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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1900
Page
8
A South Kensington museum plaque recounts Baharam V of the Sassanian dynasty famed archer. During a royal hunt his wife’s quip Practice makes perfect leads to exile then recall after she is seen carrying a calf up twenty steps, judged a sign of prowess and restored.
A Washington woman waits at a street corner when a dapper stranger, claiming to know her, tries to press himself on her. She coolly identifies him as Colonel Blank's butler and refuses with a witty rebuke, then leaves.
The Nineteenth Century interview with Raja Sivaprasad through Ernest M. Bowden highlights Jainism's emphasis on noninjury. Jains reportedly avoid harming even insects, sometimes covering the mouth to prevent breath. Bowden notes the sect's endurance despite persecutions and its status as a prosperous community among a population nearing 300 million.
A skunk taunts a lion about single combat the lion declines, fearing fame for fighting a skunk. The note draws a parallel to Dr Lyman Beecher, who avoided responding to harsh newspaper attacks after a youth hurled books at a small animal and learned to ignore such creatures.
A historical note describes French peasant medical practices using wine as a key ingredient in remedies. It cites sugarless, pepper spiced wine for measles, a tart remedy of red wine and tallow candle for colds, and a mix of eggs white wine and soot for scarlet fever. It also mentions mothers burying deceased children with personal keepsakes to ease sadness.
In Chicago Daily News style a passerby recalls a man with a tied throat and a near pneumonia look who had joined a group months ago craving “a good old fashioned winter.” The remark underscores a chilly urban mood and wartime era vernacular.
Noted aphorism from the Chicago Daily News reflecting on vanity and self regard. The line cautions that admiration from others can blur egotism into a self centered focus.
A guest recalls an Alaska Yukon voyage where Arctic mosquitoes swarmed in clouds and caused severe injuries. They are described as twice as large as bayou species with stings like hot needles, capable of blinding and killing children, with victims including a drunk fireman and cattle near Fort Hamilton.
The Des Moines Capital recalls Ezekiel Clarke from Johnson county once a main ally for university funding. After a dramatic haircut and shave, Clarke began opposing the very appropriation he had supported, prompting Moses A. McCord to propose repealing the grant while colleagues found humor in the turn.
A writer in The International Magazine extols architecture as the grandest art and a field of rapid revolution. He cites Richelieu on the architect’s versatility, arguing the professional must be artist engineer lawyer doctor and gentleman to avoid failure.
An Iowa judge recalls a humorous incident in which a colored man faced a petty offense. When the charge read as The state of Iowa against John Jones the man appeared terror stricken and asked if the entire state was against him and said he would give up.
A distressed father punishes his disobedient son by striking him twice and then shaking him until hair loosens, in a scene of harsh disciplinary violence described in terse terms. The incident centers on parental aggression and its impact on the child.
A playful exchange explains dew by noting the earth’s 24 hour rotation and its daily perspiration. The London Tit-Bits dialogue uses humor to illustrate the science behind dew formation.
A crowd on a busy avenue watches a tall officer halt traffic and guide an elderly woman safely across. After reaching the curb he releases her, and she asks why he helped despite her having an errand on the opposite side. Detroit Free Press.
In a Chestnut street studio an artist laments a redheaded dream that ruins his work. He notes other artists cope by odd dress or diet, while he simply gives up. The Philadelphia Ledger cites this anecdote as a glimpse into artist superstition.
Lord Beaconsfield extols winking at a colleague's trivial failings to foster friendship and improve work. Napoleon, Nelson, and Gordon are cited to illustrate ignoring minor flaws and focusing on ultimate outcomes in leadership.
The piece recounts Horace Mann's remark at a reform school opening about saving one boy justifying the cost and labor. In a private chat a man teased him about the claim. Mann replied solemnly that the value would still stand even if it were his own boy.
In Herr John Booth's Memoirs of the Iron Chancellor a tale recounts Otto von Bismarck's enormous eating. He allegedly consumed 175 oysters, starting with 25 then 50 more and adding 100, amusing onlookers as he planned to eat nothing else. Bismarck was 26 and recently returned from England.
