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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1900
Page
5
A playful poem where a potato woos an onion with fruitless promises. The squash, beet, pumpkin, and cantaloupe mingle in a citrusy pun melodrama while the tuber declares love and pursues the onion. The scene ends with a cheeky, risqué tease and a wink to culinary harvest.
A young man who shipped as a deck hand on a cattle steamer to Europe recounts washing dishes, facing endless piles of plates for six meals daily. He describes waking at 4:30 am, meeting the pantryman known as Pants, and enduring relentless dishwashing while many passengers used multiple plates per meal.
A literary anecdote mocks Lord P s jokes about Malta and Gibraltar in Albert Gate while a Chicago Post note predicts the U S population center shifting toward Indiana near Vincennes and a wealth center around Sandusky Ohio amid ten year gains in several southern and western states.
A Forest and Stream writer claims criminal tendencies appear in all animals to varying degrees and lists 18 offenses attributed to birds beasts or reptiles. The indictment includes polder parricide fratricide death by own action theft kidnapping highway robbery polygamy and drunkenness.
The text argues that aging enhances the ability to enjoy nobler happiness as a person remains good and healthy. It suggests that sentiments and thoughts distort when entering certain minds, likening it to sticks bending in water. The overall message elevates mature, steady perception as capacity grows with age.
A Chicago News item notes a woman who asks how many years pass from age 30 to 31. The brief reflects curiosity about timemath rather than a broader event.
A Philadelphia Times report recounts dream guided detections of crime from St Louis to Gravesend. Mary Thornton’s dream led to George Ray’s confession in a murder case, while another woman’s vision pinpointed a peddler in Gravesend. A Rennes clerary tale and a Boston forgery plot follow, all framed as proof that truth exceeds fiction and may hint at telepathy.
A young man crossing a long high trestle over the Grand River near Painesville faced a fast approaching Nickel Plate train. He steadied himself by gripping a brace as the locomotive thundered past, then climbed back to safety with bleeding fingers and a shaken, exhausted frame.
Joe McCormick of International Pulp recounts visiting a Connecticut paper mill that appeared to run itself with no workers visible. A hayfield worker explains the mill is owned and operated by him, starting at 6 am and running until 6 pm, producing half a ton of paper while he tends to hay.
The passage traces Roxane’s modern tipo of conversation back to the Rambouillet era, noting how salon talk shaped intellectual meals. It cites Mme Campan who guided dinner topics by guest count, ranging from voyages and literature to politics, philosophy, or personal ego, illustrating evolving female discourse.
The London Daily Mail speculates that an aerial machine traveling westward at up to 1000 mph could freeze time for a Londoner starting at 10 a.m. A 1000 mph westward trip would make day turn to night in reverse, creating six hour days and nights. Quips from the Indianapolis Journal and Chicago Record follow.
Advertises money lending at reasonable rates for short or long terms secured by real estate or personal security. Offers safe banking conduct and acts as custodian of wills and valuable papers without charge. Notes interest on deposits for six months and emphasizes liberal business practices.
Officers listed include J. Kr. Roth as president E. A. Howard as vice president J. S. McAemey as second vice president John Davies as cashier and C Hague as assistant cashier with roles shown in the financial staff roster.
A fragmentary line lists individuals including J. E. Roth Jucksher KE A Howard Dillon Turney Lee T Gobble J 5 McKenney John Davies Sh W Lamson and Dr M Parrott as part of the readable text.
A long list of individuals including Roth James Louden Howard Higley Bradshaw McKenney Lamson Simmons Walker Clark Lamson Turney Davies Mowery Leghett Parrett Gobble Fordyce Ross Roth Roth Mary Kyle Annie Lamson Dillon Turney appears as guardians and parties in estate matters with multiple family and local names. The fragmentary OCR shows names followed by initials and surnames, indicating a public notice or probate handbill.
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