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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1901
Page
3
The Electrical Engineer notes that cables lose conduction when used for a single current direction. A French scientist reports that switching between positive and negative currents preserves properties. Experiments on nine wires from Paris to Dijon allegedly support this claim.
A Washington Star remark quotes Mr Comrox criticizing workers asking for shorter hours. He says men would not recognize comfort unless exposed to lavish travel and hardship, arguing a ten hour day is a privilege in a well run office.
In Brooklyn Life a scene centers on a clash described as a Greek meeting turning into a discord. The dialogue hints at a “bad egg” outcome as one participant is struck by another, marking the event as a local social altercation.
A quirky dialogue fragment shows De Vere calling Miss Winter boorish and unsociable after he proposed, noting she dislikes puppies. The speakers joke about diets and Asian chickens, mixing slang and quirky phraseology in a newsy chatty note.
Daily family question solved with a fast Jell-O dessert method. No baking needed just add hot water and let cool. Flavors include lemon orange raspberry and strawberry from your grocers.
A vintage ad touts a “To Cure a Cold in One Day” remedy with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It claims a refund if it fails and shows E W Grove’s signature on the box. Sold by druggists for 25 cents.
The Tribune announces a program to hire correspondents in every township of the county. Applicants should submit terms and particulars at the editor’s office.
A daily briefing notes events at home and abroad. Congress passes reapportionment increasing House members to 386 while Senate backs Nicaragua route for interoceanic canal. Presidents illness delays cabinet and reception. Griggs asserts Porto Rico not covered by constitution. Hay recovers from grip. Court actions address Neely Cuba case and island status. Theft, murders, and crimes populate the crime brief with bank, bank thief, and domestic incidents across multiple states.
W J Pryan at the Jackson day banqet reiterates Kan sas City platform. Ex Mayor Hopkins of Chicago elected chairman of the state Democratic committee. Ohio leaders at a Jackson day banquet declare silver a dead issue. A M Jones of Waukesha elected chairman of Wisconsin senate. Kansas legislature in session at Topeka. Bryan delivers main address at Chicago Bryan league banquet. New Hampshire Republicans drop Chandler for Burnham. Nebraska senate passes sympathy to Boers. Colorado house seats three Democrats replacing Pueblo Republicans, reducing GOP to seven. Populists drop Simpson, back Overmeyer as fusion nominee. Michigan legislature to overhaul Marquette prison system. Capital punishment bill introduced in Kansas. Judge Richard Yates inaugurated governor of Illinois. Texas senate invites David B. Hill to address legislature. Yates inaugurated as Illinois governor. Hoar re-elected senator from Massachusetts. Democrats name Olney. Britain agrees to peace talks with China away from Pekin. Anti foreign faction gains power at Chinese court. Count von Waldersee may return to Europe. Chinese envoys sign joint note amid peace talks. French soldiers reportedly kill 1000 Boxers near Paoting Iu. Li Hung Chang’s death is said to be imminent.
Secretary Long receives a cablegram from Admiral Remey in Manila stating Private John B. Lansdale of the Marine Regiment was drowned near Cavite.
Boers hit five South African posts near Kimberley causing British losses while Boer commandos loot nearby. Lord Kitchener alters campaign plans as Admiral Cervera denies illness rumors and Carlists are linked to new schemes in Spain.
Willie Kent pled guilty in Carlinville Illinois court to killing his brother Noble at Girard on December 8 1898 and was sentenced to thirty five years in the penitentiary. Bloomington Red Murray is mentioned among the related items.
The People's Savings Bank of Grand Rapids with 100 000 capital and 1 497 600 deposits falls under control of William A. Anderson and other Fourth National directors. Limpert Co of Jacksonport assigns liabilities of 10 000. Carnegie plans a 12 000 000 pipe plant at Conneaut Harbor Ohio. Escuadra mine near Cactlan Oaxaca sells to New York syndicate for 3 500 000. Sioux City La to host a 100 000 brewery. Anderson Trust named receiver of Alexandria Gas. Wisconsin Central GM Jarvis resigns. Eaves Miller at Anna Illinois enter twelve year assignment. Bank statement forecasts point to gains. John R Walsh to extend Southern Indiana Railroad to Louisville Kentucky.
Firemen Lieutenant Edward Murphy and George Long died in Rochester. In Chicago a two year old boy Ralph Grobowski perished from scalds after a tub accident. A tenement fire in New York claimed Mora sisters and their child. Frank Burke died attempting to board a moving train in Lima. Miner Jack O'Brien blown apart by a blast at Malachite mine in Aln. Gas explosion in coal mine No 5 at Hondo Coahuila killed four and injured twenty. Mrs Collins killed in a Harvard crossing crash. her husband fatally hurt. Rochester orphan asylum fire claims Hymah Saperstone age 4 as thirty first victim. Turner hall panic in Chicago left five dead and fifty injured. Boston Herald editor Edward Bockus killed crossing railroad tracks in Dorchester Ass.
