Democratic Platform Promises Exposed and Demands Change
The Democratic platform attacks Republican governance as corrupt and outdated, urging reform, defense of civil rights, tariff revision, and an American policy. It contrasts Democratic calls for economy, free education, civil service reform, and protection of labor with alleged GOP failures and corruption. The piece notes party leaders and cites past campaigns, urging support for new leadership.
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Democratic Party of the
United States
United Voice of the People
Republican Party
Congress
Ull
Aseas
House of Representatives
Tariff Commission
Democracy
Democratic Party
North
Central
South America
Jefferson
Louisiana
Florida
California
Alaska
Mississippi River
Republic
Interior States
Great Britain
Samuel J. Tilden
Endorsement of Cleveland by New York Times
The New York Times Republican edition endorses Grover Cleveland for president calling him the candidate who appeals to the people’s moral sense and contrasts him with James G. Blaine. It asserts Cleveland should be, and will be, the next president, urged by honest men.
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Gsey
Cleveland
New York
New York Times
Grover Cleveland
James G. Blaine
Times
Wealth figures cited for United States and Great Britain
The United States is reported to have wealth of 50 billion dollars, about 900 dollars per person, while Great Britain holds 10 billion dollars, about 1000 dollars per person. Forty republican newspapers that bolted Blaine show a combined circulation of 1,720,004.
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United States
Great Britain
Blaine
Grand Golden Drawing yields over half a million dollars
In New Orleans on June 17 General G. T. Benaregura and Jubal A. Early aided the Charity Hospital by hosting the 169th monthly Louisiana State Lottery drawing. Ticket 86440 won $150,000, Ticket 58770 won $50,000, and several others collected $20,000 to $5,000 in prizes. The 171st drawing is set for August 12 with $265,500 in potential winnings from $5 tickets.
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New Orleans
Usnsl
Gen'ls
G. T. Benaregura
Jubal A. Early
Charity Hospital
Kalvas
S. M. Rothschild
Church Street
New
M. A. Dauphin
Impecunious Statesmen and Curious Antiquities
A compendium of anecdotal notes on impecunious statesmen like Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, with later curios from memories of early America. It mentions a private $250 to $300 sale of a wooden Washington statue, palmetto fossil, Fanueil Hall funding by a nursery lottery, John Hancock’s lead ticket, a colored preacher in Georgia, and remarks on John Kelly and Joe Howard. It closes with a note that South Carolina holds only about 3,700 Colonels remaining from the Civil War era.
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Republic
Daniel Webster
Webster
Senate
Tom Corwin
Henry Clay
Congress
Beaton
George Washington
Old Battery Park
New York
Jaques
South Norwalk
Conn
Fanuell
Boston
South Carolina
Wells Health Renew er and Bachu paiba Cure Claims
An OCR fragment promotes Wells’ Health Renewer and Bachu paiba as cures for a wide range of ailments including nervous weakness indigestion sexual debility kidney and urinary issues and malaria. It quotes a user claim about a husband becoming “the man” after use and mentions a $1 price.
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Laurlea
Wells
Bachapaiba
Indy
America
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Lew Wallace
Constantinople
Namouna
James Gordon Bennett
Quinnebaug
Peale
Wallace
Capt. Semmes
New York World
Benjamin F. Butler
Chicago
Charleston
Baltimore
Butler
Nott
New Orleans Exposition
Mount Pleasant
8. C
John Steele
South ‘Carolina
Georgia
John Kelly
New York City
Powers
Joe Howard
Nce
Lee
Fred Lewis
Knights of the New Star
United States and Territories
Deasee
South Carsican
Hanns
P. D
Bor
Americus
W. J. Hudson & CO
Alabama
Alana
Birmingham
Ale
Eng
Baying & Amie Sn
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