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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1894
Page
5
Bank offers money lending on real estate and personal security at 4 percent interest. Long and short term loans available with safe, liberal terms. Acts as custodian of wills and valuable papers without charge. Deposits earn 4 percent per annum for six months or longer.
OFFICERS: J. E. ROTH, Prest. JOS. RICKSHER, V. Pres. E. A. HOWARD, Cashier.
A printed roster of individuals including J. E. Roth James Louden E A Howard D G Higley James Sullivan W E Bradshaw J S Mckenney Ed Hunt Jos Ricksher T M Byrnes T R Howlett J F Loehr Geo K Clarke Safe Coop Ward Lamson R W Lam son Geo W Ball R F Ratcliff W A Lamson J W Burnett Joseph Roth E F Simmons Chris Roth D W Templeton Eugene Campbell H S Watkins Adam Messer Mrs R N Slagle D M Parrett J P Manatrey Will S Prewitt Wm C Hawk J H Allender A C D Bradshaw H B Rodgers J S Louden A F Cassel F O Danielson August Walgren W B paught John McLane George Mowery Chas D Leggett
A San Francisco Chronicle report notes a local florist sold 82 violet plant roots for 2000 dollars. The violets arise from long hybridizing with male and female blossoms chosen for pollen transfer. One giant violet, four times normal size, sparked a plan to multiply via a new county nursery, with strict contracts and a two year hold on sales.
The article notes 1 750 miles of railways now open and strong post and telegraph networks. Nippon Yusen Kaisha plans a first class passenger and cargo line to Sydney and Melbourne as coal mines grow and iron and cotton fabric production rise, making Japan a more formidable East market competitor.
Miss Charlotte W Hawes, a Boston composer, leads a campaign to revive the old English bell ringing tradition. The Christchurch chiming at Salem Street, a 1744 gift from London, once welcomed Lafayette in 1824 with an eight-bell ring then shifted to a single ringer.
City chief of Covington quarreled with a colored woman demanding a pass to Pruitts Kentucky. He refused, saying the request lay with the relief committee chair. She threatened to leave with the baby to catch a 2 o'clock train and finally obtained the pass.
The London Globe cites Dr Rappin of Nantes warning that microbes may ruin card playing and even customs. He studied cards from patients and private homes finding 6160 bacteria per square centimeter, mainly potato bacillus, and staphylococcus aureus on others. He urges caution when playing cards with consumptive individuals.
The Liverpool Mercury notes Lady Constance Lytton as a leading young journalist in London. Daughter of the late Earl of Lytton, a former viceroy of India and English ambassador in Paris, she edited her family's amateur newspaper and has quickly become a highly qualified professional journalist at age 25.
A Buffalo Express anecdote recalls the anchor nurse trick from 1872. An immigrant or local challenger used glue on the table to anchor balls during a 500 point billiards match, drawing applause and debates over the technique's validity.
Clara J. Colby notes Wyoming after enfranchisement shows more marriage licenses and few divorces. Census after amendment reports 74 prisoners, all men, indicating crime levels far below neighboring states and no spike in marital breakdown.
The new drilling method uses steel shot poured inside the drill pipe to spin and wear a channel in rock. It aims to substitute for diamond drilling in hard rock as costs for diamonds remain high.
The Suez Canal boosts efficiency by allowing two ships to replace three. London to Bombay via cape drops from 10 595 miles to 6 880, with a 92 mile channel 26 feet deep. Begun 1856 finished 1869. cost £17 million. Tolls average £800 per voyage. Estimated annual commerce gain £5 million. In 1889, 3 425 vessels passed, mean transit 27 hours, night passage aided by electric lights.
The Paris Herald notes VerdI remains active at eighty with a nearly two hour evening horseback ride after dinner followed by a family card game. He composes music in the morning and speaks confidently about his next opera. His leisure includes reading poetry and philosophy.
The article notes Carmen Sylva is in excellent health and can walk a short distance. It describes her becoming thinner, hair turning white after the death of her daughter Princess Marie, and her notably beautiful teeth that she often shows in her habitual smile.
An English naval officer recounts a Hebrides tale of a native rainmaker who invoked a leaf-hurdle to summon rain after yam planting. Rain lasted 48 hours until the heavy stones weighed down the improvised device, flooding the torrent and prompting shore residents to pull the hurdle free and end the downpour.
The passage explains how early frost traps leaves in a green state, causing a sudden water surge in cells that ruptures bark and sometimes wood. It notes risk to nursery varieties and hardy types, with cherries and pears affected similarly. Protection involves covering cracks with moist clay and sealing to exclude air.
A St Louis Globe Democrat warning explains crawfish weaken levees by burrowing in moist earth during rises. It cites the 1889 Offut’s break that submerged Greensville and argues builders must consider crawfish as a major levee foe.
The article argues swearing is a key element in masculine prose across nations. It notes Shakespeare’s use of oaths to convey virile character and authentic common life, contrasting Elizabethan tolerance with nineteenth century prudery in Philadelphia Press.
The Detroit Free Press recalls old nautical superstition about whistling aboard ships and a sea captain’s fear of shipwreck if a woman whistles, noting that modern captains and many women now whistle and stay aboard.
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