A roundup of prominent figures who died recently includes Allan C. Brookings of Duquoin Illinois, William A. Bushnell of Monterey Mexico, Albert E. Kent of Genoa Nebraska, W. H. Abbott of Titusville Pennsylvania, Rev. J. A. Thrapp of Vandalia Illinois, Congressman Frank G. Clark of Peterboro New Hampshire, Commander J. W. Quackenbush of the U S Navy, Rt. Rev. Mandell Creighton of London, Lord Lionel Cecil, William H. Dwyer of Detroit, and others reflecting diverse roles from business to clergy and public service.
Incendiaries burned Frank McWhorter’s new pool room at Bryneville Illinois. A fire in the Cowenhagen tunnel near the Smuggler mine at Aspen Colorado was extinguished with small loss. The new Red Men’s hall at Staunton Indiana burned. In Lebanon Indiana the dry goods stock of Will M. Shoffner was damaged by fire, estimated at ten thousand dollars.
In Chicago last week pneumonia caused 163 deaths while 36 men from Knoxville Tennessee sailed to Ecuador to work for James McDonald Contracting on an 800 mile railway project as foremen timekeepers and others.
Judge A R Dewey refused to grant an injunction to Temperance League against express companies and to close Burlington and Northwestern depots. liquor trade deemed legitimate. Modern Woodmen conflict at Midway church after members refuse to sever ties. Gas stove fire at 819 Arch Street destroys 3700 in bank notes owned by Mrs Ellerman. Titus amendment upheld in Cherokee county case. Iowa electors meet casting 13 for McKinley and 18 for Roosevelt. Ezra B Tucker designated messenger to carry returns.
A series of endorsements from prominent figures including former South Carolina Governor M. C. Butler and U S Senator Stephen R Mallory detail their relief and improved health after using Peruna for dyspepsia catarrh and stomach trouble. The letters also mention improvements in a wife’s condition after a single bottle and general approval of the tonic as a catarrh remedy.
In Grinnell Iowa on January 12 detectives arrested two men named William Haack and William Jones after an attempted derailment of the Chicago and Northwestern flyer near Traer. Rail greasing and piled stones caused a near fatal wreck.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa two men Corge Peetz and Charles Johnson were arrested at the police station for the murder of William Higginson. A drunken quarrel Saturday night ended when a knife struck Higginson in the neck and he bled to death within minutes.
In Des Moines on Saturday Judge Matheson held that a bank may accept mortgages on a merchant’s stock even if the merchant is insolvent, and those mortgages cannot be annulled when the merchant files voluntary bankruptcy.
Creston Iowa January 11 smallpox has led to school and church closures and ban on public meetings in Murray a town of 100 residents twenty three miles east of Creston. A portion of the town remains under strict quarantine.
Sioux City confirmed out of the Western Base Ball League as manager Beall states the franchise has moved to Minneapolis and will be managed there. Sioux City may gain Pueblo’s franchise if it posts a seven thousand dollar bonus.
Fort Dodge Iowa January 11 J H Deming a near millionaire paid the county treasury 10014 83 in back taxes after a tax ferrit found a shortage against him He is in declining years and refused to submit to an investigation simply drawing his check Callender Iowa January 15 Oscar Hill strom a noted Scandinavian politician and Webster county supervisor member was found dead in the road near his home Death likely due to natural causes
Consolidation of Weare and Allison banks with the Iowa State National in Sioux City has been completed the merged institution will operate under the Iowa State National name and conduct business accordingly.
Tendon January 15. Lady O'Hagan has been elected to preside over the Burnley school board as a progressive by a majority of one against the church party.
The editorial argues the ship subsidy proposal is economically indefensible from both free trade and protectionist viewpoints. It criticizes subsidies as a personal gain scheme for promoters, and urges lawmakers to act for taxpayers against capitalists, citing current press and Hanna-Frye-Payne and Hanna-Griscom factions.
The North American notes Senator Cullom warning that subsidy for ships and protection for American manufacturers may clash. He says the reaction could be grave as the two principles become opposed.
A Washington Post excerpt portrays a couple arguing over security and money as they face night. The husband dismisses alarms about burglars after spending the last dollar on a new hat, highlighting poverty and fear.
Careful inquiries in Polynesian islands New Guinea and west Africa suggest typhoid fever does not occur there. The disease appears linked to civilization and its conditions.
In Scotland a twentieth of the area is moorland for est land, seven tenths are mountains heath and lakes, and only a quarter is cultivated. The distribution highlights limited arable regions amid rugged terrain.
Sou will never know what it is to be sick and tired of good advice until you s have run a newspaper 20 or 80 years. Atchison Globe.
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