29 Jul 1880
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1880
Page
1
The Democratic State Convention of Vermont nominated Edward G. Phelps for Governor and adopted a platform resolution aligned with the National Convention. It also ratified Hancock and English nominations.
An American magazine leads with its first illustration series on Dickens characters homes and haunts. Charles A. Vanderhoof drew the illustrations after being sent abroad for this purpose.
Adjutant General Drum surveys Leavenworth Kansas military prison calling it the finest reformatory in the country. Opened five years ago it houses 354 soldiers serving court martial felonies under regular army supervision and features shops that make army shoes and plans to expand to clothing and camp equipage.
A Scottish planter in Liberty County Georgia reports a successful first tea harvest. The sample tea has drawn interest from a major English tea firm offering to buy the entire crop with a 300 percent profit over cultivation costs.
A collation of kitchen notes detailing fried cucumbers with ice water prep and butter frying, keeping grapes using straw layering in dry boxes, a sweet macaroni dish with lemon rind custard, and Kedgeree with fried butter rice and eggs.
A genteel advertisement pitches Kidney- Wort as a tonic for fatigue. It claims to renew kidney bowel and liver function, restoring energy to the weary body through a simple package. The tone imitates old patent medicine prose with strong promises.
Waverly Waterloo Charles City and Osage aim to unite in a trotting circuit with a five thousand dollar fund. Muscatine opposes paying old Great Western Telegraph Company subscriptions from ten years ago. The report covers local incidents, rail plans, and civic events across Iowa.
News dispatches report Turkish pose on Berlin treaty article while Russia rejects China envoy amid offshore power plays.Spanish, Mexican, and South African unrest mingle with earthquakes and volcanic activity in Asia and the Pacific.
A reflective sketch of Pueblo life and dress as seen near Santa Fe. The author contrasts ancient customs with frontier views, describing a young Pueblo woman named Bright Alfarata, her attire, adornments, and a blue Juniata reference, while noting language barriers and cultural conservatism.
An essay on umbrella etiquette notes that in Siam Burma China Annam and Cochin China umbrellas serve sun shade and social signaling. In Burma gold umbrellas mark royal rank while red umbrellas signal gaiety and the eight umbrella rule governs royal processions with the heir apparent bearing the full eight.
Maj. Phayre, envoy to Burmah in 1855, insisted the Union Jack be waved over the King's letter route when Burmese authorities would not permit umbrellas to be carried over the Governor-General's letter from the Residency to the palace.
A long lost husband returns to claim a wife who remarried and moved to Decorah Iowa after leaving his family in 1854. Robeson, now wealthy with twenty Leadville properties and a hotel business, travels from California to Iowa to seek forgiveness and reunite with his wife and children.
A Richmond owned volume records Virginia Friends meetings from 1699 to 1759 in Henrico. It shows tobacco levies for building a meeting house, notes on construction plans, and a 215 year Pleasants family link. Disputes were settled by arbitration with discreet men as referees.
A garrulous man amused himself in a ballroom by joking with his partner and other guests. He asked if she had ever had her ears pierced and she answered with a sharp retort that she had often had them bored.
A reward of one thousand dollars is offered for any certificate published by Voreler Meyer & Co. of Baltimore dated October 1 1877 that asserts the Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is genuine.
Local authorities warn residents of horse theft activity in O Brien County with several recent incidents under investigation and no arrests announced yet. Community members advised to secure livestock and report suspicious persons or activity to the sheriff.
A board of eminent physicians and chemists announced a new medicine from combining well known remedies. They claim Hop Bitters can cure a wide range of diseases, reducing the need for other remedies, and the discoverers are celebrated as benefactors.
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