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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1912
Page
6
At Oceansroar a rainy day spurs a quartet of husbands to hatch a secret plan for billiards while wives linger over bridge. Complications arise as the men dodge duties, the plan shifts to Black’s room, and the ruse unfolds under a veil of vacation lassitude.
Mt Pleasant Ia Sept 13 Henry county fights Jefferson county over where Mima Spangler, patient at the insane hospital here, resides A suit in district court seeks to settle the matter The petition states she was committed Jan 26 1908 by Henry county for insanity and a finding then declared her residence Jefferson county The Jefferson auditor and state hospital superintendent were notified of the Jefferson county residence designation
Denver citizens press for a voice culture and elocution course in schools to train girls’ voices for marriageability. W O Temple, committee spokesman, says the program aims to curb youth timidity and nonmarriagable tones.
Charges that the indictments against Mayor Arnold and city officials were politically motivated were voiced by most defendants. Mayor Arnold vowed to continue pursuing reform in the vice question. Police Commissioner Creel denounced the grand jury as partisan. It emerged that Horace W. Meyers and Julius A. Bennett, wealthy real estate owners, were among those indicted for owning property used for immoral purposes.
The latest imported models show French skirt draperies uneven at the foot with edges lifted to display ankles. Walking skirts often slit at sides or front for movement, though may close when still. Rich materials multiply with new velvets velveteens and corduroys praised, while velours de laine returns with French endorsement for coats and combos with lighter fabrics.
In Norwalk Ohio on September 13 a mob of about six women dressed as men abducted an eighteen year old girl from Clarksfield and tarred and feathered her before ordering her to leave town. Authorities reportedly will take no action.
Washington reports a 75 year old silver maple near the White House, once a presidential landmark, cut down due to weakness. A young oak planted by McKinley and nearby Japanese trees stand where it stood. Taft may attend the planting.
The 1912 general consolidated tax levy for Jefferson County is compared with 1911. Overall rise is one and seven tenths mills, with notable increases for bridges and paupers while other levies remain nearly unchanged.
Milwaukee women Edna Wright and Ethelka Jacobi tour the state selling washing machines to fund the suffrage campaign. They operate unpaid under the Political Equality League of Wisconsin and direct profits to the league treasury. The drive aims to pass a proposed constitutional amendment at the November election.
D Clem Denver, immigration agent for the Burlington Route, promotes three year title and five month annual residence for Mondell 320 acre Wyoming lands, 640 acre Kinkaid Nebraska lands, and irrigated Big Horn Basin Montana lands. Omaha to Thermopolis trips offered at 31.75 with excursions October 1 and 15.
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