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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
3
An advertisement extols a topical liniment called Mother’s Friend claiming it eases late pregnancy strain and reduces common discomforts. It warns against internal remedies and cites a Tampa hotel owner whose wife reportedly had an easier birth with the product. Price listed as $1 per bottle.
A family question answered with a quick Jell-O dessert. Ready in two minutes, add hot water and let cool. Flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. At your grocers.
The Tribune advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure. Each box bears LE. W. Grove's signature and readers are invited to contact the editor at the office for terms and particulars.
An old medical ad claims a treatment called Sparagus Piliseure from Sterling Remedy Co in Chicago or New York promises to cure kidney ills. The misspelled text mentions a doctor and remedies without verifiable details.
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.
In Washington a centennial parade marked the capital’s 100th anniversary as seat of government. Congress probes Cadet Booz’s Wes Point death. Montana senatorial contests await panel action. Hay-Pauncefote treaty amid amendments. many nominations and budget items move through committees. Crime reports include murders, robberies, lynchings, and frauds across several states.
Official returns show McKinley ahead in West Virginia with 119 821 to Bryan's 0 while North Dakota yields a 15372 plurality for McKinley The temperance victory in Massachusetts reshapes municipal races and licenses Alderman Carey moves to redraw Chicago boundaries Representative Hitt announces Illinois senate bid
Frenchmen side with General Chaf fee in the Waldersee incident and would smother it due to their troops’ looting in Pekin. Negotiations on the joint China note close satisfactorily. A Russian envoy cites German insolence in China as a trigger for Boxer mass killings. Emperor Kwang Su to accept powers’ demands at Tientsin. Great Britain seeks changes to block negotiations. The United States concedes Britain’s view that joint terms for China should not be irrevocable.
The Taft commission adopts a license law at Manila to restrict liquor sales. The Thirty-seventh Infantry and Eleventh Cavalry plan movements in January. Filipino insurgents burn a large part of Cabatuan on Panay Island.
The Holland government refuses to aid the Boers while the House of Commons backs the queen’s address by 265 to 23. General Roberts is honored in Cape Town. France budgets 152 million for six battleships and more. DeWet eludes Knox as Boer momentum persists. The Paris fair records 48,130,301 attendees. King Oscar’s health improves and may resume governance. The czar’s doctors report steady recovery. British forces lose to Delarey near the Transvaal. Brabant’s horse is captured with 120 men surrendering. Parliament votes 80 million in war costs and adjourns until February. Dewet’s Boers are repulsed near the Orange River.
Rumors swirl around Maysville Kentucky about a standout running back tied to state pride. The chatter suggests heightened regional interest in the player and potential collegiate attention.
A Santa Fe railway workers committee in Denver urges an immediate vote on a sympathetic strike for operators. The report covers coal business control, wage changes, wrecks, fires, and notable deaths across the United States.
Fire swept a Fort Dodge convent endangering Sisters of Mercy and children. In Cincinnati a blaze at Lane and Bodley works on John and Water streets ruined the building foundry and machinery, about 200000 dollars lost. Norfolk navy yard suffered destruction of a construction building with plans models and drawings valued at 200000 dollars. Cleveland fire nearly wiped out the Brown Hoisting and Conveying Machine plant causing about 500000 dollars in damage.
Details of the Thursday night robbery attempt at the Grand Opera House describe two masked men entering a room where Rounds and Ross counted tickets. Rounds was struck and wounded, but the robbers fled after resisting, leaving without any money as a panic spread through the building. The piece also recounts a Franklin anecdote about Poor Richard’s bread box at a hospital.
In Grinnell Iowa detectives of the Northwestern railway report a long running theft scheme across much of the state. Goods vanish from cars yards and stations while two men recently sent to the penitentiary from State Center are believed members of the gang. A supposed fence has been arrested and held for exam. Detectives say they are on the verge of revealing a major criminal operation in Iowa.
