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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1900
Page
8
A Haitian owes $28 to a trader and pays $4 weekly into court. After the trader forgives the debt, the Haitian claims the $8 already paid, is jailed for contempt, and a consul questions the magistrate.
Chambers Journal notes The First Cookbook credited to Calius Apicus under Trajan around 114 A D. It offers two recipes: a boiled fowl sauce with aniseed mint vinegar dates and liquamen, and a strange blend of rose leaves brains pigs thrushes yolk egg oil and vinegar simmered slowly to release perfume.
The New York Times notes rival civilian sharpshooting markets during the siege with sellers of lancs and tarps offering shots at the enemy for one franc. Surgeons describe French outposts earning 40 to 50 francs daily from the sale of shots with hundreds of customers, many women, as civilians patronize the market. A wealthy Parisian tradesman offered heavy prizes for successful shots, turning a village near the front into a makeshift fair before it was to be ravaged.
A Virginia gentleman heralds his seat offer to a well dressed woman and jokes that she is a woman's rights person. The exchange ends with him urging her to take the seat anyway while noting she is too good looking to be suspected of advocacy. The quip reflects social attitudes toward women's rights in a humorous anecdote from Leslie's Weekly.
Mrs Henpeck reacts to a Philadelphia Press tale about a man jailed for taking one wife too many. The brief quip asks if the remark could apply to her husband, highlighting a comic take on a crime report.
An elderly resident admits mayors leave little impression as they serve brief terms, a comment captured in a Chicago Tribune piece. The history compiler notes officials come and go in a single year, leaving scant legacy.
A brief exchange from the Chicago Record features Dolly and Polly discussing lilies on a hat. Dolly teases Polly’s style while Polly replies with a witty self-answer, highlighting playful banter.
A lyrical voice pleads to renew a past romance despite time and fate. The speaker asks to tie up broken threads and walk hand in hand toward a long-ago happiness, claiming love can be rekindled through vision in the beloved’s eyes. Ella Wheeler Wilcox is cited as the author.
A Boston Transcript note discusses perfume as disease prevention during epidemics. It cites a French physician observations that mild odors like violet and lavender offered protection, while stronger scents were less effective. Beccaria urged planting fragrant trees along streets to purify air with ozone and aid health in dense urban areas.
A furious business man berates post office staff over a missing letter to Cleveland. He seeks the superintendent of mails and a tracer is pledged. The man discovers the envelope was plain and actually unreadied, prompting no apology from staff.
A husband questions a library surplus of astronomy books as a wife reveals she bought many on the subject after a talk about study. He then realizes he misheard, saying he meant economy instead of astronomy, in a humorous Pearsons Weekly item.
In a Colier’s Weekly excerpt the Curious Old Lady questions a convict who admits he was driven to crime by harsh fate. He confirms his arrest and removal in the Black Maria, typical of past penal procedures.
A dialogue fragment from Brooklyn Life depicts Miss Plainface asking if money is needed for happiness and Mr Seekrox reacting with startled assurance that happiness is not the word for it.
The oldest German coal mines were first worked in 1195 near Worms, while England did not begin coal mining until the 14th century.
A brief, reflective note emphasizes that difficulties rather than facilities drive lasting achievement, suggesting perseverance over ease in the path to success.
The article discusses early ironclad ships like the Monitor and Merrimac, detailing the suffocating gases from gunpowder, the rotary steam blower for ventilation, and the evolution of air systems in later ironclads. It also notes ironclad fever and its decline with ventilation improvements, then shifts to the demanding workload of U.S. Congress members, highlighting long sessions, committee duties, and the reliance on clerks and libraries.
Analyzing Scottish shooting expenditures reveals large sums and employment. In Perthshire four-fifths of 465 shootings are let, averaging about £400 yearly. best shoots reach around £700. Scotland totals roughly 4,000 shoots with crews of keepers, gillies, pony men, and others, plus deer forests and grouse estates hiring 4 to 6 permanent staff and seasonal workers.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes oddities in post office records such as return to sender labels with no delivery details and letters addressed to individuals with vague or missing locations. It observes workers and foreigners sometimes imply clairvoyance by clerks, while notes like Please deliver as soon as possible show hopes for faster handling.
