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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1879
Page
4
A rural couple debating a summer trip to Cleveland for the fair. The narrator praises their modest farm, stock and dairy while Kate urges a journey for new sights and renewal. The verse ends with a warm claim of companionship and home.
A narrator recalls his sister Coralie for whom he felt an all consuming attachment. Jealousy and a feud with Paul Sherwood led to estrangement and sorrow as Coralie dies of consumption after a life torn by forbidden love and family conflict.
A Philadelphia Record summary notes the abutilon avicenne, known as the Devil's Plant, a pervasive weed that farms battle but may yield a superior fiber to Indian jute. French expert M. Emile Le Franc found bark fibers usable for textiles and lobbied New Jersey officials to back cultivation and price supports, predicting U S independence from imported jute and potential export growth.
The article extols Hos teter s Stomach Bitters as superior to mere tonics for digestion and overall vitality. It claims the tonic invigorates stomach, liver, bowels, and kidneys, aids elimination of waste, increases energy, and helps resist malaria. It also notes a Pontic rhododendron on Lord Annesley s estate in Castlewellan, Ireland, with vast dimensions.
The Florida Ship Canal project gains momentum as Paris investors seek a charter in Florida to build a canal through the peninsula. It would shorten Gulf navigation by about one thousand miles, avoid reefs, reduce insurance costs, and boost regional commerce. The Gazette urges Governor Drew to convene an extra session to grant the charter, arguing delay risks far greater losses than the session cost.
Rev Dr Butler reports on Mormonism after visiting the Pacific coast. He sees vitality and discipline in Mormon life, notes polygamy fears curb more than beliefs, and recounts sealing ceremonies inside the Tabernacle. Brigham Young’s grave is found with little care and no ornamentation in a plain enclosure.
An examination of hereditary disease and the balance of forces shaping recovery. The author argues that reversion, persistent taints, and external genetic influences determine outcomes. Careful management in chronic cases is essential to avoid tipping toward entrenched defects and worse conditions.
A former private from the 2d Iowa Co. G writes from Bloomfield Iowa on July 30 1879 praising Col Trimble and condemning Republican attacks on his war record. The letter urges Iowa soldiers to vote for Trimble the soldier over Gear the home guard, citing Pea Ridge and Shiloh era service and vowing to seek justice against political slander.
A London Letter recalls a droll Indian magistrate story where a colonial wife humorously sentences a condemned man by dictating breakfast, revealing cultural mischief. The piece also touts Dr Bull's Baltimore Pills as a cure for fast eating, claimed to be America’s dominant habit and now controlled.
The India Office records describe ancient and flourishing trade along the Indian Ocean shores. Ports at Calicut Ormuz Aden and Malacca gathered spices gums silks and precious stones from Asia Africa and beyond. Goods included cloves nutmeg mace ebony sandalwood diamonds rubies and delicately crafted wares from Zanjibar to Cambay.
The passage contrasts savage depredations with consumption and praises Dr. Pierce's remedy. It highlights St Mary’s Academy near Avath Bend Indiana, the 24th Annual Catalogue for 1575-0, and describes Riverview Academy in Poughkeepsie New York under Otis Bisbee with lower tuition, plus advertisements for an insurance company and hair care products Carboline and related tonics.
A Detroit man recounts wasting funds on remedies for his wife’s decade long illness until Hop Bitters cured her with two bottles, costing two dollars. An odd ad follows touting Hop Bitters and Carter’s Extract of Smartweed as nature’s remedies for women’s ailments.
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