27 Nov 1879
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1879
Page
1
May 1 to date adds about 570 miles to Iowa rail lines and a flood of local items note city status for Centerville, a teachers association meeting in Independence, and a string of accidents, crimes, and civic actions across counties, including graft, theft, and a Baker monument committee.
Nuuda News touts Hop Bitters as a widely used tonic for general wellbeing. The copy notes its strong public presence and compares its effect to bone-set tea while acknowledging a less pleasant taste than whisky pals.
Dr. J. F. Hurst notes in Harper’s Magazine that in Philistia and Arab camps women grind grain at hand mills. Both workers hold the upper handle, weaving grain through the rider hole el rukkab. Men rarely grind there, slaves or captives often do, from king to maid.
In a reminiscence the writer recalls a bleak November when a bad Cold threatened health. The narrator credits Dr Bull's Cough Syrup with restoring wellness and notes full recovery. The piece emphasizes the medicine as timely and effective.
A consolidating summary notes fires and disasters from North America and Europe. Includes Wilming ton leather firm Merrill failed with 65 000 pounds liabilities, Greenport cream of tartar works fire, and a halt on other losses. Reports on sieges, steamboat wrecks, gas explosions, and legal changes, with political shifts in Spain Cuba and Ireland, plus railway and telegraph developments.
Reports list a Brownsburg woman declared insane after poisoning her child, a Passaic coroner's jury finding a Wyman case murder by the son with the wife as accessory, Chicago authorities blaming John O Neil for a young man’s murder, Newcastle whip sentences for larceny convicts, embezzlement charges against P K Barger of Scranton, New Orleans bank indictment of Edward C Palmer, a German body found with hands bound in New York, Baker Pasha assigned to Asia Minor reforms, parole refusal in Andrew Tracy murder case, and Mrs Buckmaster of Chicago dying after morphine use on November 1.
A Geneva dispatch reports a November meeting of Wald cotton operators calling on the Legislature to raise import duties on foreign fabrics to shield Swiss mills from ruin amid global competition and English flooding of cheap goods. A Constantinople correspondent notes renewed cordial England Turkey relations in official circles.
The Post reports denials that England sent an ultimatum to the Porte or ordered the Channel fleet to move. It notes Irish arrests as the main topic, calls for reform and local self government, and outlines demonstrations and arrests of Davitt Kellan Daly. It cites H ome Rule activity in London and several city organizations planning actions.
Gen Brisban, back from four years in Montana, praises the empire as richer in land and minerals than New York. He notes vast unoccupied farmland, extensive mineral belts, and thriving mines and mills. Crops are strong, Yellowstone park tourism rises, and new roads plus a Mammoth springs hotel improve access via Omaha Ogden route. He heads east on leave.
Two recollections of the unfortunate Prince Imperial from Harper's Magazine, recalling the 1366 opening of the Legislative Body and royal pageantry at the Louvre. The piece contrasts the young prince’s early prospects with Don Alfonso of Spain’s exile, noting fate beyond human foresight.
A humorous canvassing moment features a candidate speaking of seeking measures rather than men at a tailor’s shop. The quote reflects a satirical take on political campaigning with a moral tone about personal virtue.
In Belgravia and Cockney London debates about society journals flare as critics denounce pay-for- gossip. They urge true feminine influence rests on character, not mere beauty, while lamenting libel and public courts for Mrs Cornwallis West and Mrs Langtry.
The Three Graces Therese Cabarrus Josephine Beauharnais and Mme Recamier defined Parisian taste after Robespierre with semi classical dress and refined allure. Tallien set tunic fashion while Josephine and Recamier influenced costumes and adornments attracting suitors and admirers.
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