13 Apr 1887
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1887
Page
1
A collage of brief notes covers mosquitos in California, a 150-year-old spinning wheel in Altoona, snow in England, Cambridge library expansion, Vermont teachers, and assorted curios. Reports include Japan paper from marine alge, a doglike antelope, and quirky local vignettes from Washington territory to Dakota.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul surveyors begin preliminary surveys for a Missouri River bridge at Council Bluffs. Milwaukee has gained control of the Nebraska Central, securing an outlet into Nebraska and Kansas. The bridge will be built between the Union Pacific and the new streetcar thoroughfare and should be finished within a year.
Sioux City reports rapid trial developments as Haddock murder case witnesses describe sightings near the Columbia House and Fourth Street. Leavitt and Bismarck accuse Arensdorf while Hart and Schmidt defend the defendant. rebuttal exposes inconsistencies and shady reputations.
Across Denver St Louis Milwaukee Eau Claire Racine Whitewater DePere Kenosha and Maprson Wisconsin the April 6 elections showed Republicans winning mayoral posts in several cities while Democrats gained in others The Labor vote varied with many wards producing close contests and coalitions shaping results in multiple jurisdictions.
The Missouri River Packet Co of St Paul completes plans for a regular Sioux City to Fort Yates steamer line for 1887. Many other items follow, including fatal train collision injuries, arson losses, a bookstore shooting, a murder in Montana, and a Minneapolis city election shift to Democratic control. The roundhouse fire in Omaha, smuggling probes, and a lynching in Yorkville also appear among the notices.
A Philadelphia correspondent reports General Master Workman Powderly and much of the Knights of Labor leadership in the city. Powderly appears worn from overwork amid disputes over the North Broad street palace purchase and his strained relations with the press.
The piece extols Idaho for its grand scenery including Shoshone Falls and medicinal waters. It likens Idaho to a gem among mountains, describing its radiant dawn light, snow peaks, and a destiny that will attract thousands to settle in 1857 and beyond. The tone is prophetic and admiring.
A Brooklyn Eagle blurb recalls a near fatal mule mishap in icy streets. A driver defends his mule as sharpened to bite through ice while officers assess injuries, hinting at a tense roadside moment and a quip about arresting the human blamed.
The Tribune announces comprehensive printing services including job printing of all descriptions with prompt delivery and reasonable rates. Estimates provided for pamphlets or brief work and solicitation extended to any part of the state. Commercial stationery is a specialty.
In a Hartford Times piece, the author likens opposing views to forces of the moon and sea that balance the world. Emphasizing calm discussion, the essay recalls Emerson and a lunar dialogue about how disagreement fuels progress and keeps society from stagnation.
A humorous exchange from the Arkansaw Traveler features a wife debating with her husband over a drowning caused by drunken behavior. The wife argues whisky led to a boat capsizing and the man drowning while the husband questions the sequence of events.
An Indian and a western emigrant clash over a stolen horse. The Indian tests ownership by asking which eye the horse is blind in, forcing the thief to guess. The horse is shown to be not blind in either eye, proving it belongs to the Indian and securing the conviction.
The Belleville Standard clarifies a false impression about the editor's wife and mother-in-law. They were not expelled from the Methodist church. their names were simply erased from the membership roll. The editor and his mother in law reject any notion of being forcibly removed.
A. G. Vining of Rutledge VI has run a bar for sixteen years without drinking liquor or using tobacco or chewing, marking a notable personal restraint.
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