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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1879
Page
4
A narrator reflects on the death of Brown, once rival and friend, describing the campus room, flowers, and a canary as symbols of loss. The speaker laments past feuds, recalls shared moments, and vows to mend their friendship now that Brown is gone.
A vivid literary portrait recalls a San Francisco woman seen through the narrator’s gaze. The piece blends memory and atmosphere, tracing her school days, charm, and social ascent with provocative, ornate prose.
The narrator describes a dazzling social butterfly who travels Europe from Rome to Cairo and beyond. She adores art, luxury, and exotic locales, writes a novel from her memories, and moves through high society with wit and boldness until the narrator presses for a direct confrontation. The scene ends with a startled, protesting passerby.
In a dramatic moment the captain, blushing and pale, speaks with trembling voice. His stern declaration reignites hope aboard, as observers sense a turning point and the ship rides forward with renewed purpose.
Sulphur occurs in volcanic regions and in animal and plant bodies including eggs. It exists as white powder, crystalline octahedrons, or amorphous masses and is sublimed near volcanoes. Its yellow color and fumes distinguish it. it is insoluble in water and melts to a sticky fluid. It has multiple allotropic forms and is used in matches gunpowder and sulphuric acid production. Italy produces vast quantities from Sicily, where the purest sulphur contains little earthy matter. It is employed in bleaching wool and silks, in medicines as a laxative and in several diseases, and is used to protect vegetation and in medicinal waters.
A compilation noting the marriages of famous figures from Burns to Calhoun. It remarks on partners’ social status, age gaps, and marital outcomes, with a satirical tone about discord and harmony in these unions. It highlights Burns, Milton, Shakespeare, Washington, Queen Victoria, Albert, Adams, Howard, Peter the Great, Humboldt, Jackson, and Calhoun.
A collection of humorous adages and misquoted proverbs with playful warnings about credulity debt and temper. The Oil City Derrick’s quipster voice mocks rash promises and magical cures while cautioning against foolish trust and debt.
A quirky note questions why a storm in a town with thirty saloons and five churches drives people to seek church shelter rather than huddle in taverns. The piece suggests religious motive or superstition guiding public behavior during storms.
New York observers gathered as surgeons attempted a preservation method on a captured whale near the Fulton ferry. The process injects a clear fluid to arrest decay, aiming to keep the carcass intact for Smithsonian exhibit.
Stephen Parsons of Iowa explains two common causes of boiler explosions low water and undeveloped steam. He urges simple preventative measures such as a small top boiler vent and drawing fire when danger from low water rises, arguing these steps save lives and limbs.
In Maysville Ohio a promising local man, son of a respected merchant, planned marriage but his fiancée died days before the wedding. He wrote his parents of despair, drank prussic acid by her bedside, and died beside Dora. He will be buried with her. a monument worth at least $500 will be erected. Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup advertised amid the grief.
Mr. J H Walker, Worcester boot and shoe manufacturer, testifies before Congress on his 497 employees and $2 million annual business. He notes rising shipments since 1874 with varied profits, machinery boosts output and worker capacity, and that manufacturing now outpaces farming in Massachusetts.
London will of Baron Lionel de Rothschild sworn under £2,700,000 dated July 24 1875 at Newcourt Saint Swithin's lane. Executors are sons Sir Nathaniel de Rothschild and Alfred de Rothschild. Wife receives £100,000 and life interest of £50,000 with properties in Frankfort London Piccadilly and Gunnersbury. Charitable bequests suggested for Jewish and other causes. Bequests of £1,000 each to two late brothers for memorial items.
A Western Pennsylvania physician says whisky is a specific remedy for rattlesnake bites, treating twenty or thirty annually with rare fatalities when used promptly. Experiments show snakes strike the neck, while hogs destroy snakes. The piece notes a claim that 500 000 young ladies are color blind yet can distinguish an ice cream parlor from a hardware store several blocks away.
A mosaic of quotes and anecdotes covers literature, travel, science and daily life. Notables include Longfellow taxed in Cambridge, Darwin elected to French Academy, and Buckland on babies swimming. Ironies about fashion, etiquette, alcohol, and social quirks pepper the page.
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