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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1898
Page
5
Mrs. S. S. Mabry of 360 Elm Street Macon Ga tests a claim that the 8 8 8 remedy cured her son Charlie of chronic scrofula after years of sores and impaired sight. She reports full healing after several bottles and restoration to health.
The bank transacts general banking business offering money on real estate or personal security at reasonable rates. Declares acts as executor of wills and valuable papers without charge. Interest at 4 percent per year on deposits for periods of no less than six months.
Officiating officers J. E. Roth president Jos. Ricksh er vice president Jo Hin Davies cashier noted in the financial notice. The terse entry lists no interest paid on demand deposits and provides the bank leadership.
Directors listed include J. E. Roth, é.Ricksher, E. A. Howard, A. F. Cassel, Lee T. Gobble, J. B. McKenney, C. D. Leggett, R. W. Lamson, and Thos. Loutien.
A fragmented OCR passage lists numerous individuals including Louden Howard Higley Bradshaw Hunt Ball Ratcliff Roth Simmons Roth Hawk Allender Louden Cassell Booker Ricksher Howlett Clarke Lamson Lamson James Templeton Campbell Beg Adam Parrett Manatrey Scott Prewitt Turney Mowery Ett Bradshaw Hester Parrett Gobble Anderson Herring Ferdyce.
A New York Sun report recounts Roosevelt being wounded on the San Juan Hill slope when a shell fragment ripped his left hand. A private in his regiment later describes Roosevelt’s calm, commands, and concern for soldiers as they fought and endured the hot trenches.
Governor William O. Bradley of Kentucky spoke against acquiring colonies and warned that imperial expansion leads to standing armies, taxation, and entanglements. He argued liberty-based republics should not conquer new lands and favored helping Cuba through treaty-based settlement.
A poem from the Atlanta Constitution by Dr. R. B. Woodworth honors American soldiers who die for their country. It depicts rapid charges at Caney, the courage in battle, and a somber funeral procession for the fallen.
The devil tree or dragon tree is a traveler's myth repeatedly told as a giant palm like plant with sharp teeth on its central fronds that supposedly snag and devour travelers. Such tales arise from dangers in tropical thickets and misread vines and thorny plants, with no real tree, variously placed in Borneo, Sumatra, and other tropical forests.
An admirer notes the longevity of panama hats noting examples in Washington. One owner has worn a panama for nearly 40 summers and another physician’s hat traces back to his father. Care extends life. original prices were under fourteen dollars.
In the Boston Transcript fragment Miss Greener recalls a train robbery. Miss Whiting laughs that she was calmly mistaken for a palm reader as robbers entered and told passengers to raise their hands before the event ended.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes French people eat about two pounds of bread daily totaling roughly 705 pounds yearly, while Scandinavians consume around 55 pounds annually. Climate appears to drive these dietary differences.
Rev. Peter MacQueen recalls humane acts by American soldiers in Cuba. He notes shared rations with refugees, hospital scenes, and hymns sung at night as troops endured hunger, disease, and heat. He quotes General Lawton on regulars vs volunteers and laments supply failures and need for mercy amid conquest.
In 1815 the royal mews at Charing Cross housed a whale skeleton in a long shed. Beside spring gardens the learned pig performed for bystanders while a card game played out nearby. The writer recalls the Hottentot Venus and a Cadiz siege mortar horse guards cannon, into which a boy was briefly placed.
Mr Smitters asks for an umbrella from the boy and asserts the lender knows him. The boy replies you may say you know him and that he will likely grasp why the umbrella was not brought.
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