The North American Review argues fear appeals persist because retribution is a fundamental human truth. Sin brings suffering, and the law of retribution governs both life and the hereafter, shaping character from infancy onward.
Dialogue from the Philadelphia Record jokes about a carpet arriving in tack, a pun on intact. Mr Wigwag exclaims relief while Mrs Wigwag questions the meaning, highlighting a lighthearted domestic gag.
The article traces the ban on women performing in Chinese theatre to Empress Dowager in 1736, after Emperor Yang Tsching married an actress. The decree forbids any woman to appear on the stage and is cited as the reason for male-only casts in China since then. It notes Hong Kong theatre history and suggests San Francisco has not hosted women performers.
A New York Herald item notes average brain weights by height. Among 102 men and 113 women 64–66 inches tall, men average 46.9 ounces and women 41.9 ounces, a 12 percent advantage for men. Among 21 shorter men and 135 shorter women, weights are 45.6 and 42.9 ounces respectively.
Bob Burdette compared to Henry Ward Beecher as he faced audiences. Beecher advised that longer lectures would increase nerves, and Burdette admitted the experience was aw ful, nearly killing him with nerves each night.
Farmer Corntessel defends Josiar saying he earns his salt after reviewing market quotations. His wife interjects and the couple muses on earning pepper, noting their willingness to concede if reports say otherwise. Washington Star is cited.
A poet extols a woman named Elizabeth Jane by praising her snore as a rhythmic, musical presence filling the chamber from ceiling to floor. The verse uses vivid metaphors to describe the snore rising and sinking like various sounds and motions throughout the night.
A New York Sun report outlines a costly tipping scheme in a high end restaurant. The head waiter befriends wealthy male patrons, earning large tips and sharing some with subordinate waiters who target included guests. Patrons omitted from the head waiter’s list are likely to receive poorer service.
The Philadelphia Times notes the expression lacks dictionary roots and records a 19th century debate. Leonard Swett, ally of Lincoln, corrects a Pekin lawyer’s remark calling him “a son of a sea cook.” Swett explains the true term is sekawk meaning skunk.
Two chestnut horses named Jack and Sam were longtime companions. Jack stayed close to Sam, guiding him away from dangers as Sam grew blind, and neither horse sought temptations over protecting the other in a scenic country setting.
A witty exchange from a French paper imagines two ladies concealing rejection of an unwanted visitor. One laments that Mme Come Again overstays the hint, while the other recalls offering no chair, leading to the guest bringing a folding camp stool the next visit.
In a Baltimore American quip a boy laments beatings for misbehavior while the Eggs retort they won t beat them unless they are good. The humorous moral suggests a mistaken logic in jokes about omelets.
A Philadelphia Record item recalls a sympathetic girl noting a dog seems starved. A college student admits he forgot the animal and explains the dog was locked up in his study room, highlighting the neglect and eventual concern.
A Massachusetts woman kills her canary by scolding it for a delayed dinner hour. The incident, described by Our Dumb Animals, mirrors a tale from Mrs. Hendricks, wife of the late U.S. vice president, who killed a mocking bird similarly by a harsh outburst.
A playful exchange among household items includes the Bottle of Hair Tonic boasting of its ghost story talents, Peach anger at a preserve jar, and the False Tooth claiming upper social status. Other items trade quips about age, power, and pride, ending with the Tack warning against affronts to its family.
A well known M. P. recounts an amusing aunt story about nerves and Bath. On instruction from her doctor she travels for treatment and reads a letter addressed to a Bath physician that simply says keep the old lady three weeks and send her back.
An elderly client at E. kept £13,000 to £15,000 in credit and asked for no interest. The bank manager, always concerned for her health, showed marked sympathy, fearing that a slight cold might endanger the steady annual handout of at least £300 to the bank.
The article extols draughts as an educational and recreational game suited for refined classes. It argues the game cultivates patience perseverance courage courtesy self reliance and self control and serves as paternal encouragement by fostering healthy tastes over demoralizing games of chance.
A Chicago Tribune quote shows a person admitting they did not enjoy Borus's style but read his latest book Boiled Brains to anticipate a future question. The exchange highlights reading for social obligation rather than interest.
The muzzle loader record for Ceylon snipe shooting stands at 100 couples in a day set by a Ceylon civil servant named Tranchell. Average gunner yields 30 to 40 couples daily.
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