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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1879
Page
4
A lyrical observer moves unseen through the green woods and glades. The narrator speaks of delivering soft tales to hawthorn and harebell, kissing flowers, waking birds, and roaming from dawn to noon as life and scent rise to the evening star.
A farmer notes fall application of thick lime whitewash thinned with tobacco juice to young fruit trees as an effective rabbit barrier, covering about 200 trees per pail. The piece also covers dog damage to sheep, livestock digestion cures, a historic Ches hire apple tree, and a sweep of agricultural topics from milling to wheat profits.
The American Arctic ExpeditionFrom San Francisco last June aims at the Pole via the Asiatic equatorial current. It would sail toward Japan to ride heated waters toward Behring Strait and press to the open polar sea if possible. Boats on sleds may be used to explore the ice if the ship cannot break through.
A Cambridge physician recounts a dramatic chase where a bald eagle pursues a fish hawk over chimneys and lawn. The eagle first steals a perch, then retrieves a second larger fish, leaving the hawk agitated and perplexed, suggesting surprising intelligence.
A kitchen note describes stuffing halved tomatoes with chopped cold meat onion herbs and bread crumbs bound with two egg yolks then baked slowly. It then quips about poetic images such as blue-eyed grass golden-haired carrots fairy fated actress pale dreamy asparagus as if echoing a playful literary aside.
A neighbor is advised to keep Dr Bull's Baby Syr weight loss aid for his family. The note suggests all babies are subject to trust in the product.
Rev IL S Kalloch, running as working men's mayoral candidate, is shot twice outside Metropolitan Temple by Charles De Young amid a Chronicle smear campaign. De Young is beaten by a thousands-strong mob, jailed, and police guard local prisons as city reels in agitation and debates vigilantism versus law.
A speaker notes a friend's compliment about a strong resemblance between the speaker and a boy. Though matching in mischief and spirit, the son lacks the father's form, yet the speaker declares the boy embodies the speaker’s youth and affirms ownership with blessing.
The London Telegraph reports Victor Hugo presiding at a Nancy fundraiser with Louis Blanc and other notables. Hugo called for transforming Africa by building railways and turning deserts into seas, arguing for French occupation under fraternal liberty. He faced cheering from the audience despite controversial lines about "savages."
A letter from M Enanda recalls Ugongota a Zulu artist who fled to Natal with his wife to escape a death sentence for witchcraft. He carved spoons and beads from vegetable ivory and reeds, sang his own tunes, and gained wealth through art and trade before a police spear ended his life.
The Princess Mary, a royal yacht used by William III and Queen Anne, was built on the Thames. It served as a pleasure yacht through the early Hanoverian era, lasting long until 1714 when George I took possession. Around 1750 the vessel was sold and renamed Betsy Dains by Walters of London.
Within forty miles of Steubenville Ohio a major sheep region yielded over 2 million dollars from wool sales this year. A college professor warned that high class rank requires effort not luck, while much hawking and spitting was blamed on catarrh believed to be cured by Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Fall term opens Sept 11 with a full classical collegiate scientific and ladies course of study plus a preparatory department. Ladies may board in the building and rooms are available. Reading room library and cabinet open to all students. For information address J A Nash President Des Moines August 1879.
The piece notes old line stock companies push hard against cooperative insurers, signaling fear of cooperative strength. It highlights Centennial Mutual Life Association of Burlington as a target and praises its low premiums and rising surplus.
A garbled advertisement page lists Kidney-Wort for kidneys and liver, Twin Brothers Yeast for baking, Cepar Rapids Insurance for tornado coverage, Hop Bitters for drinking cures, Perfected Butter Color by Wells Richardson, Carboline hair product, Smartweed for menstrual issues, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised for cuts and skin ailments with money-back guarantee.
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