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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1900
Page
3
A speaker asserts a life devoted to developing a new modern antiseptic. He describes years of toil and sleepless study leading to a claimed successful culmination and readiness to present the discovery. The statement emphasizes persistence and scientific effort.
The report lists grain prices with corn 35 to 38 cents per bushel, oats 18 to 19, rye 40, wheat 50 to 65, hay 7.00 to 8.50 per ton baled, timothy seed 8 cents, clover seed 4.00 to 4.25, hogs 4.75 to 4.80, fat steers 4.50 to 5.00, cows 3.00 to 3.50, stockers 4.00 to 4.25, fat sheep 3.50 to 4.00, lambs 4.00 to 5.00, hides 5 cents, butter 16 to 17 cents, lard 7 to 8, eggs 9 to 10, potatoes 25 to 30. Also promotes The Rock Island Wall Map of the United States for schools, offering post-paid delivery for fifteen cents to John Sebastian, G.P.A., Chicago.
An old advertisement promotes No To Bac as a cure for tobacco use claiming it makes weak men strong and full of life. It offers a booklet and sample for free with Cure guaranteed and lists Chicago or New York as contact addresses.
Summary of telegraphed updates and public notices including Boer War actions in South Africa with claims over Johannesburg and Pretoria, sketches of battles around Senekal and Cape Colony, plus Philippine theater reports. Domestic notices cover bankruptcies, bank closures, company acquisitions, mine sales, and industrial growth indicators across several states.
The senate referred the Teller resolution of sympathy for the Boers to the foreign relations committee. Washington authorities view China as critical while American marines from Newark head to Tien-Tsin. The Supreme Court adjourned leaving 304 cases on the docket.
A report that Senator Hanna would not chair the new national Republican committee is denied. About one thousand Nebraskans will march in Kansas City for the Democratic national convention parade on July 4. Benjamin F. Shively may accept the Democratic gubernatorial nomination if offered. Wharton Barker accepts the Populist presidential nomination. Oregon results show Republicans ahead by 5 000 to 8 000 votes.
Eleven people were shot amid riots sparked by St. Louis strikers with three expected to die. A St. Louis union motorman fatally shot a policeman before being killed by an officer. Other figures include a suicide attempt after a quarrel in Proctorville and several arson, murder, and assault incidents in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Michigan.
Two hundred employees of the Springfield Paying Brick works in Illinois are out of work after the proprietors refuse weekly pay. James E. Keelyn of Evanston filed for bankruptcy in Milwaukee with liabilities $523,175 and assets $71,797. H. Prag & Bros., German produce.
In Ohio two men die while trying to rescue a cow from an abandoned well in Alliance. A Chicago man falls from an airshaft, and a Mass cycle race crash injures eight. An Evanston electric car jumps track, eight hurt. A San Antonio railroad wreck kills engineer and fireman. A child in Michigan is killed by lightning at a farmhouse.
Judge John P. Rea dies at Nicollet Island home in Minneapolis. Col C P Atmore, L and N rail passenger chief, dies suddenly of apoplexy. Judge James Scammon dies in Kansas City. John Shannon Briggs, son of Iowa's first governor, dies in Omaha. William Cullen Brewster, banker, dies in New York at 72. Dr E O Shakespeare of Philadelphia dies. Captain D A Miner, 68, dies in Mexico MO after 51 years on river service. Mrs John Sherman dies in Mansfield. Mrs Alzina Parsons Stevens dies in Chicago. Mrs Mary C Allen, Ottawa banker and former mayor’s widow, dies at 76. Earl of Radnor dies in London.
A fire partially destroys the York Haven Paper Company mill in York Haven Pennsylvania with losses around 100000. Fires rage in Rainy River district northwest Ontario. A blaze at the five story Pitts Kimball department store beside the Park Theater on Washington Street Boston causes over 200000 in damage. Forest fires in the Catalina mountains Arizona wipe out 60000000 feet of lumber.
Reports include the Kenosha monument dedication before 35 000 people, Bruner named chief clerk in Chicago, Boxer uprising clashes, Prince of Wales Diamond Jubilee English Derby win, Train Dispatchers convention in Atlanta starting June 12, forces deployed at Pekin, and Hawaii crown land suit rumors. Other items note Oslo vaccination marriage rules, Dreyfus amnesty, Perkins obituary, Baltimore park bans on autos, Jefferson Davis birthday holidays, and Texas wheat outlook.
