Republicans claim decisive wins in several states
The Republican National Committee asserts large gains in Ohio Indiana and Illinois after recent elections. It cites a 22 000 lead in Ohio and a 7 000 lead in Indiana with a projected Senate and House majority. The notice warns Democrats to avoid a disputed Electoral Count and urges unity for Garfield and Arthur.
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Repub- National Committee
Republic
Ohio
Indiana
United States
National Committee
Garfield
Arthur
House of Representatives
Oregon
Vermont
Senate
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
Congress
Marshall Jewell
Republicans to avoid solid South advantage in campaigns
The New York Tribune asserts that Democrats face a changed political landscape as Republicans will not be forced to fight in the solid South in one or two northern states again.
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Democratic Party
Crator
Randolph
Switzerland
Lugano
Italy
Custom House
New York
N. Y. Tribune
H.S. Christopher
Chillicothe
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Advertisement Note
An old style ad fragment urges tired readers to try Carter’s Little Liver Pills for relief. It suggests that a man cannot endure everything and mentions a single dose per pill with the number 744-2.
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Carter
University restricts visits by female students
The President of Wooster University posts a notice restricting female students to one visit per week and banning any staying later than 9 o'clock, signaling disciplinary control on campus.
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the Wooster
U., University
Woman Fights Racer Snake Attack in New York Field
Mrs Rachel Dederick, wife of Cairo wagon-maker Frederick Dederick, was attacked by an eleven foot racer snake in a Green County blackberry field. The serpent strangled her until her husband arrived, crushed the snake’s head with his boot, and she recovered with a blue throat mark.
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Rachel Dederick
Frederick
Cairo
Green County
N. Y
Freedmen's rights debated at Beth-Eden Baptist service
The Rev Dr J Wheaton Smith spoke in Philadelphia at Beth Eden Baptist Church on freedmen rights. He described hardships after the war, reports of ostracism for Northern teachers and reformers, and urged action to protect voters and ensure justice and freedom.
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J. Wheaton Smith
Beth-Eden Baptist Church
Philadelphia
South
Savannah
New England
Nebraska theatre audience buys a dollar dog wager
In Lincoln John T. Raymond staged the trial scene in Colonel Sellers when two dogs fought in the center aisle. Raymond halted the show joking I will bet $1 on the white dog. A man in the audience accepted and the dollar crossed the footlights before acting resumed.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
John T. Raymond
Colonel Sellers
Raymond
Unsound Medical Claims In Early Health Advertisement
Fragmentary text warns that Day's Kidney Pills and similar remedies cannot cure diseases of the kidney or nervous system. The garbled excerpt suggests impose limits on treatment claims and emphasizes that no remedy can cure certain conditions.
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J. B. Simpson
J.B. Sempson Medicine CO
Main St
Buffalo
N.Y
PF. Ed. Waterman& Co
Athens
Health ads and notes on elections and goods
An array of promotional items and political notes from Detroit and Cleveland papers includes Dr EF Reasoner praising Rinehart's Worm Lozengers at 25 cents a box, and mentions Dr Lash selling it. The Cleveland Plain Dealer drops a $5000 Hancock bet claim after Ohio Indiana results.
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Jackson
Michigan
Rinehart
R. Lash
Ohio
Indiana
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hancock
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