21 Apr 1881
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1881
Page
1
The President nominates C N Clark for Postmaster at Ida Grove. The item notes several other Iowa events from April including mining accidents, murders, fires, rail and bridge updates, patents, and business changes across Dubuque, Davenport, Muscatine, and surrounding counties with dates and figures.
Washington reports from April 11 to 14 detail repeated votes on executive session motions and officer elections. Dawes, Pendleton, Dawes again, and Beck led factions amid Republican and Democrat clashes over majority rule and succession. Adjournments followed each day.
The public sentiment favors Dr Ball's Cough Syrup, deeming it the best cough remedy ever introduced and widely trusted by consumers.
The event mentions a printer who scored a strike in his first ten pin game and declared Pi’d by jinzo. The phrase about the far distant mill is unclear but likely references a soft ambient sound rather than the mill’s actual tone.
An advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as a universal cure for disease indicated by sediment or mucus in urine. It promises immediate effects and claims thousands of cures, noting availability of dry and liquid forms through druggists.
A little girl watches a procession with her mother in the official circle. The mother points to General Garfield and says he is the new President, prompting the girl to wonder why Mrs. Hayes is not President.
The note presents an aphorism attributed to Maiden Kady: "Where singleness is bliss it is folly to be wives." It reflects a witty stance on marriage and independence.
A claim touts Hop Bitters as a universal cure and blood purifier. The passage promotes the remedy as a fountain of health and urges readers to try it, noting many have been saved by it.
A wide range of late April incidents include a $30,000 fire in New York and a $320,000 loss at Munson & Co shoe store in Albany. Floods, frosts, earthquakes, and fires across the U S affect crops, industry, and residents from Vermont to Texas, with deaths and damage reported and emigration increasing.
A string of crimes across states and territories includes Jack Crooks killed at Widow Kelly's den near Gainesville Missouri on April 15, J G Unser arrested for mail robbery in Cincinnati, Charles Pierronet a freight conductor murder at Laramie City, and other robberies killings and jailbreaks from Princeton Indiana to Durango Colorado and beyond.
A London dispatch on April 9 notes Beaconsfield’s anxious state with later updates stating his condition as critical but not hopeless. Other reports discuss England at the monetary conference, a sea collision sinking a steamer with fourteen deaths, and Irish leaders like Parnell urging tenants’ protections and opposition to emigration. Dublin dispatches on April 13 report low Land League attendance, clerical apologies, and arrests, while Ulster tenants push for bill amendments and deputations to London.
Gorchen, minister to Turkey, will return to England this month while Dufferin sails to Constantinople to resume talks. Telegrams say Northern Albania is in revolt as 15,000 troops move against Dervish Pasha at Scutari. An anti Jewish petition reaching Bismarck on April 14 contains 26 volumes and 235 000 signatures.
A Paris correspondent recalls Mme D a Paris widow who received two theatre tickets with the note Be punctual My seat is just behind yours The empty seat behind her led to her home being robbed and she blamed the mysterious donor for punctuality that proved costly She vowed not to accept tickets from strangers.
The Empress of Germany was presented with two Japanese dogs from the Empress of Japan. They resemble King Charles Spaniels but have short ears broad foreheads and snub noses. Eyes are large and bright. they grow with their owner. They are pure white with black heads and spots. Their chief food is boiled rice. An imperial painter was commissioned to portrait them. Canine Club Berlin scholars remain puzzled by their breed.
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