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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
3
A Fairfield retailer thanks patrons for Liberal Patronage and announces lowered prices on first class merchandise. The ad claims to buy tin in large quantities for cash, sell for cash, hold prices on sharp advances, and celebrate a great anniversary with goods bought especially for the sale.
Short, fragmentary notice lists discounts marked as odd lots with half price. Mentions 14 24 3 percent and 48 cents but lacks clear context or entities.
A local ad promotes bulk buying and low prices at Standard Goods. The listing highlights window shades lace curtains curtain poles scrim cotton batts writing paper rubber tipped pencils and assorted sewing and household items. It emphasizes better values, full sizes, and quality workmanship across men’s and children’s furnishings.
Advertises large sale on summer underwear including ladies vests child vests dress skirts light wrappers and crash dresses all marked down with prices from 25 cents up while stock lasts.
Local shop advertises full and well made muslin underwear offered at the price of material cost. The notice emphasizes value for customers seeking quality basics.
A fragmentary feature speaks of a long quest to discover and refine a hair growth compound. The writer claims decades of study and effort have culminated in a successful formula, addressing the reader directly with a bold claim.
An ad touts a purely vegetable treatment for baldness promising results with a unique guarantee. It warns of skepticism and false remedies, offers bottles priced at 3, 5, and 10 dollars, and requests payment by draft or P.O. order.
A compact chronicle of recent wars and political shifts. British forces drive Boers east of Broenkerspruit and repulse 3,000. Rustenburg attacked. Bethlehem captured with losses. Orange Free State government largely surrenders. De Wet's collapse expected. China battles near Pekin and Tientsin. legations attacked. Shanghai reports legations destroyed. Philippine struggle grows with MacArthur sending 1,000 troops. Philippines seeks more forces. American losses at Tientsin. Bryan and Towne negotiate withdrawals as Populists and Democrats reconfigure tickets.
President McKinley announces a proclamation regarding the United States Germany commercial treaty. The first 1900 census bulletin shows DC population at 278 718 with a 20.98 percent increase. Applications surge to join the army for a campaign in China and Secretary Root considers reestablishing the defense department policy.
A large fire in Prescott, Arizona, wiped out the business section, causing about 1,000,000 dollars in losses. The blaze followed multiple earlier fires including in South Chicago coal yards and Sewickley storehouses, with extensive damage to structures and freight cars.
The report catalogs multiple violent and criminal incidents across locations including Chicago Boston Mayfield Ky Newark N J and Columbus Ga. Incidents involve suicides kidnappings robberies bank suspensions and a jail transport crime with names and places noted for each item.
Chicago banks accumulated 31 169 081 in deposits from April 26 to July 2 as Eastern capitalists plan a fast freight system to counter express firms. The Schoenhofen Brewing Company may become American to dodge British tax. National Telephone and Telegraph incorporation signals a telecom consolidation. Corn Exchange Bank absorbs Northwestern and America National banks.
Clifford Hart and Norman Almer, two Chicago youths, were struck by a locomotive in a tunnel near Baltimore injuring them badly. Twelve Chicago deaths tied to Fourth of July celebrations, ten from toy pistols. Two girls and a boy drowned at Washington Park lagoon after a boat capsized during rowing. A tank exploded in Somerville causing spreading flames and many injuries. Additional drownings noted with ongoing reports.
Jeffries arm will keep him from fighting Gus Ruhlin who is set to face Bob Fitzsimmons on August 10. "Lanky Bob" will meet Sharkey before September. Astor leaves London for Marienbad to miss the end of the season. Illinois reports 30.02 percent tuberculous milk. Mrs. Jennie Begley ships four children to Chicago from Paris exhibit, police advised sending them back. Russia demands Armenian refugees be allowed to return to Turkey. By Oct 4 1,000 Cuban troops will remain. Railroads expect large crowds for G A R encampment. Iowa corn crop outlook strong. Christian Endeavor Sunday fills 200 London churches. Colonel Stuart offers Second Illinois for China service. Chicago police criticize mayor over Haymarket monument move. Captain Healy declared insane. A tattooist beaten by Chicago Heights police. Rhine country reports 90 seriously ill from diseased horse meat.
Judge W H Washington of Philadelphia died at Castle Creek Hot Springs of consumption. A direct descendant of Augustine Washington and father of George Washington he was 45 and a lawyer noted for ability.
A dialogue quoted by the New Orleans Times-Democrat sees Mrs. Downtown question a midliner about honesty. Mme Chiffon says she cannot confirm payment since her bills have not been settled after being sent a dozen times.
Glen Konvalinka, 6, of Mason City summering at Clear Lake, rescued the 4-year-old son of County Treasurer Phillips after he fell from a pier. He grabbed the child and a sailboat bobstay, called for help, and a boat crew arrived just as he weakened.
In Lemars Iowa July 16 Robert Huston sought for allegedly trying to kill James Abern after a wine dispute aimed at Sheriff Herron. Huston fired three shots as the sheriff moved to arrest him but Herron was unharmed. The Abern brothers were in a buggy with the sheriff when the confrontation occurred.
Four men robbed Nason and Whitehill's store at States Center Iowa. Citizens surrounded the building and a pitched battle followed. Ben Whitehill was wounded in the leg and one robber was also wounded. Two robbers escaped but the others were captured after a two hour fusillade and jailed.
Conductor Melville of Cherokee was killed instantly in a rear end crash one mile west of Tara on the Illinois Central. He was directing a gravel train when the front rested on a siding and the rear on the main track. a following passenger train struck the caboose.
Farmers near Maquoketa and across the river in Illinois report cattle going blind with large herds affected. Alarm grows as no remedy yet found to halt spread. Early symptoms include watering eyes lasting about three days.
The remains of Senator Gear arrived in Burlington Iowa at 9 p.m. and were escorted to the Gear homestead by a large crowd. The body will lie in state all day tomorrow until the funeral at 3 30 p.m. Congressman Hedge will deliver the oration. Burial will be at Aspen Grove cemetery.
Albia July 13 Major John F. Lacey received the Republican nomination by acclamation for congress from the Sixth district. Lacey was present and delivered about an hour long speech on political issues.
Burlington Iowa July 17 reports a husband shot himself after his wife the receiver of Charity lodge Degree of Honor A O U W was found to be $800 short in her accounts. The tragedy follows discovery of the discrepancy in her finances.
Burlington July 17 Mrs Dora Titus aged 19 shot and killed her husband after he struck her. They had been married only three months. She surrendered to the police.
Thackeray described the Quartier Latin as the life of the young artist in Paris: a merry, hard starting path with provincial roots, modest support, and work among many peers. The student quarter sits south of the Seine near historic colleges and schools.
A fragment from the Chicago Times Herald notes a man aboard a sinking ship or in battle, contrasting his calm stance with the idea of sitting on fresh paint. The lines imply a tense moment mixing danger and a self possessed resolve.
A concise reflection attributes the greatest human benefit to independence, asserting that without it no other good can be fully enjoyed. The line emphasizes self sufficiency as foundational to true satisfaction.
A weary doctor declares one last remedy to try and warns nothing else will work. The patient retorts that honesty earlier would have saved costs and time, sparking a sharp exchange overmedical hopes and expenses.
In a brief London exchange, Mrs Newrich questions a shopman about revolving bookcases. The shopman clarifies the devices are circulating libraries. The dialog captures wartime wit and urban curiosity.
Across the Orange river in South Africa the red sands run at right angles into the Kala Hari desert. Vast stretches lack water with few wells and some report horse sickness from the arid land.
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