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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1920
Page
5
North American Fibre Products Co of Cleveland Ohio seeks traveling salesmen to market Horneblende Brand Asbestos Fibre Liquid Compound The Seal Proof Barrier. Protected territory and commission based pay with monthly settlements and advancement potential to Field Executive. References required.
Norway exports ready to inhabit houses built near Christiania with six rooms and modern conveniences. A Norwegian correspondent notes wooden houses can last as brick with maintenance. The factory promises delivery in six weeks after order, though British buyers generally want brick portions.
Local residents prepare for moves to California while others plan visits and school entries. A birthday is recorded for a newborn son of Ray Oliver. Des Moines visitors call on Fairfield friends as Ed Gaumer returns for his mother’s funeral. The county board sets a 33 mill consolidated tax, two mills down from last year. Engagement announced between Louise Manatrey and Louis J. Wheelock. James Young buys T. F. Higley property on East Briggs Street. Mrs E F McKee and daughter return to St. Paul after weeks with Judge C. D. Leggett family. Fairfield Knights of Pythias hosts next week for 35 members.
A fragment lists a local lodge of soldiers and sailors from the late war with contact note for F. E. Butler undertaker successor to A. V. Frazey phone 1382. An advertisement offers Foley products via a trial package for coughs colds and croup with order details and drugstore names Jericho and Easton.
A Naples N Y mother recalls her boy's severe dysentery and convulsions. She gave Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy from a cupboard, his condition improved at once, and the doctor arrived to find him out of danger.
In Philadelphia, Owen Wister cites a Birmingham tale of a love-sick broker who lay on a rail to end his life. Waiting for the London express, he notes the train was late by ten minutes, and his plan stalled as he left for a bite to eat, narrowly avoiding death.
Statistics from the kindergarten division show 21 085 children enrolled in towns under 2 500 population in 1918 with 509 teachers. Michigan leads with 110 teachers and 4015 pupils followed by Wisconsin with 78 teachers and 2990 attendees. California Iowa New Jersey and Nebraska also report notable counts. Nebraska shows a special effort to expand facilities.
In a Chihuahua state classroom second graders study geometry and botany alongside meteorology and zoology. Pupils discuss rhombuses and parallelograms with ease while quickly recalling Toltec kings during history.
The academy weighs including new wartime terms in the national dictionary. Some favor "poilu" as a heroic label, others oppose it as a poor synonym. M. Brieux suggests future editors will likely stamp "boche" as a contemptible German term from the last war.
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