29 Mar 1883
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1883
Page
1
A lyrical meditation on pines and eagles guarding a river valley. The speaker notes the trees vast reach and shared memory with the land, while a singer from boyhood returns in shade and dream. It imagines a poet destined to soar on eagle wings, keeping nation and legends alive.
A Georgia mail carrier named Bob Lovie becomes entangled with Annie Wesley’s Bible gift and an infidel tract. While riding toward Macon he is waylaid by a masked horseman. The encounter foreshadows danger and tests his beliefs, as his stubborn pride and new influences collide with peril on a lonely road.
A mail wagon robbery confrontation unfolds with Bob Lovie defending a bag of letters. He fights the highwayman, is shot, but survives when a Bible in his coat proves the bullet lodged there. A posse of hunters capture the robber as Bob recovers, later marrying Annie Wesley and settling near Madison.
A lively reminiscence at a Union depot lunch counter where six railroad men share coffee and vivid stories of fast runs, including a Jersey City to Philadelphia tale. The anecdote blends humor with tall railroad lore and reflects on famous sayings attributed to historical figures.
Old men offer too much counsel in this reflective piece. It recounts historical misjudgments by figures such as Washington, Morse, Ezra Cornell, Timothy Howe, Seward, Poe, Franklin, Vanderbilt, and Columbus, illustrating how age and opinion can mislead on large schemes and public works.
A reflective poem compares true love to ivy that clings through good times and storms. It describes ivy growing on a wall and eventually strengthening its grip as the wall ages. The verse repeats the theme that affection endures beyond seasons and rough weather, carrying a steady, unyielding devotion.
A grocery man confronts a boy over a forged silver mine stock scheme. The tale unfolds with a pious investor, church intrigues, and swindled parents watching as funds vanish. A prank distracts the father, ending with a cash for fat dogs sign outside the store.
An overview tracing the calendar origins from ancient Roman dies calend0, the moon’s crescent appearances, and the public proclamations by priests. It explains how month beginnings were defined by lunar cycles, and how calendars evolved to publish calling days for consistent date reckoning.
A London engineer argues that no combination of wings can lift a man. He compares human strength to a bird's and notes a man would need birdlike power for propulsion and control. He says current machines cannot match the muscles and leverage of birds, and even radical new power storage would not replicate living energy.
Pall Mall Gazette reports electric power entering transport with two eminent electricians claiming a storage battery of twelve horsepower in three cwt. They predict a practical electric tricycle within months, capable of fifteen to twenty miles per charge, climbing hills beyond the foot tricycle, and weighing about as much as a second rider. The motor would run seven miles per hour, never fatigue or injure itself, posing a potential danger to horses as a rival.
A lyric piece praises wild flowers at Encampment Hill honoring American soldiers buried there. Anemone, forget me not, daisies, columbine, and wild roses bloom above quiet mounds. The poem hails recurring springs of life and continuity from martyrs to future generations.
The article defines the slang term dude as a young social climber in New York theater circles, detailing its characteristics, behavior, and notorious examples. It then shifts to a practical advisory on housing, urging improved ventilation, cleaner rooms, and better construction practices to promote health in cottages and suburbs.
London sanitation expert Robert Rawlinson outlines essential housing rules from Letters and Papers on Sanitary Questions. Dry subsoil, proper drainage, elevated ground floors, and concrete basements with full ventilation are required. Exterior paving and guttered, vented house structures, plus cleanliness in pigsties and cesspools, are stressed to prevent damp, foul drains, rotten timber, and tainted wallpapers.
The Lime Kiln Club hosts Prof Holdback Rem ingon, a famed Ohio scientist, who extols science in a dialect laden speech. He argues science explains celestial motion, oceans, deserts, and daily comforts, while humor and cold spark audience reactions as officials assist an unsteady speaker.
A New York woman praises a man for his wealth and social standing, noting he belongs to three clubs, earns $50,000 annually, is divorced, and has hosted about 30 Germans this season, highlighting a boastful social panorama.
Salt Lake Tribune reports that polygamy, led by a Utah church faction, extends into Idaho along Snake River above Eagle Rock. A colony near Eagle Rock grows to over forty families with organized priesthood control while tensions rise with non Mormon settlers.
A humorous column uses pig imagery to lampoon manners and human foibles. The piece riffs on hog related phrases, poking fun at pretensions and slang while turning animal metaphors into social commentary.
A countryman buys a nickel of chestnuts then returns one nut hours later claiming it to be the only sound chestnut he found. He explains he is an honest man and did not want to take advantage. The piece ends with a moral on methods of wealth.
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