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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1892
Page
5
Dr Henry M Booth recalls a stormy Westminster Abbey sermon where a lone voice intoned a line from scripture, "and his truth endureth from generation to generation." The dramatic thunder and lightning deepened his resolve, rebuking unbelief and reaffirming faith in "the truth as it is in Jesus."
The speaker argues that true Christian cross bearing is active obedience beyond sickness or mere endurance. Confessing Christ publicly, overcoming pride, and embracing duties like prayer, teaching, sharing faith, family worship, and giving to Christian causes are essential crosses leading to strength and fuller devotion.
The speaker cautions against relying on grand church programs and venues. True results come from head, hand and heart work in Christ, prioritizing direct soul winning and Christian character over secular activities and sweeping facilities. He cites effective individuals over oversized churches.
The excerpt collects religious reflections from Henry and Interior, stressing that swift, sincere work for God, true faith, and personal devotion define a Christian life. It argues time wasted is life wasted, Christ’s invitation requires sincerity, and ordinances point to God rather than replace him.
A poem narrates a withered rose as a relic of a past love. The speaker recalls summer days, blue skies, birds, and beauty now faded. The dusty relic stands as a memorial to a once joyful affair buried beneath time and snow.
The New York Sun interview notes the strong nerve connection from the feet to the brain and cites cases where toe pressure triggers insanity and paroxysms. It urges proper foot care and advocates broad poles and low heels to allow natural toe movement and a springy stride, warning tight shoes harm gait and health.
Robert Ball argues in the Fortnightly Review that burning water or electricity do not create energy. electricity merely transmits power from generation points to trains. He contends civilization’s progress often means increasing ability to squander energy rather than new energy creation.
An oculist warns that eye beautification methods damage muscles and cause weak eyes. Atropine used to enlarge pupils can paralyze eye muscles and hasten vision problems. A London woman jailed for drunkenness was found to suffer atropine toxicity from eye drops used to look more brilliant.
The article reflects on Josephine Napoleon’s early marriage and letters that show intense love and jealousy, notes claims she was his only real love, and recalls Cleopatra with Mark Antony and Helen of Troy aging beyond thirty as great historical loves.
The Chicago Tribune advises washing glass with a sponge and clean water, then rubbing with spirits of wine. Dab with whiting in a muslin bag and finish with an old silk handkerchief. It is quicker and less laborious than chamois leather polishing and keeps glass bright longer. A quart of spirits of wine lasts long.
A revived claim that Dr Haines Golden Specific permanently cures drunkenness within days. It argues the remedy works at home without a hospital, through simple administration in tea or coffee, and cites numerous letters of gratitude. The ad urges obtaining the 48 page book of particulars from the Golden Specific Co Cincinnati Ohio.
A humorous aside in the Yankee Blade questions heredity as a professor argues over an eccentric trait in his daughter. The mother flatly denies any hereditary link, insisting the trait has no family basis. The exchange underscores comic family dynamics and scientific bravado.
Advertisement proclaims Dr John Bull's Smiths Tonic Syrup as a reliable cure for malaria chills and fever. It claims one bottle cures more cases than six of other remedies and urges demand through druggists with agents listed in Cincinnati and Fairfield.
Sarsaparilla claim of restoring health and strength urges readers to trial the remedy. Advertisement directs purchase from John D. Park & Sons Co wholesale agents in Cincinnati Ohio and Bradshaw & Thoma.
Dialogue hints at seaside style choices with a humorous twist as a narrator jokes about being proposed to by three barbers within a week, reflecting light social banter. The exchange mentions a red and white blazer and summer seaside attire.
Advert explains a new principle regulating liver stomach and bowels via nerves. Dr Miles Pills promise speedy cure for biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation. Advertises 40 doses for 25 cents with free samples at Bradshaw and Thomas.
About 5000 Confederate veterans marched in New Orleans with leaders Kirby Smith Longstreet and Cabell prominent in the display.
The product is described as earning a wide enduring reputation on merit alone not from vegetable mixtures. It claims to restore energy during monthly periods and ease pain when taken as directed. It is sold by Geo. D. Clarke.
An advertisement claims Hlansen's Radical Headache Cure treats headaches neuralgia sleeplessness and nervous debility with a money-back guarantee after a 25 cent post paid package. It provides Des Moines Iowa address for orders. A separate note highlights Japanese painter Watanabe Seitei shown in London with works praised by French critics and previous Paris exhibitions.
Hansen offers a guaranteed cough cure claimed to relieve coughs colds bronchitis whooping cough croup hoarseness and lagrippe with immediate relief. The ad touts it as preventative and curative in early consumption stages from 529 East Locust Street Des Miter Iowa. Also notes the strong sisal grass of Yucatan forming a durable cord surpassing cotton string in strength.
An old advertorial note extols DeWitts Sarsaparilla as a path to pure blood and health. It warns against improper lamp use in displays due to heat risk and touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as the small, effective cure. A separate item reports James Scott, a Black man, murdered his wife with a poker in Jackson Mississippi, with a white bystander stopping a lynch mob.
The South Dakota supreme court upholds the prohibition law as constitutional. Prohibitionists plan indictments against Yankton saloonkeepers. Advertisements promote Shilohs Cure and Dullams Great German Liver Pills with prices. U S authorities seize London imports for Harvard students due to duty issues. The Newark cruiser departure is cited as implying peace in Venezuela.
The account lists towns across Illinois Iowa Minnesota Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Indian Territory with Denver and Colorado as distant points. It describes travel routes by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line offering intercommunication facilities to towns east and west and to Pacific and trans oceanic seas.
Leading all competitors in splendor of equipment trains run daily through without change from Chicago to Des Moines Council Bluffs and Omaha and to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo via Kansas City Topeka and 82 Joseph with free chair cars palace sleep ers and dining service. Close connections at Denver and Colorado Springs with diverging rail lines to Salt Lake City Ogden and San Francisco. The Rock Island is the direct line to Manitou Pike's Peak and other Colorado resorts joining districts in Colorado.
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