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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1900
Page
3
A nostalgic advertisement claims Mothers Friend prevents nine tenths of childbirth suffering. It asserts the remedy calms the mother, speeds recovery, and yields a healthier, prettier child. The copy touts relaxation during delivery and reduced dangers afterward.
A brief product pitch for Jell O dessert mix promising two minutes prep. Add hot water, cool, then choose flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry Strawberry. Sold at grocers for 10 cents.
Advertises a so called one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Offers a money refund if it fails to cure. Includes E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and the price of 25 cents.
The Tribune invites readers to contact the office or write to the editor for terms and particulars about serving as a township correspondent.
Fragmentary ad style snippet mentions Elocuronil tidner and Sterling Remedy Co Chicago. Lacks clear event or person actions. cannot determine full context.
For Sale. One seven room house with summer kitchen and coal and wood house, good barn for four horses and two buggies, nearly as good as new, is.
Chronological digest of notable events from abroad and at home. Highlights cover foreign crimes and significant domestic developments, boiled down to concise items for quick reading.
The annual report from Secretary Long calls for reviving the office of vice admiral. Secretary Root has returned from Cuba and met President McKinley. Secretary Wilson reports annual agriculture data and Senator Hanna arrives in Washington for sessions. Root also urges a 60 000 man minimum force in the Philippines. Hay and Nicaraguan minister Corea discuss the proposed isthmian canal. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union holds its annual convention in Washington.
W D Washburn appears set to be appointed senator to fill the vacancy caused by Cushman K Davis death. Charles Dick of Ohio Republican caucus won’t seek a US senate seat. Bryan leads Kentucky by 7975, Beckham by 3518. semi official. Governor Elect Yates to be pressed by Sherman supporters to state position on speakership.
Florida man shot city marshal then killed himself. Chicago boarding house resident 35 hanged himself. Minnesota man Milo Dodge hanged in brother’s barn. Huntington WV man George Politz convicted of second degree murder. Cedar Rapids IA man W H Linter murdered. wife shot. suspect George Anderson under arrest in Burlington. Despondency noted.
Summary of financial notices: investors in Dowie's lace in dustries receive no partner interests, G H Phillips ends a Chicago corn deal with prices dropping to 41 cents, copper output forecast at 325 million pounds worth 42.25 million dollars, iron and nail plant at Bellefonte built for 185000 dollars, assignee sale of plant to a Philadelphia firm for 6375 dollars, Pittsburg Coal contracts 450000 tons to Nantes, George H Phillips nets about 300000 from the Chicago corner, Rogers locomotive works Paterson idles, J J Coleman traffic chief retirement at Wisconsin and Michigan railroad, Wall Street shows gains, and John Cudahy denies lard corner bid.
Reports describe widespread flooding and property damage along the Ohio valley. Fatalities and injuries include John Koon in Evansville from a fall while sleepwalking, Henry Cusick in Joliet, and Halcyon Skinner struck by a train in Yonkers.
Ministers dispute terms of power in China with Conger accused of overstepping. American missionaries press for drastic acts against Chinese rulers. French and German forces provoke protests as envoys seek peace. Shan-Li governor massacres a European bishop and many clergy and Christians.
The Third Infantry suffered ambush losses in Luzon with two privates killed and three wounded as rebels fled. The destroyer Yosemite was lost to a typhoon near Guam with five crew drowned. The Fifteenth Infantry heads to Tong Ku for Manila embarkation. About 2,200 Filipinos at Santa Maria near Vigan pledge loyalty to the United States. The Philippine commission plans reforms to regulate saloons and curb gambling.
Reports note Paris may demand France declare its attitude toward Kruger. Lord Roberts cites a thwarted plot to kill him via an assassination scheme. Livadia letters threaten the czar if he recovers. The Belgian government blocks Kruger’s train long stops.
Hoboken police receive a letter alleging a plot to assassinate President McKinley. A hold up man, Phil O Hearn, nearly beaten by O W Prothero in Chicago. Lawyer David K Snover of Orange NJ sentenced to six months for embezzling 1375 from Catherine Briett estate. Dr H A Hamilton assassinated in Marysville LA. Four men rob Farmers Bank at Emden IL of 3500 and fatally shoot an officer at Delavan. Ohie Odell keeper of Thorpe WI resort shot dead. Governor Stone orders extradition of Albert Arnold in Allegheny City PA for swindling 28000. Spencer Williams, a black gambler, killed by a mob near Lake City.
George W. Wilson United States commissioner of internal revenue dies of Brights disease in Washington at 57. Senator Cushman K. Davis longtime chair of the senate foreign relations committee dies in St. Paul. Oscar Wilde dies in Paris of an ear abscess. J Thomas Baldwin famed bandmaster dies in Boston. B A Hinsdale University of Michigan dies in Atlanta. Sarah A. Snow wife of Mormon church president Snow dies in Salt Lake City. Cartwright Eustis New Orleans businessman dies in Milwaukee of acute pneumonia. Wilde dies repentant blaming his father for not becoming Catholic.
Fire records report extensive damage across a string of incidents. The Red Cypress Lumber yard in Kansas City Missouri suffered a loss of 50000. A J Born cheese factory in Freemont Wisconsin burned with about 600 dollars of cheese. Nelson Block in Disko Indiana wiped out with 10000. Fulton Kentucky saw twenty buildings destroyed totaling 250000. A gas plant at Kearney Nebraska burned. Schroeder paper box factory in Chicago caused 40000 in damage.
Iowa State column reports Morrison, McIntosh & Co. sued by the Gloversville Table Cutters' union for contract labor law violation. Two Bohemians were brought in, with Morrison arguing a new industry claim and a clause permitting skilled workers. John F. Lacey filed a demurrer. Judge McPherson considering it as a commissioner of the labor immigration bureau found satisfaction while the union protested and the case reopened.
