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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1900
Page
3
A public letter laments imperial policy in the Philippines, warning Americans of death and subjugation for native populations. It contrasts civilizational duty with bloodshed, while a separate note cites Lady Churchill’s wit on American politics and gender roles.
The editor of the Tribune and Druggist Lewis Thoma received a white cap Notice ordering them to leave within ten days. The article notes their photos and asks readers to preserve them, hinting the Jefferson County Fair begins the next day.
A local business petition seeks an extension beyond the town’s ten day leave order. The writers argue the rule only bans leaving and not returning, noting their compliance by leaving Sunday and returning Monday. They question who posted notices and accuse various motives from jokes to public intimidation and anti prohibition stances.
The Trisune defies anonymous night vandals who painted red notices targeting Mr. Thoma and his business across Fairfield and Jefferson County. A brush found near North Third Street rail line may lead to the culprit, while the paper pledges to continue its weekly print as a defender of democratic principles.
Waterloo reports W N Bird man of Waterloo nominated by Democrats in the Third Iowa district. Boone county sees Judge J L Stevens chosen as the Boone county candidate for Congress in the Tenth district to succeed Senator Dolliver after a Republican rally. Marshalltown notes William Andrews a leading capitalist killed when he slipped from his carriage and crushed his skull. In Marshalltown Gray, among 35 tramps arrested, identified as the killer of Joseph Williams the drayman while saving two girls from an assault. guard and tensions remain high but violence unlikely.
Judge Robinson of the state board of control said the Mount Pleasant fraud investigation is ongoing. He noted a Burlington search for parties alleged to have received state goods sent to Stone from Mount Pleasant hospital has yielded no evidence so far.
Sioux City reports B I Salinger, a reporter for the Iowa supreme court, has written to all judges and lawyers protesting censure over missing Iowa reports. He notes payment is tied to printed reports and says he can endure hunger but not further censure.
Des Moines records another crowd at the state fair with attendance reaching 35,000 on Republican day. Judge Nourse of Des Moines addressed supporters during the morning love feast while organizers forecast strong financial success for the rest of the week regardless of weather.
Union Terminal Railway wins a temporary injunction against Great Northern restraining removal of buildings or tracks on Terminal property. Great Northern plans to use Milwaukee depot temporarily while rerouting some track under dispute and Union passenger station remains controlled by Terminal.
Des Moines August 31 The executive council members released statements on assessing and taxing express companies. The majority set assessments at about ten times tangible property value, while Treasurer Herriott pushed for twenty times and argued the council cannot deduct securities reported as used outside the business, claiming those reports are falsified.
Des Moines social democratic organizers say Eugene V. Debs will not address Des Moines during the locomotive firemen convention as planned. He lacked available days and will instead tour Iowa later in the fall under national committee direction.
Orville D. Wheeler of Council Bluffs won the GOP nomination for judge of the Fifteenth Iowa district on the 97th ballot in the council Bluffs convention. The group drafted a memorial urging Governor Shaw to appoint Wheeler to fill the vacancy created by Judge Walter I. Smith’s resignation effective Sept. 1, with a temporary vacancy before the election.
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