Inter State Commerce picks five commissioners and state race results
The Intelligencer notes party strength in the next House with Republicans 151, Democrats 169, Independents 3 and a vacancy. Massachusetts School Committee voting data. and announces five Inter State Commerce Commissioners with party split three Democrats two Republicans, plus Bill Nye’s critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Cooley
Michigan
William B. Morrison
Illinois
Augustus Schoonmaker
New York
Aldace F. Walker
Vermont
Walter L. Bragg
Alabama
Cooley and Walker
Manning explains cabinet split and return to politics
Secretary Manning, departing for Europe, says irreconcilable differences with President Cleveland led to his exit and notes a hoped return to good health and a place at the next Democratic nominating convention. He dodges a question on renomination and relations with the administration remain strained.
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Cleveland
Navy Department
John Roach
Europe
Manning
World
Democratic Party
Remembering the Civil War Soldier and Patriotism
An OsKaloosa Herald reprint urges veterans to recall hardships endured in rain and frost while resisting pension demands. It admonishes avoiding partisan views and stresses pride in serving as a private soldier in the Union Army under Abraham Lincoln, noting the value of duty over gain.
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Canada
Abe
The
Union
Oskaloosa
Doctor Praises Papillon Skin Cure in Chicago Note
Dr. C. P. Henry of Chicago says Papillon Clarke's extract of flax skin cure has cured 40 or 50 cases with no failures and offers it for sale by druggists or prepaid on order. L. M. Bosworth also markets the remedy.
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C. P. Henry
Chicago
Illinois
Clarke
Ee Parulaon Company
L. M. Bosworth
Haines
Golden Specific Co
Race St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Electric Bitters Sold On Testimony In Midwest Farm Ad
W D Sult of Bippus Indiana testifies Electric Bitters relieve rheumatism lasting ten years. Abraham Hare of Dregeist Ohio lauds the remedy after twenty years in the trade. Ad claims unanimous cure for liver kidney and blood diseases at L M Bosworth's Drug Store. plus a promotional Iowa land poem.
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W. D. Sult
Bippus
Ind
Abraham Hare
Dregeist
Bellville
Ohio
L. M. Bosworth
Travel Tip Promotes Chamberlain's Remedy for Bowel Issues
An ad urges travelers to carry Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy to prevent illness. It claims many travelers keep a bottle, noting lives saved and praising the preparation as safe, reliable, and pleasant, endorsed by Hi Westerman, a druggist.
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Chamberlain
Hi. Westerman
Pdruggist
March weather notes and a cough cure ad
A fragment urges against waiting for nature to cure colds and describes Dr. Bigelow's Coug Cure as a safe quick remedy. It promotes a fifty cent bottle for recent coughs and a dollar bottle for chronic or family use, sold by J. H. Pickett & Co.
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Dr. Bigelow
J. H. Pickett & Co
Sprague
Callon Westerman
H. Westerman
Shiloh
Congress stalls on fortifications amid port defense worries
Congress failed to pass fortification legislation alarming defense minded residents. The piece notes no immediate danger of a foreign assault but highlights concern over exposed cities and port security.
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Congress
Expensive Delay Warns Against Ill Methods
A brief warning notes that ineffective methods fail to expel disease causing humors and indigestion from the system. It praises Dr. Harter's as the reliable means to treat ailments including scrofula and headaches, contrasting with inferior remedies.
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Harter
Scott's Emulsion Endorsed For Children And Debility
An Iowa paper notes Dr W S Hoy of Point Pleasant West Virginia endorses Scott's Emulsion with hypophosphites for children with rickets marasmus and pulmonary troubles. It mentions other items including dancing class satire and a two day cure claim for rheumatism and neuralgia from Indiana Chemical Co. It also covers a tragic birth death in a local home and a weekly transfer list of real estate in Nevada Iowa.
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Scott
W.S. Hoy
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Indiana Chemical Co
Crawfordsville
Indiana
J. A. Frrematrnick
Nevada
Iowa
J.D. Laham
J. AH. Lounsberry
Sune
Anth Shaffer Et al
W. F. Swayze
Ae de Gesteall
Ss. McCoy
Delos Arnold
J.jondall
Sarah W. Joor
E. Bates
Mary D. Hampton Et al
Albert Jones
Block
Collins
Mary F. Belcher
Wm. Belcher
Ain
Coy
Mary
A. G. Armstrong
A. Bush
Armstrong
John Christian
Sam Christian
P. A. Hermanson
Story City
Milwaukee Land Co
Martha Johnson
Mil. L. Co
Huxley
Papillon Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Hon Wm Knowles
A testimonial from Hon. Wm Knowles of Rockville praises Papillon, Clarke's extract of flax, as a catarrh cure. The letter claims full relief and recommends the product sold by Reliable Druggists for $1.00, prepaid upon receipt of funds from the Papillon Company in Chicago, Illinois.
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Chicago
Wm. Knowles
Rockville
Indianapolis
Clarke
Papillon Company
L. M. Bosworth
Faith cure promoter falls ill after preaching to others
A traveling dealer of faith cure claims to heal hysterical women and hypochondriac men but becomes sick herself. She had many followers who taught the method locally, yet she called in a physician when fate struck. The Cedar Rapids Times notes the irony of cult-like cures being tested on others, not believers.
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Abe
London
Zollicoffer
Edwards
Bolton
Wildcat
Kent
Schepf
Kent Edwards
United States
Arizona
Peacock
Rachel
Joseph Pancake
Army of the Cumberland
Perryville
Joseph
Joe
Pancake
Rachel Bond
Cedar Rapids Times
Remarkable recovery and cures advertised for Dr King’s products
Excitement in Pales Texas over J E Corley’s recovery from near helplessness after taking Dr King’s New Discovery and New Life Pills. Advertisements urge trial bottles, tout weight gain, and relief from coughs bronchitis and lung issues. Also promote Shiloh’s cures for dyspepsia catarrh and pain with prices and guarantees.
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Pales
Texas
J. E. Corley
Dr. King
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Canton Disc Harrows, &c
Bingham 2 CO
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Queens
Louie M. Bosworth
Empire Mills
ST. Paul Mills
City Drug Store
H. Westerman & CO
the Intelligencer
Massachusetts
Bill Nye
Inter-Ocean
West
Inter Ocean Exchange Room
Conger
U.S. Naval Academy
E. H. Conger
Des Moines
Germany
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Prince of Wales
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National Tribune Publishing Co
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Don
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Hash
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Monger
Anamosa Journal
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Frank M. Thomas Post G. A. R
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U. S
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Wilson College
Ion
Maine
California
I. B. Frazer
Goble
WM. Allen
Frank Stearns
Main St
Maxwell's Ii
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Lown
Story County
District Court
Said
Jacob Enerson
Said County
Henry Wilson, Jr
State of
Knud Anderson
Enry Wilson
John H. Queal & Co
J. L. Bartlett
Boyd Building
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