Davis County Official H H Trimble Noted
A fragment mentions H H Trimble of Davis County in connection with state government affairs. Further details are unreadable in the surviving text.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1879
Page
2
A fragment mentions H H Trimble of Davis County in connection with state government affairs. Further details are unreadable in the surviving text.
The platform affirms strict construction of the U S Constitution and amendments. It condemns Republican powers as dangerous and calls for limited federal authority, free ballot protections, repeal of national banks, silver coinage, revenue tariff focus, reduced expenditures, temperance support, and strict accountability for public theft and malfeasance.
A Wayne County mass meeting in Corydon nominates a full anti Republican ticket. Louisa County votes to decide the county seat. Des Moines libel suit filed by Porte C. Welch seeks 10000 damages. Muscatine Tribune protests new freight tariff on the Muscatine Western branch, citing unjust discrimination.
A long critique traces the Des Moines Republican platform and Iowa leaders as dangerous to the Union, denouncing Grant movement, troop at polls, and corruption. It contrasts Democratic loyalties with Republican excess, urging vigilance and change in national leadership. A closing ad promotes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a health aid for infants.
The piece quotes Sam Clark on J B Clark son and the State Register accusing them of mercenary politics and false reporting. It characterizes Johnson’s patriotism as a claim of scoundrels and notes harsh accusations of lying, treachery, and venality in the campaign.
An independent paper brands Republican leaders actions in Congress as atrocious and calls for a national change. It urges every citizen who values national safety to oppose the party.
A brief readable line asserts safety and peace as goals in opposition to opposing sides, independent of who stands on the other side.
Health updates show Mr Kellogg Mulkins remains ill with little change. Harvest improves as teams of harvester mower and cradle work the fields with Mr Lewis Lee owning forty acres of fall wheat. Dyer completes additions to his residence. Uncle Billy Smith leases coal bed to Mr Love of Perlee for twenty years with plans to open this fall. Brighton returns home from advertisement. Archer and Davis county relatives stay with Mr Lee. Political prospects praised for financial reform.
In Pleasant Grove the community notes farmers plowing and plans to spend the Fourth in fields. Mrs. Hopkins is ill, teachers return home for a week, and Miss Bell Young reports head marks in two classes. Top students include Anna Bennett Eva Shaffer Maggie Wolf Mary Turnbuilt and Maggie Bennett. The district praises steady effort despite winter and spring terms.BUCHANAN
Fair weather should allow farmers to finish plowing corn this week in the vicinity. A missionary concert is planned at Pleasant Grove church next Sunday at 1 PM. School No. 1 closed Friday with A C May as teacher. Center also closed with Miss Ross. Died Tuesday night June 24 1879 Mrs Stone age 53. Black Hawk Sabbath School Association met at McDowell Chapel with full attendance and good discussions. next convention at Friends church the last Sunday in September at 2 30 PM.
The ad promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as a cure for severe coughs colds asthma bronchitis consumption and throat or lung diseases. It claims hundreds of cures and offers a free trial bottle at C S Clarke & Son’s drug store or a regular bottle for one dollar. Buckwheat is advertised for sale at Home Mills north of the railroad track in Fairfield.
Thursday July 1879 grain prices and farm goods listed. Flour ranges three dollars per hundred pounds. wheat spring 65 to 75 cents, fall 80 to 85. corn 20 to 23 cents. oats 23 cents. rye steady. hay good timothy priced 4 to 5 dollars. cattle market quiet with cows around 1.25 to 2.25 per hundredweight. eggs seven cents. hogs and poultry noted with price per dozen. hides and tallow priced per pound.
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