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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1901
Page
3
A Baltimore bar member recalls Teackle Wallis using sarcasm to humor a doctor who argued the testator was insane. Wallis teased that every man is insane on some subject, and declared the doctor insane on the subject of sanity, provoking laughter from jurors and spectators.
A garbled passage references Sweden rail freight for intoxicated persons and mentions Dickens Thackeray and a purchase of volumes by Joshua. The text blends literary names with stray phrases about brands and packages, lacking coherent news content or a clear event.
Patent medicine ad claims rapid cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises refund if not effective and bears E. W. Grove signature. Each box priced 25e in the ad copy.
Ex Representative Belknap of Chicago to be made major and paymaster in the regular army. Colonel Sanger sworn in as assistant secretary of war. McKinley signs appropriation bills totaling 318 777 620 sparking fear of illegality and possible extra session. Rural free delivery expanding. Oak Harbor Ohio cited amid daylight dynamiting in Fence's saloon Rose's meat market and Ficken's dry goods store nets under 100 dollars. Delia Mahoney pleads guilty in Regent insurance conspiracy. A negro lynched in Tiptonville Tennessee after jury disagreement. In Chicago Daniel Peters fires on child killing Charles Rincek over a chicken dispute. Walter L Wilson shoots and kills wife claiming accident.
A. E. Hoyt tops Chicago prohibitionists ticket for mayor as Republicans threaten and defeat congressional and senatorial bills in Springfield. Missouri passes World’s Fair funding. Denver nominates F E Wells for mayor and Eliza M Anderson for city clerk. Russia China tensions rise over Manchuria. Chaffee ordered home for Manila.
Reports describe US naval actions against Filipino insurgents and troop movements to sail on Meade and Pennsylvania ships. Hoaxes include Lord Kitchener amnesty for Boers and editor duels in Paris. Debates over British naval estimates and South Africa upheavals follow.
A 12 year old boy from Chicago admits stealing four thousand dollars from his father with his uncle and aunt implicated. Five other boys say Mrs Mary Filowski of 3246 Center Avenue Chicago taught them to steal. A mob’s actions in Texas followed a separate case.
Gaylord Blessing & Co. of St. Louis assigned. Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern railroad sold by J. W. Gates to Burlington system. Nelson Morris plans a 2,000,000 packing house in Honolulu. A receiver appointed for Ohio Debenture Co of Columbus upon stockholder F. Green's application. J. N. Falls Grocery Co. of Memphis assigns with liabilities 30,000 and assets 05,000. T. E. Knauss named receiver of Equitable Debenture Co. of Columbus. Michigan Central orders 2,000 standard boxcars from American Car Foundry. J. R. & Son Lumber dealers of Toledo fail. Colonial Salt Co. formed with 250,000 capital near Akron. Gavigan Parmelee Whitney of Cleveland passes to receiver.
A string of disaster reports from Providence Rhode Island to Brooklyn New York and Illinois describes dam bursts wrecking buildings drownings and deaths. Notable fatalities include Mrs Frank Hood of Wisconsin from a lamp explosion YP H Remillard San Francisco business leader killed by a fall from a fire escape and Mrs Mary Madden age 70 with others perishing in a Brooklyn fire. Train wrecks and workplace accidents claim several lives including Alderman James A Cherry of Denver and multiple railroad casualties. An ammonia steamer blast on the New York steamer injured many and delayed the vessel.
General Benjamin Harrison former president dies of pneumonia in Indianapolis. Eunice Cotton Loomis descendant of John Cotton dies in Spokane. W L Bateman census supervisor for 18th district dies in Litchfield. Frank E Corbett Montana House speaker dies in Butte. Rev Clement Lau St Francis Xavier cathedral dies in Green Bay Wis. Marriott Brdsius banking and currency committee chair dies of apoplexy. Major C H Blackburn Cincinnati criminal lawyer dies at Batavia. O Samuel J Reeves retired magnate dies in Canal Dover. Rev Elijah Kellogg author dies in Harpswell aged 88. Nelson Q Whitney Wisconsin railway engineering professor dies aged 43. George Hunt former Illinois attorney general dies. Patrick Donohoe editor Boston Pilot dies.
