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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1898
Page
5
The article urges a swift course of Swift's Specific to cleanse and purify the blood before summer. It warns that winter impurities can lead to illness during the hot season and promotes the tonic as a preventive measure.
An advertisement extols S. S. S. Blood Remedy as an all natural tonic to cleanse impurities and supply rich blood. It claims the product is vegetable only, free from potash or mercury, and markets itself as Nature’s own cure.
A Washington Star fragment debates whether demanding Latin knowledge by age 16 proves refinement. One man defends progress as humane, noting the corporal punishment required for such schooling, while the other questions the premise.
A dialogue on why some men write in illegible handwriting. The debate contrasts conceit with modesty in the writer’s spelling and legibility as observed in a New York Weekly excerpt.
Softleigh asks Miss Cutting to excuse him as he is not himself tonight and requests introduction to the other fellow in a scene cited from the Chicago News.
A dealer playfully notes the dog’s history of being sold and returned, implying the animal’s affection is a veiled negotiation. The quote frames a lighthearted exchange over a pet’s temperament and recidivist selling.
The report notes New York City averages about 74 degrees in summer while Liverpool averages around 59 degrees. It contrasts urban heat with maritime cooling and highlights regional climate differences.
Advert shows No-To-Bac as a miracle cure to quit tobacco easily forever. Claims to make weak men strong with magnetic vigor and nerve. Sold by druggists 50c or 1, with guarantee. Booklet and sample free from Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
The piece denounces the 1896 Republican platform as empty and hypocritical, accusing the party of breaking civil service Cuban and revenue pledges. It highlights the fight over free homes, attack on seating in Congress, and claims of betrayal of soldiers, with Judge Miers and James Robinson cited for pointed rhetoric.
An elderly out of town customer disputes a $20 bill at a Cleveland wire shop, insisting items total $12. He demonstrates a calculation error where $4 is added instead of subtracted, clarifying the correct charge and leaving the shopkeeper to adjust. The anecdote appears amid other dated retail musings.
A Kentucky creditor suit features a young man billed by a tailor. The tailor sought the diamond shirt button as nonexempt property. the vice chancellor upheld the usual shirt front buttoning, ruling no examination to rebut the presumption. The diamond stayed in the wearer’s bosom.
A New York Times reader describes Nice as lacking piazza life with strict social rules. Men may appear on the Promenade des Anglais only during defined hours and in proper attire, and never sit in front of their own villa or hotel, illustrating refined Riviera etiquette.
A Texas military company on a rifle range watches the commanding lieutenant seize a private’s gun and shoot badly, declaring that is how to shoot. He repeats the missed attempts to each man, finally hitting the target by accident, then returns the gun and proclaims that is the way he shoots.
The London Globe describes the women billiard room at the Waldorf-Astor with risqué humor noting a gentleman removes his coat and an attendant offers a lounge jacket. Guests avert irritation as a bell signals shirt sleeves are covered.
The text notes raspberries strawberries and cherries were not yet common in England in Henry VIII's era. It also states turnips cauliflowers and greens were not grown before the sixteenth century and carrots before the nineteenth century.
Jobbs and Ella discuss moving furniture and a piano without Miss Farbelow noticing. A new mirror is finally moved, prompting a surprised reaction when Miss Farbelow enters and exclaims at the alteration.
Advert across the page touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a supreme blood purifier and health builder. It claims cures for blood diseases and notes sales by J McDowell and Dr G Higley. A testimonial from Johnny Innes of N S praises Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder for curing catarrhal deafness in minutes.
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