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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1898
Page
8
A short verse fragment describes a speaker admiring a woman in red and gold as maples glow in autumn light. The poem contrasts the woman's beauty with the speaker's failure to perceive other scenery and wealth around them.
Paris London Post reports a crowd of 1,300 watched a battle at the Plaza de Madrid between Cesar the Bengal tiger and an Andalusian bull. The tiger suffered five broken ribs and multiple wounds after repeated bull charges and was later seen alive but scuffling, while the bull escaped back to its stable. The piece notes that wild animals generally fare poorly against the fighting bull and that humans and elephants are more often the victors.
A Sioux City Sunday school class wrestles with can God do everything. When asked if God could make two and two equal five a girl answers by adding one proving God can. The tale ends with the teacher surprised at the clever reply and faith intact.
In the transition from militia to regular army the Continental soldiers faced a clash between personal independence and commanded obedience. Stories highlight private heroism and mischief, including Elias Howe aiding a poorer officer and Koch, a Philadelphia sentinel, who at one point offered to write a check for the wagon’s value to satisfy a request from General Macpherson.
A renowned French singer returning from New York aboard a German liner saw a German victory march listed at dinner. She rose in protest as the band began The Marseillaise, with fellow passengers and officers briefly sharing her moment of defiance.
The Washington Post recalls how West secured Pendleton’s seat after a 1883 civil service debate. Republicans shifted to Pendleton, then Cockrell changed the bill title to “to retain Republicans in office.” West claimed Pendleton’s chair at the start of the next Congress.
The Atchison Globe quotes a lurid vow of a killer planning murder. The monologue names targets including boys in various professions and roles such as attorney, preacher, physician, pianist, statesman, reporter. The piece condemns sensationalized depictions of gifted youths as beastly twaddle.
Eduard Remenyi, the Hungarian violinist, collapsed and died at the Orpheum theatre in San Francisco yesterday afternoon during a performance. The death occurred while he was playing, shocking the audience and prompting immediate medical attention.
C F Townsend in Knowledge explains fluorine's ferocious chemical energy and its power to corrode most materials while diamond resists. The piece traces fluorine’s discovery by Moissan, isolation with electricity, and the shift to liquid fluorine at cryogenic temperatures using glass vessels.
A Chicago Post story reports a druggist noticing a clerk charged 75 cents for a prescription while the regular price was one dollar. The clerk explains a rushed miscalculation raised the price by eight cents instead of four, uncovering the error.
Quote from the Richmond Dispatch noting a proverb that a person who invites trouble often uses happiness as collateral, reflecting caution about risky behavior and personal well being.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a titled wife scolding her daughter Dolly for practicing piano while her husband’s wealth allows lavish spending. The mother insists on costly, rigorous instruction and counters Dolly’s plea with arithmetic-based praise of herself.
A Kansas City Journal piece quotes George J. Charlton of the Chicago and Alton rail line urging readers that passenger cars cost far beyond purchase price. He cites $6,000 to $7,000 for a car and $10,000 to $12,000 for a reclining chair car plus ongoing maintenance, shop work, and upholstering totaling substantial annual expenses.
A Washington Star correspondent recalls a 1879 poker game in Chamberlin's with Senator Conkling and General Phil Sheridan. Sheridan bluffed brilliantly but a faulty deck produced an extra ace, revealing a foul hand and causing the pot to be split amid laughs and disbelief.
The article argues Romans built Thames crossings of wood, not stone. It notes Saxon and British methods at Dartmoor as primitive and claims London’s first stone bridge began in 1176 while earlier piers would not remain if stone. It contrasts wood bridges elsewhere with the Thames construction.
A party of countrymen in town visits a Strand theater. They send one member to price tickets and peek inside. The onlooker reports a crowd assembled for a large picture show and deems it not worth joining, prompting the group to leave.
The name California, from caliente forni alli meaning hot furnace, was given by Cortes in 1585 to the peninsula now known as Lower California, of which he was the discoverer, due to its hot climate.
A wild young man vows to settle down and faces a debt tally of 145,017 francs and 35 centimes. His friend asks what he will do, and the man proposes to pay 17 francs 85 centimes immediately and arrange the remainder. The Gaulois reports the exchange.
A brief Ottawa opinion quotes a proverb about new brooms sweeping clean, noting the value placed on fresh approaches and cautioning against overvaluation of experience. The line contrasts innovation with proven habit.
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