22 Nov 1899
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1899
Page
1
Review notes a positive reception for The Fadettes Boston by Fairfield readers. Bertha Nebb violin and Mable Waite soprano receive praise. Final piece The American Republic draws strong audience acclaim.
Des Moines Leader reports the 1899 US corn yield at 25.2 bushels per acre, with total output about 2,063,000 bushels, Kansas first at 264,000,000. Iowa second at 240,000,000, and Nebraska third at 230,000,000. Declining rank blamed on belated spring and steady demand supports higher prices.
The Star of Hope is a Sing Sing fortnightly paper for inmates of the four State prisons. Nearly four thousand convicts may contribute. each signs his name and cell number. It covers religion literature art science and commerce and has a circulation of 4700 with no advertisements. One contributor writes this is his first writing attempt.
A collection of short tales and witticisms includes a judge remark about a footballer who loses teeth yet keeps his head, a Payn anecdote about an American duel ending with a dramatic misfire, a London theatre misadventure with a landlady, and street chatter about oversized women’s shoes overheard in a sleeping car. It closes with a Parkhurst Bible illustration and a Beecher-Ingersoll globe exchange.
Purports to purify blood and regulate kidneys in horses. Claims to cure scours worms coughs colds distemper pinkeye and heaves and to prevent brood mares from dropping foals early. Sold as a dollar box with money back if unsatisfactory at W A Warwick's Harness Shop Fairfield Iowa.
A new law passed by the Missouri Legislature, effective August 20, 1899, bans manufacturing or selling food preparations containing arsenic calomel bismuth ammonia or alum. Violators face at least a $100 misdemeanor fine, funds going to the county road fund. The act primarily targets alum baking powders and prohibits any food product containing unhealthful substances.
The Iowa Homestead along with Special Farmers Institute editions The Poultry Farmer and The Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal are offered with our paper for 1.50 for five publications a year. These titles are praised as premier farming reads and benefit local, county, and general news readers.
The San Francisco Chronicle argues that American heritage rests on language and literature from England but warns against claiming England as a mother country. It states the Anglo-Saxon strain is nearly extinct, replaced by a better mix, and urges leaders to acknowledge this shift and drop postcolonial humility.
An ad advocates Grain-O as a coffee substitute claiming it tones the stomach aids digestion and strengthens nerves. It contrasts Grain-O with coffee noting coffee harms digestion and the nervous system. Available in 15 and 25 cents per package.
The Chicago News recalls the death of Mme Aubernon in Paris and a dinner anecdote where Dumas fils, famed for a chilly manner, declined to share stories with a general saying everyone to his trade I was waiting for him to fire off a cannon.
After years of pain Mrs Luellan wife of Geo Luellen of Salina died at her home Tuesday morning November 7 aged fifty four. She leaves a husband and six children.
Marriage notices show entries for David W. Thompson and Edna C. Coop at Perlee on Oct 25 1899 officiated by Rev Chas Coop with Frank De Witt and Sarah Francis Ankrom present at Fairfield Navy. Additional entries list James H. Bowermaster and Maud Mason at Fairfield on Nov 8 1899 officiated by Rev W C Shepherd with H W Rider and Kate M Davies at Baker on Oct 11 1899 officiated by Rev A F Marsh.
Central Freight Association approved a January 1 rate increase impacting two thirds of freight varieties, about 15 percent higher on iron steel lumber sugar and many goods. Separate reports note wage gains for Chicago Burlington Quincy switchmen at Galesburg and Quincy following talks with Superintendent Rice.
The piece argues that advertising outside direct sales boosts shopper traffic. It contends cash buyers favor busy advertisers, who can offer lower prices by spreading advertising costs over higher volume, unlike stores that skip advertising and charge more.
An old advertisement promotes Bailey’s Dyspepsia Tablets for stomach distress with symptoms such as pain nausea and vomiting. It notes a 25 cent price postpaid samples available and lists Lakeside Medicine Co. Chicago and Bradshaw & Thoma as sellers. The ad includes W. J. Bailey’s signature on each package.
A Louisville Times blurb uses a jocular tale to illustrate language quirks and the edge of confession in romance. It notes a somnambulist suitor and a proffered Presbyterian defense as a humorous aside about propriety and belief.
City life affects birth mortality and family size as urban statistics show higher boy infant deaths under six months, larger families, more marriages and divorces. The Globe predicts fading foreign populations in cities, leaving predominantly American urban areas in twenty years.
The quotes describe a man in uniform who vanished from the crowd and returned to a hotel, then contrast his anonymity with soldiers at the front and a nurse tending yellow fever patients, labeling him not a hero in the public eye.
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Pain Killer as a guaranteed pure remedy that kills any pain instantly, for internal or external use, offered at 25 cents or 50 cents in drugstores.
A brief notice states two desirable vacant lots offered cheaply. It directs readers to contact E F Simmons or D G Higley for prescriptions correctly compounded, implying a general local business reference alongside the real estate note.
Fresh oysters offered at C. A. Woelhaf's as advertised by The Tribune subscription notice.
District Court docket lists multiple proceedings: estates of Grant, Lambert, N. J. Shekleton, Martha Sheckleton, Alpheous Layne, Magdalene Keller, Eleanor M. Charles, and others. guardianships for minors and unsound minds. probates for Baldesler and Booker. real estate sales orders for Fisher and Simmons. garnishment and attachments. divorces and partitions. quiet titles and foreclosures. and hearings set for November 25 and subsequent weeks.
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