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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1906
Page
3
A courtship scene recounted by The Tribune features a young woman denying love, a shocked suitor citing 65 pounds of 60 cent candy bought over a year, and her playful reply that she loves candy, per a New York World report.
In a nostalgic San Francisco Chronicle reminiscence, a Missouri gambler in a wide open town scene at the Inter Ocean hotel participates in a poker game with pros. John Chase, hotel proprietor, warns the man that the table is run by professional gamblers armed for cheating. The gambler asks, Are they cheating me? The story captures a rough frontier atmosphere with cards, guns, and caution.
In an era of elusive cures the text urges focus on disease causes and prevention rather than miracle remedies. It cites Holmes on diagnosing scurvy and credits a layman with revealing the true cause: lack of vegetables and fruit. A rational diet with vegetables and fruit juices, plus reduced salt meat, would render armies and sailors immune.
Samuel Turner's remarks on Siberian life describe exiles who, though armed for protection against wolves, fear human predators more. One third of criminal exiles evade control. attackers use a cord and stick to strangle travelers and rob them or seize passports to flee the country.
For years scientists puzzled by Yakutsk Siberia frozen well. Ground was said to be frozen to abnormal depth since 1828. A 1838 to 1844 Russian Academy shaft reached 882 feet yet earth remained as solid as rock, defying natural cold penetration.
A brief note on equine jumping ability citing an authentic case of a hunter clearing four seven foot pales and a historic feat by Mr Bingham leaping Hyde Park walls. The discussion asserts no man could match such height. London Answers commentary emphasizes the horse’s remarkable leap.
The text notes Guatemalan coffee laborers earn 8 to 20 cents daily while capitalists take 50 to 60 percent of market value. During harvest, the coffee trade employs more than half the population. A single tree can yield up to twenty five pounds of beans under favorable conditions.
Quote on talkativeness attributed to Richter noting that both men and women who sit long at work show hypochondriacal fancies and a tendency to great talkativeness.
The article notes first German usage of cigar in 1813 and admission in 1838 by the French Academy. It cites Kant’s 1798 use of viggaro and contrasts Spanish terms for cigar and cigarette, including pitillos and un pure.
A meddler is a person who fails in his attempt. The meddler who succeeds is no meddler, but a hero. This quotation from the Duluth Herald frames meddling as a matter of outcome and recognition.
C F Gill a Sioux City stockman petitions district court to eject his mother-in-law from his home alleging conspiracy by his wife to force him from the house and to transfer property to the wife. He cites a ruined fortune from bad investments shrinking his worth from 18000 at marriage three years ago.
E C Barrett former Burlington resident now with the board of regents says Sunday accomplished a wonderful work in Burlington. He notes press reports were accurate, praising Sundays powerful and vigorous speaking. Barrett says Sunday urges better living rather than mere belief for salvation.
Edwin O. Soule, ex cashier of an Iowa Falls bank, finished a sentence at Anamosa prison and was immediately arrested on an embezzlement as bailee indictment. He posted bonds for the January Hardin county district court term. The indictment was found last October.
Mrs Grant Shy of 1130 E Reynolds St Springfield Illinois extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal healer for cuts wounds sores and skin eruptions noting it a housekeeping necessity. The advertisement guarantees the salve through Frank S Shriner a local druggist with a price of 25 cents listed for January.
A witty Brooklyn Life caption describes a bank clerk or office boy recounting why he left, quoting a merchant and an office boy exchange about honesty after a president’s advice to never tell a lie. The joke hinges on a proud snort at the advice and the irony of honesty in a work setting.
Mrs Jennie Duncan of Haynesville Me at 70 writes that Electric Bitters cured her 20 year chronic dyspepsia and made her feel vigorous again. The tonic treats stomach and liver diseases blood disorders and general debility. Sold with guarantee at Frank S Shriner's drug store for 50 cents. Jan
A Bejiggers anecdote from Tit-Bits recalls buying a clock, placing it in the hall, and returning from a walk to find the clock gone then still ticking. The finish-other peoples remarks character chimes in with the puzzled exchange.
Mrs Mary Brown of 20 Lafayette Place Poughkeepsie New York endorses Dr King’s New Life Pills as reliable pleasant laxative for stomach liver and bowels. Sold by Frank S Shriner druggist at 25 cents. January.
The anecdote shows Paganini, the famed Italian violinist, hiring a Vienna cab. A fellow countryman cabman asks permission to paint "Paganini's Cab" on the rear, hoping for fortune. Six months later the driver enjoys a steady income from the branding.
The article explains the mast structure from the heel to the royal mast and details running rigging with names like halyards braces and yards. It notes a beginner’s confusion over rope terminology and shares a tale of a boy who thought the longest name meant the hardest to learn.
Ethnologists debate kinship of Gypsies with Tartars tracing origin to Germany as Vartars or Zegins and expulsion from England in 1530 under Henry VIII. Cromwell letters describe forced departure or execution for defying orders, reflecting harsh Tudor policy toward itinerant groups.
A historical anecdote recalls Ivan the Terrible ordering a measure filled with fleas. When the fleas leaped out, Moscow faced a 7000 ruble fine. He allegedly patrolled the countryside with companions and caged bears, frightening villagers as the bears escaped.
