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Newspaper

Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1884

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Weekly Review of Notable 1890s Incidents

An 1890s styled summary reports deaths from May 4 to May 9 including Eugene Raymond in Peoria and General Norris Halsted in Newark. It notes arson in Teaneck Wisconsin and a fatal family shooting in Jeffersonville Indiana. Mob violence at Hatton Missouri followed by a murder near Nebraska City. British Army veteran Thomas Leonard found dead with Tokiu bank deposit. rewards offered. Medical Association session with a call for funding scientific research. Diplomatic tensions include Red Sea and Dardanelles issues, Ottoman and American consular clashes, and European debates on anti socialists in Germany. Italy considered exchanges with Gladstone on Egyptian policy.

Scott E. Smith Des Moines Reynolds Patterson Truro Madison County Osceola Eugene Raymond Peoria Ill Norris Halsted Newark N. J Princeton College Hatton Fulton Ham Patterson Julius Julius Patterson Ham Nebraska City Thomas Leonard Eighty-fourth Regiment Tokio Japan American Medical Association Washington George M. Sternburg U.S. A Congress National Board of Health Army Navy Mediterranean Tenedos Baldwin Wallace Constantinople Assam Pasha Porte Dardanelles America Paris Free Sea Russia

Cream Sponser Cake And Graham Gems Recipe Compare

Two egg batter with cream and sugar yields a light cake. Graham gems mix Graham flour baking powder shortening sugar salt and milk to a thin batter. some instructions add an egg. Preheat greased pans bake gems in fifteen minutes on a hot oven and finish on upper rack. Moral line about history of the world.

Friction Between France and Morocco Roils Diplomatic Ties

Morocco refuses to dismiss the Wazan governor at a French demand, prompting the immediate lowering of the French legation flag and a rupture in Franco Moroccan relations. Egypt notes mass refugee movements from Korosko and Khartoum with evacuation ongoing.

France Morocco Wazan Egypt Assouan Korosko Khartoum Nortley Nile Dongola

Senate bill bars aliens from real estate in territories

Summary of a Senate proposal by Mr. Plumb to block real estate purchases by aliens and by foreign corporations above 10 percent in the Territories and District of Columbia. Also notes railroad land exceptions, government grant bonds, and new Union Pacific directors. Includes reports from forestry, tariff, medical, and war department notes and related testimony and actions.

Senate Plumb Territories District of Columbia Colgate Hoyt New York Edmund L. Joy New Jersey H. L. Merriman Iowa Frank Colpetter Nebraska D. R. Anthony Kansas Union Pacific Railroad Company American Forestry Congress Washington Agricultural Building Loring G. W. Milner Illinois Edmund Is Montana Rel Callon Nelson Strait and Wakefield Minnesota Arnot Hutchins Miller Spriggs van Alstyne Wemple Pennsylvania Boyle Connolly Curtin Duncan Ellett Ermentrout Hopkins Mutchler Patton Post Randall Storm Ohio Converse Foran Geddes Jordan Lefevre Murray Paige Sney Warner Wilkins Farrell Fiedler McAdoo California Budd Glascock Summer Tully Maryland Findlay Finerty Connecticut Eaton Louisiana Hunt Virginia G. D. Wise West Virginia Snyder American Medical Association van Kline Association Haynes Jeannette Emma DeLong DeLong Bennett Secretary of War Fort Columbus New York Harbor United States Greely

Tariff debate and absorbing land bill in Congress

In Washington May 3 to May 9, 1885, the House debated the Morrison tariff and struck the enacting clause by 159 to 155. The session also covered the navy appropriation, foreign land absorption inquiries, and coastal shipping measures. The Senate pressed the shipping bill amid tariff reform clashes, with Morrison urging protection and critics predicting tariff chaos.

Washington Senate Potomac River HOUSE Cox New York Brown Pennsylvania Townsend Randall Kasson Europe United States Morrison Democratic Party Congress Iowa Wisconsin Michigan California Page Burrows Hazelton Hubbell Converse Yeas Adams Ill Anderson Arnot Atkinson Bayne Belford Bingham Bisbee Boutelle Bowen Boyle Brainerd Breitung Brewer N. Y N. J Browne Ind Brumm Budd Burleigh Calkins Campbell Cannon Chase Connolly Culvertson Cullen Cutcheon Davis Mass Dingley Duncan Dunham Eaton Beck Frye Daws Alaska Hawley Plumb Conger

Bank Failure Rocks Grant Ward Interests and Marine Bank

New York May 6 The Marine National Bank in New York is closed with J D Fish as president. The firm Grant Ward faces suspension amid rumors of a 500000 dollar defalcation and heavy losses. Grants Ward partners include General U S Grant James D Fish and Ferdinand Ward with stock and real estate ties. The clearing house plans to drop the Marine Bank though officials claim solvency and expect a resume in days.

New York Marine National Bank J. D. Fish Booth’s Marine Bank John D Fish Grant Alton & Terra Haute American Cable C.& Li Omaha Western Union Rochester & Pittsburg Chicago St. Louis Kiernan Wall Street Long Island City Associated Banks Clearing House Marine Association Camp Fish Elwell Grant & Ward United States Fisk General Grant Fisn Mystic Flats Thirty Ninth Street Broadway Ferdinand Wood Produce Exchange First National Bank A. 8. Grant, Jr Seventy-third Street S. M. Hamilton

Life expectancy table for ages in London insurance data

The table shows average life expectancy for ordinary men and women. It lists remaining years at various ages from one to eighty, noting occasional deviations for premature or unusually long lives. Readers can estimate how long their lives may extend based on age.

London Assurance Companies

Sound Doctrine on Nature’s laws and personal limits

The text argues that all people cannot break natural laws without a personal cost to body, mind, and morals. It cites Napoleon’s ambitious drive leading to early death, and notes that excess in food or drink shortens life, while strong constitutions may delay consequences. The piece stresses universal penalties beyond religious belief or life views.

Napoleon

How Mules Came into Fashion in Early America

The article credits George Washington with introducing mules to American farming, noting their hardiness and feed efficiency compared to horses. It mentions gifts from the King of Spain and the Marquis de Lafayette, naming two jacks and jennets sent to Mount Vernon and Malta respectively, and ends with a reflective aphorism on fate and wisdom.

George Washington Washington Mount Vernon Spain Jom Royal Stables Lafayette Malta

Titania carries crew of State of Florida after fatal collision

Farther Point May 7 report: the steamship State of Florida sank after a mid ocean collision with a bark. Of 167 aboard, 44 survived in boats, including one stewardess saved by James Bennett. Titania returns to Quebec with 24 Florida crew members aboard. 135 lives lost total.

Fanmer Point Quebec Titania Glasgow State of Florida New York Farther Point Austin Baldwin & Co State Steamship Company Rome Ashire James Steele James Bennett London Ont Jane McFarland James Bain Bennett Allen Asone Florida Ponema Chatham N. B Aelburn Theresa Christiana Louisa Cardiff James Allen Thompson

White rat mistaken for kitten delights police

Police Captain McDonnell spots a tame white creature on South Fifth avenue and catches it thinking a kitten. At the station it proves to be a perfectly white rat with pink eyes, later owned by a local storekeeper who explains how rats can be domesticated.

Charles McDonnell South Fifth Avenue Prince Street

Orange Sauce for Game and a Moral Note

Recipe instructions describe making a sauce from orange rind juice bacon onion wine and brown gravy to serve with game. The passage closes with a moral line praising Christian good will as the mother grace of all the graces.

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