23 Mar 1887
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1887
Page
1
The Tribune publishes weekly in Falfield Iowa with E McElroy as publisher. Subscription terms list prices for 17 months and annual rates. The notice warns that unpaid or changed subscriptions incur a rate increase to two dollars per year.
Sam Jones reportedly earned nineteen thousand dollars for one month in Boston. Thomas Dorr, once a renowned English marine artist, died recently in Whitby work house. Mme Kuki, wife of the Japanese minister, has learned English and is proud of it. A German statistician notes the average European marriage age is twenty six for women and twenty eight for men.
Copper prices fell from 60 to 75 cents per pound during the late war to about 11 cents now. The Montreal ice carnival reportedly brought 2 million dollars in American money to the city, while the entire event cost 150000 dollars.
A historic remark notes women are popular as clerks and copyists on Wall Street due to their better training and risk of not revealing critical information. The quote underscores gendered views on workplace roles in finance.
Charlotte Smith a noted reformer and president of the Woman's League is said to have written to President Cleveland requesting the secretaryship of the treasury.
Twenty one priests reside in the Buddhist cloister of Hane Thibet at an altitude of sixteen thousand feet, the highest inhabitable spot known.
New York Congressman Spriggs says President Cleveland will leave a letter with the national Democratic Committee before July 1 declining to seek re election. The remark frames a pledge on future candidacy.
The queen has signified approval of the design to erect a suitable monument over the grave of the Marquis of Montrose in St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh. Five thousand dollars has already been collected.
Roger Louis Stevenson, the fictionist, has been very ill but is now convalescing at his Bournemouth home. His frail constitution makes writing difficult, though he continues to work when barely able to hold a pen.
In New York and Brooklyn several Italian labor agencies profit from unskilled workers. They contract for labor at two dollars daily, pay laborers about one dollar and a quarter, and take a five pound daily fee per gang of twenty three men, allowing agents to coerce workers quickly.
A correspondent notes six overcoats in a Washington hotel evening gathering costing about 500 dollars total. The article adds that some overcoats exceed 1,000 dollars and one sealskin coat is so large it could rival three big ladies sacques, illustrating the era of luxury.
A St Nicholas tale recounts Thomas Bailey Aldrich applying a barber formula to an old trunk in the attic in a humorous attempt to cure baldness. He watches the trunk daily for results but gains none from the bottle’s use.
In Snow Hill a couple who had lived together for 27 years and parented 17 children finally wed after Maryland reduced the marriage license fee to 1. The groom had planned to marry when able and felt ready only after the fee cut was announced.
Closer estimates place the number of strikers at 39,250 with earnings lost from January 1 to February 10 totaling 1,405,000 dollars. An additional 38,000 idle workers due to coal shortages or other strikes would have earned 350,000 dollars, bringing total wage losses to 1,755,000 dollars.
Mr Gladstone declines commitment on disestablishment, saying Scotland is focused on urgent duties and that the people will determine the issue in a manner respected by the empire. He notes the question has not entered this election's concerns and his information does not alter his judgment.
Iowa items report Ottumwa stock pledged for a new starch mill site search. Guthrie Center creamery near April 1 start. Fort Madison bridge work begins with Santa Fe project. multiple rail and local incidents and civic actions across the state.
A devastating blaze in Buffalo destroyed the Richmond hotel and Bunnell's museum on Main and Eagle streets. An estimated 12 to 25 people died with many more injured as guests fled smoke filled stairwells. Flames began in the basement, razing the five stories by 6 am. diamonds and valuables were lost in the ruins. Names listed include Welson Purcell of R G Dun Co and hotel day clerk Martin Osborne among the dead or missing. total losses exceed 325,000 dollars.
A laborer William Stone killed Henry Madison at a railroad camp fourte en miles from Boerne after being denied money. Stone then shot two Mexican witnesses dead when they tried to arrest him. Authorities fear lynching if caught. A separate note mentions a volcano at Bank Russell in the same issue.
The committee on woman suffrage in the Connecticut Legislature favors reporting a bill allowing women to vote in school district elections. Other suffrage measures are not expected to pass.
Reports detail two Bulgarian regent zones with empowered commanders, fortifications in Tyrnova Varna and Bougas, and artillery boosts along coast defenses. Other items note Berlin diplomacy with DeLesseps, a nonwar claim from Germany, Mentone tremors, Irish police orders, Rasgrad revolts, and naval liaison assurances.
A Canadian report says Judge Schofield warned a new trial could delay execution until September at earliest. If the lower court verdict is affirmed, the date will be set in open court in the district involved, with execution unlikely before October. Judge Scott may join the decision upon returning from California.
A Dedham bound 7 car train derailed at Bussy Park bridge near Roslindale. The bridge failed due to rusted iron fingers, causing five cars to plunge 30 feet. 23 killed outright and many injured. Fire crews and police organized rescue as toll rose. list of victims released with many unidentified.
The steamer City of New York docked in San Francisco on March 14 after sails from Hong Kong dated Feb 8 and Yokohama dated Feb 22. A Hong Kong Chinese bank failed triggering a mob of native creditors to loot the bank. A Salvation Army unit reached Winnipeg en route to the Pacific coast to aid indigenous communities next summer. Papal diplomacy shifts as Cardinal Schiaffino’s appointment is dropped and Serafini Von Nutelli is expected to be named Secretary of State after Vatican pressure from Germany and Austria.
Demonstration crowds estimate 20 000 to 30 000 attended the funeral of Mrs Neebe wife of the condemned anarchist in Chicago. Services at Mueller hall included German and socialistic tributes and calls to defend Neebe’s children. The cortege formed with labor groups and banners and burial occurred at Graceland cemetery after remarks by Paul Grottkan.
The Melbourne Argus reports the Aultman Miller Buckeye folding binder won the Shepparton field trial on Dec. 14 1886 amid rough wheat crops and delays. Judges gave Buckeye top marks, Hornsby second, McCormick third as trials extended into late afternoon under farm conditions.
The passage surveys the ages of U.S. Treasury secretaries, noting that later appointees tended to be older while early secretaries were younger. It highlights figures such as Hamilton, Wolcott, Gallatin, Dexter, Manning, Gresham, Arthur, McCulloch, and Jefferson era events, including Dexter's resistance to leaving office and Gallatin's appointment.
The Tribune announces its job printing room can handle every description neatly and promptly at reasonable rates.
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