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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1898
Page
5
A Youth's Companion excerpt recalls a Sabbath beginning Saturday afternoon and ending Sunday night with eight hours of worship. The diary notes prayer, scripture, psalm, long sermon, and a baptismal close followed by a public confession and trial of sinners.
Sunday honors the sun god while Monday worships the moon. Tuesday is linked to Tieu or Tyw, war god. Wednesday to Woden Odin the wind god. Thursday venerates Thor the thunder god. Friday recalls Freya Friga the northern Venus. Saturday famed for Saturn the agriculture god or Satyr the forest god.
Elephants on Indian railways pay at the rate of 6 cents a mile. Baggage cars feature compartments for dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits and monkeys.
The Century article notes that fatalities among Pony Express riders were surprisingly few compared to station workers and that many rider deaths came from misidentification by immigrants. It recounts a Nebraska incident where a rider was shot, his bridled pony and mail later reaching destination.
Rural pupils mix geography with stereotypes as they describe a black man in India a foreigner in America and a slave from Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The piece notes vivid but erroneous notions shaped by missionary tales and circuses.
A Bradford Pennsylvania Era report quotes a glycerin operative who says most wells shooters believe in predestined death. He notes workers face daily risk yet avoid fatal blows through caution while admitting higher railroad death risk than glycerin handlers.
A Baltimore Jewish comment jokes about a girl described as a miss with a mission. The line mocks the idea that her goal is to seek a man with a mansion.
A Times of India essay catalogs two vulture species seen in Bombay, the Bengal vulture Gyps bengalensis and long billed vulture Gyps pallescens, noting nesting habits, wing patterns, and seven foot wingspans. It also describes the king vulture Otogyps calvus and Neophron ginginianus Pharaoh’s chicken, detailing plumage, behavior, nests, and March egg lays.
A Boston Transcript quoted doctor says deep breathing can quickly cure acute insomnia. Inhale max, hold until necessary, then exhale slowly to reduce brain hyperemia and wakefulness. Despite warm nights the method persistently relieves sleeplessness by freeing the brain and nerves.
A bishop recalls Bishop Whipple’s humorous Temple Magazine piece where an American speculator seeks native lands through a treaty. An old chief counters with pride in his gray hair but sharp mind. The piece continues with notes on gunpowder adoption by commoners before nobles.
A historical note discusses burdock Lappa major as a vile weed with potential as an ornament and food. It describes schoolboy use with the burdock bars, notes its use in China and Japan where stalks are boiled like asparagus and young leaves serve as spinach, and mentions deep soil needed for root development.
An English woman repeats a remark about a man having a swelled head. She encounters the wife who corrects the tale, noting the man is apparently well. The exchange highlights misinterpretation and rumor in social chat.
In a dated Chicago News snippet a man blurts out a personal remark about a mole on a woman's nose. The scene ends with them adjourning sine die that evening signaling an abrupt close.
In a New York Journal cartoon style exchange Casey calls himself an unlucky man while discussing a wreck. Clancy notes others killed receive higher sums and the speaker demands five hundred dollars for his broken arm.
The fragment claims the Duchess of Maine invented a ballet in Paria. No further dates or names are confirmed in the readable text.
The article notes widespread smoking in Korea with long brass pipes and reed stems, and describes accidents from pipes. It reports a reform era ban on long pipes for common people, shift to cigarettes, low prices for native cigarettes, and heavy use among the palace and upper classes despite a 20 percent import duty. It cites American manufacturers gaining market influence.
Spurgeon meets a rough stonemason who swears after every hammer strike. He asks if the man can also pray, offering 5 shillings to quit praying. The mason swears and pockets the coin, later repenting after Spurgeon’s gentle counsel and warning. The man returns with renewed faith and joins Spurgeon’s flock.
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