28 May 1890
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1890
Page
1
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil quotes Sam Clark’s strong critique of the McKinley tariff bill and publishes a leading editorial arguing the measure worsens conditions and threatens the nation. The paper affirms its broad, fearless stance in current politics.
Iowa newspapers amplify Mr. Clark's dissent against the McKinley tariff. The piece argues Republicans like Henderson Dolliver Reed Kerr Lacey and Sweeney oppose schedules, while warnings rise that party unity may crumble without tariff reductions. It notes public sentiment reflected in press and congressmen alike and cites Kansas Rep Anderson's amendment on suspending duties for monopolies.
The Gate City discusses Republican and Democratic tariff stances, praising some Iowa congressmen while criticizing McKinley. It argues free trade and tariff cuts align with public sentiment, citing Mckinley and Allison, and notes Iowa’s manufacturers shifting toward free trade. It also cites St Paul stockyard sheep feeding experiments and calls for farmers to reevaluate livestock and corn shipping economics.
The May 22 council session with Mayor Hinkle and all trustees directed the cannery to stop solid waste in the sewer and ordered Chester House to drain into the city sewer. Sidewalks were to be rebuilt and a large sewer tile purchase deferred. The second ward hose house matter was deferred. I D Jones petition on subdivision was referred to the judiciary committee. The license for an opera house was to be investigated for possible remittance terms. Meeting adjourned for two weeks.
Thirteen girls and one boy delivered essays at the Presbyterian Church as part of the high school commencement led by Professor L Derby. Each student explored topics from Burns to Marathon and Marie Antoinette with mature diction, while a college quartet and prayers framed the event.
Public exercises mark Commencement week with events from May 29 to June 4. Prize contest for Preparatory School, literary society programs, graduations, sermons by the president and Rev De Witt, alumni banquet, trustees meeting, admissions exams, oratory contests, and commencements each day culminating in a senior class reception.
An old Fairfield Iowa era notice lists Castoria references alongside a crowded grain and live stock market summary. It records prices for corn, timothy seed, clover, rye, oats, hay, hogs and sheep plus regional fuel and produce notes. It closes with casualty estimates from Kentucky and surrounding states after a disaster, noting fatalities and property losses.
In Baltimore a hen owned by Mr Free at 0 Fours and a half street hatched a brood including a unique chick marked with the letters CORY on its top, described as part hen and part chicken. The hen, once modest, now proudly enshrines this exceptional offspring, after three weeks of incubation and successful hatching.
A Bullock County farmer built a log kitchen over a gopher hole in 1861. He left for war, returned to charred timbers, rebuilt, and his home retained a dirt floor. Last week his wife saw movement under the kitchen door, revealing the buried gopher asleep since 1832.
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