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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1888
Page
6
The Rev. Talmage preaches at Brooklyn Tabernacle on the folly of excess, using a giant with twenty four fingers and toes to extol ordinary hands and feet. He argues wealth and ambition harm the soul, urges charity, and celebrates common people and the gospel handshaking that unites neighbors.
A sermon-like meditation compares the hands and feet of Christ to human limbs devoted to service. It cites biblical phrases and historical figures, urging humble deeds over vanity and recalling the Christlike measure of charity.
The Cornell Magazine notes a powerful beggars guild in Cavla led by a council that regulates alms in churches mosques and streets. Friday is their begging day with communal bread and beans shared as non private property. Charity funds a feast on St John the Charitable day and daughters are dowered by the community. At Salonica Demetrius the president parades singing a lament of blindness.
Excerpt from the London Queen weighs on concealment and the need for silence. It argues people hide faults, fears, and opinions to preserve peace and social order, warning that open candor risks social upheaval and personal disaster.
A female teacher on an English stream uses a covered boat as a faith illustration. She asks if a leg of mutton in the boat proves belief without seeing it. Students answer that faith is a leg of mutton in a boat, reflecting on the lesson the next day.
A Chicago family at a Saratoga hotel names four children One Two Three and Four as a playful method by their father to let each child choose a new given name at age twelve. The eldest is ten, and the father notes the plan has brought satisfaction to the household.
The Lincoln Journal notes a quip about a son's career change from landscape artist to running a drag, highlighting a witty exchange and a claim of notable improvement in his status.
Burlington Free Press notes a brand new play titled Grandfather's Clock, described as fresh and original, set to be staged in New York next season.
A comic exchange over misheard shop terms leads to a pun laden banter between a customer and a druggist. The customer lobs quips while the druggist hesitates, until the jesting ends with the pharmacist suddenly collapsing from the effort.
A visitor tours a Rhine ruin with an old janitor who recounts a legendary hungry tower. He points to a skeletal relic of a man who sought the countess of Dracherefels and died in the tower from hunger and thirst. The janitor jokes about replacing the skeleton with a newer one.
A Russian woman celebrated her 140th birthday, living on potatoes and milk, remaining teetotal and buoyant without the aid of spectacles. The piece notes remarkable longevity in Russia and compares her age to Patriarch Isaac.
Warner Hart of a rural area north of Cumming went to the post office to buy 10 cents in stamps, claiming they were his first stamps at over seventy six years old. He says he has never received or written a letter and holds extensive property, with over a hundred notes totaling several hundred dollars, many of which are outdated and virtually worthless.
A veteran recalls an amusing wartime incident with a colored regiment. The night countersign meant to be Austerlitz, but the sentry and provost mistake turned it into Oyster shells, causing an arrest until the colonel intervened.
A note in Notes and Queries claims an old English statute made it a witchcraft offense to entice a male into marriage using rouge white paint cotton steel corsets crinoline or high heels with marriage voided. The passage suggests the law failed to ban these items and muses on the term witch as a lover’s endearment.
A Fifth Street bystander converses with a ten year old boy waiting on the curb. The boy says a woman is calling him but plans to delay going inside hoping she will forget. The tale frames a parallel to a toothache and a missed dentist appointment.
A lighthearted piece recalls a select 5 o clock tea where Bobby asks for tongue only to learn it’s unavailable. The column then catalogs quirky items from novelty pocket knives to silver brooches and notes on cultural tidbits from waltzes to statues, ending with promotions for Warner’s Log Cabin remedies.
The piece contrasts self made fortunes with sons raised in luxury, praising humble origins and Warner’s Log Cabin remedies for health. It recounts Peter Klein of Chicago winning a Louisiana Lottery prize and planning real estate expansion, suggesting a city boom if more prizes fall.
The Wabash Western Railway offers land excursion tickets at one fare for round trips to Jackson Tennessee Aberdeen Artesia Jackson Mississippi Citronelle Alabama Hammond Lake Charles Jennings Louisiana with 60 day validity and stopover privileges. Details available from W G Martin or L M Martin at Des Moines Iowa.
Harvest Excursion rates for Iowa farmers to visit Texas Arkansas and Kansas to see crops after favorable growing season. Tickets Oct 6 and 23 good for 30 days at one fare for round trip. Stop-overs allowed west of Missouri river. Information from W G Martin T P Agent and L M Martin Coms Agent Des Moines Iowa.
The first in a series of Harvest Excursions via Missouri Pacific Ry and the Iron Mountain Route departs Aligistothera on October 6 and 28. Tickets are one fare for a round trip with a 30 day return limit and ample stopover privileges. The Queen of Italy employs Chamberlain as her American dentist.
A landlord and steward discuss feeding practices with mock formalities about butter cheese tomatoes wax fruit and serving dishes. The piece humorously imagines a grandhouse routine as a servant leads a chicken through soup and a ham bone over china eggs. It notes gold cigar cutters with diamond tipped edges entering the market.
The Minneapolis and St. Louis ByAlbert Lea Route will sell round trip excursion tickets to Minnesota Dakota Nebraska Kansas Texas Mississippi Tennessee Indian Territory and Eastern Colorado at one fare for round trip. Tickets good 30 days from date of sale with stop over in sold territory. For fare maps and details contact any agent or E A Whitaker G T & P A Minneapolis Minn.
All persons with rheumatism neuralgia sore throat back pains sprains or bruises are urged to use Salvation Oil priced 35 cents. Also Dr Bull's Cough Syrup priced 25 cents promises quick relief from cough hoarseness and chest soreness. The Czar begins a two month tour of Southern Russia.
An ad extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the sole reliable remedy for women with a money back guarantee. It also notes Burlington Route harvest excursions on Oct 9 and 23 at half rates to farming regions. A diamond star pendant with turquoise accents is advertised as a handsome ornament.
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