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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
2
Premiums for the largest Short Course outside Ames reach about 1000 dollars with strong community support. Organizers expect a bigger enrollment in agriculture and domestic science as new features and dairying emphasis attract participants. Tickets are selling well and plans adapt from last year to boost the opening session.
In Nevada Iowa on October 24 a one and a half year old child of Mr and Mrs Ben Strom toppled headfirst into a shallow wash tub near their barn while playing with siblings. Found by the mother still warm, the infant died despite neighbors and help arriving. the father was away in town.
The Iowa state library received Dr. Frederick A. Cook's book To the Top of the Continent, detailing his ascent of Mount McKinley. State Librarian Brigham questioned claims as pictures appear authentic and warned against duplicating earlier alleged deceptions.
An Iowa man in Oskaloosa receives full life pay following forty years of service with United Express, honoring his long tenure and the acceptance of his resignation.
S Phelps in Os kaloosa has served 15 years as agent and will remain on the payroll at full salary for life. He joined in 1873 as a messenger on the Iowa Central and has been the oldest in the express service in Iowa and likely the west. Phelps and his family left for Tacoma Washington to reside. The company’s act goes beyond a pension, granting full pay.
Mrs. G. G. M. Ennis begins a 15000 mile journey from Chicago to Ntebbe Uganda British East Africa to entertain former President Roosevelt his son Kermit and hunting party. She travels with her young son George Theodore Ennis starting Wednesday from Chicago to their African home. This marks her first return to her Chicago home since a 1904 marriage. Niebbe is noted as Col. Roosevelt's final stop before the Nile voyage home.
Wilbur Wright demonstrated controlled glides at College Park Maryland after shutting off the motor. He flys with Lieutenants Lahan Humphreys and Fouliers as observers, testing the engine and performing several flights totaling about 42 minutes before Wright made a solo glide from 150 feet landing safely.
A Jeffersonian notice from Higginsville Missouri announces Justice of the Peace R L Berry offering matrimonial services. He guarantees happiness in marriages he performs if couples follow court directions, claiming 43 years of married experience and a dedicated matrimonial department.
Iowa City Iowa Oct 22 Adam Probst twenty and living near Oxford was found dead in his pasture yesterday afternoon. He rode a horse to the pasture about an hour earlier and was thought to have been thrown from the animal and killed almost instantly. The mystery rests on the lack of any marks on the body.
Reports from Reed's Lake in Hampton Iowa claim a possible murder and assault after cries of a young woman. Officials note two men and a woman seen with an automobile, while lake water was lowered and dragged to recover a possible body. Authorities have no solid leads.
Cheyenne Wyoming reports Mrs. Lent Henderson of San Dance loses three children in a single day after a rattlesnake attack. While tending two bitten children, a baby fell into a well and drowned. the remaining child died from venom.
In Millville New Jersey on October 25 Justice Wave ruled against a husband who choked his wife but admitted he only tried to embrace her after she told him to stop. He was ordered not to hug her again without consent and held on $100 bond to ensure compliance.
San Bernardino October 26 dispatch reports the five family members lost in the Imperial County desert have been saved. Leonard Phelps brings word that the group was rescued last Thursday evening after reaching the Robert Gale area and is now safe.
A worn man and his family sought shelter near the Gale residence on the edge of the Imperial desert. Gale carried them to safety after the man waved to signal help and collapsed from exhaustion near a cave close to the Gale home.
Alton Illinois October 26 The wife of Del Hildreth a Chicago Peoria and St Louis conductor living in Alton trimmed a wide cross on his chin while he slept Hildreth who is Celtic said he would grow a Teutonic beard to please German neighbors He had to beg for scissors to finish trimming and promised not to wear Teutonic style again
Washington October 26 a treasury ruling authorizes disbursing officers to pay Cherokee Choctaw and Chickasaw minors and deceased allottees without guardianship proceedings. About 10 000 minors owe 3 cents to 50 dollars each with many lacking legal guardians. The 500000 relates to tribal funds excluding potential payments to Chickasaw Choctaw freedmen and Mississippi Choctaws whose eligibility remains undecided. The controller says payments should go to a legally appointed guardian if one exists, otherwise to the natural guardian per tribal law.
Mrs F X Monroe of Washington D C formerly a milliner in Findlay seeks 5000 from the Pullman Palace Car Co claiming loss on a trip to Chicago months ago. She plans a chain of letters from old friends to Chicago offices to persuade the firm to send a check. The amount represents her eighteen years of savings.
Washington October 25 Maurice Connelly of Dubuque Iowa retiring president of the Carriage Builders National Association says the horse remains the preferred transport. The convention ended last week and he notes the current year saw record horse drawn vehicle trade with more bookings for next year. Carriage builders making moderate priced buggies surreys for city and farm use report heavy demand.
Robert McCarthy found a ring on a New Jersey mountainside near the Edison estate. A jeweler confirmed it was a genuine diamond worth about $1100. Mrs. Edison identified the ring as one lost six years ago and paid $100 to the finder.
Justice Holt dismisses conspiracy charges against American Sugar Refining and directors under statute of limitations, stating the offense occurred more than three years ago. Indictments tied to 1903 Pennsylvania Sugar Refining plant closure. Kissel and Harned challenge timely filing while government argues continuing offense.
A Mt. Union Methodist church recital crowd of 200 fled as an acetylene lighting plant sparked flames in the lectern and rear of the building. Officials quickly cut power and evacuated through a ground level door, fearing a gasoline tank nearby might explode. no injuries reported and damage minimal.
Heat from the range scorched and collapsed the floor as flames erupted when air reached the hot surface. Attendees acted quickly to extinguish the blaze and prevent further damage.
In Osceola on October 26 Mrs. Julia Gale of Villisca fainted upon seeing a Burling ton passenger train near the depot. baggage man Roy Harrison grabbed her, with help from a traveling man, pulling her clear as the train roared by. By-standers watched in horror, thinking a triple tragedy possible.
A mail sack was torn from a Milwaukee train at Manning and drawn under its wheels at about sixty five miles per hour. Fragments of the sack and letters were found along the track to Aspinwall. City residents plan a campaign to have mail carried by a different train to reduce liability.
L. M. Hartley of Salem sues Lapidus Holub & Co of Chicago for 7,000 damages claiming breach of contract after shipping 7,000 bushels of apples and receiving only 500 down with 507 due, then the firm froze about 14,000 bushels and refused further purchase. Hartley seeks judgment for 7,000 plus 507.
Mrs. John McBride of Creston was startled when her kitchen floor gave way as a fire burned in the stove. The fall toppled utensils and showered soot and debris across the room, prompting an investigation.
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