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Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1879

Page

4

Destiny of a faded love and a vow kept in duty

Alice Martineau, bound by duty to care for her stepmother, endures heartbreak after a fiancé's departure. She remains faithful for twenty years, tending a lonely life until a seaside rescue unites her with Arthur Caput’s memory and her long-awaited forgiveness. The confrontation leads to renewed hope as they reunite by the children.

Daisy Alice Martineau Eleanor Arthur Caput New England Alice Mr. Martineau Allie Arthur Mother Char Mr. Caput Harthur Little Arthur

Silver Track Returns as Love Deepens in Elder Years

The faded path of Alice's life brightens with a broad silver track of renewed companionship. Calm and matured by care and sorrow, they discover immense pleasure in each other and their enduring love surpasses their youth.

Alice

National Brewers Association Adopts Prohibition Debate Resolutions

The National Brewers Association met in St. Louis on June 5 and adopted resolutions supporting opposition to prohibition efforts and urging distinct treatment of fermented malt beverages versus distilled liquors in law. The text calls for public outreach, candidate support, and wider membership to advance brewing interests amid looming policy questions.

National Brewer’s Association St. Louis WueExreas

Supreme Court of Iowa Decides Several Earlier Cases

The Iowa Supreme Court in Des Moines issues rulings on cases including Slosson vs. B C R N A R Co. involving fifteen stacks of grain burned by locomotive sparks and alleged negligence. It reverses a circuit court demurrer and sustains the plaintiff’s verdict. It also reviews Oltrogge vs Schutte in a usury mortgage appeal, affirming circuit court jurisdiction and attorney authority for a compromise, with continuance issues overruled.

Supreme Court Supreme Court of Iowa Des Moines Slosson Worth County Circuit Court Worth County Adame J Beck and Day Wm. Oltrogge Schutte Bremer County District Court Circuit Court Adams

Public debt figures for May reveal rises and notes on redemption

The May 31 public debt shows increases across certificates and notes, with totals for Silver Certificates and other non-cash forms. It notes called bonds and new bonds issued to redeem them, cash on hand to be deducted, and pensions arrears paid in May totaling about 5.405 million.

United States Treasury Une

Life Insurance Promotion by Northwestern Mutual Life

An editorial extols life insurance as essential for business, praising the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee. It notes its mutual structure, nearly $3,000,000 surplus, assets rising from $14.09 million in 1874 to $17.97 million in 1879, and $12.30 million paid to members including $4.07 million in dividends, with investment gains exceeding death expenses.

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Milwaukee Wis Northwestern America

Senate and House actions in early June sessions

The Senate debated dam site purchases under river improvement funds and post roads bills while the House passed district and postal measures. Actions included voting on tobacco tax relief, national bond currency issues, juror oath repeal, and Mississippi river commission plans amid adjournments and executive sessions.

Washington Senate Kenawa Kentucky Conkitesop Hereford Blaine District of Columbia Ll Beck United States Texas Lamar House Edmunds Thurman Conkling Whyte Bayard Yeas Lnays

Nordenskjold Completes Northeast Passage Feat

The Vega and Nordenskjold’s Lena reached the Yenisei mouth on August 7 and Cape Cheljuskin on August 21 before the two ships parted for Behring Strait. Nordenskjold is said to have wintered safely at Yakutsk and now proved a northern Asia coast route exists from Europe to the Pacific, fulfilling a historic aim of Hudson and other explorers.

Chicago Stanley Africa Vega Lena Nordenskjold Yenisei Cape Cheljuskin Asia Lena River Yakutsk Behring Strait San Francisco East Cape Europe America Siberia Asiatic China Henry Hudson Lens Pacific

Fennel Tea Promised to Quiet Baby in Syrup Ad

An old advertisement touts fennel tea as a gentle remedy to soothe infants. The copy promotes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a non opiate sleep aid priced at 25 cents.

Survivals of Savagism in Faith and Science

Prof Youmans argues that superstition lingers despite growing knowledge, shaping organized religion and theology. As science expands and interest shifts to the natural world, faith declines, provoking renewed calls from some to revive spiritualism. Two recent relapses into primeval superstition are noted.

Prof Youmans Popular Science Monthly

Training Girls With Silk and Velvet Trains

A witty exchange suggests training girls with fashionable silk or velvet trains, implying playful discipline or etiquette in a lighthearted 19th or early 20th century social context. The remark nods to material luxury and proper conduct.

Notorious Kate Arrh Captured in Buffalo N Y

A sensational notice claims Kate Arrh, long pursued by top detectives, has been caught in Buffalo New York. The item markets various remedies and patent medicines including Dr Sage s Catarrh Remedy Carboline Wells Richardson butter color Dr Tutt s Pills Kidney Wort Carter s Compound Extract of Smartweed and urges readers to ask druggists for these products.

Kate Arrh Buffalo N. Y Dr. Sage Wells, Richardson & Co Burlington, Vt Dr. Tutt Carter Pharoah America Hostetter 8. C. Wells, Leroy Shiloh Morrisson, Plumme &Co Chicago J. Felix Gouraud Gouraud L. A Sayre Haut Ton Sayre Stubert Ubaad Bond Street New Yor

Old Bonnets Rejuvenated with Leamon's Dyes

A lady, using Leamon's Dyes from Wells Richardson & Co. in Burlington Vermont, can transform old bonnets making them look fresh and beautiful with little effort.

Leamon Wells, Richardson & Co Burlington, Vt

Hop Bitters Offered as Health Tonic This Season

The Boston Globe notes Hop Bitters as a tonic with value for stomach appetite and blood purification. It urges prevention over cure and cautions about delaying treatment for diseases that take months to recover from.

Ange Sargent Boston Globe

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