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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1892
Page
8
A Romantic verse describes intimate fusion of lovers in a quiet cottage life. The speaker praises his partner’s welcome, simple duties, and steadfast love that sustains a once dry heart. It emphasizes unity between two people and shared contentment away from ambition.
A late night at a St. Paul club turns eerie as a sharp wind and sleet unsettles two old bachelors, Colonel Montfort and the narrator Kane. The narrator, already prone to nerves, feels a creeping dread and notes drastic changes in his appearance before turning in for the night.
A narrator recounts a sleepless, fear fueled night hearing a colonel in the next room and a chilling dream of pursuit through fire and snow. He awakens to the colonel dead, a knife at hand, and years of invalid life to follow, with the final revelation that the killer was his own friend and the colonel left everything to that man.
The St. Louis Republic notes odd naturalist theories including horse hairs becoming snakes and toads living for millennia in rock cavities. It discusses aims to explain creatures like the barnacle goose and the sora bird as products of unconventional origins.
The article notes William Gorman Wills left ten unacted plays. Ellen Terry wore a wig of her mother’s white hair for Henry VII with Irving. Greig and wife celebrate 25 years on stage. Christine Nilsson’s husband is named Spanish minister to Stockholm. Charles Jefferson manages ventures for Joseph Jefferson and future Rip Van Winkle tour. Eleanora Duse rises in Italy. Christine Nilsson’s sister, with a Swedish husband named Nils P. Heale, faces hardship in Milwaukee.
Margaret A Brennan Erie Universalist pastor gains popularity as her sermons are carried in Erie papers. Julia Ward Howe’s daughters Mrs Elliott and Mrs Florence Howe Hall show lecturing interest. Mabel Dunlevy Philadelphia graduate named to decorate palace car interiors in Wilmington. Elizabeth Marbury, unique foreign and American dramatic agents representative. Josephine Moody Luthe Colorado’s second woman lawyer admitted to bar and to practice in husband’s office.
Reports outline plans for a new Prussian throne room by Emperor William. Greece’s King George suffers smallpox, while the Princess of Wales’s brother is noted as a favorite. Empress Frederick gifts a portrait to Herr Liebermann on his golden wedding. The Japanese empress is praised for musical skill with the koto. Princess Marie Bonaparte’s marriage to an Italian lieutenant causes some rank questions. Humbert and Margherita send gifts. Prince Henry of Orleans departs for an Asia expedition to Laos and China with one servant.
A collection of curious facts notes Napoleon I died in a room now used as a stable. A Boston woman becomes an licensed undertaker. The world press claims 87 000 newspapers. Best walking pace is 75 steps a minute. Connecticut residents reportedly receive more patent grants than other states. The Church of England’s income nears 1 000 000 dollars weekly. England’s police tally includes 39 000 officers with 15 270 in London. Russia supplies top isinglass from the Caspian giant sturgeon. Eskimos described as bright yet dirty due to extreme cold. Paris’s Church of the Sacred Heart has spent over 24 000 000 francs, with 5 000 000 more needed to finish.
A weary speaker in mid tale declares the unluckiest man alive, recounting a string of doomed chances from a Friday thirteenth birth to failed marriages. The story unfolds through frustrated exchanges with a sympathetic listener as love and luck collide.
Two American visitors hire a boatman in Ireland to sail. They mock Pat with astrology and theology jokes, and both fail to swim. Pat finally quips that since they know nothing of schmology they have lost their lives as well.
A man seeks advice after his silk hat leads a father to doubt his respectability. The performer suggests inviting the father to his home to prove his manners and sincerity, aiming to correct the impression and win approval.
In a crowded railway car a sick passenger asks for space while others refuse. A second passenger identifies the illness as trichinosis causing tension on the car. The brief exchange appears in the New York Sun.
In a brisk exchange the editor instructs to seek details from the X Y Z road superintendent rather than the A B C road. The brief quip emphasizes newsroom caution and cross-railroad inquiry.
Mrs Langtry tours Algeria. Theater Francais profits total about 75000 dollars. Minnie Hauk reportedly in Madrid with Carmen studies underway. Edwin Booth reports improved health and spirits. Pauline Hall to stage a new opera at Tremont Boston June 15 in a boy part. Edmond Missa finishes Cymbeline opera score. Mme Janauschek goes to Florida for health. her company disbanded and dates canceled. Hood's sarsaparilla and Hood's pills advertised with health claims.
A poem excerpt from the Chicago Tribune depicts a scene at eleven o clock where a young man hesitates his departure. Mary Jane and her beau stand in the hall as the suitor lingers repeatedly with nervousness and hesitation.
Metropolitan papers report Dr Franklin Miles a leading Indiana nervous and heart disease specialist who claims left side sleeplessness stems from heart disease. He cites thousands of cases and promotes New Heart Cure sold at Bradshaw and Thoma's with many testimonials. An unrelated note mentions Bismarck's pistol practice at Friedrichsruh and his dog-band.
An advertisement touts Cubed Cough Cure as a quick remedy for hacking coughs and sleepless nights. It claims relief within one minute, cautions it is not a consumption cure but offers preventive benefits, and cites testimonials while urging a trial. Bradshaw and Thoma vend the product.
An 1890 ad promotes a multipurpose salve claiming cures for cuts bruises sores and more with a 25 cent price and money back guarantee. It also touts a magnetic stone in Texas that supposedly attracts metal from distance and supports a testimonial from Mrs. B. F. Walterhus in Marion Ohio along with Clarke's drug store as a seller.
A strange mineral found in Montana looks like iron ore but bursts into flame when exposed to air. An old ad promotes ENGLISH Spavin Liniment as a horse blemish cure and claims dramatic feats from a Missouri farmer’s daughter who can read letters through sealed pages.
Mrs L R Parton of Rockford Illinois writes that DeWitts Sarsaparilla is a cure for impure blood and general debility. A San Francisco millionaire’s little daughter was baptized with Jordan water brought in a basin of hammered gold.
Sleepless nights caused by a terrible cough prompt promotion of Shiloh's Cure as a remedy sold by Bradshaw and Thoma.
The text notes quirky wedding customs in a Turkish setting with a dowry of about 1.70 and Thursday weddings, then shifts to ad copy praising bright people and Little Early Risers pills by Geo D Clarke. It presents a mix of cultural oddities and commercial pitches.
Promotes the remedy as fortifying the constitution and preventing spring illness. Claims it strengthens the system and may avert pneumonia, endorsing iodide of potash use when dissolved in Bull’s Sarsaparilla. Includes testimonials and wholesale/agent addresses in Cincinnati and Fairfield.
Advertising notice for Dr Bull’s worm remedy promising complete removal of worms in children or adults. Claims to improve health, appetite and digestion, with price two cents. Sold by John D. Park & Sons Co. with agents Bradshaw & Thoma in Fairfield. Cincinnati address given.
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