14 Sep 1887
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1887
Page
1
The Tribune advertises non typical job printing services and prompt execution at reasonable rates. It highlights furnished manuscripts or brief work and states work solved from any part of the state. Commercial stationery is offered as a speciality.
E. St. John, assistant general business, Chicago. E. A. Holbrook, general ticket and pass agent, Chicago.
Prices rise for lumber in Dubuque with hikes on common grades and bridge timbers. Davenport barn fire causes 6000 loss from lantern accident. Audubon reports deadly dispute between George Campbell and William Ditto over a marriage, Ditto missing after the attack. Ottumwa man found dead in a barrel after disputes with wife. Ottumwa and Creston rail worker mystery ends with wife’s death in a barrel. Meteorologist predicts multiple storms mid September affecting several states. Burlington saloonman Conrad Dreher commits suicide. Laura Chambers, Vinton girl, alleges being forced into vice in Omaha. New Chariton Methodist church dedicated at 16000 cost with local merchants involved. Hamburg merchant Taylors shoots self while pursuing burglar.
A World special from Pittsburg reports the Pennsylvania oil fields will idle in days as producers go bankrupt. Widespread shutdowns, sheriff sales, and job losses hit drillers and rig workers. The piece notes speculation, storage costs, and Standard Oil's pricing power hurting consumers.
Across the country reports include a Chicago piano firm failure with $29,000 in confessed judgments, a major fire at Maverick oil works with five dead, a near end to the Wisconsin Central switchmen strike, and political nominations in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Supreme Court. Local tragedies in Indiana and Ohio, a gas finding near Detroit, and railway accidents in Colorado and Kentucky add to a tumultuous week of disasters and developments.
The Journal Des Debats reports a proposal to appoint a commission to define the Suez Canal zone where fortifications and troop concentration are forbidden. Also notes a Canadian fire destroying Newburg business district, a Salvadoran revolution, moonlight raids in Ireland, and Cuban customs turmoil with Havana seizure and Madrid intervention.
The Iowa State Fair opens with record crowds and grand displays. The seven day event showcases cattle breeds from Iowa and neighboring states, strong dairy, poultry and machinery exhibits, and a Soldiers Day program. Rusting weather shifts, but attendance and judging remain vigorous as farms present arts, crafts, and livestock valued at hundreds of thousands.
In St. Louis on September 3, reports say a wage dispute at the gas works risks a strike around illumination time if not amicably settled.
Ten thousand attended a meeting at Ennis after police seized Ballycoree hill. A 2 pm procession with twelve bands, carrying MPs Sullivan Stanhope and O'Brien and priests, faced military orders to disperse within five minutes. The leaders defended legality and condemned land grabbing as forces dispersed the crowd.
Marsh T. Poll once treasurer of Tennessee robbed the treasury of several hundred thousand dollars. He fled, was arrested, returned to Nashville, sickened, died, and was buried in Bolivar. News says Mr. Gamble of Anneston, Alabama met Poll in Mexico City and learned he was active in business there.
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