estimated above $4,000.
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L. O. Gaines
South Main Street
Studebaker
Arness
Gaines
Sunday School Picnic Plans Two Choruses in Program
The Jefferson county Sunday school music committee will stage two choruses at the county picnic. Gus V. Scott will direct a mixed chorus for the afternoon and a large male chorus for the evening. Participants from across the county urged to attend initial practice at Fairfield Presbyterian Church next Monday at 8 p.m.
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Jefferson County
Gus V. Scott
Presbyterian Church
Fairfield
Motor To Peoria Trip From Burlington Station
Clifford Carter Mrs Rachael Carter and Miss Erma Culp left Wednesday on a motor trip to Peoria Illinois stopping briefly at Burlington en route
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Peoria
Clifford Carter
Rachael Carter
Erma Culp
Burlington
Indiana Vacationists At Local Home Spend Vacation
Professor C F Gobble and his wife and three children from Lafayette Indiana are spending a week of vacation at the home of L T Gobble in the city.
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Indiana
C. F. Gobble
Lafayette
Ind
L. T. Gobble
FairfieldTribune Advertising Boost From Educational Issue
Reader response pours in from across the nation praising the Tribune’s educational issue. Compliments reach Fairfield without any prior ties to the paper or its staff, suggesting strong advertising value and broad recognition for the publication.
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Tribune
Fairfield
Trib
Iowa
Fairfield Tribune History of a nineteenth century paper
A compact note recounts the Fairfield Tribune's long arc since its 1847 Iowa Sentinel origins, marking key successes and defeats that shaped its editorial course and local influence over the publication's early era.
First Iowa Sentinel in Fairfield Launched in 1847
A history notes the June 12 1847 issue of the Iowa Sentinel as Fairfield and Jefferson county’s first newspaper edited by Augustus R. Sparks. It outlines its Democratic stance, content mix, and bold forecasts for Iowa’s development, with extensive early articles and notes on local population and health.
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Fairfield
Jefferson County
Iowa Sentinel
Fairfield Tribune
Tribune
C. J. Fulton
The
Augustus R. Sparks
Democratic Party
Iowa
Billings
Whig Party
Alamo
United States Army
Washington
J. T. Headly
New York Express
Dickens
Dombey and
Wm. Thompson
Congress
Jesse B. Brown
Polk
the Treasury
Walker
Europe
Ireland
Mississippi River
E. Crown
Central Committee
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