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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
10
A proponent argues that guaranteeing deposits would curb reckless banking by tying losses to bank stockholders, not taxpayers. He notes existing safeguards, law-based deposit limits, and the danger of bad banks, urging a government backed guarantee fund over private insurance or broader socialization of losses.
An engine driver halted a New Haven freight near Pocahontas cut after spotting a man clinging to the bridge. Police found the man dead, suspended by a rope tied to a water pipe beneath the handrail. The body was lowered after the train was stopped within about twelve feet.
A western railroad director warned by his wife not to travel east after a dream of water danger. He fulfilled the warning and arrived safely, while the Johnstown flood struck a different train he would have rode, a twist that led his wife to grief and relief upon telegram news of his safe arrival.
A Tama Indian descendant serves as engineer of a fast Burlington passenger train. He traces ancestors’ land and rivers on the same ground, speaking a different language and serving civilization. Passengers ride without knowing the Tama site is in the engine cab.
The document lists Iowa House districts from the Fortieth through the Ninetieth and beyond, assigning one representative to each district and detailing various district compositions by county. It also notes multiple judicial district appointments and resignations of court judges.
Sheriff I W H Neibert proclaims that the November 3 1908 General Election will fill county offices including Auditor Treasurer Clerk of District Court Sheriff Recorder Attorney Superintendent Surveyor Coroner and Board of Supervisors term starting January 1909 January 1910 and urges electors to govern themselves accordingly.
The Registers of Election will attend regular polling places in Fairfield Iowa from 8 to 9 in the morning on October 22 23 and 24 1908 to register qualified electors for the general election on November 3 1908. They will reconvene on October 31 1908 from 8 to 9 for list revision and corrections. On election day November 3 1908 they will be at a convenient place at least 100 feet from polling places from 7 to 7 for certificates of registration for absent voters or those stricken from the list upon proof of qualification. Witnessed by the city seal dated October 12 1908.
W. A. Floyd of Rural Route 2 Em pire Ga says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured two worst sores on hand and leg. He would mortgage the farm for it. Product priced at 25 cents at F S Shriner's drug store. Oct.
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