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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1898
Page
4
A medical note extols hot water as quick relief for nausea and vomiting and helpful for constipation and dyspepsia. It recommends hot drinks before meals, hot compresses for coughs and sore throats, hot baths for colic neuralgia sprains and feverish fatigue, and regular hot face baths for eyes skin and anti aging effects.
Slims confronts his son over suspected gambling and betting while reading a newspaper. He orders the paper stopped and lectures on horse racing schemes. The boy replies with a jab about the absurdity of parental claims, citing literary reviews.
A Brooklyn Eagle quotation mocks a Frenchman using typographic devices to convey speech. The piece suggests the subject feels deeply yet expresses little, viewing much of his display as dramatic froth discounted at the bank of effervescence.
A brief exchange reveals a man asking about the author Witchell and a Philadelphia Record staffer noting unfamiliarity. The response includes a literary digression and a businesslike card presentation.
A Knowledge article by F Townsend describes fluorine as a fierce solvent that can ignite and dissolve many materials. It notes diamonds resist fluorine while silicon glows white hot and other elements burn vividly. Moissan isolated fluorine and, with liquid air, liquefied it using platinum apparatus.
The speaker argues Spain has governed Cuba poorly, causing continuous revolt and harm to U S interests. He asserts the United States has a right to demand cessation of war in Cuba and compares human rights to financial costs, blaming Spain for misery and urging action. He cites Hugo and warns that sowing wind brings whirlwind.
The piece defends the American press for reporting truth about Cuba and the Maine incident. It criticizes two New York journals for sensationalism, asserts most papers are honest, and argues the public will learn the truth despite attempts to suppress reports.
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a permanent cure for constipation. It offers a price of 10 cents or five cents and a money back guarantee if it fails to work.
A dental scene features a dentist taking a snap shot photograph of an actress before an operation. He explains it serves as an alibi against potential damages claims for loss of beauty after the tooth extraction. The exchange reveals cautious legal prudence in medical practice.
A London Tit-Bits quip contends no one claimed a seven year wash lapse. The joke suggests a wasp would need a shovel to sting, playing on rumors with a tongue in cheek tone.
The greatest men are not always in exalted offices. It is like building stones where the larger stones are harder to elevate to high positions.
The article discusses spring fever as sluggishness and irri tability cured by tonics. It cites Mrs Adlin Adams of Crafton Ky praising Peru na and promises free letters from the Peru na Drug Manufacturing Co. It also touts Dr Agnew's Cure for the Heart as a peerless remedy sold by local merchants.
In a colliery near gold mines a 70 foot thick coal seam provides ample low grade fuel for mines and outlasts workers’ lives. Nearby coal beds stretch across Middleberg and Ermelo districts between Pretoria and Delagoa Bay with iron ore outcrops and a new railway to Delagoa Bay boosting prospects for coal mining.
A New York Sun reader condemns the bicycle fiend who endlessly claims ownership of every component. The critic notes his obsession with phrases like my wheel my saddle my tires and my inner tube makes conversations irritating and irrational to nonriders.
The National Review recounts a tale of President Kruger who, faced with relatives seeking office, declines saying the high offices are held by capable hands and that they are too stupid for minor clerkships.
The Gordon Nebraska Journal quotes a country editor urging readers not to drop subscriptions over disagreements. He notes the editor accepted the last cabbage from a subscriber despite not agreeing with it, illustrating tolerance in editorial practice.
Thirty four years earlier a Greek deputation appeared before the king of Denmark to offer their crown to his great nephew, Prince George. The king then invited the youth to sit beside him and greeted him as a fellow sovereign.
A Sioux City Tribune column questions the Dingley tariff's benefits and argues it mainly raises prices for consumers, harms foreign trade, and yields limited revenue. It critiques protectionist dreams, noting rising prices, trust growth, and unequal benefits while mocking claims it protects labor.
An old advertisement promotes Cascareta as a guaranteed cure for constipation. It asserts Candy Cathartic as a remedy and offers a full refund if it fails.
An elderly Black resident of Owl Creek, Deacon Jackson, attempts to ride a mule his sons could not ride. He falls, breaks both legs, and sprains his neck. He jokes the Lord led him to ride it, but the mule proves too wild, a misjudgment he attributes to divine guidance.
Old Ab Drake ruled his meek wife for 50 years in a Vermont rural neighborhood. After her quiet death he extolled her virtues at the funeral, then joked that praising anything wearing petticoats is unsafe, remarking he would have told Lizy Ellen what he truly thought.
Sir William Curtis, lord mayor of London, originated the three R s reading writing arithmetic. He proposed it as a toast before the board of education in 1795.
The modern honeymoon began during the era of George II and spread into general use shortly after.
Transacts general banking business offering real estate and personal security loans at reasonable rates. Acts as custodian of wills and valuable papers without charge. Interest on deposits for six months or more at 4 percent per annum.
Officers listed include J. E. Roth as President Jos RickshER as Vice President and John Davies as Cashier. The note references demand deposit accounts with no interest payments.
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