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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1905
Page
6
The Fairfield Tribune announces subscription rates for one year in advance six months and three months with a quoted price. The paper notes its post office mailing status as a weekly second class publication and ends with the motto A drop of ink makes millions think.
The notice urges locals to attend Old Settlers Day activities in Fairfield tomorrow, noting the event will draw many residents from across the county. If you miss the festivities, you might consider relocating.
Victor Lamson leads a log cutting contest expected to be a major attraction. The timing is described as hair-splitting business, signaling intense competition and precision as spectators anticipate the event.
The Missouri Supreme Court rules sunflowers are flowers not weeds and praises the judge for a decision celebrated locally with a proposed bouquet from Kansas.
A New Jersey woman admits seven husbands and hints at catching in life. The piece notes she enjoys corn pancakes baked in a traditional fireplace. The Old Settlers' reunion tomorrow promises a taste of old-fashioned fare.
The piece invites farmers to attend the Jefferson County fair and races for a few days of enjoyment before autumn work begins in earnest.
U S commissioners inspectors and mail authorities in Oklahoma consider steps for two cow boys who in drunken sport lassoed a mail cart at Chattanooga and skated it around the street upside down harming the mail and bringing U S dignity into question.
In a Kansas City divorce trial Judge Slover granted the decree noting the wife has a right to go through her husband’s pockets. The judge denied prejudice against the wife and granted the divorce for other reasons.
The writer attacks George Annanias Onlywater Flasher as a hypocrite and graceless prevaricator. He is described as a ruined, untrustworthy fossil with a sick stomach and liver, obsessed with prohibition yet morally degraded and heading to hell.
The Burlington Evening Gazette notes Bryan's Sept address in Grand Opera House impressed listeners, including former political adversaries. It praises his self restraint and generosity, suggesting his growing popularity among a broad audience.
The exchange argues that the world blames Russia’s government for barbarity and Japan’s trade flaws, while praising Japanese official honesty and patriotism. It contends Japan won battles with real regiments, but suffered heavy losses and future limits due to scarce resources and reliance on cheap labor. Russia remains doomed without revolution, with Portsmouth ending in an inconclusive sense of victory.
The Gazette asserts the country will settle on William Jennings Bryan as the Democratic presidential candidate in 1908. It argues Bryan will mobilize solid Democratic support and appeal to thoughtful Republicans discontent with reform delays and pro‑trust policies.
A Denver man testifies that Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery cured his rheumatism after five years of suffering. He describes severe joint stiffness during damp cold weather and credits the remedy with restoring health in four and a half months with no relapse. The ad urges against substitutes and promotes the medicine as a laxative regulator for stomach liver and bowels.
Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt proposes new law to place oversight of life insurance firms under the Bureau of Corporations, Department of Commerce and Labor. Critics urge enforcing existing statutes amid concerns of federal failures in quarantine banking and civil oversight. The writer surveys Republican presidential prospects including Fairbanks Beveridge Foraker and the odds against a Foraker nomination. CHAS. A. EDWARDS.
Des Moines reports State Auditor Carroll has launched an investigation into Northwestern National Life Insurance of Minneapolis to test compliance with Iowa laws. Actuaries Whit ington Dawson and Haines traveled to Minneapolis to conduct the inquiry, linked to a suit by former Congressman Butler challenging the insurer’s receivership and ties to a Des Moines origin. Rumors claim some former staff, ousted last year by officials, have been rehired.
University of Iowa faculty orders real dead skeletons to be used in public schools to accompany anatomical charts. Students assemble skeletons for display in high schools across the state, part of a program begun last year to broaden biological instruction.
A brief item notes a heavyset individual offering an excuse for seating proximity. The exact context and parties involved are unclear from the readable text.
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