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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1892
Page
5
A traveler recalls journeying worldwide from Ceylon to Mozambique and through many cultures yet credits his own imagination as the safest vehicle. The verse echoes travel by mind over metal, praising exploration without harm amid storms, deserts, and cities.
The piece notes dramatic shifts in terrestrial climate across eras. It cites fossilized flora and fauna in Greenland Spitzbergen and Ireland, describing tropical, temperate, and glacial periods in sequence. The Edinburgh Review discusses the eccentric history of climate and life in Britain.
Saint Foix a famed French poet with debts waits in a barber shop as a major creditor arrives. The creditor asks for payment but agrees to postpone until Tam finishes shaving. The poet leaves with a towel and keeps a beard for life, as the barber is made a witness.
In Kwangsi Huay ning-hsien on the first month fifteenth day young women walk to Yen yen mountain each carries a box left at the hill foot. A man may choose a box and take it away to meet the owner, forming an acquaintance. The custom is limited to the well to do.
Actor Joseph Haworth recalls a curious girl told storms are the voice of God. In a sudden thunderstorm she hurries inside yet begs her father not to holler so loud as she speeds up the steps, saying she is hurrying as fast as she can.
The English meteorological office records sunshine with the Stokes Campbell instrument. A spherical lens acts as a burning glass to burn a sun-graph on card as the sun travels from east to west. The device measures daily sunshine when calculation is feasible.
The passage notes that unskilled cooks risk public health by poor food preparation. It then mentions the measles bacillus found in Berlin by Canon with unique length traits. It also cites a hefty grain crop estimate for western states and a revised Chinese population estimate from over 400 million to about 350 million.
A Contemporary Review recounts Sudanese troops in action with rifles blazing at an enemy position. A Scottish officer, amid cursing from his men, calms fears by riding along the line and offering himself as the target. His horse is shot twice in dispatches.
The New York Times reports rumors that Jay Gould seeks to suppress a local history of Delaware County New York and would pay high prices for copies. Residents recall earlier agents buying many copies, but Gould's office denies any such purchases or motive.
A Boston Transcript note observes how people imitate a single man’s dusk time experiment and blindly copy moves in a muddy street. It warns that herd behavior causes accidents and panics, urging individuals to think independently.
The article explains that snake bite effects vary with snake and victim and notes no effective antidote yet. Ammonia and potassium permanganate are ineffective, though potassium permanganate solution can detoxify venom. Immediate amputation is advised for bitten digits, or a tight ligature after cauterization and suction, followed by stimulants.
The practice of throwing rice or wheat at weddings is traced to ancient Rome and later English custom. References include the Bristol 1486 wedding of Henry VII’s bride with wheat greeting and Indian wedding customs. The shift to rice in England is noted as a possible modern substitute where wheat is hard to obtain.
A traveler recounts an incident in Kaffir land where a man driving goats and cattle passes by as he is upsaddling. He is said to be the husband of a lady physician blamed for undermining local witch doctors by taking home his wife’s fees for patient care.
A laborer in a rough felt hat and long smock entered the Shakespeare library and asked a custodian if he was Mr Shakespeare. The custodian explained that he was not the gentleman in question.
A meditation on sorrow as a divine training ground. Pain refines character and grants the ability to comfort others, as the faithful observe God’s methods and cling to comforting texts. F B Myer cited from Present Tenses of Blessed Life.
Walt Mason laments church choirs singing unfamiliar hymns while longing for familiar old tunes. He recalls simple, direct songs like Just as I Am and Cool Siloam’s Bill and wishes congregants would turn from the choir and sing along with the old hymns that stir reverent worship.
The text argues that promises from Christ are for the obedient and that true peace comes when we strive to follow Christ. It cites if you abide in me and my words abide in you you shall ask what you will and it shall be done unto you. The path to peace is through faithful obedience to Christ's will.
A collage of quoted lines from poets and religious writers on faith, doubt, and endurance. Writings from Lowell and St Jerome to the Christian Herald and Uganda’s Alexander Mackay are cited, urging reliance on God, perseverance, and spiritual strength.
New York Daily quotes educators praising Dr Franklin Miles as an entertaining and educating author. Advertisements note his nervous and heart disease works distributed free by Bradshaw and Thoma druggists. Trial bottles of Miles Nervine are given away with testimonials for nervous prostration headaches and other ailments.
The Austrian government proposes to build three new ironclads of 5600 tons at 17 knots. Two vessels would be built in Austrian yards and the third likely by a German firm.
W H Crowley of Flint Michigan declares his wife suffered severe female trouble for over three years. After spending twenty five dollars in three months and trying multiple doctors, three bottles of Dul lam's Great German Female Uterine Tonic and Dallam's Great German Blood Liver Stomach and Kidney cure were purchased. He states she is entirely cured and swears to the affidavit dated June 28, 1890, before Notary J C DeLlam Genesee Co. Noted for sale by Geo D Clarke.
A collage of quotes and ads notes youthful wealth fantasies and veteran business woes from Detroit Free Press. It touts Slansen’s Radical Headache Cure and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers with medical and herbal claims. The clipped items reference pensioners General Tupper and General Dalley, Paris streets, and random health assertions.
The fragment advertises De Witt’s Little Early Risers as the cure all and links it to promises of longer life. It mentions Russian and French armed forces, German troop sizes, and Mansfield related weaponry, then notes the Monarch battleship ordered for reconstruction and promotes Wollford's Sanitary Lotion.
Ten dollars to insure a colt to stand and suck. Mares parted with or removed from the county forfeit the insurance. Care taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur.
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