A series of fires destroyed large portions of towns in Tennessee Kentucky Indiana Missouri and Missouri’s St Louis area. Sparta Tennessee Cloverport Kentucky and Memphis Indiana areas suffered extensive damage leaving thousands homeless and without food or shelter. Anheuser Busch icehouse and Fisher Glue plant also burned causing losses around 100000 to 160000 dollars.
The article laments a shortage of capable workers as managers seek efficient clerks cashiers stenographers and trained staff. It notes hundreds of applicants for every vacancy yet many lack discipline or education and cost firms money through errors and wasted effort.
Archaeologist notes tartar on Neolithic skulls preserves embedded food traces. Weak acid dissolves tartar to reveal corn husk fibers hairs spiral vessels starch and other organic matter plus mineral grains. Findings suggest rough grinding of corn influenced dental wear and diet over 4,000 years ago per Chambers Journal.
An eye specialist criticizes cheap opera glasses as harmful and urges restraint. He notes many young theatergoers buy them, misperceive their value, and emphasizes that rear balcony seating often yields poorer lenses. He advocates avoiding opera glasses and preferring naked-eye viewing for a wider, clearer view.
A minister sees boys gathered before a ring with a small dog at center. When asked what they are doing, one boy says the biggest tells wins it. The minister recalls his childhood and jokes that he never told a lie, but a boy cries out to burn the dog, provoking a tense moment reported by the London Leader.
Advertising copy touts Benson's Porous Plaster as the best relief for coughs colds chest diseases rheumatism grip neuralgia kidney trouble and back pain. It claims wide endorsements 550 awards and prepayment of postage with 25 cent price per plaster from Seabury and Johnson Mfg. Chemists New York.
Des Moines March 15. Governor Shaw may call an extra session to fund the state university and agricultural college. Regents warn only a large new medical building justifies action. the $16,000 contingency fund would be wasted on a temporary structure. Dolliver's senate appointment stands until the legislature meets.
Judge Towner of Iowa Third Judicial District ruled against usurious loans and misapplied payments in cases involving the Interstate Building and Loan Association. The decision affects Bloomington and Creston stockholders and borrowers, with assignments by C. S. Spinney and a Des Moines auxiliary receivership. The ruling favored defendants in all three suits, reducing claimed charges and crediting payments toward loans.
In a Baldwin Locomotive Works piece, a foreman named Jim H. leads a carrying gang through molten metal danger. When a worker falls, the foreman leaps into the spill, pulls him out, and both survive with the boss’s steady leadership praised as noble amid grimy toil.
Grinnell Ia March 15 A misread medical term Cuban tieh for smallpox led Hartwick residents to battle the disease since January. The illness has spread nationwide and forced Brooklyn schools and churches to close.
Khinnell La March 1 The Lutheran college at Jewell Junction has been quarantined due to smallpox. Several students escaped before the quarantine was declared.
March 1 Dublin reports a clash as a Trinity College student crowd hurled sticks and stones at Timothy Charles Harrison during the lord mayoral procession. Police drove rioters into the college grounds and four arrests were made. The Mansion House banquet omitted the royal toast in favor of Ireland as a Nation.
Albert Bateman, manager of the Poster Linaber cotpany yard, was shot and killed at 8 30 pm during a store robbery by two desperadoes who escaped with 350 dollars after wounding one in the arm. Ponca and Perry officers pursue them.
A street scene on Broadway near Cortlandt Street ends when a black singer in a wagon belts out Old Black Joe. Crowds halt traffic, trucks form a barrier as pedestrians look for the source of the sound. A jeer from a newsboy sparks laughter and the singer moves on toward Chupreh Street.
The White House hosts a rare collection of bric-a-brac and art furniture, with many pieces gifts from kings and rulers and others unique to the mansion. Each item carries memories and associations, making the collection highly prized and unmatched elsewhere.
A man hints at a deep secret tied to a dollar he holds while his wife begs for details. He insists the memory is of a dark, scandalous nature and notes the secret is hard to keep, prompting a tense three-hour silence between them.
The Boston Transcript notes a waiter remarks that tipping yields no guaranteed benefit to a customer, though the refusal to tip may lead to trouble for the man who withholds payment.
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