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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1888
Page
6
A writer visits Kummersolthal to learn the origin of its sorrowful name and uncovers a village mystery. The old editor and his family die of starvation amid debts, while the town collapses under pride and guilt. The tale ends with a moral funeral and a vow to spend wisely.
A verse homage from a city paper praising Marie as a snow white flower who defies fashion. The poem uses personified figures like Rose, Bobolink, Sunbeam to critique changing styles and the pressure of trends. Author Sarah Ward Temoule signs the piece.
Saratoga Letter describes Miss Julia Morosini as aloof from the gay world with six valuable horses kept in a private barn. She feeds them sugar from a handkerchief and is known for a Paris wardrobe and a pearl necklace with a diamond solitaire, all while maintaining a masculine economy of pocket money.
Robert Browning, recently recovering in the Austrian Tyrol, plans Venice as his base with sister and son’s family. He has purchased the Rez zonico palace facing the Grand Canal, famed for marble frontage arched windows and pillared balconies. Magnificent ceilings from the sixteenth century and statues attributed to Michael Angelo grace the grand staircase.
Miss Clara confesses love for another as she distresses Worchestershire. He acknowledges Ethel Simpson as a noble girl, while Clara implies her chosen rival shares his bad luck in love, in a Life magazine style dramatic exchange.
A woman’s rights advocate comments that the primary use of life insurance is to secure the wife’s benefit, noting how a husband’s life policy can support his spouse. The report references a Kei chant connected to a trawler context, highlighting social discussion.
A moral meditation linking Charlotte Corday's act against Marat to calls for humane progress. The piece contrasts revolutionary bloodshed with medicine reforms and praises Warner's Log Cabin remedies as proven, grandmotherly cures revived for modern healing.
A Kansas City item reports a novel betting scheme tied to the 1892 election with six new nine room houses valued near 35000 and a 40090 payoff depending on Cleveland or Harrison victory. The wager deposits 15000 and places a deed in escrow, yielding a 7 percent net income on a 49000 investment.
Sig. Victor Brocca surveys a proposed canal across Italy from Castro on the Tyrrhenian coast to Fano on the Adriatic. The 180 mile waterway would be 110 yards wide and 40 feet deep, requiring draining lakes Bolsena and Thrasimene at an estimated cost of £20,000,000.
James O Flood once a banana king reportedly lost 5 090 000 in a Nevada bank wheat deal yet remains worth about 15 000 000 and is dying at Heidelberg His will reportedly divides wealth among wife son and daughter the latter once Floods favorite held about 2 000 000 in real estate and bonds donated funds to help her father. A sagely licensed Jasper Georgia romance ends with one bride and another left. Miss Clam of Bad Man s Gulch married Mr Fritter and now prints Mrs Clam Fritter on her cards. The U S wheat and oats acreage totals and feather consumption are also noted.
A Boston tale centers on Isaac O Barnes famed for sharp tongue and a stingy wit. He questions a Puritan church fundraiser with a quip about following Jesus, revealing his blunt, irreverent humor.
The excerpt shows a colored servant speaking about Miss Nichols and her young mistress. D. C. S. contemplates while dusting and comments that the mistress would not be a mother to anyone if she were not her child. The tone reflects social roles and kinship ties in a domestic setting.
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