15 Feb 1883
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1883
Page
1
Reports note Pullman westbound sleepers near Council Bluffs making about 1600 dollars monthly. Patti declined California engagements for nine concerts at forty five thousand dollars, planning Europe travel on April eighteen.
The San Francisco Mint is described as the largest in the United States and the world, producing only $20 gold and $1 silver coins. It accounts for about two thirds of all national coinage, with a solid granite building four to six feet thick.
The Illinois governor owes much of his success to his wife who influenced his life. She was engaged to him when they attended a school in Ohio and urged him to study law. Her guidance shaped his political battles and public career.
Secretary Folger received a letter from Representative Dingley asking about United States gold and silver circulation through February 1, 1883. The Mint Director replies with figures on coinage, silver dollars in circulation, silver certificates, and related expenditures through 1882.
The article notes gold washings yield about 29 million dollars annually despite declining West outputs. It cites Montana production dropping from 18 million in 1866 to 2.5 million today, and regional shifts in Idaho Oregon Washington Dakota and Colorado, with California moving from river sands to deep deposits and vein mining as surface gold dries up.
A correspondent recalls an elderly woman who, when her pastor said heaven has not deserted you, replied that she has a very great appetite still, highlighting stubborn humor in aging faith.
A roundup of Iowa items notes Ottumwa expecting free mail delivery, plans for a Montezuma National Bank, January trade data from Manchester with butter and poultry shipments, and various local projects. It highlights court fines on liquor sellers, a Dyersville drive to build machine shops, and county land and civic developments.
A weekly review lists disasters from New Jersey to Illinois including a fire that burned a stable killing 24 draft horses and 6 mules near Jobstown, and a boiler explosion in Taylorville that killed five. Also noted are a university blaze in Minnesota, shipwrecks near Seattle, and heavy floods across Ohio and Indiana.
A Wayland Massachusetts couple, Mr and Mrs Lydia Maria Child, lived twenty five years without a servant. A breakfast tale shows their humor with the husband joking wealth when asked for help while the wife wittily declares he is Croesus, King of Lydia, for his Kingly status at home.
A Nevada grand jury arraigned five men for assault with intent to rob and kill. Bail set at $16 00 each. all expect to plead guilty. Also a series of distant crimes including an Albuquerque execution, a Texas murder in Catulla, and a Missouri governor’s stance on Frank James.
The Queen's Bench Division granted warrants for the arrest of Davitt Healy and Quinn and a grand jury returned a true bill for seditious Mbel against Wim O'Brien editor of the United Treard. A true bill lies against Dowling for the murder of a policeman as well.
Mrs Matilda Fletcher read a letter from John Greenleaf Whittier at the Des Moines temperance convention. The letter praises the Army of Peace project, urges continued temperance work, and notes that perceived failure is only seeming while urging steadfast faith and effort.
A Michigan lumber dealer longs to sell star shingles in Albany after years of matching quality. The Albany buyer pushes for a discount amid repeated complaints, leading to a tense faceoff where the Michigan seller exposes the ruse and calls out the buyer.
The Iowa State Temperance Convention met in Des Moines on February 7 with 541 delegates. It endorsed petitions for a special legislative session, proposed consolidating the State Temperance Alliance and State Temperance Association, and pledged to support a unified temperance effort to abolish liquor traffic. Delegates elected James Wilson as president and named officers to organize statewide action.
The Iowa convention hears majority and minority reports urging constitutional prohibition of all intoxicating liquors. The majority seeks early submission to amend the Iowa Constitution to ban beer wine and liquor to the state. The minority insists on enforcing the expressed will of the people through legal prohibition and immediate action by the Executive and General Assembly.
Mrs. Livermore traces how ancient societies treated wives as slaves or property, from Hindu and Egyptian practices to Greek and Roman norms. She notes shifts with Christianity, discusses laws and epitaphs, and urges marriage as a sacred, mutual bond with male example shaping a child's respect for mothers.
A French journal describes a pasteboard box with collodion coated lid and insect figures inside. Dry skin rubbing on the lid charges the box, making paper insects hop and dart on the glass. Butterflies and mossy figures appear to move, stumble, cling, and fight as if alive in dry, light air.
Historian James Parton envisions a future university unlike Oxford or Harvard, styled as a factory village on a 1000 acre farm. Bells summon 2000 workers at 6am, then six hours of skilled labor followed by classes, with farming insight and soil access seen as essential for health and stability.
The piece argues editors overpay writers to move opinions, with Paris dispatches guiding daily editorials. It notes times where brevity gains popularity as journals shift away from bloated columns toward concise paragraphs, citing Truth and World, Pall Mall Gazette, and Daily News as leaders of the change.
A physician asks to see the patient tongue and the patient replies that no tongue can tell how ill he feels, indicating severe illness beyond verbal description.
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