14 Feb 1884
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1884
Page
1
A survey of diverse items including a guardianship bid for John F. Van Dyke, a royal tribute to John Brown, long legal wrangles over John Nicholson’s estate, Belle Boyd’s marriage to Col. Hammond, Miss Sprite’s real estate fever, rapid negro population growth, Wah Sin Lee’s Cornell bid, and P T Barnum’s vast holdings and stock interests.
In 1883 Germany produced 1 041 278 000 gallons of beer, England 996 985 000 gallons, and the United States 376 775 000 gallons. Per head consumption in quarts places Belgium first at 163.25, Germany 134.40, England 126.10, France 25.45, America 20.15, and Russia 4.25.
A fine winter boosts lumber work in Wisconsin and Minnesota with swift progress and strong confidence. Good roads and ground remain, and crews expect higher log output than in recent years once sustained cold weather continues.
An American millionaire heads a syndicate owning twenty Liberal newspapers in England with Birmingham as the headquarters. The editorial manager claims a daily reach of 2,000,000 readers and at least one London daily is believed to belong to the group.
The article notes cotton refuse ground with straw and asbestos is made into paste and formed into slabs or bricks that gain stone like hardness. The new material is presented as a valuable building stock.
Catherine Kile of Richmond township Pennsylvania died at ninety eight leaving twelve children eighty two grandchildren and 128 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Her triplet children Abraham Isaac and Jacob are all living at seventy two years.
A new graphic history of the Civil War covering 1861 to 1865 with twenty full page maps and over 800 pages. Authors Rev Theodore Gerrish and Rev John S Hutchinson are both former soldiers in the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia. Des Moines agent H Hasty handles Iowa sales.
A farmer high on a possible price jump orders three wagons of corn to load before bed after hearing that a schooner carrying 36,000 bushels of corn sank in Lake Michigan. He tells his son they must reach Indianapolis before noon to sell every car they have and hire any empty cabs found.
Emmet county to build a new courthouse. Keokuk Canning adds pickling line. Rock Rapids debates a $10000 hotel project. Keokuk touts a paid fire department. Bible kept in Council Bluffs schools. Mt Pleasant shipped 65000 pounds poultry East in January. Scott county first orchard planted in 1835 by Captain Benjamin W. Clark. Storm Lake unveils 50 by 100 hall with 16 by 48 stage. Marion Presbyterians plan church.
The essay recalls how flowers carry ancient epithets and myths, linking blooms like narcissus, daffodil, rose, and lily to legends of fate, doom, and gods. It notes modern science dismisses these associations while acknowledging their lingering cultural charm and regional remnants.
A Hartford newsboy devised a risky scheme using a safety match with a peculiar igniting strip. He pinned the strip to his clothes and bet peers that the matches could illuminate only on the box. He says he earns about thirty cents daily from the ruse.
The most delicate part of arrow making is feathering the arrows. Feathers should be applied on three sides near the neck end of the shaft for proper balance and flight.
The issue notes 62 pupils arriving at Carlyle Indian training school in Pennsylvania and General Booth’s March arrival to the U.S. It covers a wide range of events from Texas fence-cutting bills to a $16,500 verdict for a boy against New York Central Railway and a Chicago grand jury indicting 34 lottery operators. It reports fires, business failures, and multiple violent incidents including murders, drownings, arsons, and a fatal shooting in Illinois. The Ohio river floods dominate dispatches with rising water, evacuations, and relief efforts across Cincinnati, Louisville, and surrounding areas. It also notes political conferences in Ireland and Egypts military and colonial developments with Gordon, Baker Pasha, and imperial responses shaping the crisis.
Wendell Phillips born November 29, 1811 in Boston. A Harvard graduate turned lawyer, he became a leading abolitionist and reformer opposing slavery and supporting temperance and women’s rights. He led the Anti-Slavery society, faced mob violence, and backed emancipation, education, and enfranchisement of freedmen. He stoked public debate at Faneuil Hall and earned lasting tributes as a premier orator of his era.
An aged mountaineer Broughey, once of Pocahontas County, kept faith with the Confederate cause until his death. He would trade for Confederate money, even selling canes to collectors who paid in scrip. In Greenbrier, Col. Joel McPherson finally redeemed Broughey’s vast scrip holdings with Confederate currency, saving the county’s credit.
Dublin dispatch reports William Nagle a key Phoenix Park murder trial witness says he endures misery and assaults from sympathizers of the Cavendish Burke assassinations, highlighting ongoing pressure around the case.
Parliament opened February 5 in Britain. The Queen pledges friendly foreign relations. France and Madagascar talks end with a clarified understanding. A US led commission sits in Paris on Newfoundland fisheries. Portugal Congo ties near resumption. Turkey trade talks proceed. Spain accord signed awaiting Cortes. Japan treaty revision near done. Corea accord signed. Egypt evacuation plans shift after November Sondon defeat prompts recall.
The fragment depicts a phrase describing affliction as a sacred academy where eminent scholars prepare for the deity’s commencement day. It emphasizes spiritual trials as curriculum and divine timing as final examination.
A Detroit Free Press column urges young men aged sixteen to twenty one to reform at the start of the year 1554. It condemns habits like chewing, smoking, drinking, and gambling, and stresses civility, honesty, and frugality. It promises that square dealing will pay dividends and protect friendships.
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