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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1879
Page
2
A Boone County report notes John D. Gillest running for the Senatorial seat in the 3d District under the county ticket. The item confirms candidacy and affiliated local ticket details.
Readers inquire whether there has been any communication from Maine this year, noting that attention to the question has lessened since the previous year. The phrase reflects ongoing concern about updates or responses.
A political message accuses Defore and Graves of backing onerous terms and high interest, claiming voters risk heavy financial loss if they are elected. The statement frames the candidates as favoring punitive rates and widespread debt.
The piece argues the opposition plans to enter the next campaign aligned with the G B party and suggests the G B's will join Democrats in the fall election. Boone County is cited as an example of this political pattern.
The Chicago Times asserts New York and Ohio will follow Maine and California in overwhelming the Democratic party, claiming the paper’s view is correct regarding the national political trend.
The piece argues that the Independents’ honest aims and public anxiety threaten the party’s finances and constitution, signaling a rapid decline that will soon lay it aside among the weary.
A. J. Graves anticipates a role in Iowa's legislature through a party that endorses Proudhon’s view against interest on money. The speaker argues Graves would not accept or be nominated by a party holding that doctrine if he did not share it.
A critical excerpt from a Greenback party page denounces usury and cites John A Thompson’s letter. The author ridicules the doctrine as communism, notes opposition to interest on money, and contrasts Graves Wood and Lockridge with greenback beliefs linking loans to hanging for interest.
A former Story County resident, writing from Bowers Mills Missouri, warns Iowa farmers against moving southwest to Missouri. He notes soil is thin, wheat yields are strong in winter, cattle face Texas fever, and hog production is limited.
From Joplin papers: West Joplin Lead and Zinc Co ships hundreds of tons east via Gulf Railroad. They hold 800000 pounds of mineral beyond smelting capacity. White Lead Co recently shipped a carload to Lewis Bros Philadelphia for India rubber use.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent in Iowa critiques Gillette and Weaver pacts and figures. The piece quotes farm prices, calf values, and speech notes in Clark County and Mason City, with discussion of state debt, domes, and alleged mismanagement by Republicans plus local endorsements for Porter’s creamery coolers.
Rev George H Thayer a longtime local minister says he and his wife owe their lives to Shilohs Consumption Care. The product is selling rapidly at the store counters and claims to treat lung diseases effectively. Sold by Thomas and McLain with medical endorsements from Dre Match ett and France.
An 1879 public notice lists a patent medicine claim for Parker's Ginger Tonic and urges keeping it at home for moms and teething children while detailing it as a remedy for diarrhea dysentery cholera and other ailments. The document then shifts to highway location hearings in Story County Iowa and a governor proclamation for a general election with multiple district offices.
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