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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1899
Page
5
Mary H. Wheeler offers a reflective poem in the Boston Transcript about turning from the east as day wanes. The piece contrasts morning growth with evening rest and urges embracing the present bright moment before night.
A New York Sun excerpt recounts Jere Clemens telling of a Burr trial scene in which Burr defends a murder suspect. Burr supposedly used two lit candies to threaten a witness, prompting the man to flee. The tale links Burr’s hero status to a controversial novel misstating Hamilton.
The article explains ballast practices in shipping, noting stone or rock as the common ballast. Shipmasters from New York know grades of rocks and bid the ballast cargo to contractors at their home ports. Vessels returning home are solicited for ballast by agents and bids are placed for the stone used in macadamizing streets and paving.
A Michigan hermit named William Schueller claims he draws fish to his boat by singing Old Hundredth. He positions in deep water and watches the water as his net gathers dozens per haul. Neighbors doubtless find the tale odd but the Chicago Record notes his famed voice.
The Chicago Democrat notes that a 70 pound bomb 30 years ago fractured into 42 fragments, while today peroxilene charges explode into 1200 pieces. Shrapnel counts rose from 37 missiles in 1870 to 340 today, with fragments hurled at higher velocity.
A brief exchange in the Philadelphia Record includes a parent’s worry about a toddler not speaking by age two and a friend offering reassurance with a personal anecdote about delayed speech followed by later progress.
A report asserts New Mexico holds coal deposits sufficient to power the United States for 1,000 years. Experts emphasize the scale of energy resources and potential implications for national supply and policy discussions.
A Philadelphia Times report on Whitman V. White of Brooklyn, a nervous disease specialist, advocates side sleeping for insomnia relief. He warns against supine rests and describes how right-side lying aids digestion, reduces dreams, and improves overall rest, with cautionary notes on choking arms, neck, and chest tension.
Maurice Barrymore endures gentle jabs from Augustus laconic in a backstage exchange. Barrymore quips that the drama was written in a week, provoking a sharp retort about the haste and craft. Independent.
A city high school Latin class of 30 girls and several boys struggles with the noun donum. The ablative stumps them all until Percy blurts don in unison, prompting laughs and a head salute from the teacher who cannot explain the humor.
Reports describe the baya bird of India suspending nests from tree branches and lighting the nest entrances with glow worms or fireflies stuck with clay. Nightly illumination may deter bats and even drive away rats, according to Dr. Buchanan and a Nature writer.
Collier's Weekly notes that while many languages gender ships as masculine or neutral, English sailors tradition assigns ships as a lady. The article cites Greek influence and Athene as possible origin for feminine naming, but emphasizes English practice remains independent with ships described using feminine terms and imagery such as waists, collars, and ribbons.
The passage defines carat values from 24 to 12 for gold alloys. It explains 24 carat as pure gold, 22 carat as gold with 1 part silver and 1 part copper, 18 carat as 18 parts gold with 3 parts silver and 3 parts copper, and 12 carat as half gold with 344 parts silver and 8 parts copper in the remainder.
Edith reveals George is in love with Hettie and recounts his harsh comments about Hettie and the other girls in their circle. The Boston Transcript frames the talk as high school gossip among friends.
A reflective line warns that trusting many false friends harms more than doubting one honest person. It notes suspicion and hypersensitivity mark and burden a small spirit.
The choral service began in England with its first use at Canterbury in the year 677, marking an early development in liturgical music and church rites.
Peter the Great overheard a jester pleading for his cousin's death by misdirection. The jester pretended to beg for mercy while secretly urging execution, trapping the czar into laughing and granting a pardon instead.
An antique remedy outlines six steps to cure a goat by selecting a maid of fifty who never wished change a tailler's pond a parson's hedge a doctor who never killed a patient a lawyer's ink on the affected part.
A Chicago News item recounts a man who trusted a boy to buy a postal card two years ago. This morning the man received the postal with a note of thanks for starting a business with the penny given. The tale underscores honesty and quiet enterprise.
A whimsical note cites a letter from Lewis Carroll about hugging and kissing. It humorously warns that even heartfelt embraces would take long, suggesting one minute with Emsie could occupy up to half a day.
A brief wartime style exchange reveals a wife accusing her husband of abandoning their vows after a year of marriage. The husband admits ill health influenced his statement about loving her for life, raising questions of fidelity and commitment.
A long list of individuals including Roth, James Louden, Howard, Higley, Bradshaw, Kenney, Lamson, Joseph Roth, Simmons, Hawk, Allender, Lamson, Ward Lamson, James, Templeton, Camp, Watkins, Messer, Slagle, Parrett, Manatrey, and others appears in the court document. The names are presented without context or outcome details.
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