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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1908
Page
8
Cedar Rapids authorities intensify enforcement as city ordinances against selling tobacco to minors and Sunday billiard halls gain attention. Officials cite flagrant disregard in some cases and call for stricter adherence to the law amid local reform mood.
James L. Knight announces a ten dollar prize at the Fairfield Agricultural and Domestic Science Short Course to reward the best eggless squash pie. He asserts pies can be made without eggs and invites Jefferson County women to test the claim during the December 7th to 12th event.
Peking at 2 o clock this afternoon the empress dowager of China died following grief over Emperor Kuang Hsu’s illness. The emperor died yesterday at 5 o'clock. Official confirmation came from the Chinese legation in Washington.
Jackson Smith's farmer daughter Miss Smith, three miles north, claims the corn husking title. She has worked eight hours daily, averaging sixty bushels, and yesterday, after nine and a half hours, she husked eighty bushels in the fields.
A. E. Labagh filed a contest bond to challenge E. N. Crumley’s victory as Jefferson county auditor. The recount set for December 7 will decide who holds the office, with the process expected to take several days as precinct ballots are opened and inspected.
W V Henry of Panama Mo touts seven years of proof that Dr King’s New Discovery cures coughs colds and throat chest lung diseases. The world has thirty eight years of proof it treats lagrippe asthma hay fever bronchitis lung hemorrhage and early consumption. Prevents pneumonia when used timely. Sold with guarantee at F S Shriner’s drug store. 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free.
Fifty pedigreed hogs to be sold Friday at 10 oclock sharp at Henry Rider Farm four and one half miles northwest of Fairfield Indiana on Packwood road. Fifty head include 25 Poland China and 25 Duroc Jersey sires and dams from prize winners and brood sows. Pedigrees furnished with each hog. notable sires include B L Perfection 91303 Winning Dude 26027 C and Perfection I Know 77521.
Fifteen year old Clara Smith of Marshalltown Iowa works daily at horse tasks. The report notes her age and notable activity as a young farm worker in the area on this November 15.
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