28 Feb 1889
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1889
Page
1
Voorhies' ad clutter highlights fresh oysters drinks silks mufflers neckwear and new fall hats. SPIELMAN's stores offer neatening goods while locals plan horse sales and route news. A long travel diary describes a survey of Oklahoma and Texas plains with vivid notes on climate people and land.
E Bainbridge Munday Esq county attorney Clay Co Texas and D I Wilecoxson of Horse Cave Kentucky praise Electric Bitters as lifesaving for malaria fever jaundice and related kidney liver and stomach disorders. The remedy is offered at Clarke and Junkin's drug store for 50 cents and 1.00.
Tickets available February 27 through March 2 with return by March 10. Round trip fare listed as $26.19. Agent C. M. Stinson handles sales for the railroad.
The Cedar township region is detailed as highly productive with prairie timber and bottom lands. It notes strong crops with drainage potential, abundant water, timber and limestone resources, and its suitability for stock raising. Local notes mention visits, a pole cutting date, wolves as threats, and a wolf incident with a man freezing.
Mrs J MorFord and her daughters from North Henderson Illinois visited Mr and Mrs J A Wray on Thursday and Friday. She resumed her journey Saturday morning to visit relatives at Lameston.
An advertisement claims a catalog of genuine medical remedies from London to Vienna offered for one dollar each. It markets single-disease prescriptions priced at $1, promising no cures for all, but relief for catarrh, lung and liver issues, neuralgia, female weakness, and other ailments, with direct shipment from Toronto.
A critical critique targets William E. Chandler of New Hampshire, accusing him of outdated anti-southern ideas and obstinacy. The piece contrasts Chandler with Evarts Hoar and Edmunds, argues his policy would fail Republicans, and urges focus on civil service reform instead. A secondary note recalls a court etiquette tale from the Brooklyn Eagle.
testimonial from Mr C U Morris of Newark Arkansas and Jesse Middlewart of Decatur Ohio claim cure or major improvement from Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. The ad invites readers to try it and offers free samples at Clarke & Junkit’s divig store.
Hungary tests card telegrams in post offices without telegraph service with five word limit and extra postage for excess. England uses pillar boxes for posting to nearest telegraph office. Political turmoil noted with assassinations and partisan standoffs. Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic advertised as cure-all for fevers colds and digestive issues. Bradshaw Thomas offer Fifty cents.
A. Demarce advertises a machine shop and foundry sale of saw shafts with balance wheels, bob sleds with chilled runners, complete Bobs guaranteed to carry 7 000 pounds, jacks for saws, and the entire shop and foundry, all priced at cost or for trade.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch credits the first Democratic administration since the war with responsible businesslike progress in naval reforms. It notes improvements in guns and vessels as a defining feature of the new policy, claiming the coming Republican administration cannot surpass this approach.
The Boston Globe notes Republicans seek an early session to pursue policies. Public interest remains divided as critics argue against rushing legislative action and fear unintended consequences.
A reader from The New York Ledger notes relief from a two year case of eczema after using Papillon extract of flax. The testimonial claims the remedy cured the disease when other physicians failed and mentions Clarke and Junkin's drug store selling large bottles for 1 dollar. The item also includes a brief, unrelated international-news quip about Blaine and European leaders.
The Louisville Courier-Journal denounces the Senate for narrowness and partisan meanness in the Samoan affair. A New York medical ad promotes Leoid's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for catarrh and related hearing issues claiming it purifies the blood.
The note asks readers to save and hand in copies of a January 31 issue featuring Col Quaritch to postmasters for new subscribers. The publisher prints extras to cover demand and offers credits or extra copies in return.
The Century article on Mural Halstead’s Gravelotte visit mentions accidental meetings with Bismark and hints at links to Halstead’s trip to Gen Harrison. It speculates a Cincinnati editor’s wish to be minister to Berlin and recalls old reminiscences with the prince.
The Seymour Democrat notes a campaign of education that accuses the Republicans of protecting monopolists and enriching the few at the expense of the many. The piece portrays the money sack senate as manipulated by protected interests.
A reader laments modern living bringing brain and heart disease insomnia paralysis and insanity worsened by chloral and morphia. The letter claims Ayer's Sarsaparilla purifies and vitalizes blood, strengthens functions, and has been invaluable in the writer's family for years.
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