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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1898
Page
5
The science of Osteopathy originated and developed by Dr. Andrew T. Still of Kirksville Missouri. It relies on anatomy and physiology and uses the body's chemical forces to treat disease without drugs or surgery through careful bone adjustments to restore harmony of bodily functions.
The text lists nervous diseases including prostration and facial palsy, general and respiratory conditions, digestive and circulatory ailments, liver kidney and urinary issues, female disorders, and sex specific problems. It claims at least 90 percent of chronic affections abandoned as incurable by other systems are benefited, with 86 percent positively cured.
A damaged OCR fragment presents lines from Yeats's poem When You Are Old. It mentions aging, inner beauty, and a pilgrim soul as a lover's enduring admiration. The source includes misread punctuation and a garbled author name.
F 8 Dellenbaugh notes in St Nicholas that Kansas City housed the world’s quickest fire horses under Chief George Hale. Horses Joe and Dan, plus four bay greys, set records for harnessing and engine access. Dan remains in service. water delivery time from engine to fire was 1 minute 14 seconds over about 2194 feet.
The text portrays Schopenhauer’s view of his mother Joanna as fierce and sardonic toward society and sentimentality. It argues the philosopher’s harsh notions of women, though partly rooted in his mother, reflect a violent yet insightful critique of the era’s gender roles.
A Scottish laird recalls a grand fish catch at a meal while a servant delivers a humorous weight progress. The servant Donald narrates the fish’s weight turning from twelve pounds at breakfast to eighteen at dinner and twenty six at supper, ending with a defiant line about telling truths.
A young humorist asks his grandfather to spend an afternoon so he can gather jokes from his boyhood for a magazine’s humorous department. The old man agrees in principle while noting the aim, as the caller explains he was asked to provide material matching readers’ expectations.
London Globe reports vanilla beans grow wild in Repantia and Misantla Mexico and are gathered by natives. Uncured beans fetch 22 5s per 1000, while dried and cured beans cost about £2 5s per pound. They are mainly used by druggists.
A Philadelphia Times view defends reporters for truth and fairness. It argues editors prevent harmful disclosures and protect the innocent by suppressing information, despite the haste and errors common in newsroom life.
A London Spectator reminiscence recounts Louis Agassiz solving a fossil fish species question after three dreams. He drew a sketch in bed, woke to find it beside him, and later confirmed the bones in the fossil at the Jardin des Plantes. The anecdote appears in his North American fishes history.
A Baltimore lecture tour lead to a frightful night aboard a sleeping car in a yard. The car lurched and shuffled between tracks, waking and tossing the passenger repeatedly until he escaped to a hotel. The ordeal makes him wary of sleeping cars left for switching.
Dr J Curtis Webb declares hysteria signals nerve exhaustion and ties it to girls education. He links high mental work with nervous breakdown, urges physical exercise like golf and tennis, and warns overwork harms from adolescence to middle age.
An English artist visiting an American city asks for gums at a stationer's. Finding none, he enters a shoe store and is puzzled by the question about shoe size. He learns the term mucilage, realizing the American word for gum is mucilage, and is directed back to a stationer.
The article notes that patent offices do not search prior art and inventors often face sudden disappointment when ideas are anticipated. A few hours in the library can ruin hopeful plans, yet many persevere, starting new experiments after failure.
The daily output of news print paper in the United States ranges from 1200 to 1500 tons. News print production exceeds that of any other grade, while book paper reaches about 1000 tons and writing paper around 450 tons daily.
A John Murray letter portrays Lord Byron as reluctant to accept a large advance for two poems. Murray offered 1000 guineas, but Byron declined the payment and insisted the works be published in his collected edition without extra cost. Murray later tried to give Byron two bank notes, but Byron refused the gift.
A Roanoke Collegian piece recalls an elderly figure on the street, a man with a blue glasses and umbrella. The observer learns this is Wilhelm Wandt, a famed psychologist, whose plain bearing hides a dignified, learned lecture persona.
Advertisement touts No-To-Shac as a wonder-worker to quit tobacco easily and forever. It claims it makes weak men strong, priced 50 cents or 1 dollar, with a free booklet and sample offered by Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
J. E. Roth is president, Joseph Ricksher serves as vice president, Joan Davies acts as cashier at the bank.
The document lists numerous stockholders including J. E. Roth James Louden F. A. Howard D. G. Higley W. K. Bradshaw J. B. McKenney Fad Hunt Geo W. Bail Rh F. Kailin W. A. Lamson Joseph Roth K. Fr Simmons Chris Roth Wm Hawk J. H. Allender and many others associated with the firm J Turney & Co and related names.
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