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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1898
Page
8
Park Benjamin in Independent praises Jacky for shifting from sailor to gunner and engine specialist. He argues the Navy must recruit clean, healthy, honest, young and intelligent men and continually educate them to advance, while condemning misfits who drift into maritime work.
The Boston Herald reports on naval and army gun crews, noting similar crew counts across British French German and American navies for 4 to 13 inch guns. It contrasts turreted naval guns with army field mounts, detailing crew sizes from 3 to 21 men and explaining turret protection and carriage effects on operation.
Egyptologist W. J. Spratley argues ancient Egyptian troops charged into battle to the cheer Hoo Ra Hoo Ra Hoo Ra. He explains the chant translates to the king the king the king in the Ramese tongue.
A Dry Goods Chronicle writer notes that a merchant’s success hinges on how often stock turns over yearly, not on the overall business size. The emphasis stresses efficient inventory management as the true measure of retail performance.
The Portland Oregonian argues for preserving Manila as a legitimate possession and commercial base to compete for Chinese trade, likening Hongkong’s role for Britain to Manila’s potential value for the United States in Asia.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Illinois andPennsylvania celebrating at G A R headquarters with battles over commander in chief and next year’s encampment site. Colonel James A Sexton of Chicago secured the top post while Philadelphia hosts the thirty third national encampment. Resolutions praise Secretary of War Alger and President for war leadership amid partisan strains as New York and Pennsylvania clash over outcomes. The convention adjourned sine die Friday afternoon.
Portland reports that Republicans swept Maine's statewide vote with Llewellyn Powers winning governor and Reed, Dingley, Burleigh, and Boutelle securing the four congressional seats. Early returns from 18 of 430 towns show Powers about 21 000 ahead. legislature favored Republicans but with Democratic gains in the lower house. The vote declined statewide, with notable drops for Speaker Reed and Dingley, who avoided speeches during the campaign.
Seven known dead in Sungays fire at Jerome Prescott Sept 13. Victims include a Mexican woman and her two children and an undertaker Wilford among others. Fifteen missing. Property loss estimates range from half to three fourths of a million dollars with insurance under fifty thousand. Over 200 businesses destroyed, heat so intense most goods unsalvageable. Trade to rebound as rebuilding contracts already begun.
At Penwell and Springside mines tensions rise as deputies guard sites and marchers parade nearby. German women Mrs Wallner and Mrs Jannach report insults by recently imported Black workers, one man drawing a revolver during an encounter at the Wallner home. The incident prompts widespread indignation among locals.
The September report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture lists average conditions on September 1. Corn 84.1 percent, wheat 86.7, oats 79, barley 79.2, rye 89.4, buckwheat 88.8, potatoes 77.7.
The ninth annual convention of the United Association of Journeymen Plumbers Steamfitters Gasfitters and Steamfitters Helpers meets in Cleveland. Also noted are heat deaths in New York, a Chicago tight rope accident, the McKinleys in Washington, a war death toll estimate, Montauk regiments reassigned, and a deadly fire at Madaloni Caseri Italy.
Orders issued for 1,700 Spanish prisoners on Seavey Island to prepare to leave for Spain Saturday on the City of Rome. The heat caused ten deaths in New York and five in Philadelphia. The Maltsters' association holds its first annual convention in Buffalo after forming in Chicago last July. The Paris Figaro reports a cabinet review of the Dreyfus case. President McKinley to visit Chicago October 18 and 19 after Omaha. Aguinaldo is said to be calling out natives in Manila for arms. Major John A. Logan is seriously ill with Cuban fever at his Ohio country residence.
W C T U officials urge Miss Leiter to allow water in the christening of the Illinois while she favors wine. A New York World dispatch notes a failed assassination plot against the czar. The Spanish cortes debates Washington protocol behind closed doors. The United Glass Manufacturers Association forms in Pittsburgh with 8 million dollars capital. The hop crop is short this season and may push prices higher. Edward Rauscher, ex Abendpost reporter, dies by suicide in a Chicago saloon. Homer Gerren of Conneaut shoots himself dead.
Governor Tanner appoints Rob ert J Slater as second lieutenant of Company M Fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteers. Curran Clark a young Dubois county lawyer dies after appendicitis operation. The sick soldiers of First Illinois in Boston hospitals recover strength.
A collection of brief notes reports political moves including the Twelfth Missouri district showing dominion by independent Republicans over Dr. D. W. Scott. Other items cover various appointments, sessions, and gifts across fields and nations.
The president ruled Mon tauk troops cannot participate in the New York City parade. Edna Wallace Hopper cleared 5 000 dollars on a New York stock deal. Chicago Sunday saw one death by own action six accidental deaths and a fatal stabbing. Reis Printing Omaha suffered a fire causing 65 000 dollars loss, fully insured. Terre Haute Indiana privat e distillery contracts awarded capacity 5000 bushels daily. Terre Haute unions form league to push union made goods. Dawson Klondike gold hunters to depart with scarce provisions for winter.
A poem by Martha Hartford from St Nicholas marvels at goldenrod fields as autumn royalty. The speaker describes sunny fields not in France and knights replaced by butterflies, banners, and ladies bestowing tokens in a vivid seasonal pageant.
The piece notes Cuban fear of rain linked to fever type illnesses, with similar beliefs across Central and South America. It cites Caracas drivers and visitors advised to avoid baths for ten days after arrival, then shifts to a streetcar anecdote about a trickster butcher in Germantown and a former meat market owner’s weight deception and later move to real estate.
In a Grand Rapids building a man and woman from different offices share a hallway. The man uses a Citizens line and asks to use it claiming citizenship. Later the woman asks to use a Bell instrument declaring she is a belle.
Commodore John A. Howell, recently promoted to rear admiral, invented a self propelling torpedo distinct from Whitehead designs. The key innovation lies in driving a heavy flywheel with an independent steam engine before launch, replacing compressed air propulsion. The Howell system, first patented in 1871, has seen extensive U.S. Navy use and improvements.
A puzzled father explains his infant's murmurs while an interested observer jokes about the mother carrying the code book. The scene unfolds with playful mystery and a hint of intra millyard chatter.
A Young officer dispute over the exact time leads Major Shafter to declare that in his command it is five minutes past 3. The tale illustrates military punctilio and the ultimate authority of the commanding officer.
The Cape Times notes that some Dutch Boers in remote Cape districts buy a coffin in advance and place it in the main sitting room as furniture or clothing storage. A farmer keeps a polished teak coffin with silver mounts for his own use as a nap couch, after burying three wives with simpler coffins.
A German correspondent shares a lengthy sentence from The Komische Volkszeitung, 607 words across 69 lines, noting a single four syllable word in a 450 word printing block frustrated printers who inserted a period. The amusing episode highlights long German legal phrasing and readers’ pleasure in readable sentences.
The article notes that poisonous alkaloids can form in ten animal products during decomposition and that salts may arise from can contents. It states improvements in canning reduce these hazards but stresses ongoing precaution when buying and using canned goods.
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