A humorous exchange shows Johnny claiming a $50 loan repaid at $5 weekly would finish in one week. The teacher insists, noting such a rate would force legal action before payment. The quip appears in New York World.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment reports a neighbor named Blinkinoff described as a drinking man. The witness recalls seeing him the other night attempting to drive a spigot into an ash barrel, believing it to be an older object.
A reflective passage cautions that no person is invulnerable to needing aid and facing the capriciousness of others, from the humblest to the most powerful, highlighting universal vulnerability and the demand for mercy.
Early scientists recognized ether as a universal medium. The abstract concept influenced theories of light and space in classical physics and aided debates about the nature of the vacuum.
A young physician recalls a socialite who concealed her mother in illness to avoid distressing her daughters. The mother died before a planned dancing party, and the daughter later canceled invitations, sparking the physician’s cold shivers at the moral duplicitousness of high society.
Uncle Eben and his wife flee a streetcar near Chicago. They recount lively city life causing hair to turn brown or even taller, citing theater work and summer stays with relatives as the cause for changes in appearance. The tale comes from the Chicago Journal.
A man observing a sidewalk display discovered steel combs and asked their use. It was learned they are used by furriers to comb furs. One comb resembles an ordinary type with half fine and half coarse teeth, another has half teeth and a solid end handle. Similar oversized dog combs exist for grooming dogs like poodles.
In a city restaurant Uncle Zekel Watson previews ice cream as first rate but grouses that the accompanying confections are flighty and scanty. His niece serves as host, noting the city setting and the dessert critique.
A reflection on how books lift spirits inspire courage and faith, soothe pain, and bridge homes and ages. The passage notes how literature creates beauty, reveals truths and grants blessings to readers facing hard, cold lives.
The Philadelphia Record quotes Snyder the barber imagining a man built like a flea able to leap from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh in one jump and circumnavigate the globe in an hour. He calculates 354 miles to 24,902 miles, about 70 leaps, then muses on speedy comings and customers waiting for grooming.
An elder storyteller recalls a Texas tour with John McCullough when a railroad delay left stagehands with sheep and cow hides as improvised costumes. McCullough exclaimed the barbarian appearance and, as the curtain fell, noted they did not act or look like barbarians but smelled like them.
A Portland pastor visiting a parish family heard a window reply that Mrs Smith knew the visitor was at her door. The next Sunday she apologized for missing the call, saying she knew the minister would come.
A gentleman shares a tale of a jeweler who misreads a betrothed man’s instruction to engrave From A to Z. The ring ends up inscribed with the entire alphabet, turning the phrase into a playful literal monument and an Egyptian obelisk of letters.
Algernon Dougherty of the U S diplomatic service defies a Paris concierge by riding the elevator down in Rue de Maturin. The concierge cites the proprietor forbidding it, but Dougherty asserts he may not be forbidden to do anything and continues downhill. Locals on the sixth floor now treat the elevator as a tame cat.
In reminiscences by a Dublin gallery boy, a famous baritone recalls the Faust episode where he played Valentine. Martha rushed to Valetine after the duel, cradling his head and crying. A gallery voice then cried unbutton his weskit, cutting the moment.
Mark Twain meets Charles Guthrie in Vienna and asks if he smokes. Guthrie, a prominent British lawyer, replies that he only smokes in bad company. The conversation continues with Twain confirming Guthrie is a lawyer and remarking on his smoking habit.
A New York Sun note on frugality and self denial. The speaker argues most fortunes come from living within income and saving, not dramatic wealth. he admits he has not yet chosen that path but highlights self denial as the key to wealth and will.
A London woman owned a fourteenth century Arabic glass cup she valued at about $2,000 after experts at the British Museum suggested its worth. At auction it started at $2,500 and soared to $6,500 amid two rival bidders, though the cup’s true value was likely lower.
A magistrate charges a young man with frightening a witness during a college initiation mock ceremony. The youth pleads for exub erance, claiming a lark and a jay catch. The judge fines $2 plus costs for each defendant.
A Rocky Gulch cowboy who disrupted a town show by firing at performers described himself as a meteor saying he was shooting stars. The Buffalo News reports the incident and its fallout.
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