The Sioux City council plans a resolution requesting a $100000 congressional appropriation to guard the city from Missouri River encroachments. Petitions will be circulated to urge the rivers and harbors committee to act, with Representative Thomas to present the case. Gamble of South Dakota seeks also funds for improvements along the Missouri from Yankton to Elk Point.
W H Linter of Cedar Rapids and his wife were attacked by a footpad at Burlington station after Thanksgiving visits. Linter died from a heart shot, his wife wounded and hospitalized with likely fatal injuries. A suspect named George Anderson was captured nearby with two revolvers and appeared to confess to the killings.
Colfax Iowa reports Pete Stone a Jasper County Coal miner vanished April 15 after telling a landlady he would go to the mine. His body was later found by boys about five miles out in a country slough with no signs of foul play.
Davenport Iowa December 1 two men are dead and five seriously injured after a boiler explosion at the Glucose Sugar Refining company plant. The boiler house was demolished and part of the engine room wrecked with damage estimated at 25000 dollars. The dead are James Coleman engineer and D D Cook machinist. injured are John Peters Charles Peters Victor Kiefert Joe Wohl and Charles Gibberstein.
Grinnell Iowa December 4. Professor Frank K Sanders of Yale biblical literature chair who was elected earlier to lead Iowa College to succeed Dr George A Gates has written trustees saying he cannot accept due to duties at Yale. No alternative candidate is in sight.
Des Moines reports that John Hossack, a leading Warren county farmer thirty miles south, was killed in his bed by an axe blow Saturday night. His wife Mrs. Hossack lay beside him and offered no clues to the killer's identity.
Des Moines hosts the twenty ninth annual convention of the Iowa State Traveling Men's association. W. H. Wheeler is elected president and F. B. Haley serves as secretary and treasurer. Haley reports 12 129 members in good standing, up 1 022 for the year.
In Decatur Nebraska and nearby Onawa Iowa, 235 smallpox cases have been reported. The Decatur-Onawa ferry service is halted by authorities as nine doctors and a state health official oversee quarantines and patient care.
The Northwestern Horticultural society in Iowa Falls Iowa closed its three day meeting Thursday evening. The program featured addresses papers and discussions. A fine display of apples and other fruits enhanced the event.
A Kansas City Independent quip recalls John L. Sullivan in his prime imagining a legitimate act for a theater arena. He jokes about a real iron ring, a live bull and twisting its neck to prove invincibility, ending with a boast of killing a bull nightly.
Mrs White sought to buy by weight in China and weigh all provisions herself. While weighing a chicken a lead weight fell from under both wings, explaining past shortages. The discovery exposed deliberate overweighting by sellers.
A British Guiana parson recalls peculiar christening choices in his register. He notes names such as Nannie Bellona and Whisky Emmanuel, and recounts a father who named his son Acts after the New Testament books, explaining his mind urged him to go through the New Testament.
The London Chronicle notes that peers of the realm cannot vote in Commons elections due to a longstanding legal disability. Lord Salisbury once sought a Hertford and Middlesex ballot but Hatfield revising barrister ruled time etched the disability as law, barring peer voting. He appealed but lacked precedent or authority.
A child asks if she must marry when grown up and her mother replies with a gentle, humorous note about Aunt Jane who has spent 20 years trying to catch a husband. The exchange captures light domestic humor and social expectations in a brief dialogue.
Mrs Gaz zam and Mr Gazzam discuss a tramp who, unlike others, does not beg for food but laments needing assistance to obtain a collection. Detivit Pree Press notes the exchange, highlighting hardship and dignity.
The levees on both sides of the Mississippi would measure about 1300 miles if laid in a single straight line, long enough to span the distance from New Orleans to New York.
The Le Conte pear, which revolutionized pear growing in southern California, originated as the Chinese sand pear grown solely for ornamental purposes.
An observant man discusses how lips reveal character through physiognomy and phrenology. He notes a short curved upper lip signals a happy disposition while a long straight upper lip suggests willingness to quarrel and possible distrust, among other mouth traits.
The piece describes using sheep sorrel mashed into a paste applied to cancerous skin with a tar like dried juice treatment. It advises sun drying, a potent acid wash with chlorides, and daily applications for several days until the cancer is removed, followed by general healing ointment.
The article reports on a practice in China where relatives allegedly persuade leprosy patients to bury themselves alive after a farewell feast. It notes Dr Wittenberg who describes the nerve form as rare and the mixed form as common, with patients often living quietly until lesions appear. It also mentions segregation or begging if conditions worsen and a claim of contagion from mother-in-law to daughter-in-law.
A London Telegraph note recounts King Humbert discovering a forester ready to fell a pine, who argues the tree grows too tall. The king retorts with a sharp moral about punishing height, and the tree is spared.
A dinner hosted for Sir Henry Irving on his return from America saw Lord Russell briefly propose Irving's health to Comyns Carr. Russell claimed he could not deliver speeches, prompting Irving to recall a fine address he had given before the Parnell commission. The Irishman retorted with a witty line about having something to talk about then.
The speaker freddy warns his mother not to let him visit the Binks boy next door as the boy is described as rude. Freddy recalls a brief argument about crossing into another garden and the warning from his mother emphasizes staying out.
A controversial claim describes executions and political prisons in China with assertion that certain executioners can behead a van in 18 seconds. The text lacks verifiable details.
A historical note states no military parade or drill is lawful on election day in New York except during war riot invasion or insurrection framing election day as a day without martial displays unless extraordinary circumstances.
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