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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1907
Page
4
The Fairfield Tribune lists publisher P. E. Boesen and announces subscription rates of one year in advance and three months for readers. The paper is entered as a weekly publication at the Fairfield post office as second class mail matter and carries the slogan A drop of ink makes millions think.
A new play titled The Thief enjoys a strong run in New York theater. Observers note that worthwhile work defies simple measures. Josh Wise comments that a busted reputation can mend, though eyes stay on the crack. A Tennessee marriage of Dollar prompts talk of seeking better quarters.
Mrs. Peace of Detroit was arrested and fined for fighting. She whipped her opponent, challenging the poet who wrote that Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.
A compilation of quirky observations and old journalism quips touches on Rockefeller money, longevity myths from onions, humane pigeon launches, and marital thrift. It notes Esopus as "sarcophagus" for Alton B. Parker, while reflecting era humor and political fades.
A traveler asks a colored man the distance to Boston and learns it depends on mode of travel with estimates of sixty miles on foot twenty five by horse and a few days by decahs. Separately Indiana moves to test telegraph operators under the state railroad commission to prevent wrecks.
A farmer’s wisdom warns against overextending large operations and favors careful tillage. A Mendon poet mocks grandiloquent farm lays while praising practical work. A London doctor links impure meat and raw consumption to higher cancer deaths among Chicago immigrants and natives.
Secretary Taft will ride a special train across Russia with dining observation and sleepers. A knocker is criticized as unhelpful, and Col. Henry Waterson mocks Alton B Parker as a presidential hopeful. Open war erupts between the grain trust and Midwestern farmers as cooperative elevators spread in Iowa and beyond with $5 million reserves, aiming to take outsiders’ grain and weaken the trusts. There are 170 farmers co operatives in Iowa with 28,000 members operating 250 elevators.
The New York Journal declares no hard times ahead for the United States. It cites strong soil mines and factories, urges investment and enterprise, and blames monopolists for any downturn, insisting prosperity will continue with honest effort and national growth.
Retail dealers organize to curb mail order firms as evidence mounts of declining sales. A leading Chicago catalogue house shows a $253 563 sales drop from June to last year, catalog pages shrink and prices rise. The sector abandons profit sharing and stock values fall as the boom reverses.
Consumers increasingly see mail order savings as illusory once postage bank drafts and express charges are counted. When added to catalogue prices the total often matches or exceeds home store costs, while in many cases quality is inferior and exchange is costly and time consuming. Shoppers, once eager, become cautious customers and at last easy marks in the eyes of dealers.
Replies from over three thousand retail merchants jobbers and bankers on the country’s business outlook show optimism with no evidence of depression. Retailers report strong purchases similar to last year and expect continued activity, barring local labor troubles in places like San Francisco. Across regions prospects for good crops remain bright though labor scarcity and high wages persist. The Dry Goods Economist notes overall positive conditions despite localized slowdowns and urges attention to rising prices and farm finance.
The article recalls early visions of wireless power as a public utility and notes reports of a method to transmit electrical energy without wires. It cites Weston the electrician’s decades old demonstration of powering a distant dynamo and notes the potential immense value of long range wireless energy transfer.
Get Acquainted. The Register and Leader will be sent to new subscribers from now to February 1 1908 daily except Sunday upon receipt of 1.00 Daily with Sunday 1.50 The strongest feature is its complete Iowa news service It is published every day with Sunday edition included for a special offer to attract new readers.
The Des Moines Daily News announces a October offer: new subscribers who send $1.50 receive Daily (without Sunday) free until January 1 and a full year after the regular rate. The paper promises independent coverage of all parties and full political news.
An old saying claims relief for sores burns and wounds when Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is used. The ad promises disappearance of piles and chilblains under its healing action and guarantees the product through F. S. Shriner, a druggist, with a date note of October.
A newspaper promotion states that subscribing to The Tribune costs one dollar and covers a full year, inviting readers to sign up for twelve months of delivery.
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