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Newspaper

Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1898

Page

5

Bank Officers Listing

Officers include J. E. Roth as President Jos. Ricksh er as Vice President and Johnn Davies as Cashier.

J. E. Roth Jos. Ricksher V. Pres Johnn Davies

List of Names in Local Business Directory

A compilation of numerous individuals and surnames including Louden Howard Ig weric Ball Retcliff Roth Kieksher Lamson James Tempieten Campbell Watkins Messer Slagle Parrett Manateey Scott Prewitt Turney Co McLane Mowery Bradshaw Parrot Gobble Anderson Herring Fordyce.

J.B Dames Louden E. A. Howard D. G. Ig Weric W. Ball F. Retcliff W. Lamson T. L. James D. W. Tempieten Eugene Campbell H. Watkins Adam Messer Mes. M. Slagle D. M. Parrett J.P. Manateey A. B. Scott Wil S. Prewitt J. Turney & Co John McLane George Mowery Chas D.°ett A. C. D. Bradshaw Gester Parrot Et. Gobble A. P. Anderson A. Herring W. Fordyce

Commerce of Santiago Exports and Mines Promise Cuban Recovery

The New York Tribune staff correspondent surveys Santiago de Cuba’s postwar prospects. Iron ore and sugar lead exports while manganese copper and timber potential rise. mining at Juragua and Basquiri courts American capital. Sugar remains dominant though beet sugar pressures Cuban cane.

Santiago Cuba Stars and Stripes Havana Matanzas Cienfuegos Jamaica Haiti Antilles Santiago de Cuba Baracoa New World Columbus Tora Cuthams Juragua Iron Company Fermeza Siboney Irom Company Basquiri United States Bethlehem Iron and Steel East Cubam Baiquiri Juragna Company Santiago Jaribor Tidewater Manganege

Governor Lord Opposes Philippine Annexation and Supports Porto Rico

Governor William P. Lord of Oregon argues Porto Rico should be retained as a permanent U S territory for a coal station to safeguard naval and merchant fleet needs. He says Cuba might require different handling than the Philippines and that annexation could occur only if conditions demand it. Chicago Record.

Swift B. P. McAllister Harrodsburg U.S Swift Specific Company Atlanta Georgia Lord Porto Rico Philippines W. P. Lord Oregon Spain United States Cuba Philippine Islands William P. Lord Congress Chicago

CORPORAL FITCHS STORY OF SANTIAGO FIGHTING

Corporal J B N Fitch of Company I Seventy first regiment writes from Yonkers about the Santiago fighting. He recalls marching through fire on the marrow road, heavy casualties, and marching up hills as the Spanish soldiers fired. He notes the bayonet hats, fierce combat, and captures in the blockhouse with hard tack and water calming the wounded.

J. B. N. Fitch Seventy-first Regiment Yonkers N. Y Santiago United States Cavalry Bowery New York Sun

American sharpshooters down Spaniards from a tree

Captain Minot of the Cumberland recalls the Cuba battle on July 1. When a soldier fell unseen, Americans propped him as he stood and inferred the shooter’s range from the wound. They fired to that range and killed several Spanish sharpshooters in a tree.

Minot Cumberland Galveston Santiago de Cuba Austin News

Nadine Boulitchoff’s Benign Act at Rio Benefit

In 1880 Nadine Boulitchoff used a benefit in Rio Janeiro to aid enslaved women. She requested the money be spent to buy their liberty, freeing seven women who had suffered severe abuse. The audience, including Dom Pedro, celebrated with the national hymn as the slaves thanked her on stage.

Nijni-Novgorod Mile Nadine Boulitchoff Moscow St. Petersburg Madrid Rio Janeiro Brazil Nadine Dom Pedro

Pin on the pavement turns unlikely fortune for boy

A poor boy finds a pin on the ground and places it in his coat. A rich passerby is impressed, adopts him, and thirty years later the former boy becomes a South African millionaire who repays a debt to a former schoolmate with a £2000 check, saying his success began with a pin.

John Pearson’s Weekly

Erratic Writer Aldrich Deals With O Brien Across the Street

The San Francisco Argonaut recalls how Thomas Bailey Aldrich once escorted Fitz James O Brien to a hotel when he was intoxicated and indebted. O Brien later begged for $25 from a publisher, wore a placard proclaiming he was starving, and wandered streets until a $6 settlement ended the episode.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich George W. Carleton Broadway Fitz James O'Brien Aldrich O’brien O'Brien O' Brien San Francisco

Wanted A Patent Ant Guard Chalked to Sidestep Ants

A filed patent sought protection for an ant guard drawn with chalk around a table to deter ants. The idea, likened to chalk making legs slip and soap on railways preventing starts, was deemed not patentable as chalk had prior use and no new invention was shown.

Patent Office

Welsh village name translated to English in Anglesey

A London correspondent sends an English rendering of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch describing the Church of St Mary in a hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and St Disilio church by a red cave.

Anglesey United Kingdom Llan-fair-pwllgwyn - Gyll- Goger- y-Church St. Mary St. Disilio

Notable Fire Tragedy Hidden by Peculiar Paper Tone

The Ostrich reports a deadly blaze with 277 dead from 400, noting at least 128 saved without naming victims. The brief paragraph avoids details and ends with a teaser about continuation on page 18, while warning readers about the sparse coverage and somber presentation.

The

A Matter of Fees

A Detroit Journal item records a patient voicing despair over fees while her attending physician urges life and resilience in a sobering medical exchange. The brief note highlights financial strain in care and the human impact of medical billing.

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Iowa State Savergs Bank Fairfield J.E. Pane Ricksher A. Howard A. F. Cassel Lee T.gobble McKenney Cbd Leggett R. W. Lamson Thes. Louden and North Pacific Coast California Portland Alaska Klondike Kansas Oklahoma Texas John, Sebastian, G. P. A Chicago, Ill Ball & Young Fairfield, Iowa Commerce OF Santiago Germany Mexico New York Santiago City Port Antonio Baltimore Boston New York Tribune Corporal Fitch London Castoria Pitcher Samuel Pitcher Hyannis Massachusetts Mothers of America ColUida Centaur Company Chas. H. Fletcher A.d Detroit Journal Tribune
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