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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1898
Page
6
The Jefferson county farmers are reminded that the main consideration when buying a binder or mower is a good serviceable machine that does not change yearly. They will know the machine is reliable and will have no trouble obtaining repairs.
The report covers class day exercises, prize awards, and the Friday graduation events. Senior and junior contests, theses, and Latin degree address are noted, with prizes awarded to McCullough, Todd, and others. Alumni meetings, board changes, and new trustees complete the wrap of commencement week.
Sioux Rapids saw the Electric Light plant and Mill company burn this morning. Losses: mill twenty thousand dollars and Light plant four thousand. Insurance is small. Warren Beckwith, the baseball player who eloped with Lincoln’s daughter, has enlisted in the Iowa national guard to go to the front.
H D Russell nephew of Secretary of War Alger married Miss Gretchen Kruger. Russell is a private in Company H Fifty first Iowa volunteers and will leave for the front in a few days.
In Fort Dopaga Iowa on June 4 burglars raided H. W. Ross hardware store housing the local post office. They blew open the safe and fled with between 800 and 900 dollars and a bundle of blank postal orders. The safe and premises were damaged.
Fire at Waterloo Iowa June 4 destroyed the Beck Nauman Watts sash door and blind factory and the Waterloo Omnibus and Wagon Manufacturing factory and foundry. Loss around 850000 with about 10000 in insurance.
Peter Kindred, who murdered Andrew Alley at Mercer Missouri, has been sentenced to hang at Princeton on July 8. Kindred is the second man to receive the death penalty from Mercer county’s 26 murders.
Charles Lederer formerly with the New World as staff artist and known in Chicago has purchased the Weekly Messenger plant in Atlantic Iowa. He will take possession Monday and will conduct an independent paper in the city.
The University of the Northwest in Iowa celebrated the liquidation of seven years of debt at a banquet attended by over 5,000 guests. A pledge of 100000 dollars was made for a new college building, with 50000 dollars already spent on the project.
John Rochelstone an early Sioux City settler died near Lake Linde man after enduring Klondike hardships. A letter to his wife said his party deserted him and strangers found him dead. He was buried locally and may have his remains brought to Sioux City.
A combined passenger and freight train on the Avoca to Carson line wrecked one mile south of Oakland Iowa after striking a bunch of fat cattle released from a pasture by tramps. Engineer Snyder was trapped under the tender but was rescued by railway workers and Oakland residents with only slight injuries.
Governor Shaw issues a proclamation inviting Iowa citizens to enlist in the second call for volunteers. The document directs filling four regiments to the maximum 106 per company and apportions numbers by county. Counties that did not volunteer in the first call will contribute as far as practicable.
Crepar Rapids reports a Western association meeting where all securities attended. They approve slashing salaries for President Hickey umpires and players by 20 to 50 percent, dropping the $500 guarantee, and continuing play. A telegram from Western league President Johnson promises organizational support and requires players to accept the pay cut.
Des Moines June 4 middle of the road Populists held a state convention with 34 delegates and nominated by acclamation a slate for fall elections. P M Daniels Warren county secretary A M Hutchinson Council Bluffs treasurer A C O Wicks Davis City auditor J A Lowenburg Ottumwa attorney general Joseph Ash Des Moines railroad commissioner Alli Reed Muscatine clerk of supreme court The platform denounces fusion supports initiative referendum calls for swift war end opposes territorial expansion opposes bonds favors foreign free silver but government issued money and government ownership of public utilities.
June items report Mrs O S Westenhaver seriously ill with liver disease and doubtful recovery as her son Hubert and his Illinois wife stay nearby. Bertie Hutchinson ill with malarial typhoid fever. An ice cream party at Lafayette Co op featured music by Joe Burke and sons. Looney and Johnson sought railroad work in Coppock. Ottumwa Coal Co plans to employ 30 to 40 next year and ship coal to Fairfield. Visitors from Hedrick and Germanville cross paths with familiar locals. Susie Goodridge returns home from Brighton to be with family.
Buck ten’s Anica Salve promises the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with price set at 25 cents per box and sold by J. D. McDowell.
On Tuesday May 31 neighbors and friends gathered at the Eastons home to honor Mr Charley Easton on his forty ninth birthday. The event featured a large dinner prepared by Mrs Easton and included many attendees. War talk filled the afternoon, but the social gathering brought cordial good wishes for future birthdays.
An old Grain-O ad touts a grain based drink that tastes like coffee but does not stimulate. It claims to nourish and soothe, suited for nervous persons and children, urging readers to buy a package from grocers at 15 and 25 cents.
A West Bromwich lecturer used a tale of a wooden legged taper to warn against drinking. After the talk a woman accused him of ridiculing her husband. The lecturer quipped the audience had heard him. the joke ended with repairs.
A dark complexioned draftsman named Camera with a glass eye and three wooden legs outperforms tracers. He offers a brief accurate copy claim to foreman, promising a faster path to printing if his work is inspected. The anecdote underscores precision and efficiency in drafting.
The pecan, a near relative of the hickory, does not thrive in all lands the hickory will yet the hickory grows where the pecan does. Its home is bottom land along the Wabash, Mississippi, White and Big Bend rivers, and it grows well in the Indian Territory and Texas regions noted by the Little Rock Democrat.
The article extols deep full breathing to maximize oxygen in the blood and warns against tight clothing. It urges opening windows for fresh air, breathing through the nose, and explains anemia as a shortage of red blood cells. It links food to producing these cells and overall health.
The Atlantic essayist Professor T. J. J. Lee explains how the precession of the equinoxes over 12 900 years will alter star positions. Humboldt notes the Southern Cross once shone near the Baltic and will again be visible at Hudson Bay, Florida being the present southern limit.
A women’s club, opposed to male labor, relied on male carpenters and masons after its architect was a woman. A roofer’s misstep sent a foot through the unfinished ceiling, shocking members present. The hole was patched, leaving a visible mark and a quip from the club’s first vice president about men and the project.
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