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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
7
A small grocery ad lists choice cuts including pork loin roast pork shoulder roast pork shoulder steak fresh side pork chuck steak pork hocks hamburger and Armour’s creamery butter. Dairy items show milk per quart and per pint for luncheon cream. Also advertised are picnics per pound and coffee.
A promotional note advertises ladies low shoes at bargain prices from The New Chicago Shoe Store located at 13-1-c. The message emphasizes value and selection for shoppers seeking affordable footwear.
Local news items note the 1920 class exercises set for June 3 at the high school auditorium. Various births engagements relocations travel plans and obituaries are reported for Fairfield and nearby towns. Notables include weddings licenses, a man moving to Kansas City, relatives visiting Boston and Oklahoma, a hospital death in Detroit, and a reunion in North English.
The article credits Major General William C. Gorgas with eradicating yellow fever in Havana by 1910 through mosquito control, noting American medical discoveries on disease transmission. It portrays Havana as prosperous under Spanish rule and now shaped by sugar markets and American visitors, shaping local wealth.
Tom Genolin recalls a midnight fishing dream in which he allegedly caught five beautiful bass exactly as in a dream then woke to find the fish in his room. He says the next day he fished the pool and caught five bass again, but this time did not lay them in grass. The Indianapolis News reports the strange anecdote.
The Minneapolis Journal calls for a national cheer to energize outdoor patriotic displays. It notes crowds hesitate to cheer unless prompted by a leader and suggests a strong, explosive yell could mobilize public enthusiasm and reinforce loyalty nationwide.
A New Chicago shoe store advertises a large sale of ladies shoes of all kinds at cheap prices. The notice invites shoppers to see the assortment and take advantage of the bargain.
Tribune office offers typewriter ribbons for any make machine and always has carbon paper in stock. Telephone 73. 45-tf.
Ernest Bury of Skinningrove Iron and Steel works presented a process to extract ethyl alcohol from coke oven gas at a Cleveland Institute of Engineers meeting in Middlesbrough. The Skinningrove plant yielded 1.6 gallons of alcohol per ton of coal carbonized, with UK coal coke output potentially producing over 23 million gallons annually and total alcohol plus benzol reaching 114 million gallons.
A Popular Mechanics Magazine excerpt explains plywood’s layered grain structure and its superior strength for aircraft components. It cites the De Havilland 4 wing rib as a dramatic improvement, reducing weight from 7.95 to 5.12 ounces while increasing load capacity from 89 to 274 pounds.
The radium watch industry grew from one watch in 1903 by Dr. George F. Kunz. By 1919 output reached about 2,200,000 American watches and clocks plus 560,000 imported pieces, with rapid growth since 1910 and major expansion by 1915.
A prisoner in La Crosse Wisconsin used butter mixed with cell disinfectant to make a light, fashioned a wick from a shirt strip, and dug a tunnel and hole to the brick wall. He planned a night escape but was discovered before breaking through.
Reported talks envision transferring the former Kaiser to Curacao where officials and locals are said to expect a cordial reception. The remarks reflect wartime or postwar discourse on handling the defeated leader.
Betty Rogers confronts Dick Bennett after he flirts and stands her up for Belle Thomas. He explains his side then offers a compromise duel of sorts a ride that night. The piece closes with a note on a stereopticon gadget used for demonstrations.
Queensland forest service logs a giant kauri named Bell's tree yielding 17 000 superficial feet in five huge logs. Logging costs were 500 dollars, leaving a net stumpage of twelve feet six inches per 100 super feet. The timber was sold for 1,000 dollars, with the tree once offered at 30 dollars on the stump twelve years ago.
A two week kindergarten pupil named Charles liked a song taught at school. He believed the tune meant When the Sun Wakes Up on Blaker's Day, after learning about Mrs Blaker who hears them from above. The boy’s home rendition reflected this mistaken line.
William Windjammer appears glum as Tim claims he was showing off his alleged French before the family. A French maid, mistaking it for Russian, adds to the tension reported by the Home Sector.
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