Chris Jones, clerk of the supreme court, is charged with converting about 4500 in copies of opinions fees to his own use. The state seeks 5500, claiming 4300 authorized by statute. Jones says charges were personal. He has been in office five years amid prior clerks pockets.
Four robbers blew up the Sheldahl savings bank twenty miles north of Des Moines on Tuesday, taking about 1600 dollars after spacing fifty or more townsfolk at gunpoint. The explosion lit the night as the men looted the wrecked safe and vanished into darkness with rifles leveled.
Herman H. Toll, a local boy, built a 144 rifle compound machine gun mounted on a wagon carriage. The twelve by twelve array fires from a single lever allowing loading firing and shell ejection together. Toll claims a mile range and 8640 bullets per minute.
The Fairfield High School awarded diplomas to thirty four graduates, the largest class yet. The program featured student speakers and a class history by Miss Winnifred Whitham, noting many scholars and achievements across Latin and geometry, and a launch into life with motto We are launched but not anchored. The event included a post ceremony reception at Hon. and Mrs. M A Cord.
Davenport June 1 word from Boer peace envoys says they will be in Davenport June 9 a monster demonstration is planned with prominent citizens led by ex mayor Baker. Representative Lentz and Governor Lind of Minnesota will speak and Webster Davis and others will be invited to join the celebration.
A heavy Tuesday night storm struck Fort Dearborn causing serious damage. The Ferguson residence was hit by lightning, injuring Miss Jennie Ferguson and another daughter, while a lamp was blown out. The same bolt damaged the power house generator and wires, resulting in losses over $50,000.
The Western Base Ball League meeting ended with Sioux City retaining its franchise and planning a downtown park. Des Moines manager Chase agreed to follow national board direction and use the Spalding ball.
About 2 000 traveling men attended the banquet and ball in Des Moines and a state picnic at the fair grounds Saturday. The Iowa United Travelers’ of America grand council met and chose Sioux City for the next council meeting. Buck Ebright, veteran second baseman and former Sioux City captain, was released by the club on Saturday. Glasscock is expected to take his place.
Severe rain storm in Clear Lake Iowa destroys all Willow creek bridges. Lightning kills livestock, four hours of steady rain devastates crops and causes substantial property damage.
Walworth boy Thomas Ward completed 11 years of perfect attendance in school never missing a day or being late. He received a specially struck attendance medal in his eleventh year. When asked how he avoided illnesses his mother replied that he had them during holidays, not while in school.
Miss Willing after the proposal asks about belief in second love. Mr Woodby a widower states a man buys a pound of sugar and desires a second pound, both sweet. The exchange presents a witty take on lasting affection.
Kendrick, after two months of studying French, claims to write a good letter in the language. Sutton questions his fluency, doubting the quality of his French letter. The Boston Transcript quotes their exchange as a humorous remark on learning.
A humorous exchange notes a man arrested yesterday is deaf with an old lady claiming his hearing will return next week. The fragment suggests a comic misread of a newspaper notice.
In a London Answers essay a witness tests a plaintiff's sanity by noting frequent claims of being the prophet Mohammed. When asked if such declaration proves insanity, the witness coolly reveals he is Mohammed himself, prompting a witty rebuttal from the attorney.
A Chicago News quip recalls a girls college benefit supper described as not a circus, with a joke about paying 50 cents for a burned ball of popcorn and a bag of rancid peanuts.
A brief exchange in the Boston Transcript where Harry asks about writing poetry. Dick admits he once wrote poetry but struggled to rhyme and to choose topics. Pat notes he was fine with capitalizing line starts.
A humorously told Chicago News snippet shows a boarding house scene with a playful request to chase a cow for milk. The landlady responds sternly to Jane to move the cow toward the noisy infant, capturing a domestic vignette of city life.
Syracuse Herald notes men over 40 show strong resistance to enteric fever with only one victim in the Sudan campaign. The exchange hints at public health remarks and a humorous wardroom conversation about science and travel.
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