04 Aug 1881
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1881
Page
1
A Toledo Blade correspondent recalls five years in Mississippi observing women and men chewing snuff by dipping a stick into a snuff box and passing it between mouths. He describes social settings, a colonel husband who urged quitting, and widespread use among young ladies in the state.
A dancing party in Texas led to babies being swapped as attendants cared for the infants. Mothers later found their babies had changed sex due to physical phenomena and spent days reuniting them. The tale ends with a warning that baby mixers should avoid the neighborhood.
A French gentleman misinterprets English phrases as his friend asks how he is. He replies with literal answers, saying he never loses himself and that one simply feels him, yielding a humorous cross language misunderstanding.
Reports from Cherokee Times describe a mound in section 14, Woodbury County, where rains exposed skeletons in two timbered layers with earthen jars and shell fragments. Finds include stone hammers and arrowheads, suggesting a sizable prehistoric graveyard and a larger individual buried upright.
An 1880 81 walking year tallies 2418 miles across Illinois Iowa Nebraska Colorado Kansas and Missouri. The author notes a 28 inch pedometer step and estimates lifetime averages, including 103280 miles by age 55 and a single day 74 miles by a clerk using a 28 inch setting.
Demand for an easier kidney wort preparation leads Wells Richardson & Co. of Burlington Vermont to offer Kidney-Wort in liquid and dry forms. The notice notes dispatch from Detroit and highlights the wholesale druggists’ response to consumer demand.
A colloquial child’s remark describes the father’s plan to “fail up to nothing” with mother sent to buy supplies, suggesting a looming mishap. The dialogue hints at a precarious day and mistrust in the household.
A board of eminent physicians and chemists announced a breakthrough by combining well known remedies to create a medicine claimed to cure a wide range of diseases. Skepticism faded after actual trials proved its merit, praising the discoverers of Hop Bitters as benefactors.
Notre Dame University in Indiana is described as a premier educational center in the St. Joseph Valley region. The piece highlights new buildings, modern facilities for science and moral development, and its healthy farming surroundings and rail accessibility.
A stranger named Patrick McLane, a White Hall blacksmith, is involved in a spree recovery. In Kokomo Colorado a July 16 report notes Joe Manning was shot through the lung and Dennis McDonald through the thigh in a morning shooting, both in precarious condition. A Providence Rhode Island pastor, Rev W F Whitcher, faces charges for stealing rare library books and plans retirement. J W Patterson who killed James G Clark in Missouri in 1868 was hanged before 8000, after a decade-long manhunt. In Las Vegas New Mexico Chief William Morgan was assaulted during a dance hall disturbance. his pistol fired six shots resulting in a mortal wound to a young man. Morgan was arrested.
The London Globe cites Afghan defeat claims against the Ameer and Ayoob Khan, with ensuing trouble. Tunis notes 1,500 Arabs advancing near Goletta, killings, and French control measures after a near-Sfax engagement. Ireland reports 2,400 pounds from America and harsh remarks by James Redpath at a Land League meeting.
A witty remark from a young lady asks how she can afford music lessons. She replies she confines herself to the low notes, delivering a humor-filled quip about budgeting for singing or instrument study.
A playful exchange centers on handwriting quality and spelling. One speaker quips that improving writing would reveal poor spelling, prompting humor about literacy and self awareness among the speakers.
A teacher asks standard questions about arithmetic terms and a pupil responds with playful misinterpretations such as vulgar fraction as naughty, subtraction as hooking cherries, addition as eating more next day, multiplication as repeated additions, and division as going snacks with others.
In a Maine paper fragment a terse exchange shows M. Y. asking for a dollar to free a cow from the pound. G. A. D. replies he would, but his last dollar went to the boys to take the cow to pound. The quip highlights a humorous exchange over a livestock fine.
In a sharp exchange, Mrs. S. accuses Mr. Smith of danger from a pipe. He admits harm and coolly says he is smoking out the foe, a tense moment of domestic discord captured in dialogue.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.