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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1907
Page
4
The Fairfield Tribune lists subscription terms stating one year in advance and three months rates. The issue identifies P. E. Boesen as publisher and notes the paper is entered as a weekly second class mail matter from Fairfield.
The text mocks crop worries by noting oats scarcity is not about wild oats and jokes about rain and umbrellas. It ends with a quip advising to move to a distant corner to avoid offending respectable men.
The report notes Walter Wellman remains secure in waiting another year as the pole shows no desire to escape.
The article argues that quality influences price across farm goods and notes butter price is heavily affected by standards chosen by farmers. It emphasizes that quality control is a key factor in determining market value for dairy producers.
Byron Williams notes the rich enjoy private cars, hotel suites, yachts and private wealth, yet lack private lives. He argues newspapers chase such lifestyles, highlighting public curiosity versus private existence.
Wu Ting Fang is coming back to this country as the representative of China. Life at the national capital will be much gayer and otherwise more worth living after Mr. Wu arrives.
A Connecticut man claims a chicken wears a wooden leg as a perfect substitute for its other leg. He bets a Methodist preacher he can prove the claim.
The Indiana Republicans state they favor revising current tariff schedules whenever conditions indicate revision will yield greater good than harm. The remark reflects a pragmatic, Hoosier stance on trade policy.
Annie Besant, a theosophist, says she hopes Americans understand her but fears they would reject her if fully understood.
John L. Sullivan muses that sobriety might have won him Boston mayoralty a decade earlier. The Omaha Bee notes that misguided people claim liquor use yields no good results.
The three month trial of a two cent fare in Missouri ends with railroads overwhelmed by passenger traffic under the new rate. Judge Smith McPherson of the United States circuit court ordered the experiment and now plans what steps to take next.
A farmer tours his stock crop and orchard with a proud tread and cheerful voice. His contentment suggests he is happy as a man can be on this old earth. He loves his business.
Mrs Pethick Laurence defends suffragists by likening politics to a great game with loud disruption until goals are won. She argues the louder action of women is necessary to gain attention and progress.
At a Virginia Sons of America session a movement began to buy the Stratford house in Westmoreland County. The aim is to make Stratford a national shrine and preserve it for historical and patriotic instruction of future generations.
Poor's figures show railroads reporting 1 970 667 freight cars in 1906, up 222 562 from 1905, the largest yearly gain. Freight moved a mile rose 15.7 percent, the best percentage gain in eight years, indicating railroads are handling rising business.
Fairfield proposes stocking her water works lakes with various game fish and may merge water supply and fish delivery in the future. The author muses on the potential for large scale fish farming and notes that nearly anything that swims has market appeal.
The Burlington Hawkeye quotes a sentiment praising fish ponds as a revenue source for landowners with lakes or ponds, comparing it to the value of a hen house and urging favorable market opportunities.
The Philadelphia Press claims warm September boosted crops and cotton, with wheat price lifting overall crop value despite the Dingley system. The St Louis Republic asks what other interpretation explains good weather and worker effort driving prosperity.
Commissioner general of immigration Frank P. Sargent will report that for the year ending last June about 1,400,000 immigrants entered the United States, 200,000 more than the previous year, bringing total newcomers since 1900 to over 6,000,000. He notes most newcomers are desirable and not judged by a few criminals, and that migrants increasingly disperse beyond New York toward areas with job opportunities.
The piece argues that newspaper publishers in Illinois resent tariff protections when higher costs hit their profits, calling for targeted tariff amendments. It notes a Springfield convention of about seventy five papers and a push to free wood pulp and related goods from duties to end trust domination. It questions broader protections and urges relief for all American consumers.
The author urges deeper sympathy for the wrongdoer and warns that harsh criticism lacks moral ground. We should consider ourselves capable of similar errors and treat others with forbearance, maintaining faithfulness to duty while keeping a warm sympathy for those who fail.
The piece discusses President Roosevelt amid a Mississippi trip, the pilot license dispute, and Iowa political tensions. It notes the President lacked power to revoke licenses unilaterally, cites steamboat men backing the pilot, and critiques Cummins and Allison factions across Mason City, Des Moines, and Cedar Rapids news outlets.
The article notes Lillian Russell bet on race horses, a financial move that ended with losses. Her possessions were auctioned to the highest bidder, featuring glassware such as champagne bowls punch bowls claret and sherry glasses decanters and bottles. The sale oddly included no husbands among the items.
A historical urging for farm independence and reform argues that farmers deserve training, scientific methods, and equitable treatment. It warns of urban migration and suggests agriculture equals industry in importance, urging young men to consider farming as a fulfilling, autonomous path.
The Cedar Rapids Republican party faces a split over backing Governor Cummins for the U S Senate at the June primary. The Waterloo Courier criticizes the stance as treacherous to majority rule and accuses the paper of advocating machine politics.
Iowa City Republicans note Cummins earns six thousand dollars plus perquisites as governor and campaigns at crossroads while Allison draws seven thousand five hundred dollars as U S senator. Allison plans to go to Washington December first for the long session, while Cummins faces questions about neglecting public duties during campaigns.
The Hartley Journal argues reversing Cummins influence would not improve Iowa’s standing. It praises reforms and progress achieved under Cummins’ leadership as part of a broader national trend.
In Cedar Rapids on October 24 the Illinois Central locked its switch defying state railway demands and a superior court writ. The interurban's attorney shattered the lock with a hammer. Judge Rothrock issued bench warrants for two Illinois Central officials to appear and show cause for contempt.
Archaeologist Dr. Randall Macivers argues Rhodesian temple ruins were built in the Middle Ages as fortified residences of the Monomortapa chief. The extensive stone architecture shows organized labor and high planning, with concentric terrace walls encircling hills over 50 square miles.
An essay on two mothering theories of manners argues for inner kindness as the foundation of good conduct while noting that outer etiquette alone fails. Paris marks 25 years of girls schools begun by Jules Ferry, shaping a rising corps of women teachers and promoting intelligence and self-help among women nationwide.
A Lancet reflection celebrates unseen defenders who fight illness injury and peril, noting they battle unseen foes and often receive little public applause while risking and sometimes sacrificing their lives for others.
The piece mocks an expert alienist as a man paid 100 to 200 dollars daily for knowing more things than a lawyer can make him reveal. It satirizes courtroom psychology and professional assertions in a terse, pointed style.
N C Goodwin describes a Mexico Turkish bath where a strong rubber bathman prods kneads and slaps him. After the session he is told the back whacks were to alert the office that the bell in the room was out of order.
London marks its notable literary event with the Tyburn hanging of two young Irish poets Asher Gahagan and Ter ence Conner on February 20, 1749 for filing the coin of the realm, an act then deemed high treason.
An old time ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for wounds burns and piles claiming disappearance from sight and mind. Sold by F Shriner druggist for 25 cents with a guarantee. October issue.
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