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Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1893

Page

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No arrests yet in Muscatine outrage

Reports show no arrests have been made for the Muscatine outrage. The Muscatine item notes ongoing investigation with no suspects named.

Muscatine

Editor appointees named postmasters in two towns

One of the editors of the Fort Madison Democrat and Geo. W. Van Lorne of the Muscatine Tribune were signed by the resident as post masters of their respective towns.

Fort Madison Democrat Geo. W. van Lorne Muscatine

Pension Board Appointments Limited to Democrats

The new pension commissioner will appoint only Democrats to pension examining boards and will not appoint any man from southern states to any position in the department.

Treasury turmoil and changes at the Carlisle era

Washington letters detail Secretary Carlisle restricting general callers at the Treasury and focusing on weighty duties. Lochren enforces new top chiefs in the pension bureau while Eckels pushes hard against risky bank schemes and raises the division chief qualification bar. Gresham notes no Chinese retaliation signals amid sensational rumors.

Washington, D. C Carlisle Carisse Secretary of the Treasury John Griffin Carlisle Lochren Pension Bureau Mr. Eckels Eckels E. A. Mears North Dakota Mears

Lewis B Parsons life sketch and Civil War general

Fairfield notes report on Lewis B Parsons born 1793 in Williamstown Mass and his son Gen Lewis B Parsons. It covers his mercantile career in Gouverneur and Buffalo, strong Christian giving to missions, thrifty yet generous habits, and his educational influence in Iowa. Also profiles Gen Parsons 1818 Gen Gen served under Grant and Sherman with praised rail and river transportation leadership.

Lewis B. Parsons Fairfield Parsons College Tribune Parsons Lewis Gravesend Eng Boston Charles Parsons Troy N. Y Webb Manlins Homer Lucina Hoar Scipio Cayuga County Dickson & Keep Dickson Andrew D. White Philo The Bible Society American Board Home Missionary Society American Tract Society Gouverneur Verry Buffalo Texas St. Louis Mississippi Charles Keokuk Iowa Michigan Detroit Cromwell Lewis Parsons Army Navy Grant Sherman Lewis Jb. Parsons Cornet Joseph Parsons Springfield Northampton Massachusetts Charles Hoar Gloucester England Joanna New England General Parsons Ticonderoga Valley Forge Yorktown Monmouth Genessee Co New York Yale College Law School Harvard University Alton Illinois Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Missouri Phil Sheridan Stalleck Secretary of War West Southwest Scranton Washington Lincoln Stanton Vicksburg Schofield Eastport Alleghany Mountains Potomac United States

Cleveland Sets September Special Session on Finances

President Cleveland announces Congress will convene in a special session between September 1 and 11 unless earlier contingencies require. He warns against gold removal from reserves to buy idle silver, urging calm, faith in credit, and prudent action by financiers and the public. The speech stresses coolness, reflection, and patriotic duty to safeguard the nation's financial stability.

Cleveland Congress

Property sale leads to hidden gold theft

Con Horrigan of Perry Iowa sold property for 1100 dollars and buried the gold. He hid the money in a cellar flooded by water and later moved it to the garden. Three masked men entered the house on Friday night and forced Mrs Horrigan to reveal the burial site. Horrigan found the gold missing upon return.

Con. Horrigan Perry Iowa

Historical note on balloon shoulders in dressmaking

A dated critique cites Ezekiel to condemn the fashion of pillowed shoulders. The prophet warns of woe to women who sew pillows to arm holes, inviting readers to verify the verse Ezekiel thirteen eighteen.

Ezekiel Ezekiel xiii

Appointment Seen as Political Boost for Gear Senator Bid

In Keokuk, Justice Dick Hoot is said to have been appointed by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad to work for the company while secretly backing John H Gear for United States Senator.

Dick Hoot Keokuk C., B. & Q. Railroad John H. Gear United States

Silver Threads Among the Gold Promoted as Hair Invigoration

Beggs hair Renewer promises healthy growth and prevents loss or graying. Sold and guaranteed by R. H. Hutford.

R. H. Hutford

Involuntary Recollection in James W. Donaldson’s Paper

James W. Donaldson argues that memory recurrences haunt the mind with earlier scenes and misdeeds. He notes that irresistible recollections strike during focus on other tasks and often bring humiliation, remorse, or shame that linger despite effort to forget.

James W. Donaldson

Buckien's aruka Salve Ad: Painless relief and guaranteed cure

Advertising claim for Buckien's aruka Salve promises relief for cuts bruises ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded at 25 cents per box sold by Geo D Clarke.

Geo D. Clarke

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