12 Feb 1885
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1885
Page
1
The item notes a proposed territorial insane asylum to be located at Phanix Arizona. It adds context about local institutions and suggests strategic placement within early territorial governance.
A ximtrep stock company with a capital of $1,000,000 is formed in San Francisco to acquire and operate a large marble quarry on Little Nequoskinski inlet near Sitka Alaska. French lilac is grown under shaded glass to bleach blooms. a Denver theater shows a dancing hummingbird display for patrons. Tur Chinese in Nevada reportedly minting $5 gold pieces, one coin tested at a Eureka merchant scales and found to have lost $1 of its value.
Seventy five years ago matoes were grown as a horticultural curiosity in Salem Massachusetts. Forty five years ago they began to be eaten as a vegetable. The excerpt also notes life expectancy differences by social class, with the wealthy living about 45 years, the middle class 25, and the laboring class 20.
Describes a whale feeding by filtering seawater and prey through its teeth and tongue. Details paper flooring made from straw boards pressed into blocks. Recounts a Barbados Sunday sighting of a well-dressed colored lady and servant, later explained as sisters with roles reversed the following week.
TuE students debated whether a printed prayer with a typographical error that changes meaning was uttered by Providence or written originally. The discussion lasted all evening and ended in a tie vote.
Natural gas proved more troublesome in Pittsburg than expected with a sewer explosion in which accumulated gas ignited from a light at the sewer mouth. Experiments along the sewer line caused explosions at multiple openings.
Marshalltown reports 250 empty houses while Cass county seeks a poor farm. Railroads carried 24 654 852 passengers in 1884 and an $8 000 Methodist church was dedicated at Manchester. Des Moines rail capacity strained coal transport. Sioux City fashion clashes with blacksmiths. Council Bluffs health board says smallpox ended. several local incidents and court actions cited.
Mil waukee railroad general manager Merrill dies of paralysis in Milwaukee on Feb 4. Workers at Lowell Manufacturing strike over 10 percent wage cut. Fire devastates Battle Lake village. Eau Claire leader William Thorpe shot by son. Dyn amite detonation harms no one. Fires hit Dr Hale's sanitarium and other properties. Several bank and business failures loom. Police confront riots at Concordia Hall New York. Weather and railway accidents yield multiple injuries.
The Standard calls for party spirit to be dropped and a supreme united effort to save Gordon, likening the situation to the start of the Indian mutiny as morning papers focus on Gordon and the nation's sentiment.
Reports show Senate debating inter state commerce bill while House panels advance pension regulation. A mutiny aboard the bark Wellington ends with Captain Armstrong killed, sailors injured, and officers jailed. London notes a Mrs Dudley defense fund and dynamite threats. Egypt and Sudan tensions prompt troop movements and strategic planning in Washington and London.
Reports from Audubon Iowa describe a vigilante mob storming the jail and lynching three men Smyth Wilson and Cicero Jellerson accused in the murder of Hiram Jellerson. The killings followed a two hour assault with gunfire and hanging at a park bandstand.
Nye compares his work with Noah Webster, praising Webster’s language but faulting his unabridged dictionary and speller. He argues his own book should thrill readers, noting Webster’s fluency yet questioning reader engagement and criticizes the Dictionary’s pace. He recalls Webster’s public stature and mentions Webster’s legislative role in Massachusetts.
A note highlights growing use of paper for musical instruments. The report also mentions special taxes being reviewed on bach etes in France.
A man from the collector's steps was attacked from behind by a pursuer who escaped unseen. The assailant struck with a sand bag, leaving no visible wound. The victim, Bender, was found later in a faint and taken to the probate court room where he recovered and named the loss. The thief rifled an overcoat pocket and scratched a hand during the attempt, fleeing with just over 3800. No crew of criminals identified yet.
Two men joke about educated wives and the idea of curtain lectures spoken in French to avoid servants overhearing. One narrator admits he does not understand French, implying the scheme lacks practicality.
A condemned murderer in Marshall Texas passed his hat around the courtroom to aid his wife and six children. The article also notes crude anecdotes about Bismarck’s drinking and a French writer’s theory that every five thousand people are buried alive.
New York Sun reports a car sweeper describes coins found in the car straw during cold weather. He notes most are pennies nickels and dimes with occasional finds like a ring or a $5 gold piece but says money is returned to conductors when found.
A man buys a turkey from an old Black vendor and finds five or six pounds of lead hidden inside the cavity. The seller explains he is broken hearted after his wife drowned, and laments the difficulty of getting by. The tale ends with the vendor noting the white folks are harder to live with each day.
The text extols patience as a virtue that purifies the soul. It links patience to a strengthened spirit, tempered temper, and suppressed envy and pride, urging restraint of speech and action to resist sinful temptations.
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