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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1884
Page
1
Government has sold more than two hundred million dollars of public lands in eighty years while a Boston will valued at two hundred fifty thousand dollars to charitable institutions faces contest. The article notes varied topics from agriculture and horses to immigration and naturalization laws.
In downtown last night a man shot his wife and two children. John Simpers and William Sharper discuss the tragedy with moral questions and ironic humor. Simpers recovers from his stupor after three cocktails and a whisky.
Iowa news notes election of M. M. Ham as Regent at the State University. Cedar Rapids June 12 concert by the Thomas orchestra. Albert L. Wilson named Iowa commissioner to Pennsylvania. Des Moines church dedication cost 27000 dollars. Sigourney saloon keepers pledge to quit July 31. Cedar Rapids barber Ed Christy dies at 24. Davenport expands Cable stock to 200000. Elkport fire destroys warehouse and grain. Governor signs asylum expansion bill and pardons A. W. Doane. Promotions in state offices. Rosser sails for Panama. Storm Lake race meeting May 27 with 1300 purses. Iowa G A R events at Marshalltown and Washington notices. New incorporations and patents granted in state. Secret saloon meeting aims to resist prohibition. Insurance trends and Burlington focus on farm properties. Congressional petitions from Iowa groups. Grand encampment success with parade and ceremonies.
A long itemized notice lists multiple 1881 events: John Coyle hanged in Gettysburg for Emily Myers murder. fires at Fitchville and Carlisle cause heavy losses. deaths by suicide in Dayton and Baltimore. mining and banking news. misc. crimes from Indiana to Alabama. political and military notes on Khartoum and Mexico. European affairs include Gordon in Khartoum and China upheaval.
The Iowa Democratic State Convention met in Burlington on April 23 with J H Shields as temporary chair and JC Kelley as temporary secretary. Delegates and alternates were chosen for the Chicago national convention, including George Smith and John Wallbank in the first district and Judge Brannon in the second, amid heated debate over prohibition and party platform provisions.
Miss Greatheart questions Mr Badman about unseen scars after a dinner talk by papa reveals tensions at Mrs Thom son’s rosebud party. The exchange hints at a broader family dispute involving Mr Greatheart.
A Pall Mall Gazette note profiles Alice Akerman fourteen daughter of a laborer who has not missed a day since Langley School opened October 4 1875. It claims 3451 attendances totaling about 6000 miles walked with top marks in drawing freehand modeling literature domestic economy animal physiology physical geography and twenty six prizes for attendance and crafts.
A powerful quake struck eastern England at 9:30 today, rattling Ipswich Colchester and Chelmsford. A town hall and church spire collapsed in Colchester, a mansion shattered at Ipswich, deaths reported, and widespread damage with numerous injuries and disrupted streets across Essex and Suffolk.
Congress approves 77 million dollars to be distributed to states based on illiteracy among those over age ten using the last census. State allocations are listed, with Alabama receiving 5.201 million and Texas 3.8 million among many others, reflecting 6,239,958 illiterate adults nationwide in 1880.
In May Harper's Magazine a portrait emerges of the German Emperor's mornings in Berlin and work style. He rises around six to seven, dresses without loungewear, occupies a plain study, and personally handles communications. He uses paper economy, revises envelopes, and directs state affairs with a sharp personal hand.
A Philadelphia man on Chestnut Street jokes with a friend about a pug dog carried under his coat. He explains his wife plans a new spring suit to match the dog, and he heads to a dry goods store to buy half a yard more material.
Delegates from Missouri and neighboring states argued April 19 before the River and Harbor Committee for a one million dollar Missouri river improvement appropriation. Other actions include naval bill reports, patent law concerns, and the appointment of a Missouri River Commission.
A country boy teases his father about wealth and rolling stock comparing him to Jay Gould. The exchange ends with the boy declaring his father’s stock is in need of care as he is sent to water the stock.
A joker instructs workers to sign monkey drawings on slips. the next day a mayoral candidate sees his own autograph on a sketch posted publicly. A school girl’s quip to a Board of Education member prompts the exchange about laws and classifications of nations.
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