Garfield supporters urged to rebuke Bookwalter in Ohio race
An Ohio editorial denounces John W. Bookwalter for defamatory remarks about James A. Garfield and urges Republicans to vote against Bookwalter in October. It argues prohibition must grow from public sentiment, not party machinery, and warns temperance reform cannot rely on political maneuvering.
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James A. Gar
John W. Pookwalter
Springfield
Sion
Republic
Ohio
Illinois
Jacksonville
James A. Garfield
Ludlow
Buckeye
Garfield
John W. Bookwalter
Bookwalter
Canvass Shows Republican Edge in House Sizing and Prohibition Rift
The piece analyzes legislative prospects with 105 seats in the next House. Republicans expected 45 solid and 23 doubtful, Democrats 87, leaving counties Hamilton Belmont Delaware Erie Madison Muskingum Knox Hardin Washington Stark Perry Williams as swing sites. Prohibition party fields against General J. S. Jones in Delaware and Freeman Thorp in Ashtabula, reflecting tensions between temperance advocates and their former legislative allies.
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Senate
Hamilton
Belmont
Delaware
Erie
Madison
Muskingum
Knox
Hardin
Washington
Stark
Perry
Williams
Hamilton County
House
J. S. Jones
Delaware County
Ashtabula County
Freeman Thorp
Loveland
Thorp
Bookwalter’s mixer plan shocks respectable readers
A New York Tribune report accuses Candidate Bookwalter of adopting a drinking age of sale style campaigning, touring mining towns, visiting saloons, and leaving tips to keep loiterers drinking, a method likened to past governors who mingled with the public.
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Bookwalter
Bishop
N Y
Tribune
For sale by Druggists Lion Malaria and Liv Pad cot
Fragmentary text indicates a product sale by druggists for malaria treatment. The exact items named include Lion Malaria and Liv Pad cot. The readable portion suggests promotional copy urging purchase through drugstores.
Republican Prosperity Message Endorses Tariff Resumption
A party battle over resumption and tariff policy is recounted, praising the Republican stance for resumption and protection of industries. It argues Democrat opposition would have harmed the nation, while Republicans are described as trustworthy and prudent, delivering lasting prosperity.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Judge Tourgee on political life and duty
In a Chautauqua lecture Judge Tourgee argues that political life is not corrupt today and credits national moral ethics with reaching high levels. He criticizes fault-finders and urges Christians to fulfill political duty beyond annual prayer and voting by actively supporting government work.
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Tourgee
Chautauqua
Divine melody runs through world history voice of Garfield
The quote presents history as a divine opera where nations are cantos and individuals are words. It notes centuries of war yet insists a divine melody of hope and halcyon days persists for Christian philosophers and historians to hear.
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James A. Garfield
Lixapsey's Blood Searcher Sold for Fever Aid
An 19th century medicine advertises Lixapsey's Blood Searcher as a cure for fever and ague and blood poison, urging readers not to miss its use. The copy markets the remedy as essential for health and claims disease remedies.
Grand October Celebration in the Monumental City
Baltimore prepares for a three day Grand October celebration from October 10 to 12 with railroads hotels and steamboats offering half rates. Committees of prominent businessmen supervise arrangements and Allegheny region travel via Baltimore and Ohio railroad is promoted for visitors from north of the Ohio.
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Baltimore
Ohio
Allegheney
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ohio State Temperance Union rejects Prohibition ticket
The Ohio State Temperance Union will not back the Prohibition slate led by a cider and wine press maker. It will pursue non partisan moral suasion as the best route to public good, a plan likely to win broad support among temperance supporters in Ohio.
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Ohio State Christian Temperance Union
Ohio
Rumor of Massacre of Troops in Arizona Territory
A rumor circulated at week’s end that General Carr and about one hundred men were killed by hostile Indians. Later reports corrected the figure, stating only one officer and six privates were killed in General Carr’s command during the fight.
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Arizona Territory
General Carr
Custer
Carr
Coughing, Hospitalization, and a Lung Balsam Cure
William J. Coughlin of Somerville Massachusetts recounts a 1876 lung illness with a hole in the lung, hospitalization in 1877, and a dramatic recovery after using Dr William Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs. He urges others with diseased lungs to try the remedy.
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William J. Coughlin
Somerville
Mass
William Hail
William Hall
Dem State Committee Eyes Legislature Over Bookwalter Spat
Columbus dispatch reports the Democratic State Committee has little hope for Bookwalter in the Hocking Valley race but plans for political advantage in redistricting the state Legislature. Democratic support from the East is said to be directed to securing the House and Senate seats.
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Columbus
Democratic State Committee
Bookwalter
Hocking Valley
Darwinism a imposture says Christian Intelligencer
The Christian Intelligencer argues that Darwinism is not a science based principle but a theory rooted in the grandfather of Darwin, a physician from England. It claims three generations attempted to manufacture supporting facts and portrays Darwinism as an imposture under the guise of science.
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Christian Intelligencer
Darwin
England
Women use Parker's Ginger Tonic for family health
The Home Journal notes that women, through constant care of the sick, become skilled at choosing medicines and widely recommend Parker's Ginger Tonic. It claims the tonic quickly relieves despondency, periodical headaches, indigestion, liver complaints, back and kidney pain, and other female ailments.
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Home Journal
Adv
Rainfall in Ohio August driest in years
Rain totals in Ohio during August were about three quarters of an inch, with drought extending nationwide. The August rainfall averaged over four inches in the Ohio Valley in recent years, but this year is exceptionally deficient, harming corn potatoes and other crops.
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Ohio
Ohio Valley
Health and vigor aid skilled workshop work
The passage urges mechanics to maintain health to do good work. It warns that long hours in confined rooms weaken the hand and sight, and advises taking plenty of oppitters to re invigorate the system, strengthen nerves, sharpen vision, and improve overall working condition.
Math Puzzle Confounds Boston Merchant In Quick Test
A well known Boston dry goods merchant spent half an hour on a test question about worker output, asking how long six men would take to build an eight foot high wall in seven days if four men build a five foot wall in four days. He could not answer.
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Boston
The Best Salve for All Skin Ailments Promises Satisfaction
An advertisement proclaims a salve as the best in the world for cuts bruises sores salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with a 25 cent box sold by J Dorr opposite Court House.
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J. Dorr
Court House
Ohio monopolist Bookwalter targets farmers, voters urged
The report accuses Bookwalter of a harsh monopoly in Ohio flour mills. It claims every mill he controls extracts tribute from farmers and urges readers to vote for him only if it serves their interests, despite his supposed consideration.
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Bookwalter
Ohio
Columbus
Carter’s Belladonna Back-ache Plaster Advertisement
A vintage advertisement claims Carter’s Smart Weeded Belladonna Back-ache Plasters relieve weak backs and rheumatic pain. The item is priced at four cents and promoted as a simple wearable remedy.
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Carter
Daily Except Sunday Activities and Intermediate Points at 1640
The note outlines daily activities excluding Sundays with intermediate checkpoints scheduled at 1640. It mentions a sequence of events and standard operating times for the period covered.
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