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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1879
Page
4
A poem recounts a child crawling up stairs with perseverance and chatter like a magpie. It links the child's ascent to human life driven by effort, risk, and hope, noting stairs lacking rails or carpet yet suggesting a transcendent reward beyond struggle.
In central New York a willow switch planted by Susie Morton as the family travels west becomes a long lasting landmark. Years pass with letters unanswered and suitors many, until a naval officer returns and the willow proves a symbol of reunion and enduring fortune through Civil War disruptions.
Copy of Lord Cornwallis parole issued after his 1781 Yorktown surrender shows his pledge not to deter United States forces or allies and to report as required, given under his hand at Yorktown on October 28 1781. The document was later acquired by Massachusetts and placed in the state library.
A navy officer notes a Chinese man who trains ducks to gather at night after a whistle, claiming the flock obeys by being beaten last. The piece also mentions Darien isthmus nut used for vegetable ivory, cost per ton, and uses for stopping nosebleeds with a round paper lid. It ends with a moral urging Dr Bull’s pills.
A London Telegraph piece contrasts Lord Thurlow and Ken Burke dining on tripe and onions with modern habits of elaborate banquets and table settings. It notes rising abundance, cheaper luxuries, and the spread of decorative arts since 1851, while conceding enduring vanity and the flow of money to the poor.
An English correspondent protests erecting a John Stuart Mill statue on the Thames Embankment asking what service mill rendered and lamenting honoring one whose autobiography disputes his claims. The New York World replies that a statue by an indifferent British sculptor may mislead viewers like a grim wax image from past inquisitions.
The text extols an invigorating tonic for the stomach, claiming it boosts digestion and blood vitality. It asserts improved liver and bowel activity and purer system outputs, with increased energy and resistance to malaria, presenting Hos Tetters Stomach Bitters as superior to ordinary tonics.
A Down Town man jokes about preferring the organ to the preacher in a quip about Hol land as part of the Low Countries. The Rochester Democrat notes a Globe Democrat editor called to the pulpit, with a sharp remark about nailing down items.
President Hayes vetoes a bill to fund U S Marshals and deputies noting essential duties to execute federal laws and court processes. He warns against attaching additional provisions that bypass House revenue origination rules and urges immediate funding to avoid crippling public service.
The text argues for a gradual transition to the metric system by 1890 detailing practical steps. It cites renewed tools and scales, cross weighing, and dual measures for merchants. It notes the watch factory at Waltham as a precedent and discusses costs, training, and needed legislation to ease adoption.
J H Mowler of Guthrie Center Iowa thanks the State Insurance Company of Des Moines for promptly paying 800 after a fire destroyed his harness store and residence. He commends adjusting agent Hazen and states intention to insure again with the same company and to recommend it to others. Date shown June 26 1879.
A saucy fellow tells a woman she has one of the best voices in the world and asserts it would be worn out if not for her talent. The woman blushes with pride and finally stays silent.
The ad touts Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery restoring lost voices and curing sore throat bronchitis and consumption. It also claims Tutt’s Fills replace Calomel and promote liver health, Carter’s Smartweed for menstrual complaints, Dr Crook’s Wine of Tar for debility and lung disease, and Carboline petroleum hair product as a perfect hair dresser and restorer.
Twin Brothers Yeast endorses a general insurance policy sample from The Cepar Ramps Insurance Company. The policy promises payment for any covered loss up to the insured amount, urging readers to ask an agent for a sample policy.
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