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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
6
Community members in Fayette and surrounding townships discuss vandalism and trespassing linked to church use and temperance campaigns. Local attorney generals and county officials push for stricter penalties while Congress debates liquor shipments and enforcement nationwide.
Local column recounts farmers in Lima and Wadena harvesting barley amid rain, family visits, travel plans to Menoepolis and Dadoth, and neighbors shading farm buildings. Notes on health, vacations, and road trips fill out a snapshot of small town life with mentions of churches, fields, and a quack remedy ad.
The column records weddings, illnesses, and social notes from Wadena including the wedding of Fred Wiltgen and Mars Asin Munser in Dubuque, a temperance meeting planned by Rev J S Moot, a baby born and died in Culbertson, and health notices urging Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy.
A column argues China’s ban on opium shows resolve the United States should imitate. It condemns liquor licensing as revenue driven crime, notes vast tax income from alcohol, and warns that tolerating vices degrades society and invites downfall like ancient civilizations.
A convoluted tale centers on a busy housewife resisting a pushy salesman promoting a miracle soup with medical claims. The agent preys on a teen girl as the scene shifts through a cluttered house and a joking yet persistent pitch.
A garbled report describes the cruiser Colorado in a mud clash near a harbor with various misread details. It mentions a seven week drought, a playwriting wife in Boston, and a poisoning incident near San Bernardino along with a lightning-related eye injury in Atlantic City.
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