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Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1884

Page

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Reform and temperance bills in Iowa Senate session

The Iowa Senate and House discussed temperance measures including a Donnan bill prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors with a heavy penalty structure. Debates focused on penalties and enforcement, with amendments proposed and rejected. Petitions on woman suffrage domestic animals and school texts were reviewed, and multiple bills were introduced and referred for action.

Abraham Russel Graves Nichols Duncan Hutchinson Grand Jury Dubuque County Smith Hall McDonough Iowa State Horticultural Society Gault Eighteenth General Assembly Clark Donnan Johnson Hemenwey Hem<enway John Cook Clinton County Carson Cassatt Sixth Judicial District Sutton Marshalltown Seeheing Dramshows Brown Rotheri Iowa Fort Madison Eastman Boys’ Reform School Eldora General Assembly Judiciary Committee Hove Uallingail Benson Boxgs Marshall Marshelltown Bullock Chambertin Curtis Davis Walnut Gilliland Chickasaw Green Fifteenth General Assembly Harrison Hazlett Jordan Lucas McCarty Merrell Mr. Nugent Overholtzer Iowa State University Schmidt Storey Tuttle Upton Vanderpoel Watrous Widner Babb Committee On Sioux City & St. Paul Mowrey Committee On Public Lands Smyth Henderson Chambers Gillett Agricultural College Chubb Bayless Larrabee Mt. Pleasant Caldwell Russell Supreme Court Congress Eighth Judicial District John Willis Hallock Clingan Neola Boards of Supervisors E. W. Styles Debney Sixteenth General Assembly Seventeenth General Assembly Doerr Fordyce Grant Nineteenth General Assembly Jones Jewell Junction Kuhn Miller Carroll Nachtwey Boards of Equalization Wherry Culbertson Senate Des Moines Department of Labor Womans Reformatory Board of Trustees The Ludlow Girls’ Reform School Coe Robert U. S Committee On the State of Agricultural College Board Jewel Junction Wilson Potts Boler Calkins Carpenter Cloud Head Livingston Miller of Carroll Miller of Lee Rice Bridge Fund Iowa Reform School Ward Nineteenth House Drs Moines Senate Hall Yeas Bills Bloom Carr Hendrie Johnson Robert Ryder Whiting Nays Baker Barrett Cotton Glass Hemenway Hunt Hutchison Kamrur Logan McCoy Miles Payneer Robinson Stephens Sutow Sweeney Whaley Wilkin Kamvar Payneer Robinson Stephene Sweney Senator Gault Gaulet Malvern Avoca Committee On Medicine and Surgery Bayle John J. Golden D Benson Butler Clayton Council Bluffs State University Hogeland County Treasury Humphrey Nugent Springville Sherman Board of Supervisors Osceola County Hospital For the Independence E.B. Harmon Clay County Satten Clarke Dennan Baker Barrett Chamber Donnas Estman Sadlow Sweneey Onse Pinean Kamrar Mills Abrham Fed Dorian Durfcan Senaitor Scott

Mean Men and Modern Martyrdom in Labor Strife

The piece contrasts meanness with compassion, warning against cruelty and injustice. It likens a mean life to a bed of loneliness and laments the burden of overworked women, urging patience, faith, and avoidance of added bitterness in daily toil.

California macaroni rivaling Italian pasta, claim sparks doubt

Authors state California makes excellent macaroni rivaling the Italian article. Naples manufacturers doubt the claim and reject the comparison.

California Naples

Washington Matters from Congress and Executive Notes

Representatives Willis and Thompson urged extending the bonded period for Kentucky whiskey, warned of bankruptcy risk. A pension bill for war-disabled with artificial limbs, and another bill granting $100 monthly to certain veterans with severe losses, were introduced. House/coinage panel backed exchanging trade dollars for standard dollars within two years. Apaches representatives praised Carlisle and Hampton schools and planned to farm at home. Extradition discussions tested presidential discretion and treaty construction. Bread exports for seven months to Jan 31 1884 totaled $100.3 million. land patents to Burlington & Missouri River exceed entitlement by 274,000 acres. Senator Logan pushed hiring preferences for honorably discharged veterans. War dept flood relief plans anticipated multi-state aid and $500,000 extra funding.

