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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1900
Page
8
The tulip first described in 17th century Germany by Gesner rose to massive Dutch demand. In Haarlem prices peaked between 1630 and 1640, with bulbs traded for sums like 12,000 guilders. Some bulbs fetched extraordinary sums including a gilded coach and large food and goods exchanges. Authorities later banned tulip extravagance in 1673.
The anecdote recalls Sydney Smith’s sharp wit at a dinner where host Mr Kershaw vows to behave in church. Smith warns him not to smile or he will be known by name. In church the host smiles and Smith sneezes with a ker kerk shaw refrain. The scene appears in The Reminiscences of Half a Century.
The memoirs of Sir Edward Russell recount two anecdotes about John Bright. One shows him a rare drinker, advising Edward Miall to drink champagne to calm nerves. Bright usually quarrelled little with his wife, but on parenting disputes he would threaten to seek a knighthood from Mr. Gladstone, which his wife would avoid.
Jerome K. Jerome notes St. Petersburg’s nightlife with late theatergoers, music halls starting after midnight, and 4am Neva rides. He observes travelers preferring 5am trains to avoid early rising and to enjoy social visits after supper.
Dialogue notes Tommy sits up. Sister Clara points out Mr Tadwell’s feet are even. Tadwell acts, Tommy recalls Sister Clara’s remark about his best foot backward. Exchange ends with playful embarrassment and reassurance.
A New Orleans Picayune note describes Oberammergau as a quaint town dominated by the Lang family. The family is said to spearhead the play and run the inns and taverns, supervising traveler accommodation and town affairs.
A ruby heated briefly shifts to green then returns to its original color. The note describes a transient color change upon warming, indicating a temporary alteration in hue before restoration.
Poem reflects a weary yet devout speaker lying on the edge of the world. She contemplates God faith and love amid aging and poverty while contrasting earthly life with the infinite. The piece emphasizes a single divine bond and enduring love as sustaining forces.
A survey notes odd bridal gifts across social circles from rival authors to huntsmen. Critics mail scrapbooks, an artist receives self instruction sets, a hunter gets false limbs and glass eyes, an undertaker provides two coffins, and a brass cage arrives for an aging bridegroom. A scold’s bridle also appears as a gift amid a sharp tongued wife’s marriage.
Nikola Tesla argues in Century Magazine that life may exist without nourishment and that organized beings could derive energy from ambient media. He suggests crystals show formative life principles and contemplates unseen life forms possibly present nearby despite our inability to perceive them.
Optician's Latin puzzle resurfaces when Hiram, a college honors student in ancient languages, fails to translate a sign reading CONSULTUSABOUTYOUREYES. His sisteridh Keturah translates it as Consult us about your eyes, prompting Hiram to collapse at the linguistic irony.
In Sheffield England a passenger on a double deck electric tram was endangered when a rope from a passing single deck car tangled around his neck. He acted quickly seizing the rope with both hands and freeing himself, likely averting a fatal outcome.
A fragmentary dialogue questions authorship of a composition with Johnny claiming paternal help. The excerpt critiques depictions of troops in action as rare and staged, suggesting pictures are taken from distant or unsafe angles. It contrasts truth with outward images and references Milton to defend integrity.
The piece argues William Jennings Bryan is guided by Providence to save the republic, opposing imperialism and militarism. It claims property rights rely on respected human rights, supports limited standing armies, and envisions a republic secured by citizen strength and equal rights. It cites Bryan’s acceptance speech and warns against imperial usurpation.
Questioning whether the United States can pursue rapid expansion without entangling alliances without courting the downfall seen in other imperial powers. The text contrasts swift growth with consequences faced by peers.
The Syracuse Telegram argues that Imperialism promoted by the Republican candidate involves abandoning republican government and constitutional rule. It envisions a large costly standing army and colonial governance by satraps funded by centralized power, enriching officials at the expense of overtaxed citizens.
Philosophical assertion argues that men lack greater rights over liberty than over life, concluding slavery contradicts the law of nature and is inherently unjust. The line frames liberty and life as equal, challenging bondage as a natural order.
A Mississippi lumberman explains log jams as massive river blockades that form in moments from wedged logs. He recalls how jams grow, the deafening noise, and how breaking them hinges on finding a key log. He cites an old worker who could spot it by instinct, saying it came “kinder nachral.”
The Baltimore American lists the longest speaking roles in Shakespearean tragedy and comedy. Hamlet leads with 1 569 lines, followed by Richard III with 1 161 and Iago with 1 117. The piece notes major male and female parts and compares line counts across characters and plays.
A Pittsburg Dispatch New York letter notes romantics favor Grant’s Tomb porch on Riverside Drive to view the moonrise. The site’s height and river view create a poetical scene as moonlight touches the mausoleum’s columns, drawing crowds of young couples away from solitude.
In a San Francisco Wave report a philanthropic lady from Pacific Heights confronts a swearing boy during a tour. She shakes him and admonishes his language, insisting she has not heard such speech since birth. The boy, returning to his bleak home, retorts with a quip about her own birth.
A Chicago Post snippet quotes a man declaring his aim to make men happier and a woman asking why not women, reflecting social then contrasts.
The Jefferson county bar and nearby counties honor the late Judge H B Hendershott of Ottumwa with resolutions and tributes led by Judge Sloan. Hon D P Stubbs of Fairfield delivers a plain spoken memorial praising Hendershott as an honest, principled, and modest jurist with a lifelong commitment to merit over self-promotion.
A Davie City reader from April 1 1900 extols Grain-O from Genessee Pure Food Co Le Roy New York. The writer Lillie Sochor says coffee caused illness for her brother and Grain-O improved his health, becoming essential.
The New York Sun notes steel wool as a machine made substitute for sandpaper. It describes steel wool fibers curling like wool, sold in one pound packages, and available in varying coarseness for polishing wood and metal or abrading paint and varnish. It highlights ease on irregular surfaces and carved work, and contrasts with steel shavings used for stripping and smoothing.
A short aphorism from the Atchison Globe notes that a man lacking funds to buy food is not driven to gain fame by breaking fasting records. The remark highlights motive over spectacle in a simple social observation.
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