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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1900
Page
6
Local notes report residents visiting relatives in nearby towns, sales and purchases, illness and injuries, and upcoming meetings. Highlights include public sales planned for February 17 and February 21, medical operations, and a series of meetings at Mt Zion.
Mrs A W Johnson is recovering after a sudden illness. H G Johnson and wife visited from Ong Nebraska, surprising relatives. Five Johnson children are listed with dinner at the mother’s home on Feb 4, young Josie Broman absent. Clyde Wilsey visits Ellen Park in Lower Richwoods. John Linn Sr is ill at home with doubts of recovery. Two Cory children are ill with pneumonia but improving. Della Linda teaches Union school house where attendance is low due to la grippe. she is a successful teacher.
Pleasant Plain items cover arrivals from Kansas including a magnetic healer treating his uncle Elijah Cook. Updates note illness of Mrs. Jane Edwards and care help from Lydia Hinshaw. Henry Neal reports health. Harvey and Ellyson ship steers to Chicago. Fire at Abel Roberts home. Stella Castell visits. Myron Heston returns from Idaho. County Superintendent White to hold a teachers exam for Academy students. Isaac Ellis and wife visit relatives.
Emily Brokaw of Hampton arrives in Glendale to care for her feeble mother Mrs Weburg. Perry Hickenbottom drives a cattle car to Chicago at five cents a pound, with Truman Parsons and Richard Nelson Upland in related stock moves. Epworth League reelects Hickenbottom as president amid others ill, and a moral verse closes the notice.
Andrew Carnegie told Democratic senators that opposing imperialism could trigger a larger campaign donation than to the Republicans. Democratic managers expect at least 1 million dollars, with reports he offered 20 million to cover U S aid to Spain if the Philippines crisis ends.
Subscribers in arrears of three to seven years are warned to settle dues by February 1 to avoid stricter collection. The notice urges readers who have enjoyed years of service to pay what's owed and warns against delaying with excuses.
Hustlers want ed. Reference. Address, with stamp, American Mfg. Co., Terre Haute, Ind.
A jester at Peter the Great's court cleverly traps the czar into sparing his cousin from execution. The jester's plea to have the condemned kin killed forces the monarch to laugh and grant mercy instead.
A historic remedy describes a six step goat cure: pick a maid of fifty who never wished change, wash the handkerchief in an honest miller pond, dry on a covetousness-free parson hedge, send to a doctor who never killed, mark with a lawyer who never cheated, then apply to the affected part for a speedy outcome.
A Chicago News item tells of a man who trusted a boy with a penny to buy a postal card two years ago. Today the same boy returns a postal with a note of thanks and a tale of starting a small business from that penny.
A Kansas City Times piece recalls a hotel bellboy's tale of planning a day of imagined mischief in a Chicago or St Louis hotel. He would force a bellboy to carry three grips to a fifth floor room, drink ice water, pour some away, order cocktails, enjoy a Turkish bath, and finally reward the helper with a dollar. The anecdote highlights the daily toll on bellboys and the unfairness of such pranks.
The winter is used to train circus horses for next season. New horses join the old in stables, jealousies arise, and patience is essential. Horses run in circles with blindfolds, learn from trained peers, and respond to applause. A well trained ring horse is worth about $1,000 and riders who are stars usually own their horses.
A Bishop Fallows church Sunday school recital presents a boy’s humorous claim that God created man from dust and then, to make woman, caused a deep sleep, removed his backbone, and fashioned her. The exchange, reported by the Chicago Inter Ocean, reflects a lighthearted view of creation questions.
A New York Times item notes a city magistrate raising his young daughter, who just started kindergarten, as a potential mathematical prodigy. She experiments with a new counting sequence and lisped numbers in an unusual order: none, some, one, two, free, fore.
Dr Patchen of New York argues that if everyone cut sugar intake by 90 percent and kept at that level, medicine and pharmacy demand would plummet. He predicts half of physicians and two thirds of drug stores would be closed within one generation.
A Philadelphia North American quote highlights Quibb’s renowned willpower as a lawyer. It notes his exceptional persistence and claims he has broken more wills than any other man at the bar, illustrating his formidable legal influence.
Frank Mooroe Boyd died after a 25 pound sledge fell on his head while building a bridge over the Skunk River at Rome Iowa. He was taken to Ottumwa Hospital where he died at 11 30 p m. He leaves a wife and son with siblings and mother. Funeral was at his family home with large railroad attendance and floral cross.
Advertisers urge parents to feed children Grain-O a grain based drink described as nourishing and coffee like in taste. They claim it costs about the same as coffee and is sold by all grocers in 15e and 25e sizes.
The ad claims many suffer kidney trouble without knowing it and promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as the cure for kidney and urinary issues. It describes symptoms like back pain frequent urination and provides offer of a free sample bottle and informational book by mail from Kilmer Co of Binghamton NY.
A lengthy catalog lists transfers filed in Fairfield and surrounding areas including parcels in 18-78-9 4-72-11 and 21-72-10. Parties include D Dixon to Spaulding Marshall Mouck to Frank Sullivan and many others with prices from 100 to 10 000 and quit claims and undivided interests noted.
Random notes survey topics from Kipling fundraiser totals to Fiji horse feeding, and to Chinese drama practices. It notes that public opinion and patriotism lack direct Chinese terms, mentions a Paris editor on the Long Toms, a Georgia code request, Roosevelt mug ads in Albany barber shops, and Chinese stage traditions with boy actors.
Advertisement proclaims Dr King’s New Life Pills as a powerful healing product. It claims they transform weakness into strength and energy into mental power and notes a price of 25 cents per box sold by Geo D Clarke, a local druggist.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candies Cathartic as a cure for constipation priced at 10 cents with a money back refund offer if it fails.
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