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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1888
Page
3
A World War era lyric extols Indiana heroism and loyalty to the Union. The chorus targets Grover and praises Ben of Indiana while denouncing Free Trade proposals. The call to rally under a starry banner frames a political-anthem mood amid wartime sentiment.
The text recalls Abraham Lincoln and later Republican leaders, salutes Philip H. Sheridan, and offers fraternal praise to Brazil while urging Home Rule for Ireland. It defends constitutional rights, pledges free ballots, and condemns suppression of the vote while urging election integrity and Republican economic policies. It opposes foreign contract labor and Chinese exclusion, seeking tariff and tax reforms to reduce surplus and protect domestic industry.
The Republican program supports immediate admission of South Dakota and other territories as states, condemns Democratic inaction, calls for reining in church influence in territories, favors gold and silver money, and urges naval rebuilding, fisheries protection, and civil service reform. It cites Monroe Doctrine and domestic growth as core aims.
The article criticizes irritating nasal treatments and cites Ely’s Dream Balm as a radical cure for catarrh. It mentions Goshen New York farmers discussing a water powered dynamo to provide nighttime farm lighting, a plan disliked by farm hands who fear 24 hour work during seeding and harvest.
The note promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a gentle effective remedy for constipation dyspepsia and liver issues. It also oddly mentions a well known city figure wearing colored tissue in his hat to prevent sunstroke with blue orange and green representing air clouds and earth.
A man laments awaiting a reply to a marriage proposal and quips he lives in a doubtful state. A new etiquette book urges fit guest selection, noting you should not invite a fat guest to a slim dinner. A skilled mechanic's one day wage in Astoria buys a barrel of flour, and the state’s political shift is noted as Republican.
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