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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1900
Page
3
A self professed inventor claims decades of trial yield a new hair growth tonic described as miraculous. He touts persistent study and patient effort as the basis for the claim and invites readers to believe in its sunlit success.
Advertises a vegetable compound as nature’s cure for baldness. Claims pure ingredient, no samples, and cash refunds if unsuccessful. Offers five trials at risk with money back, citing Bradstreet’s Agency references and banks for credibility. Ends with address for order.
Dispatches report the murder of Baron von Ketteler German minister to Peking on June 18 by native troops. The German legation and six other buildings burned several servants killed, while others sought refuge. Updates note safe ministers, ongoing chaos, and naval messages about ships aiding in Taku and Chefoo as authorities strive to protect foreign legations.
Cablegrams from Admiral Kempff report Beijing legations besieged and running low on provisions with heavy Chinese forces inside and outside Pekin while battles continue at Tientsin. Another message notes the Oregon running aground and aid dispatched, including a Japanese warship aboard.
The Navy Department received a cablegram from July 2 reporting that the Iris and Zafira are heading to the rescue of the battleship. Details on route and mission remain undisclosed.
The National Prohibition convention in Chicago nominated John G. Woolley for president and Dr. S. C. Swallow for vice president though Swallow declined. Metcalf won the vice presidential nomination after Swallow’s withdrawal, with a platform demanding prohibition of liquor and denouncing the current administration, plus a separate woman suffrage resolution.
Nine insurgent leaders including Generals Pio del Pilar Concepcion Garcia and Alvarez swore allegiance to the government in Manila and renounced revolution, acknowledging American sovereignty. The oath, stricter than Otis's, drew poor687 reception among Filipinos who feared consequences of violation. amnesty hope rests on their followers. In Port Huron Michigan a tug sank on Lake St Clair with three crew lost and Captain Cornwall and his brother rescued.
The French consul general in Shanghai wires that allied troops have entered Tien Tsun and that foreign ministers departed Pekin for the north with a Chinese escort. They are believed to head toward Shanghai Rouan, following the Great Wall.
Going to Suppress Indian Enthusiasm Duluth Minn July 2 Company A Third regiment M N G left on a special train this morning at 10 oclock under orders from Governor Lind to proceed to the scene of the Indian uprising in the Rainy Lake region It is not expected that fighting will occur but the men do not expect to return for a couple of weeks at least.
Mrs Catherine Lott Clemens widow of author Will M Clemens died suddenly of heart trouble at Hackensack New Jersey on June 28 in New York.
Hoboken blaze at pier No 3 spread rapidly killing hundreds and erasing property worth about ten million dollars. Capt Miron of the Saale is among the dead and crew lists show many missing or hospitalized. Christian Endeavor visitors aboard the vessel feared lost as flames leapt from cotton bales.
A massive conflagration endangered hundreds as multiple ocean liners and harbor craft burned or were damaged. The Saale Main Bre men Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Phoenicia suffered harm while hospitals in New York Hoboken and Jersey City struggled with the injured. Crowds on piers and canal boats faced peril as escape was cut off and lives fought to be saved. A separate anecdote recalls a lawyer retelling a client tale about a boy’s retainer and a mock trial that ends with a deserved whipping.
Reports detail catastrophic loss after ships Saale Bremen Main and others burned in Hoboken. Many missing and dead, with 32 unaccounted and 48 hospital patients, one burned sailor Wilhem Rust. Debris and smoldering piers hinder rescue as authorities arrange burials and identifications.
A discussion on care for battle wounded horses noting veterinary officers attend frontline animals only when safe for humans. After battles, surgeons assess fallen horses, separating those with minor injuries for hospital lines and those severely wounded for slaughter. The Geneva convention offers no protection for animals.
An excerpt discusses a man with an unlit cigar as enjoying a dry smoke. It argues inveterate smokers can decrease actual cigars daily without much inconvenience and that perseverance makes the habit almost as pleasurable as the real smoke, suggesting it as a first step to quitting.
Ex Governor George W. Peck of Wisconsin, famed for Peck's Bad Boy, ran a small pineries weekly with a jokes column. Impressed by Peck, Brick Pomeroy, editor of The Democrat in Lacrosse, invited him to join at 25 dollars weekly. Peck telegrammed, I accept your offer quicker than instantly. For heaven's sake don't withdraw it.
A school scene ends with a witty pupil explaining geography using two glasses of liquid. He says a fly in water is an island since it is surrounded by water, while a fly in milk becomes a peninsula because it is nearly surrounded by liquid. The tale highlights a humorous classroom moment.
The passage notes many people withdraw gold pieces from circulation to stash them in secret places, suggesting the total amount hoarded is likely substantial.
In Portugal married women may keep their birth surnames after marriage, reflecting a legal practice that preserves personal identity with their maiden names in official records and daily usage.
Ainslie's Magazine details the vast scale of ship kitchens on great liners. It lists massive food orders including sixteen tons of beef five tons of lamb and veal eight thousand five hundred chickens and game four tons of salted meats and hundreds of thousands of eggs to feed passengers and crew on a single voyage.
A fragment quotes Dr Pierson on appetite and digestion at a dinner. He discusses dessert as a temptation and warns against gluttony causing discomfort and headaches. An anecdote recalls a parishioner with chicken salad and a note on restraint.
A popular author argued handwriting should be poor to aid printers. He claimed good script misleads printers, causing carelessness and mistakes, and that authors should force writers to use the worst handwriting. The belief was that deciphered bad handwriting would be fixed in printers' minds for accurate setting.
In a Windward Island port a Bangor shipmaster writes home to the vessel owner about a dull freight market and a long stay in port. The owner spends the next week combing West Indies charts seeking to locate the elusive statu quo.
A young man declares plans to visit the girl's father to seek permission, prompting an emotional response from the girl who fears the outcome. The exchange ends with her tears and a kiss as he commits to the request.
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