Willis Thompson Kentucky Raum Ways and Means Curtin War Department Stockslager House Committee On Ha Carlos Commissioner of Indian Affairs Carlisle Hampton Senate Secretary of State Alexander Trimble Mexico Texas Supreme Court United States Congress Commissioner General of the Land Office Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Nebraska Logan Secretary of War Iouse Committee Pittsburg Cincinnati Louisville There Evansville Cairo Ohio River

Odd Tales From The Nation’s Capital And Nearby

The wife of a Chamberlain Street Car driver in Washington D C is said to be worth 300000 in the report of odd happenings. A Jacksonville NL man drunkenly tried to shed his coat while in bed and fell breaking his neck. A man in New Philadelphia OW loaded a log with powder and sat astride it as a fuse failed. A gold watch with a bullet lodged in the back was owned by W R McGunnigle of Saginaw MI and saved his father’s life in the war. A Carnesville GA man prints a notice promising to quit liquor and seek a better life and warns drinkers to stay away.

Sidney L. Crenshan Jacksonville Samuel Fogely New Philadelphia Fogely W. R. McGunnigle Saginaw Mich Robert P. Pullman Carnesville,Ga

Tragic Fires and Floods Roil Midwest and South

The Monticello Minnesota dwelling of Adam Rockliff burned on February six with the sole occupant John Post perishing in the ruins. In Arkansas Frank James and Charles Ford face dropped charges for the Blue Cat robbery of 1881. James soon linked to a U S paymaster robbery at Mussel Shoals. A Colorado wool growers convention is urged for March twelve in Denver to curb tariff cuts. Vermont bound Hon A M Chadwick County Judge dies of apoplexy aged thirty. Ironton Ohio reports three fourths of town under water with widespread destruction and hunger. Hot Springs Arkansas witnesses a deadly shooting when seven men ambush the Flynn brothers. multiple victims including Frank Hall die. mob sentiment rises and arrests follow. Cincinnati Ohio flood updates describe rising Ohio River levels, power outages, shortages, and threatened civic actions as the city braces for deeper inundation.

Adam Rockliff Monticello Minn John Post Frank James Charles Ford James United States Mussel Shoals Arkansas Ironton Ohio Hanging Rock Coryville Court House Councilas Columbus Hot Springs Ark Frank Jack Wm. Flynn Winchester Frank Flynn Frank Hall Robi. Sargrave J. H. Graig Frank Fisn Doran Flynn A. Doran Pratt Brothers Howell Ohio River Cincinnati Ohio Valley Pear Street Burnet House Newport & Southern Railroad Price’s Hill Mill Creek Spring Grove Cemetery Irvington Newport

Excommunication of St Procop Church by Chicago Bishop Gilmour

In Chicago a parish under Bishop Gilmour was excommunicated after the congregation refused to elect four councilmen from priest‑selected candidates. The church, its aid societies, and officials faced the bishops decision as the congregation of about 400 Bohemian families resisted. Catholic circles were greatly aroused.

St. Procop’s Chicago Gilmour

England court bars Bradlaughs appeal on Commons access

England Court of Queen's Bench rejects Bradlaughs appeal against removal from the House of Commons and denial of entry. The report also surveys new Queen Victoria book details and global updates from South Africa Africa Egypt Russia with emphasis on British imperial concerns.

Bradlaugh House of Commons Court of Queen's Bench

Sumner’s Breakfast in Greeley’s Orchard Home

In a tale from Sumner’s early days, he travels by stage to Horace Greeley’s up Broadway farm house and shares milk and bread for breakfast with the journalist’s wife. Sumner recalls the moment as humorous yet earnest, hinting at a practical joke by an older Philadelphia-like philosopher.

Charles Sumner Horace Greeley New York Mr. Sumner Greeley Astor House Broadway Sumner Boston Thackerap Becky Sharp Marquis of Steyne

Woman files breach of promise suit in Kingston

A Kingston lawyer notes a Ulster county case where a young woman seeks $400 in damages after four broken marriage promises by a former lover. She claims repeated broken vows harmed her affections and blighted her.

Ulster County Kingston

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