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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1898
Page
6
In Jefferson county farmers are advised that the main consideration when buying a binder or mower is a good serviceable machine that stays consistent year to year so repairs remain trouble free.
Mrs. Mary P. Bean aged 77 died at the home of her son Dr. J W Bean in this city after a long life. Born November 10 1821 in Crawford county Pennsylvania she married Dr Asa Ames Bean in 1842. She was the last of a large family and death came by age. Funeral held at her residence this afternoon with burial plans set for Mt Pleasant beside a son.
Fairfield residents will see one of the decade’s greatest novelties as Edison's Projectoscope company stages a grand entertainment on Tuesday evening July 12. The touring act, booked by the opera house manager, offers tickets at 15 25 and 35 cents.
The article urges exhibitors to arrive on the first fair day to place their displays and meet fellow exhibitors. It argues that comparing products with others broadens view, boosts pride in farming, and improves character and community relations across the county.
Mrs. Michael Curtain of Plainfield Illinois fell ill with a lung infection after catching cold. Her physician warned hopeless consumption and no cure. Dr King’s New Discovery relieved her after only the first dose and six bottles restored her health. Free trials at J D McDowell’s Drug Store with large bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
Burlington Route announces summer excursion rates to Colorado with common points on sale June 1 to June 15, 1898. Also notes Sans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha Nebraska and tickets on sale June 1 to October 30 1898. For details contact ticket agent Q P E Heflin agent.
The Carrington illustrated concert at Library Hall last week under the P E O society drew poor finances and limited public interest. Drummer boy’s rapid chatter and excessive descriptive material overshadowed the music and magic lantern visuals. The crowd, mainly women and children, found the battle talk irrelevant and the show left many dissatisfied.
A grand Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers show promises a lavish parade in Fairfield on Thursday July 11. The copy boasts the tour's vast list of animals, talent, tents, and safety for patrons amid today’s era of massive, expense shows. A separate Hampton Beach disaster reports a deadly tornado, drownings at sea, a capsized steamer, and a fatal bridge fall across several towns.
An advertisement proclaims a universal salve praised to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers fever sores tetter and more with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. It lists a price of 25 cents per box and notes sale by J D McDowell.
The Omaha Christian Endeavor Union opens the Hotel Henryton at Twenty-seventh and Lake for official Endeavor headquarters near the Trans Miss Exposition. Rooms run fifty cents to one dollar daily. committee members Mangum Emmons and Hill handle inquiries via the Y M C A building.
A small excursion steamer Surf City carrying about sixty passengers from Salem Willows to Beverly capsized in a July squall off Beverly bar. Six bodies recovered, with many others believed dead or missing, including women and children. several rescued remain in critical condition. Fireman Otto Carris was badly scalded as crews rushed to pull survivors from the wreck in fifteen feet of water.
Shelby Ohio July 5 A Mohican river bridge collapsed during a public wedding as 1 000 people stood on it. Four people died instantly and about 100 were injured including many with broken limbs. Names of the dead include Cyrus Kahan Shelby Ada Bloodhart and two 12 year olds Louisa Monahan Edison and Frank Keckler Shelby. Panic followed the fall with chaotic rescue attempts and uncertain wounded counts.
Mrs. Nicholas Hubbard, longtime Wabash resident, was thrown from a buggy by a runaway horse. The animal backed over her, trampling with severe internal injuries and placing her condition in critical danger.
New York reports the Realization stakes were won by Hamburg in easy fashion, beating Plaudit by three lengths. Time recorded was 2 51 1 6.
A New York Ledger verse laments lost love and lingering sorrow. The speaker urges an ex-lover to seek another happiness while recalling a wrecked romance and the enduring echo of a heartbroken tide. The lyric evokes seas, ships, reefs, and the memory of a vanished beloved.
A portrait of a long serving office worker in a New Orleans store. The aging clerk, white haired and precise, watches younger staff speed ahead as customers complain of his slowness. Eventually he faces retirement and a quiet exit from the firm that once marked his youth and dreams.
M Chacot plans a large scale factory where spiders are kept to spin silk. An expert will supervise, feeding and moving spiders on a bobbin system. Trials will test different diets and spider varieties to weed out inferior silk and improve quality.
A humorous exchange from the New Orleans Times-Democrat: a parishioner recalls a sermon moment while noting a neighbor behind her commented on a bonnet. The brief quip plays on a misheard phrase during service and unintended banter.
A short aphorism notes that opinion remains light and vain though imagined as refined, its crude nature never fully reaching understanding or tincture of reason. This quotable line reflects a skeptic view of opinion versus knowledge.
A long list claims London’s underground holds 8000 miles of sewers 34000 miles of telegraph wires 4530 miles of water mains and 8200 miles of gas pipes all cut off and unusable. The text asserts widespread disruption across essential utilities.
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