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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1886
Page
3
The Republican Congressional convention for the Seventh District will be held in Des Moines on Tuesday August 24.
Each commencement season signals the removal of barriers that have long blocked women from higher education, reflecting gradual social progress.
Alexandria Louisiana endured a severe storm with rainfall lasting over fifty hours. An astounding twenty eight inches of water covered the area, marking a remarkable flood event.
The Albany 7 Times urges that Judge Fullerton be paid his fee in Confederate bonds if he argues in favor of redeeming the bonds. The note implies a preference for compensation in the same security under consideration.
Iowa senators and representatives in congress align on the oleomargarine question. The state values dairy industry interests and opposes lawmakers who back counterfeit butter manufacturers.
The article notes a proposed pension bill for a man who served as a substitute for a lawyer from Cleveland, Buffalo. It argues Congress should pass the bill though the president would likely veto it because the man was paid in advance for his services.
The text notes taxpayers eye the high cost of the Brown impeachment trial to the state and suggests Brown's alleged swindling of insurance companies has driven up expenses for the people.
The president sent fifteen veto messages on Monday, six to the Senate and nine to the House. Most vetoed bills concern pensions, with two exceptions approving government buildings at Sioux City and Zanesville, Ohio. The piece notes Cleveland’s frequent veto activity.
Of the 408 senators, members, and territorial delegates, 72 are Methodists, 63 Baptists, 41 Episcopalians, 37 Presbyterians, 36 Catholics, 15 Unitarians, 8 Lutherans, 10 Christians, and 2 Quakers, totaling 238 active with church ties. The remaining 125 never belonged or have drifted away from church associations.
In this Iowa column editors note a shift from issue driven campaigns to internecine battles among candidates. They contrast past conventions naming nominees with today’s harsher editorials and personal attacks, lamenting the resulting unhappiness.
The author condemns a Confederate monument as a reminder of slavery and dissenters argue it would spark distrust across the Union. The piece suggests such a tribute would show disunity and affect political control by those regretting the war.
An advertisement touts a salve guaranteed to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chilblains and skin eruptions including piles with money back if not satisfied. Price 25 cents per box. sold by Pickett & Co. at Palace Drug Store.
C T Hieumone writes from Fort Thompson near the Missouri to locate the site and describe the fort. He details the layout including the white picket enclosure, government buildings, a school complex, churchs, and Indian ration days with Tipis dotting the landscape. He notes the population mix and daily life at the fort and promises further letters.
W F Beyer of Garretsville Ohio praises Papillon Catarrh Cure as saving his wife from a long standing cough and throat ailment after other remedies failed. Ad promotes large bottles for one dollar sold by druggists. The Homestead editor dismisses famine fears from a dry June and urges farmers to adjust hay and pasture plans.
Papillion flax extract skin cure touted as a remedy discovered by accident after years of work in pulp vats. Claims show a century of demand with 1 052 000 bottles sold in two years at one dollar each.
Careful attention to diet is the best guard against disease. Overeating corrupts the blood and damages nerve force causing various ailments. Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic is advertised as a quick cure for these diseases, offered at fifty cents by J. H. Pickett & Co. An exchange urges farmers to plant enough strawberries and raspberries to feed the family, claiming better health and self esteem.
In Independence, L. M. Bosworth promotes Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption and chest ailments with a positive guarantee and a free trial bottle offer. A report on Mrs. C. C. Haskell’s use of the mind cure notes it as a natural law based approach distinct from faith healing.
Rome Georgia wholesale druggists Hoyt & Co claim two years of strong sales for Dr King’s New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. They cite several marked cures of consumption using a few bottles, with local customers reporting universal satisfaction. Sold by L Bosworth and others.
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