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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1892
Page
5
The article argues hard surfaced roads would cut farm costs dramatically. It cites 16,000,000 draft animals and a daily $4,000,000 feed bill, estimating savings of $254,000,000 the first year plus animal value. It notes 300 abandoned farms in New Jersey as context.
A New York Times excerpt argues farmers will invest in road upgrades if shown practical gains in dollars. It contrasts thrifty market towns with deteriorating outer areas and notes roads enable nearer markets, faster transport, and larger freight potential, likening common roads to rail lines in impact.
The Chicago Herald condemns current road work as a foolish farce driven by rustic labor and city-suppressing supervisors. It argues for state support of quality country roads, noting railroads cannot replace good wagon routes and urging nationwide adoption based on proven benefits.
A nervous farmer stops a night train by signaling a failing lantern as floodwaters threaten a bridge. He speaks haltingly about danger, but the bridge remains intact and the train departs as passengers recall his cautious act.
Poem urges perseverance through dark days and fading light. It contrasts weary labor with enduring duty and the quiet gifts of kindness patience and love. The speaker calls for steady work and hopeful acts toward others as a lifelong moral harvest.
A neatly dressed young woman brings papers to a busy New York Supreme Court bench on a Monday, gets approval in minutes, and departs before 2 3 o'clock as others wait. A New York Tribune note adds that seven Indian army companies have been recruited to Western regiments, expanding Native troops.
Mary and John clash at breakfast over corned beef as Mary defends economic meal planning. She insists the simple fare keeps costs down while John laments the lack of variety. The exchange highlights a businesslike approach to household management.
The article describes Swiss education as strict yet humane, with tutors supervising children from home to street and school. Rules printed for households prohibit delays between home and school and ban noisy or cruel behavior, teaching deportment along with reading writing and arithmetic.
Michael Barry of Durand long prepared his funeral arrangements including coffin and carriages. He lay sick awaiting death but improved and can now walk, willing to let the coffin go at a bargain.
A Black youth freshly released from Houston Va jail planned to feign insanity to disrupt the sheriff’s office. He carried out the plan and became a raving maniac, prompting recommitment to face a grand jury for a new charge.
The piece likens granting column space to giving a stick to a child and warns that contributors feel compelled to strike at others from their own desks. It argues about the impulse to publish harsh or destructive commentary.
A Michigan court ruled that a subscriber in arrears must pay the full overdue amount before discontinuing service. The publisher sued and won full damages plus costs, holding that notice to discontinue is not valid while payments are unpaid.
Alphonse Hemphling of Sumumitt township Butler county Penn reports his twelve year old son with twelve years of st Vitus dance lost speech but was cured after three bottles of Dr Miles Restorative Nervine and recovered speech. Chousanas testify to cures from nervous diseases dyspepsia nervous debility dullness and headache. Four doses cured Mrs W E Burns of South Bend Ind who suffered constant headache for three months. Trial battle and elegant book free at Bradshaw Thoma s.
A statewide check shows 185 swindling cases by traveling sharpers, with rural victims losing thousands, but only nine or ten involved subscribers or readers of the home county papers.
An advertisement claims regularity prevents living death from deranged female functions and touts Bradfield's Female Regulator as the only sure remedy sold by Geo. D. Clarke. It also notes a new telegraph line between Melbourne and Adelaide, 500 miles apart, with clear conversation and Adelaide clock chimes heard in Melbourne.
An assortment of 19th century medicine advertisements touts Dr Miles pills DeWitts Sarsaparilla Little Early Risers and Shilohs Cure. The notes reference public figures such as Senator Gordon and General Banks and mention locations like Fairfield Iowa and Lawrence County Missouri. The copy sells tonics tonics and tonics with prices ranging from 25 to 75 cents and samples offered.
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