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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1900
Page
4
The Fairfield Tribune lists subscription terms including one year in advance, six months, and three months pricing. It notes second class mail status at the Fairfield post office and carries the publication's motto about ink and thought.
The St Louis Republic reports Missouri schools observed Eugene Field Day praising the beloved poet for singing of home and childhood. Students celebrated with thought and speech, honoring Field’s gift to humanity and his deep sympathy for children.
A Chronicle letter questions Dr. Talmage on the servant girl issue asking why many prefer other work despite his favorable view of domestic service. It challenges statistics as insufficient to explain choices and notes clergy cannot easily resolve women’s club era concerns from the pulpit.
The text asserts Mansfield Ohio remains in anarchy with citizens mobbed and expelled, aided by local law officers. It argues this condition prevents rational discussion of granting citizenship to Porto Ricans or Filipinos and insists Mansfield must be brought back into the union before addressing broader issues.
The Philadelphia donor Mr. Wanamaker secretly funds a campaign to punish election fraud in the city. He favors clean governance though his motive appears tied to political interests of Hon. Plum Tree Quay and not Wanamaker himself.
The author argues that neither Germans nor any people can overturn supply and demand. He contends protectionist ideas are universal, believing tariffs can spur trade by pushing consumers toward higher priced markets rather than cheaper ones.
A critical tirade denounces the lawmakers who craft voting rules as jacks and pin-headed fools while pledging to continue sending such men to Des Moines to legislate. It argues any capable Republican should hold House or Senate seats regardless of knowledge.
In the final issue of his scandal sheet before the election George Ananias urges voters to elect Geo White as clerk. The piece portrays him as a political promoter driving a strong push in a charged campaign climate.
The heated Iowa campaign drew attention late as residents learned about the race only when asked to vote. The piece notes the surprise and engagement of local voters amid the busting political activity.
The Tribune is one day late this week to provide readers a fuller update on election results.
Fred Raymond presents The Missouri Girl a domestic play set in Southwest Missouri amid lead and zinc mining booms. New stage characters and natural comedy draw strong laughter with Ozark scenery from mining districts. Performance Wednesday November 14th.
A historical advert claims Electric Bitters cure malaria fevers and typhoid germs, citing explorers and a testimonial from W. A. Null of Webb Illinois. The ad promises a trial for 50 cents, with a guarantee and Geo. D. Clark as the local druggist.
Last Wednesday night on Halloween a full house attended the Grand to see What Happened to Jones a pure clean comedy by a company of artists. The performance drew praise for its humor and freshness and manager Thomas was congratulated for securing high class talent this season.
Mr. J. Ensing of Kalmazoo Michigan endorses Krause's Headache Capsules saying they cannot be recommended enough and are indispensable in his house. The product is sold by Bradshaw and Thoma druggists.
Advertises CASCARETS as a natural bowel remedy claimed to cure a wide range of ailments by restoring bowels. Promotes easy movements and a 10 cent starter price with warnings about imitations.
A Mississippi River anecdote recounts a Kentucky colonel visiting Briggs's Alabama summer hotel. Briggs showcases a crystal cold spring, promising a top resort. The colonel notes the spring must be filled in if the deal closes, revealing his plan to avoid keeping stock on the property.
The Rev. Cyrus T. Brady recounts preaching on missions and urging sacrifice. A congregant offered money for missions instead of buying his book, prompting Brady to lend her his copy. She notes the irony that she must still read the book, making the sacrifice paradoxical and humorous.
A Burmese messenger showed a simple device like a popgun used to ignite tinder by sudden air compression. A piston within a tube, waxed tinder loaded, and a sharp blow produced heat ignition. The inventor demonstrated the mechanism to explain heat from rapid compression.
A Cornhill writer recalls Canon Bingham joking about Wool and Wareham in Dorset. During a clergy drive to a meeting the meaning of the duo prompts the canon to say this is a sheep county and at Wool you wear the sheep and at Wareham you wear them.
Sophy questions Mr. Charles Fleetwood after an engagement reveal. Pauline denies sensitivity noting his pattern of rejections. Pauline faints during the conversation, as reported by London Fun.
Miss Cayenne asks Willie Wishington if he excelled in school. He replies he made more blunders than any boy in the class, as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
In a witty Harper's Bazar exchange, Ashington asks about a companion seen walking, Teller retorts that the man is not a friend but the speaker's brother-in-law, revealing domestic irony.
The Youth's Companion in Boston invites subscribers for 1901 with future issues in 1902 not yet printed. It highlights diverse writers including diplomats explorers sailors trappers and fighters and offers the Puritan Gyp Calendar 1901 in 12 colors. Free illustrated announcement and samples available to subscribers.
Local items report college students returning home to vote and strong attendance at a dancing school. Notices mention Miss Effie McMullen wedding to Thomas Coppock, a sick list recovery, drugstore remedy claims, club entertainments, and a real estate firm selling 872 acres in Jefferson and Appanoose counties. The Rock Island Route plans a line realignment affecting Pleasant Plain and Perlee depots.
A vintage advert urges husbands to cherish their wives and notes digestion as a source of irritability. It promotes Dr CaldWell’s Syrup Pepsin with a druggist guarantee by Geo D Clark.
The Youth's Companion marks its seventy-fifth year of continuous publication with a new 1901 volume. The paper aims to bring helpful and entertaining home reading to families, gaining friends with each reader. The publishers offer to send The Companion free for the remaining weeks of 1900 to interested readers.
Six doctors warned of fatal lung trouble for William H. Mullen of Lockland Ohio. He tried Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption and was cured after six bottles. It promises to cure throat chest and lung diseases including coughs colds influenza pneumonia bronchitis asthma hay fever croup and whooping cough. 50c and 1.00. Free trial bottles at Geo D Clark's drug store.
About 1,500 visitors attended the formal opening of Rinehart and Slagle's drug store in a Kansas country town. The store spans ninety feet by twenty six feet, features quarter sawed golden oak, and includes Dr Slagle’s office and a hospital on the upper floor. The Smith County Journal reports the store as the finest in the region with high praise from traveling salesmen.
A nondescript 1900s style testimonial from D. H Turner of Dempseytown Pa claims a nightly two week regimen by Dr Kings New Life Pills returns him to his teen years. The ad promotes the vegetable formula as a stomach liver and bowels remedy priced at 25 cents at Geo Clarke's drug store.
Last Thursday evening St Mary Catholic Church drew a crowded audience for the world famous Passion Play shown in living pictures by Edison’s Vitascop. For two hours men women and children watched with breathless interest the beautiful pictures, a sacred reminder of holy things and the life beyond the grave.
The two column item claims even flour is adulterated. A husband and wife dispute the issue and urge Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a remedy sold by all druggists or through Geo Clarke in The Tribune.
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