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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1888
Page
4
In Brooklyn May 27 the Rev. Talmage preaches on patient faith turning disability into spiritual wealth. He cites poets and artists long afflicted, urges that the lame and the poor can win blessings and spoils through perseverance, printing images of heaven’s reward and the resilience of the afflicted.
A sermon extols humble labor for Christ and the salvation of youth. It honors orphans who rise after war, praises ordinary workers who build the church, and recounts acts of bravery by a railway engineer and Sabbath school teachers. It urges personal call to faith and active service.
A sermon on grace and repentance urges the wicked to forsake sin and return to God for mercy and pardoning grace. The speaker recalls a boat pilot’s death scene as a parable, praying listeners remain steadfast and let God guide them to eternal rest.
Three Chicago news boys, arrested at their own request, faced a justice and asked to be sent to the Bridewell. The spokesman said they wanted to learn a trade but could not due to trade union apprenticeship limits, urging unions to consider opening paths for honest work and fair opportunity. The piece cites broader worries about American youth and industrial labor.
In Tom Hyer’s Bowery gaming spot on a July night in 1838 a carpenter lost over 400 dollars at the roulette wheel. Hyer challenged him to hold a money bag for two minutes and walked him to the door, where the man bolted with more than a thousand in silver and gold. A chase ended when the bag and rider vanished into the crowded street. Police arrived but no information was given to avoid breaking up the gambling scheme. Hyer never recovered the carpenter or the money.
A Balked Kentucky tale profiles Jesse Nelson a fortysomething printer in an eastern town who has abandoned the black art and works for others while neglecting his own chores. His thrifty wife keeps clothing patches from the sons while he scorns patching his own clothes and recalls a youths odd look as if the head worn out seven bodies. The piece is attributed to Arhascan Traveler.
In an American Cultivator excerpt, experts argue corn provides energy and bone building phosphate but risks digestive issues if fed to excess. They compare corn with wheat and sugar, noting pigs adapt slowly, require gradual introduction, and that fattened pork from corn commands premium price in markets.
Town celebrated Dr. Fox for his care as Brown, bedridden for a month, recovered enough to ride a week later but died in a hearse. A nurse assisted, and Judge attended the scene.
Dr. Grossie reports multiple tuberculosis cases where external use of phosphoric acid yielded the most successful cures. Beginning from calcium phosphate injections in leg ulcers, he applied a 10 percent phosphoric acid solution locally, changing compresses four times daily, and observed very satisfactory results guiding broader tuberculosis applications.
In a Nebraska State Journal item, a man explains how he blocked another’s hiccups by striking him in the eye. He notes the odd consequence that the other’s hiccups stopped after the hit.
The text touts Warner’s preparations as purely vegetable and time tested. It claims millions cured and urges immediate use, stating the medicines are not new discoveries but proven and superior. It emphasizes honesty and public trust in the products.
Trade's Supply News notes the ancients built pyramids with crude tools yet moved massive stones across difficult routes and raised them high without mortar. The article speculates about hidden machines like derricks and vast labor forces, suggesting extended knowledge of mechanical powers.
A wealthy artist advertising for a model found a perfect masked woman who posed for him unseen. Years later he courted a girl in Venice, and when his fiancée fainted he saw a dark neck mark linking the two women. The mother and daughter shared hardship until a relative provided funds to live abroad.
The Atlanta Constitution reports a pardon romance in which Belle Romey formerly jailed for murder married Dick Davis who had served a manslaughter sentence. After months of scrutiny and parole work by Mrs Harper the couple wed following Davis proving sobriety and industry.
The Ohio & Mississippi Railway announces round trip excursion tickets from St. Louis to White Sulphur Red Sulphur Old Sweet Salt Sulphur Chalybeate Rockbridge Alum and other Virginia Springs Deer Park Oakland and Lake Chautauqua. Sleeper cars will run from St. Louis to White Sulphur Springs with no car changes.
The Hawkeye Insurance Company of Des Moines markets wind and cyclone coverage alongside fire insurance. Boasting seven hundred thousand dollars in assets, the Iowa focused firm claims reliability and prompt loss payment, led by E. J. Ingersoll as president and a staff of long time Iowa men. A scattered set of unrelated notes and ads follow, including casual jokes and medical claims about Catarrh remedies and Deafness cures, plus a Florida town showcasing a petrified man for exposition.
An old notice touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and liver energizer. It claims to restore health, vitality, and a rosy complexion, urging readers to buy from druggists as the King of Spain article also appears in the page.
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