In Sioux City on a cold December night, a well dressed pair pursued Mrs Susan Christopher as she walked home with bundles. She fought back, dropped her packages, and fled into a large residence seeking refuge, reporting the Jack the Hugger has frightened women in the district.
Friends warn Police Judge Stinger and Officer Carlson of a plotted murder as a racial conflict intensifies in Sioux City. Disreputable individuals are jailed or ordered out of town while Carlson patrols the Sudan beat. The threatened officers remain watchful but say they fear no harm imminent.
Des Moines November inspections reported by Treasurer Ellison show a state fair balance on hand of 258,616.01. Resolutions passed urging a national park at the Mississippi river headquarters and the transfer of government forest reserves to the agriculture department.
Mrs Fred Doll of Marshfield vanished Monday and appeared Tuesday near Fancher at a Polish church with candles and altar items. The priest alerted authorities. she ate ravenously, slept, then recovered but could not recall her name or home. She walked from Marshfield to Fancher fifty miles in bitter cold before sheriff brought her back.
J Ray Watkins of Manchester Michigan a patient at University hospital is found to have smallpox. Ninety two other patients and all nurses and medical students are vaccinated and the hospital will be closed to new patients and visitors for ten days.
Berlin reports from Malaga that 14 survivors were saved from the 450 aboard the German training frigate Gneisenau which foundered while entering Malaga harbor on Sunday.
An excerpt discusses President Lincoln in fiction and shares a Beaedeller novel vignette. A storyteller recalls a bully in Sancamen County who avoided risk by running and finally was defeated by a lame man who lied and struck easily. The tale ends with Lincoln’s line about doing it easy when needed.
A West End mansion advertises for a cook and Evangeline applies boldly as queen of the kitchen. She lists cooking prices from 10 to 25 dollars, insisting on 25 dollars, while the family tempers expectations with a starter offer of about 17.85 dollars. The Washington Star notes the bold proposal amid European treasures in the house.
Friends asked Archbishop Whately for a specimen of Irish wit. He asked which of two men the devil would take, and the crossing sweeper replied to consult Father Malov. The exchange hinges on clever wordplay about the two clergymen and Providence.
The exchange shows a landlord pressing for three months overdue rent and a tenant choosing to stay at the current rate rather than face eviction. The dialogue highlights tensions between payment deadlines and housing stability.
A quoted exchange from the Indianapolis Journal features a character saying they would not repay a favor soon after. The dialogue contrasts returning a favor promptly with skipping gratitude, reflecting a witty stance on reciprocity.
A concise reflection notes that one day of illness deepens a young man’s realization that his mother is his greatest ally and confidante, surpassing moral appeals from many proverbs.
The quote presents the idea that the earliest decades of a man’s life form the most authentic map of the world he will ever know. It emphasizes a romanticized view of youth as the truest measure of reality and experience.
A collection of anecdotes on perception and status from colonial tales to British prisons. The Manila scene contrasts European pomp with Filipino respect, while London Tit-Bits notes convicts in UK prisons are denied mirrors from entry to exit, a hardship for women inmates who long to see their own faces.
An alert Manila sentry halted a carriage carrying Judge Taft and required a pass. Taft explained he is civil governor of the Philippine Islands but was treated as a civilian after hours. He resolved to apply for a formal pass, which Manila Freedom later confirms he obtained.
An Irish newspaper ad notes Michael Ryan offering a large stock of cars wagonettes brakes hearses and other pleasure vehicles for sale or hire. The same paper once praised Mrs B of G for sending a magnificent artificial wreath in the form of a cross.
A dialogue on money and fortune, as two speakers exchange wry observations about wealth. The man notes money talks but warns not all talking is money, while the woman probes the downside and the idea of a fabulous fortune.
The equinoctial storms are no longer believed by scientists to be caused by the sun crossing the equator. Equinoxes occur around March 21 and Sept 21, and while storms have aligned with those dates, they are viewed as natural coincidences rather than causal events.
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