Make Things Hum Local Speakers For Iowa Campaign
Iowa Republicans face speaker shortages as national support shifts outward. Chairman Weaver urges every county and precinct worker to mobilize local talent for meetings before election day, noting many active speakers are campaigning in other states and stressing the need to boost turnout with homegrown speakers. Local committees must deploy available speakers district by district to sustain Iowa’s vote.
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Ows
National Committee
Iowa
Weaver
Republican State Committee
Trowa
Daweon
Republican National Committee
Ohio
Wyoming
Aep Toswork
Farmers complain of buggy prices amid 1890s inflation
A farmer disputes a dealer over a buggy price, arguing that four years earlier a similar buggy cost 56, now 66, while wages and corn prices changed. The dealer offers a bundle trade including cash, plow, wagon, and corn, illustrating higher farm earnings from crops like corn while costs rose modestly. The piece links rising prices to Republican sound money policies and asserts Iowa Nebraska farmers support them.
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Des Moines
Nebraska
Iowa
Republican Party
I Owa
Cleveland Letter Reaffirms Currency Critique From 1895
Ex President Grover Cleveland writes to John J Green of Burgard's Bay recounting a 1895 Chicago business letter favoring stronger currency, warning wage earners against degenerated currency and price inflation harming the poor and workingman amid economic distress.
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Louisville
Kyy
Grover Cleveland
John 8. Green
Burgard's Bay
Tohn &. Green
Chicago
Grover
Cleveland
Washington
Chen Hs
Death of William L. Wilson at 70 in Lexington
William L. Wilson, president of Washington and Lee University and former postmaster general, died suddenly in Lexington at 0:20 a.m. from lung congestion. Born May 3, 184, in Jefferson County Va, he served in the Confederate army and later became a professor and politician. He chaired the Ways and Means Committee during tariff debates and authored the tariff bill known as his namesake. His funeral and the late postmaster general’s remains were interred in Edgehill cemetery, Charleston.
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Ion
William L. Wilson
Washington and Lee University
Wiliam Lyne Wilson
Jefferson County
Columbian College
University of Virginia
Charlestown
W. Va
University of West Virginia
House of Representatives
Yaet
Wilson B. Bissell
Charleston
Cleveland
Edgehill Cemetery
Famous Author Warner Dies in Hartford Hospital
Det. Charles Dudley Warner, renowned author and lecturer, died suddenly Saturday night in Hartford. He had recently suffered a stroke and paralysis but was improving, according to friends and colleagues. Warner, once prominent in literary circles, is remembered for his extensive writings and public lectures.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Warner
Roburt
Warher
Governor Krause Endorsement For Headache Capsules
A letter from J A Fletcher of Santa Clara South Dakota praises Krause Headache Capsules as a reliable cure for headaches. He claims druggists in Aberdeen Heath Britton promised quick access and intends to promote the remedy in Colorado mining regions. The note includes alleged endorsements and a Chicago address for related Hartwig's Lung Balsam claims.
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Aberdeen
Heath
Britton
Marstail County
Colorado
J. A. eFletcher
Slur
Gov
Sante Clara
S. Dak
Kald
Ehlers & Adams
Drugalets
Mary
Kilevee
Emerald Ave
Chicago
Hartwig
Kidney Trouble Remedy Ad Touts Dr Walter’s Compound
An 1900 Windsor Ontario testimonial claims Dr Walter’s Compound of Sav an Cures reversed kidney failure for 30 years and restored health after eight bottles. Also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a universal digestant aiding indigestion and stomach trouble across conditions. Both endorsements hail Ebbers Adams as distributors.
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Windsor
Ont
Jin
CO. D. Walter
B. Stoxux
Ehbjers & Adams
Beauty and Blood Cleanse Pills and Salve Ad
An old health ad promotes Cascarets for beauty and a clean body, promising improved skin with pimples boils blotches and a bilious complexion. It also touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for eczema skin diseases wounds and sores and claims a cure for piles. Counterfeits warned with insistence on obtaining the original product from Havel Silva Ehlers and Adame.
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Willewta
DeWin
Wiel
Havel Silva— Ehlers& Adame
New Discovery for Blood Poison Claims and Health Aids
An advertisement promotes a patent remedy by Warner’s Compound of Seven Cores for blood disorders and hereditary illnesses. It touts quick relief from throat and lung issues, urges quitting tobacco with a magnetic tonic, and offers a free booklet and sample. The pitch names Walter Kendrick of Chicago and markets through Eterling Ramedi Co.
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Warner
LeadingClay merchant’s winter injury heals with Balm
In 1897 James Reed of Clay County W Va injures his leg after striking a cake of loaf bran. The leg swells and hampers walking but doctors and liniments fail until Chamberlains Pain Balm is used. Within a week a near complete cure is reported and the limb is saved from amputation. Pain Balm praised for sprains and bruises. Rocky Mountain Tea and One Minute Cough Cure also advertised.
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James Reed
Clay
Clay County
W. Va
Ib Bat
Untiis
Chamberlain
Patna Balto
J’orgase
H. Miler
Excursion Tickets to St Louis and Other Notices
An old time newspaper fragment advertises excursion tickets to St Louis at one fare for the round trip with return by Oct. 8. It promotes travel via Igwa Central and lists dates and agents. The page also touts DeWynty's Little Barly Risers and Hartwig's Lung Balsam with endorsements from physicians and customers, plus details on homeseekers excursions by a railway company with multiple future dates and contact addresses.
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Igwa Central
Kala
Furmer
Batty
W A
Mareshaltawn
Trish Cigs
Myd& St
W- Martin
Emerald Avenue
Chicago
Hartwig
R. H. Miller
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