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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1879
Page
4
A lament speaks of a mother weeping over a buried child and the hope that heaven may open through the grave. The verse recalls the virtue of youth and the belief that death at a young age holds a blessed passage.
An English narrator describes locating a fearsome gorilla after a treacherous trek inland from the western African coast. His native guide Mocha fears the beast while the pair press forward through dense jungle, planning to retrieve a skin for the collection as the creature appears.
The narrator recalls confronting a furious gorilla as Mocha shields him with a spear. Fire fails twice, one shot hits the beast, Mocha is wounded, the hunter is saved when the gorilla flees. They return to the ship for care and vow never to face such a creature again.
Professor I N Danforth argued Evolution could explain worlds and simple life but not humans. He outlined three views on human origin: creation, chance, or a synthesis, asserting a supernatural creator was needed to produce the cell and higher life.
A recipe describes lining small tin pans with snort paste crust, adding red currant jelly, a cheese cake filling, baking, then topping with merengue. After piping or dropping merengue into each, place a currant jelly center on seven portions, creating a fancy dish.
A New York Tribune critique of Froude's Cesar in which the assassination scene is described with vivid detail. The article notes the dramatic turning points, Brutus and Cassius, Antony's concealment, Cicero's presence, and the crowd's reaction. It also condemns the work's liberty with history and its bold but questioned parallels to Christ.
A new insect, the neen or niin, found in a Yucatan district near British Honduras, feeds on mango trees and produces a yellowish brown coccus with rich fatty oil. The oil is valued as a medicinal topical, paint additive, and potential latex substitute. Heat treatment yields a waxy mass usable as lacquer. burning forms a rubberlike cement suitable for waterproofing.
The cranberry adapts well to pots and tolerates neglect. Use muck and sand compost with shallow water contact, keep soil moist but not waterlogged, and allow capillary rise. Propagate from cuttings or bend and cover sprays with moist compost. Fruit ripens red and remains ornamental year round.
Instructions describe making small Charlotte russes by lining a white paper hoop with sponge cake strips two to two and a half inches high, inserting a cake bottom, pressing to the base, and filling with cream. Squares can be formed by joining four pieces and concealing the bottom.
The verse sketches laundresses awaiting the first white vest of summer. It hints at mating, celebration, and fatherhood as seasonal rites, capturing a rustic mood and communal anticipation.
The Senate and House advanced multiple measures including the Warner silver bill discharge motion, and bills on militia use, Sundry Civil appropriations, and a military academy funding. Debates over pensions and a Washington birthplace monument continued as adjournments followed votes.
Mrs Dr Keck, renowned for curing catarrh and consumption, relocates to a new Davenport residence at the northeast corner of Sixth and Brady streets. The John P Cook property, purchased for 12 000 dollars, will house her residence, office, and laboratory, enabling expanded patient care and ongoing devotion to public health. The article notes the mansion’s 40 rooms, brick construction, and enhancements planned after purchase.
Bennett reports a bill extending the grasshopper relief act to October 1 1880. Senate amendments to the appropriation bill referred. political contributions by employers discussed but no action taken. Senate amendments to the post route bill concurred. Ed Fontaine maps aid Mississippi River improvement. bill passed. Adjourned.
A Monroe county district court ruled two farm loan agreements usurious. The lenders must return amounts paid, with no interest or attorney fees, and cover court costs. If upheld by the Supreme Court, the foreign loan agency industry in Iowa could be eliminated.
An old advertisement urges sedentary people to use Dr Bull's Baltimore Pills to prevent constipation and its consequences. It promotes Weil, Richardson Co. butter color as superior based on color and purity for dairymen, claiming a golden yellow hue from Jersey cows.
A vintage ad touts sim po on for expeditions cures, kidney liver trouble and piles. It promotes Carboline a deodorized petroleum extract as the best toilet preparation with testimonials of wide use.
In a parlour conversation Mrs Brown and Mrs White compare mountain cures to city life. Mrs White credits Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as restoring her health after a spring illness. The piece also touts Seamon’s Dyes Carter’s Smartweed extract and Hop Bitters as tonics, with testimonials praising Tutt’s Pills for dyspepsia and biliousness.
An advertisement claims Colden's Liebig's Liquid Extract of Beef is a mild unirritating tonic suitable for chlorosis nervousness and vascular debility during the climacteric period of women. It lists Weaver & Marsh as retailers and C. H. Ward & Co. as wholesalers.
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