In ancient Egypt a borrower could not borrow without pledging his father’s body to creditors. It was considered impious and infamous to fail to redeem such a pledge. Those who died owing debts without honoring this duty were denied the customary honors for the dead.
An English authority notes the saying to die in the last ditch as an Americanism from the Civil War era. It traces the line to William of Orange who reportedly answered he would die in the last ditch if Dutch troops were defeated. The remark links war context and linguistic history.
A back and forth shows a speaker accusing the paper of ignoring his banquet remarks while the editor insists their friendship proves coverage. The fragment hints at a dispute over newspaper printing of a speech from the previous night.
The Houston Chronicle quotes Sorroughs and Cheerful about a disaster’s arrival when no one said I told you so. It highlights the ironies of foreseeing trouble and the surprise of its onset.
A wry exchange quoted by the Catholic Standard and Times, in which a soulful youth asks how to gauge a woman's thoughts and receives the blunt reply to marry her for clarity. The quip reflects social dating attitudes of the era with concise humor.
Quote attributed to Pascal presented as a maxim about resilience and rising after each setback, framed as a pithy motto rather than a news item.
Amateurs can transform horn by scraping the inner part, boiling until soft, then heating in a flame while turning and moistening. The softened horn behaves like molten lead and can be split, cut, and pressed between dies to form various shapes, finally scraped smooth and polished.
Snakes act as scavengers in marshy and swampy regions where larger animals cannot survive. They mainly flourish in tropical zones but have spread to some cooler areas. Ireland has rare snakes, and the coldest countries have none. Some snakes lay eggs while others birth live young, including vipers and ratsnakes.
A short, reflective piece describes Hindoo servants as immovable in temperament and philosophy. It attributes constant religious practice and reincarnation beliefs to their daily actions, suggesting current status as master and servant stems from past lives. It notes the servant accepts all treatment with equal, serene expression.
William B. Chandler of New Hampshire served as secretary of the navy. Admiral Meade, commandant of the navy yard in Washington, faced him over a dispute. Meade warned of punishment by sending an officer to sea, but Meade replied that punishment for a naval officer to be sent to sea showed the service’s decline, then ended the exchange with a dismissive good day.
A Spectator quote by J. H. M. Abbott extols London as a vast, dual reality where wealth and poverty coexist and one may lead multiple incongruous lives without conflict. The piece highlights London as shop and bank, gambling hell and cathedral, rich and poor, symbolizing limitless urban possibility.
Samuel Pepys records both men and women wearing hats to church in the seventeenth century, noting a simple critic who complains about hats in church and a minister who preaches with his hat off. He also mentions catching a cold from removing his hat at dinner.
A reader recalls finding a boiled egg inscribed with The tinder may write to me signed Mary Smith. The postmaster replied that Miss Smith died of old age years ago, reported by the Louisville Courier Journal.
A brief Washington Star exchange features a child asking about blank verse and a plainspoken father replying that blank verse sounds as if it were written by a mind that was a blink. The quip conveys a dry humor about literary prose.
Nell Old Mir Gotorox swears he would die for me and cautions Belle to be careful. He may be stronger than he looks in this strange note from the Philadelphia Record.
A fragmented plea hints at learning to please others through understanding heat and warmth. The line suggests a motto of empathy as a starting point for social harmony.
An error in last week's issue is corrected. The Week of Prayer starts Monday Jan 8 with services in the Presbyterian, Christian, Lutheran, Congregational, Baptist, and Methodist churches led by Rev. Reinking, Rev. Pinch, Rev. Osborn, Rev. Littleton, Rev. Bright, and Rev. Parsons respectively. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
During the Civil War the late Col. Bouck led a regiment as a dictator. An itinerant evangelist visited the camp and claimed to have led eight men to righteousness with the Massachusetts regiment. Bouck commanded the adjutant to detail ten men for baptism to ensure his unit’s superiority in piety.
In Clyde several young men work a week catching frogs from canal bottoms. They rake the mud torpid amphibians, selling 60 to 180 pounds of frogs legs daily at 15 cents a pound. Wages range from $5 to $9 per day, with one catcher earning $5 to $6 after expenses over two weeks.
A cryptic exchange cited by the Philadelphia Press features Bess and a teacher debating the plural of wife. The quip ends with a light remark saying it would be bigamy, illustrating a humorous wordplay moment.
Harry Coleman a young farmer near Green Mountain was injured when his right arm was caught in a shredder gear. Doctors amputated at the elbow, with expected recovery. The incident occurred today in Marshalltown Iowa.
A woman stated recently that women avoid divorce because they cling to good husbands and fear worse ones if they let go of bad marriages. The paragraph clarifies that "things" refers to husbands in the remark.
The notice lists No. 3 Daily at 9:50 am No. 29 Calif Fast Mail 3:10 pm No. 11 Daily 1:37 am No. 43 Golden State Ltd 3:00 am No. 71 Freight daily except Sunday 4:40 pm The Golden State Limited stops only for El Paso and westward points Jund 7:12 pm 2:55 pm 2:20 am No. 4 Daily No. 30 Daily No. 12 Daily No. 44 Golden State Ltd No. 72 Freight daily except Sunday 8:40 am 4:44 pm.
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