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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
4
The notice marks the Fairfield Post Office handling a weekly newspaper as second class mail matter priced at $1.00. The motto A drop of ink makes millions think appears as part of the item.
The Commoner attacks a Cedar Rapids editorial praising tariff reform. It argues reduced duties harm American workers and farmers, notes prior price effects at Liverpool, and counters claims prosperity depends on tariffs, citing rising per capita money supply and strong exports.
The St Louis Republic argues that with the presidential election approaching, Republican leaders in Congress will delay controversial legislation. They predict a moderate, cautious majority avoiding new taxes like the income or inheritance taxes, postponing tariff revision, and resisting widening changes, aiming to avoid upsetting voters before the election.
The Minnesota two cent passenger rate shows May and June receipts higher than 1906 for most roads, averaging a one sixth gain. Labor and supply costs rose, but exact interstate cost comparisons aren’t yet available. A Missouri three month test will soon reveal rate impact, affecting views on reasonableness for Illinois and Indiana roads.
The New York Sun notes Taft’s tentative tariff delay up to after the next election angers the American Protective Tariff League which brands him weak in the faith. It also says Taft’s shifting stance and absence of Roosevelt on Dingley leave him unable to campaign as his own voice.
The American Federation of Labor calls for a wage scale that bans patrons tips to hotel and restaurant workers. It urges the public to withhold tips, arguing tipping depresses wages, fuels immorality, and harms workers. The Peoria Star notes the practice erodes pay levels and burdens travelers with higher costs.
Mrs. Geo. Schutz of New Philadelphia Ohio testifies that Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills cured her nervous child’s headaches and weakness and let her return to school. The medicine is sold at 50 cents a box by Thoma & Son druggists in Fairfield Iowa.
The piece condemns harsh labor for children in silk mills and coal regions, citing Helen Lissack of Dunmore, Pa., who worked nights for three cents an hour. It warns of physical and moral harm to the young and calls for public action against this waste of youth.
The Iowa Society for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports higher TB prevalence in the dairy district versus southern Iowa. It urges state funding to stamp out dairy herd TB, backs state inspection of dairies and milk, and notes raw milk risks and federal packing-house inspections.
The Lake City Graphic reports a grain buyer with several elevators ready to contract 1907 corn at 50 cents a bushel as soon as farmers agree to direct field deliveries. One farmer already plans to sell large stock directly from the field, noting ample crib space and a desire for the 50 cent price if weather allows full ripening.
The piece notes price increases since prior years across clothing fuel metals lumber and house furnishings and condemns supporters who push Dingley price rhetoric. It mocks those who believe in perpetual national happiness from such policies and urges reform.
A Milwaukee inventor claims an airship can cross the ocean in hours. The bold promise stirs politicians who are left gasping for breath by the claim and its implications.
Real estate transfers list Annie McIntire and husband to George Schaffer et al for an interest in 150 acres in 5729, valued at 1325 dollars. Sept 6, Hugh Latta and wife to ...
A sequence of property transactions from Sept. 6 to Sept. 14 detailing transfers in Whitwood's addition Pleasant Plain Crumly's addition Fairfield Packwood and other parcels. Buyers include Massey Vinson Latta Garber McCracken Ogden Sackett and McKee with prices ranging from 1 to 8 860 dollars.
Ottumwa Iowa September 15 a Milwaukee locomotive struck a handcar carrying three men returning from Farson. The dead is Ed Price of Ottumwa whose head was severed from the body. Injured are Paul Gast with a double jaw fracture and leg injuries and Frank Boyd with body bruises.
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