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Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1880

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Money in Circulation Across the Nation

The article lists actual circulating currency figures: $313,286,077 in gold, $80,513,374 in silver, $346,681,016 in greenbacks, and $342,063,451 in national bank notes. Total money in people's hands on November 1 amounts to $1,082,543,818, with the National Treasury holding about $300,000,000 separately.

National Treasury United States

Shipping Crisis Stalls Western Freight to Eastern Markets

The country faces record difficulty moving Western products to the East as railroads lack capacity. Companies report they can only accept perishables, leaving bulk freight unshipped and awaiting handling.

Seaboard

Britain Has No Authority in Fiji Says Secretary

Investigations into the killing of an American citizen Johnson on the Fiji Islands show Britain claims only to protect its own. Secretary Thompson will commission the first American warship in the area to intervene and seek redress, though the murder occurred months ago and a special voyage is not deemed worthwhile.

Tisesee E&t Ile Equiepsz Wew Snes Heyernag West Virginie Miesour Bas Johnson Fiji Islands Great Britain Thompson Perry Iowa Odebolt West Point Neb Fredonia Kansas Arkansas City Mississippi River Commission Jas. B. Eads St. Louis Mississippi River Congress Chicago Produce Exchange

Panama canal scheme gains worldwide revival and funding

Paris dispatch reports renewed momentum for the Panama project with universal support. M. de Lesseps and Times correspondence confirm growing subscriptions and global adhesions. Europe participates, offices open in Germany Austria and Italy, and English buyers push shares at premium. Founders' shares rise from 5 000 to nearly 40 000 francs, signaling strong confidence.

Paris M. de Lesseps Times Europe Germany Austria Italy

Census Tentatively Sets Alaska Population Near Thirty Thousand

Ivan Petroff returned to Washington on November 30 after mapping Alaska from Atton to Kodiak and Sitka. His tally shows about 22 000 people in western Alaska with Indians and Aleuts largest groups, plus 2 200 Eskimos counted by Captain Smith between Behring Straits and Point Barrow. The total Alaska population is estimated around 30 000, with about 300 whites.

Ivan Petroff Alaska Washington Atton Aleutian Island Morton Sound Yucan River Kodiak Sitka Prince William’s Sound Petroff Smith Tce Corwin Esquimaux Behring Straits Point Barrow

Alarm Clock Pitch Goes Awry in San Francisco Letter

A persevering canvasser enters a lawyer's office with a novel alarm clock and tries to push a seven dollar claim. The lawyer, noting a family with an infant and sleepless nights, declines and the salesman leaves, clock unsold.

San Francisco

Mirage Confuses Virginia Fishermen At Watchapreague Inlet

About twenty fishing boats anchored off Watchapreague Inlet Accomack Va. awoke to a mirage that made Chincoteague island appear nearby with a tower and a shepherd boy. When the fog rose again the vision vanished and the fishermen deserted their lines for the day.

Watchapreague Inlet Accomack Chincoteague

Hop Bitters Promoted By Nuunda News

A Nuunda News promotion extols Hop Bitters as a popular medicine trusted by the public. It claims the tonic builds health, is easier to take than whisky bitters, and resembles traditional bone-set tea in taste and effect.

Sampson?& Acheson Spencer Bros Bone Sect Nuunda News

Woman in men's attire arrested in Ottumwa

Ottumwa reports a woman using the name John son was arrested in men's clothing. Other Iowa news notes Henry O Osborn sentenced to life in the penitentiary for wife murder. October death losses total 10 000 for the Ancient Order of United Workmen. A baby born to John Mullenaix and wife of Muscatine smothered. Unknown man found frozen near Cascade. Cheese factory Huntley Taft burned at Sergeant Bluffs with 3000 loss and 1500 insurance.

Johnson Ottumwa Henry O. Osborn Des Moines Ancient Order of United Workmen Iowa John Mullenaix Muscatine Cascade Dubuque County Huntley & Taft Sargeant Bluffs Woodbury County Council Bluffs John Sapp Sapp United States Western Union Company Lewis Neal Yanceyville N. C Jas. Johnson Lake Wood N. J Chicago John Kean Green Bay Kean

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