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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1898
Page
5
An advertisement urges readers to spring clean the body with Swift's S S S blood tonic. It claims the solution purifies the blood, strengthens health, boosts appetite, and prevents summer illnesses, noting the product is plant based and free of potash and mercury. It ends with a note that druggists carry S S S.
In Chicago on Saturday morning the remains of Frances E. Willard were cremated in a private service attended only by her secretary and lifelong friend Miss Anna Gordon, successor as president of the National W C T U, Mrs. L M N Stevens, and Dr. Perry of Garrett Biblical Institute. The disposal aligned with her stated wishes in Glimpses of Fifty Years.
Advices from Skaguay report at least seventy five lives lost in the Chilkoot pass snow slide with as many as one hundred feared. Sixty nine bodies recovered. excavation continues. the deepest section remains untouched.
An early 20th century ad touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a wonderful medical discovery that cleanses kidneys liver and bowels and dispels colds headaches fevers and biliousness. It promises gentle relief and guarantees a cure by all druggists with boxes priced at 10 25 and 50 cents.
An advertisement proclaims Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder cures 80 percent of people with catarrh. It claims quick relief from a single puff and prevents cold contagion. The copy cites J. D. McDowell and D. G. Higley as endorsers.
The article profiles John E. Osborne of Wyoming, a young, ambitious Democrat who rose to governorship and Congress. It highlights his daring 1880s defiance against Republican plans, his role in pushing bimetallism, and his influence within the party as a Jeffersonian standard bearer. It also covers Hull’s military bill and Benton’s volunteers proposal, framing the era’s political battles.
An Iowa town suffered a fire yesterday in New Hampton resulting in a loss of about eight to ten thousand dollars. The blaze destroyed several structures and prompted emergency response from local volunteers. No further details on injuries were reported in the available text.
John Geary a well known resident of Cascape Iowa died Sunday at 67 after a protracted hiccoughs spell could not be stopped.
Sioux City Iowa April 8 Charles OShonessy named chief of police by Mayor J H Quick who began his term. OShonessy has served as city marshal for two years.
Governor Shaw says Iowa troops are ready to move six hours after notification. The state contracts supply five thousand pairs of shoes and four thousand flannel shirts, with all other needs to be ordered imminently.
Sioux Orry April 4. Charles Lindmark, the Feldmans' cook, allegedly tried to strike Mrs. Harry Feldman with a cleaver and was fatally struck by her husband with a potato masher. The husband is in custody.
In LeMans Iowa on April 8 an 11 year old daughter of farmer Fred Earle was burned to death while burning cornstalks in a field. Her brother tried to save her by wrapping his coat around her but failed.
Physicians convention closes with plan to meet in Quincy next year. Elected officers include President C. E. Ruth of Keokuk. Vice Presidents J. J. Murphy of St. Louis and H. Martin of Chicago. Secretary D. B. Fowler of Dubuque. Treasurer D. S. Fairchild of Clinton.
J. E. Bentley of Chariton died in Alaska at Sheep camp on March 25. He reportedly was injured during transportation over the Chilcoot pass after leaving Chariton February 2. His wife and two daughters reside in Chariton.
In Des Moines, April 8 the Iowa Supreme Court issued a decision in the collateral inheritance tax dispute. The ruling clarifies how exemptions apply to estates and outlines the state's approach for future cases.
A lower court ruling in Scott county holds that a one thousand dollar net exemption does not apply to individual heirs. The case involves a five percent tax on market value of property of defendants dying intestate.
The new State Board of Control convened in Des Moines with all members present and named ex-Governor Larrabee as chairman. Secretary and other officers’ election was postponed and the board conferred with Governor Shaw and Senators Berry Healy and Everall on the law and current situation.
Des Moines April 8 Professor Floyd Davis a chemist returned from Missouri where he examined money found on Charles Martin the man accused of blowing the Farmers bank Sheridan safe The money bears evidence of contact with gases from explosives The test is unprecedented but will aid prosecutions in similar future cases Martin offered a guilty plea with a two year sentence Ely Balm advertising follows with testimonials from A C Clarke and others and sudden deaths on the rise with Dr Agnew heart remedies promoted by J McDowell and D G Higley
To quit tobacco easily and forever be magnetic and full of life take No-To-Bac the wonder-worker that makes weak men strong. All druggists sell it 50 cents or 1 dollar. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
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