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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1898
Page
4
Louisville Courier Journal reports on brakemen injuries and deaths over three years on a busy Louisville entering railroad, noting two fatalities and 158 injuries mostly to brakemen, with early carelessness and later caution after six years. It cites automatic drawbars, standard drawbar heights, and safer loading practices as reducing hazards.
James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet, avoided heavy baggage by traveling with a grip. He joked that travel fear spurred him to clutch his bag all day and night, guarding against loss in case a railway wreck left a mysterious limb with no ID.
A Manhattan drawing teacher recalls a pupil named Tommy who pretended to drive off a runaway dog from his drawing tablet. The class watched as he claimed a greyhound fled, then confessed the trick only after the teacher exposed the spotless page.
Non irritating nasal catarrh remedy Ely's Cream Balm provides quick action and safe, thorough absorption for inflamed membranes. Also promotes cleansing and restoration of taste and smell with direct nasal application. Cascarets Candy Cathartic advertised as a gentle, effective laxative for kidneys liver bowels and colds.
A Republican senator from Ohio endorses Peruna as an effective remedy for catarrh. The ad extols catarrh as a widespread condition affecting all ranks and body parts from head to pelvis. It urges readers to request Dr Hartman’s free book on chronic catarrh and related ailments from the Columbus company.
The piece argues against phonetic spelling changes and supports relying on printed word recognition. It notes irregularities like cough and plough being practical despite theoretical mismatch and suggests modest simplifications such as program and jewelry over programme and jewellery. English is likened to a wild garden needing trimming.
An Atlanta Constitution tale recounts a Black man fleeing guard dogs at a farmhouse. He climbed a swamp tree and hid for two days and nights while dogs stood guard. He survived by eating a possum perched in the same tree, claiming the creature shared his fear of the hounds.
A servant girl named Mary selects the armless Venus of Milo as her favorite artwork in the parlor. When asked why she prefers it, Mary quips that it is the easiest to boost, reflecting a humorous remark in Harlem Life.
Emphatic pitch by T A Slocum M D of 98 Pine Street New York offering three free bottles of his New Scientific Treatment for consumption and bronchial diseases to readers of THE TRIBUNE Fairfield Iowa. He cites thousands cured and asks sufferers to write with address for shipment and asks to mention the Fairfield Tribune.
A Vandalia shipmate recalls the Apia harbor hurricane that devastated the Samoa mission, detailing how the blast fractured Turley and haunted several sailors. The veteran describes sleepless nights, frayed nerves, and one man’s wild post trauma behavior in port and at sea.
In a historic account from Impressions of Africa, a king sat on a single old tree to administer justice by death. Indunas faced swift demise after witch doctor accusations or trumped up charges, with messengers guiding doomed men to their fate while women were strangled.
Chicago story of Miss Mabel Shields living with her mother at 4846 West Street who credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health after two years of decline. She describes nervous collapse headaches and weakness improving after five boxes and sworn affidavit by a Notary Public. Pills advertised as vegetable and blood purifying with wide remedial claims.
The piece portrays Yukon settlements with stores, native huts, barking dogs, and salmon hung to dry. It notes children and women at markets, and mission influence, questioning the future of Indigenous communities along the river. The cache is described as a universal Alaska feature suitable for the coat of arms.
The New York Ledger notes that less than a billionth part of the sun's rays reach Earth and warns against concentrated solar heat. It estimates polar ice would melt rapidly if fully exposed and claims the sun emits vast energy per square foot, with a finite lifespan of many millions of years ahead.
Paris hosts 17 000 horse chestnuts and 26 000 buttonwoods that bloom twice annually. Trees shed leaves in late July after dieback from a light fungus, then regrow leaves and flowers as frost approaches. Scientists spent years explaining the phenomenon.
A Strand Magazine anecdote about a Manchester man deemed the plainest in England. A child whispers that the guest’s mother must have loved children very much because she brought him up, noting the humorous contrast in appearance and upbringing.
This notice highlights a local shop offering general machine and repair work with expertise in die work and the manufacture of gasoline and steam engines. It also notes specialized service for well drilling outfits.
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