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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1909
Page
8
The regular and reliable Chicago specialist who has visited Fairfield since 1903 will be at the local clinic this week to offer consultations. He has served the area for decades and is known for his medical expertise and steady availability.
Dr. Cook arrives in Copenhagen greeted by Crown Prince Christian and officials. He is welcomed by the Danish nation and the geographical society, with crowds on the harbor and streets cheering as he steps ashore. He thanks the host nation and plans to visit Belgium after a few days.
The Italian press gives an enthusiastic welcome to Dr. Cook. Even Captain Umberto Cagni, who joined the duke of Abruzzi in 1900, concedes Cook reached the North Pole after new reports confirmed his journey from the eighty second parallel.
Tokyo reports a cautious reaction from Japanese scientists to the Dr. Cook North Pole claim. London critiques have dampened enthusiasm as researchers hesitate to express firm opinions on the sensational discovery.
Miss Helen Labagh travels to Centerville to visit her hospitalized brother Dr N W Labagh who is seriously ill with typhoid fever but improving. Jefferson county records show 93 residents hold state hunting licenses as the season opened September 1. Licenses fund game protection efforts and hunting without credentials risks big fines.
A farmer, A. M. Kringer of Richmond, was approached by a stranger claiming to have lost a valuable diamond stickpin. He persuaded Kringer to help search along the highway but after a half hour no pin was found. The stranger then claimed he needed to leave for Indianapolis and offered a further deceit.
A tramp found a pin claimed as a diamond and sold it to Kringer of Wayne County for 50 dollars after dining at Kringer’s home. Kringer notified a man at an Indianapolis street address but received no reply. A Richmond jeweler valued the supposed diamond at about 2 dollars. Police withhold the alias and address, and fear more farmers may have fallen for the same ruse.
Jefferson County Short Course scheduled for December 6 to 11 in this city. Last year’s event was a success and sponsors plan improvements this time. A meeting of promoters will be announced soon to finalize arrangements. Fairfield and Jefferson County are urged to contribute to another successful term.
Velma writes from S S Mongolia describing Honolulu stopovers Kobe and Yokohama, anticipated Kobe to Moji voyage across the Korea Strait, and plans to reach Pyong Yang by Aug 14. She notes Acquarium visit, a birthday party aboard, a suicide overboard incident, and later an accidental shotgun injury to Rex, a 24 year old. The letter closes with travel progress and greetings.
An accidental shooting on the Robert Murphy farm west of Riceville Iowa last night claimed the life of Rex Murphy son of Robert Murphy. The incident occurred on the Murphy farm near Riceville on September 6.
E H Harriman issues a press statement from Arden New York stating he follows approved rest and medical advice after treatment in Munich. Doctors find no serious condition and urge rest with limited visitors while surveillance of his home operations remains withdrawn to avoid disruption to family or friends.
The Jefferson County old soldiers reunion will be held in Fairfield on Saturday September 25. Speakers include J S Gentz and Perry King. Committees for arrangements program dinner music decoration and finance are listed with members. A camp fire will follow the program and organizers aim for the best reunion yet.
Franklin Clarkin in Everybody's Magazine muses on diamonds as pure mysteries of nature. The piece notes diamonds may hail from stars or meteorites and questions earthly formation and distribution across geological time and distance.
Thomas Howard a 48 year old Great Western railroad engineer, saved many lives by staying at his post as a train collided with a freight train five miles south of St Joseph. His actions slowed the engine, saving passengers. Howard was found crushed in his seat. His fireman suffered a broken leg and passengers were bruised. Howard, widower, lived in Des Moines and had a thirty year accident free record. His body was returned to his friends after the wreck.
Father Thomas F. Galligan of Tipton is appointed to lead St. Paul's church Burlington replacing the late Father Bernard Mackin. A priest for twelve years and Georgetown graduate, he previously assisted O'Reilley of St. Peter's Keokuk. The parish ranks among the state’s most important with a fine church and residence.
Judge Emlin McClain of the Iowa Supreme Court served as the commencement orator at the University of Chicago. He had been delivering lectures at the Chicago University Law School this summer. His address, titled Our Common Humanity and the Common Law, emphasized shared human values within the legal framework.
A Simplicissimus illustration jokes that lawn tennis grew from English culture with a tale about Marie Stuart and Queen Elizabeth during carpet beating. It suggests decorum and language play as two “ses” form and others near the net strive to speak English, in a humorous captioned description.
An old woman visits an optician and says she wants spectacles. The trader names five shillings with case extra. The woman asks for the price without the case. He refuses below four shillings tenpence and two pence is offered for the case. She leaves with the case, relieved to have found hers.
Permanently located in Fairfilt the office rooms sit over Higley drug store on the east side square.
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