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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1888
Page
4
An elephant watching a painter at work seizes a brush during dinner and streaks a camel with red paint. The keeper notices, the painter returns to find the camel decked in crimson stripes, while the elephant reasserts calm interest.
The piece notes women increasingly go to theaters without male escorts, forming groups of three or more. It calls independence sensible, explains initial awkwardness from stares, and argues strength in numbers ensures comfort and safety for female patrons at opera or playhouses.
Albion Michigan December 20 1887 an agent of the Michigan Central Railroad at Augusta suffered Bright's disease for seven years despite medical opinions and treatments. After using Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup during a severe October attack he reports recovery and praises the remedy as the greatest medicine, signed E Larzilere agent M C RR.
Burdette argues women can excel as reporters equal to men yet face social constraints. She notes limits in handling country fairs and public settings, and the impracticalities of smoking, ribbing officials, or drinking while pursuing journalism. The tone is witty and cautionary.
Brooklyn March 4 tabernacle exercises report 12 new members added, 4150 communicants, vast attendance, and a sermon by Dr. Talmage on Christ as the cradle song and the everlasting hymn. The address extols Jesus as the center of worship and praises sung across heaven and earth.
A devotional passage echoes the ancient battle of Agincourt and Saintly praise. It urges readers to fall prostrate before the Savior, acknowledging divine interposition and giving all glory to God rather than to themselves.
A Denver writer profiles Dunk Blair, a wealthy settler between Meeker and the Utah line, famed for his long residence in the Rockies and his squaw wife, kin to Chepeta. Blair recounts rescuing a young squaw in 1869 after a horse fell, and his life among Colorow’s Utes, noting his role during a trap and his current ranching success.
New York collector George Van Duzer donated a Lincoln collar fragment to the Grand Lodge library. He witnessed the night at Ford's Theatre when Lord Dundreary joked about a draft just before the assassination, a moment followed by general national grief.
In Brussels a boarding house boarder Mrs De Berg was suspected of larceny. Police found her hiding in a narrow cistern opening and had to bind a rope to pull her out after she was trapped with her arms raised. The incident sparked calls for a smoke inspector for streetcar platforms. Also mentions rising sugar prices and early Florida strawberries.
A burglar entered a frail widow's Tucson home and, after upstairs contraband pursuit, was caught by a rope entanglement. Police found him dazed, claiming the widow attacked him, while he begged to be moved and treated for injuries. He swore he had faced beasts before but feared the widow. Detriot Free Press report.
The article extols tepid water year round and milk baths with strawberries for scent. It notes Bran in bath water softens and smooths skin, but emphasizes thorough daily friction with hands or a coarse towel after bathing to stimulate circulation and firm the flesh like Parian marble.
Salvation Oil promises relief from pain rheumatism neuralgia sore throat hoarseness and headache at 25 cents. The ad uses a rhyming couplet and endorses Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. A joke about a man rejected thirteen times before marriage and the superstition of fourteen being unlucky rounds out the snippet.
A collage of odds and ends wagers on social reform, fads, and health claims. It praises Moxie as a temperance aid while lampooning prohibitionists and discussing ailments. Ads note Dr Pierce's tonic, Brown's Troches, deafness cures, and a quip about a hen on alligator eggs.
A man recalls a comical dream of a pint sized fighter toppling large rivals in a ring, explaining it by using Pierce's tiny Purgative Pellets. The piece then shifts to a string of dramatic patent medicine claims for Scott's Emulsion and Dr Kline's Nervine Restorer, ending with a fashion note predicting Apple green as spring color and summer cholera.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a speedy self treatment to relieve dragging-down pains, weakness, and female ailments. It promises nerve toning effects and urges readers to consult druggists. Also promotes Laux's Asthma Powder and Rail Road Pain Cure with claims of pain relief and a land excursion.
A letter to the editor advertises a cure for consumption by T A Slocum M D of New York. It claims thousands cured and offers two free bottles to readers who send express and post office addresses. Also mentions a railroad cough cure at 25 cents and mocks those with chronic coughs.
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