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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1879
Page
4
A poem fragment imagines a world without greed or slavery where Gaia is demolished and freedom reigns. The speaker envisions an ideal Elysium if all earthly troubles collapse like bubbles, phrased as a stark counterpoint to present ills.
The piece argues pain is not a reliable warning of disease and varies by location and condition. It contrasts infant hunger pain with danger, notes pain can accompany minor ailments, and critiques reliance on emotion over reason in supports. It cites Hinton on pain’s beneficial uses and questions on rhetoric.
The piece satire follows a connoisseur who judges city taverns by every dish on the menu. He critiques crispness, peas, york ham, and desserts while vociferously directing the waiter. The scene ends with the waiter facing a small gratuity and the gourmand’s relentless standards.
The article humorously notes Chinese people cutting telegraph posts for tea-box nails and misinterpreting telegraph lines. It claims telephones now help them understand and converse, contrasting past confusion with improved communication.
Readers learn that the language’s design traces to 960 and a creator named Kung Foo Whing, a claim that amuses observers while leaving Prof. Bell’s stance unchanged.
London gossip tale becomes legal drama as Mrs Westropp faces slander charges in Winchester. The jury finds no remarks by Mr Whitehead, a Ventnor doctor, and the couple are deemed to have invented the claims. The piece critiques idle double distillation gossip and its harm.
In wartime Bulgaria the author cites Turkish officer corruption and jealousy as the root of failures. He argues Turkey lacks a true aristocracy, enabling rapid office changes, bribery, extortion, and factionalism. The system poisons patriotism and undermines the army, especially among high ranks, affecting Suleiman's campaigns.
The Law Gazette of Vienna records insolvency proceedings for Lady Pauline countess of Baudissin, once tied to German nobility and Austrian high society. Her late husband Count Adalbert de Baudissin died poor, and she now, a countess by birth and marriage, must face creditor meetings and bankruptcy as she offered artificial Alpine flowers for income.
A Philadelphia Ledger letter laments the wearisome practice of using nicknames instead of proper names in school lists and society. It cites Prince Plon Plon of the Bonapartes and notes how such diminutives devalue personal dignity, urging adherence to real names and dignity from infancy.
A critic argues that rural communities favor eloquent lawyers over solid standing citizens and that intellectualism shapes American politics. The piece notes the popularity of skilled speakers, cites historic lawmakers, and questions the belief that elites control politics. It contrasts New York politics with broader national trends and challenges perceptions of democracy.
Dayton Journal reports the funeral of Aunt Mary Smith, a highly regarded gypsy elder, believed age 111 or 112. Born in England, mother of Amelia Jeffrey of Wag doner’s Bridge, she traveled with the tribe and led traditional rites. She died after years of age related feebleness.
Illinois figures discuss launching a $40,000 distillery in Sioux City. The plan involves community economic impact and regulatory steps for startup.
Memoir excerpt recalls 1779 portrait session with Marie Antoinette. Le Brun describes the queen’s height grace and regal bearing, her luminous complexion, and the painted likeness made for Emperor Joseph II and copies for the Empress of Russia and Versailles or Fontainebleau.
John Bourne argues for a small simple steam engine to power domestic tasks and shops. He envisions gasfuelled, compact units attached to boilers, with portable designs for homes hotels and industry, including cooling heating pumping and propulsion in carriages and vessels. He urges cheaper engines to enable widespread use and irrigation via centrifugal pumps.
Boston Herald recalls fifty years ago the leading merchants of Boston including Abbott Lawrence Peter Brooks Thomas Handyside Perkins Wigglesworth Josh Sears and others. It notes A and A Lawrence dominance in dry goods with Abbott as a handsome public figure and Amos Lawrence as a philanthropic caretaker of the poor.
A voucher cites a man praising Kidney-Wort for curing constipation and liver misery after using half a package. The text notes drops of crockery imports in decline and English firms shifting capital to U S factories. It also reports postal receipts projected at thirty two million dollars for the current year, about double a decade prior.
The Rev. Dr. Macleod meets a parishioner Duncan who objects to a clock face on the church ladder as a lie in God’s house. The doctor gently rebukes him. Duncan replies about hair, revealing a humorous but pointed exchange on conscience.
The fragment relates Mary Macdonald, nursemaid to Alexander Burns, son of Robert Burns, born July 1785. It traces her family ties to Campbell Town Greenock Loch Ranza and Greenock, her planned Glasgow move, her illness and death around October 1786, and Burns’s sorrowful moment at harvest time when he gazed at a bright planet.
London Lancet reviews Dr Wilks article on parrot speech comparing animal and human language. Birds imitate and learn via hearing, with speech sparked by suggestion and repeated use. Parrots form associations, invent sounds, and can name objects, paralleling child language development.
An old newspaper fragment promotes Thompson’s Eye Water by John L. Thompson & Co. and extols its eye remedy, hay fever relief, and general usefulness. It also touts Wells Richardson Perfected Butter Color, Carboline hair restorer, and Twin Brothers Yeast as trusted products from druggists.
A collage of 19th century ads and notices touts Allan's Anti Fat promising two to five pounds weekly loss, Bucklen's Archa Salve for skin ailments, Hop Bitters for general health, Dr King's New Discovery for consumption, and praise for the Academy of the Visitation with praise of its new quarters and disciplinary success.
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