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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1898
Page
5
An article emphasizes deep breathing to maximize oxygen intake and warns against tight clothing. It advises opening windows for fresh air, breathing through the nose, and notes anemia from low red blood cells, urging wholesome, well digested food to support blood health.
The article notes Professor See and Humboldt on celestial precession. It explains the Southern Cross, Canopus, Alpha and Beta Centauri will drift southward and become invisible in Europe, the United States, or even Cairo as centuries pass.
A women’s club with a recently built clubhouse was forced to hire male laborers. An all female crew proved elusive for carpentry masonry and plastering. A roof worker stepped wrong, broke the new ceiling, and a patch remains visible while members recalled the remark about a man putting his foot in it.
A playful London Fun quip features a 4 year old asking to visit Sallie’s house and a permissive mother replying yes. The exchange ends with the child’s polite thanks and a brief remark.
Papsr I Hendrikeson of Deer Creek Iowa recounts three years of ringworm on her cheeks and raw skin. After taking six bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla she reports a complete cure and two years of permanent good health, crediting the medicine as the great blood purifier.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch tale recounts a 19th century incident at Negley’s tavern later Rising Sun and East Liberty. A lone woman and her two children evade murderers posing as travelers, misled by the landlady, then alert authorities to the gang’s downfall.
A New York Ledger article explains causes of sprained ankles and compares treatments. It describes adhesive plaster strapping from ankle to knee, timing before swelling, and recovery via elevating the foot, hot applications, and scientific massage. It warns against unclean rubbing and stresses antiseptic preparation.
The Evening Post reports a forthcoming transpacific undersea cable linking the United States from San Francisco to Hawaii the Ladrones the Philippines and Hong Kong. Completion is required within six months under a contract price of 10 million dollars. The project advances with government and Hawaiian cooperation amid annexation proceedings.
The schooner Delight under Captain McDonald arrived at St Johns reporting debris from the lost French liner Le Bourgogne off Sable Island. He rowed to find several bodies, removing rings watches and pocketbooks to aid identification.
A party of seven, nearing a Hermitage picnic, attempted to ford the swollen Pomme de Terre River Saturday. Five girls and one boy aged 10 to 16 died. the bodies of Joe and Laura Moore, Lul, Messia and Jaura Kelly, and Minnie Mason were not recovered.
A Sunday night blaze in Escanaba Michigan caused about 150000 dollars in total losses. Fifteen structures burned with heaviest damages to I Krotnze 5500 L D McKenna 7000 Duncan McMillan 5000 Pat Fogarty 9000 John K Stack 5000 James Moran 2500 William Ramm 2500 H M Stevensom 1500.
Atlanta july 29 lieutenant Hobson wires his mother at Lithia Springs near Atlanta that he will see her monday next.
A maxim on human judgment notes that sensible plans may be upended by fools, citing a philosophy about risk and decision making observed in the Atchison Globe.
Mrs Lizzie Goodman walked 400 miles from Memphis to St Louis to reach her farmer granduncle near Baden with her crippled 65 year old son. After her husband died impoverished, locals provided aid along the route and in St Louis women supplied shoes before she continued to Baden.
The Detroit Journal quotes a princess declaring she would not be seen smoking a cigarette and asks her good fairy to lend a match and render her invisible, framing a whimsical moral.
In France it is a punishable offense to give infants under one year any solid food without a written prescription signed by a legally qualified medical man.
Fifty years ago Austria had seven cities with populations over 20 000. Now the number has grown to 82, reflecting urban expansion and demographic shifts across the country.
An analysis notes tenors equal the combined number of baritones and basses, with about two tenors per bass or baritone. It observes more women study singing than men, due to cultural beliefs about career seriousness, and cites Godey’s Magazine on how early discovery of high voices can lead to lifelong musical paths.
A premier hosts a reception for English guests and parliament members. A guest reports his watch, a king’s gift, missing. The plan to recover it ends with a misdeed revealed: an inkstand, another royal gift, is missing instead. TheLondon Telegraph reports.
A healthy German man, Economica Frantz Poesing, disputes being refused leave from a barge office claiming he has 105 marks in assets from a 64 mark suit and 50 marks of business books, asserting his preparations for starting a business justify his funds.
The Indianapolis Journal notes a claim that a dispute over a calf and a gallon of cider reportedly cost $11 000, while contrasting a wartime bluster about sacrifices with a claim that twenty Kentuckians died in the conflict.
Professor Charles Barrios of Lille observed a line of about 60 000 dragon flies landing at equal intervals on telegraph wires in Morbihan France. They faced west and remained motionless as arrivals joined the line until the wire curved away, then none appeared. He questions whether currents or sun reflections influenced the pattern.
Park Benjamin argues that captains will abandon smoke-obscured conning towers as shells begin to hammer their ships. He asserts duty drives captains to seek the best vantage point, while Beresford jokes the safest place may be behind armor.
The article explains why electricity remains rarely used for large ships propulsion. It states triple or quadruple expansion steam engines save space and weight versus electric installations. It notes storage batteries would add about 162 240 tons of weight for a 10 000 horsepower Atlantic cruiser, making batteries impractical.
The text contrasts the minority of web spinning spiders with ground spiders, describing ground spiders as abundant and relying on agility and swift footwork to catch prey.
The scene recalls Liszt in Hungarian costume dazzling Mendelssohn with a solo Hungarian melody and variations. Mendelssohn, pressed to play, performs Liszt’s tune with similar flair, pleasing Liszt who admits no one else could match such bravura.
The Hartford Courant notes Edward W. Wells collection with a geography from about 150 years ago. It describes America as the last quarter of the world and the north part of the continent as little known. The map marks Great Lakes with familiar names and labels Louisiana across the central U S.
A French surgeon proclaims a new cure for baldness that is reserved for the wealthy. He proposes to graft hair by exchanging scalps between a willing poor donor and a bald patient, transferring a hair color desired by the client. Success is claimed by luck in early trials.
The note explains charlyt as a medieval English term for a custard dish and claims chocolate russe derives from Russian charlotte, tracing culinary name origins across periods and languages.
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