19 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1896
Page
1
A verbose Napoleon quotation prompts a medical sermon on feminine health. It extols maternal guidance for daughters, warns of obstructions in the body's purifying channels, and claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the speedy remedy for irregular or suspended action and related ailments.
Notice to all concerned to appear at Cass County Courthouse Plattsmouth September 23 2857 at 9 o clock to probate the will of Julius Kirkpatrick late of Cass County Iowa deceased show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate signed Ambrose Pellier Clerk and W I McConvitt Deputy Also contains multiple old advertisements for medicines and remedies with brief claims and vendor names.
The Republican League grows from Iowa to nationwide, organizing county clubs linked to the central committee. Delegates elect officers, draft township constitutions, and host speakers to inform voters. The movement seeks a permanent, year round structure bridging voter to township, county, district, state and national levels. The plan originated in Iowa and spreads to other states.
At the Republican headquarters Bab cock’s renewal of activity leads to unprecedented printing. Three Philadelphia, two Baltimore, and two Washington houses print 450000 documents yesterday and 500000 today with more planned. President Grants pardons Warren Curtis and L W Pritchett while Dougherty and Albert Staver are denied. Gold Democrats call for a Des Moines convention Aug 26 led by L M Martin and Henry Volmer. J E Markley named temporary chair.
Ex Governor Osborne nominated unanimously for Congress at the Democratic State convention held in Rock Springs Wy Aug 14. W R Stoll named permanent chairman with Chicago platform and its financial plank affirmed. C H Burritt of Buffalo named supreme judge and presidential electors chosen. Fusion proposal from Populists rejected. Thurston receives ovation at Topeka Republican ratification meeting with about 15000 attending.
Aug 14 Obscured skies gave way to a cloudburst driving 2.24 inches of rain in hours. Six people died in De Haven and Sharpsburg areas as Pine and Gearhead creeks rose, washing out farms and roads, with Irwin and Etna facing extensive property damage. Local figures include James Robinson family refuge, O Neill Schafer, and infant Want Tin Cocuran. Spider bite tragedy in Onatuy, Kansas.
Reports from Quristiana and Aften posten state Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the Arctic explorer, has reached Vardo island in Norway aboard the steamer Windward. The vessel had earlier sailed to Franz Josef Land to retrieve the Jackson-Farensworth expedition. In Mexico, William January bound over after a preliminary hearing for patricide, jailed awaiting grand jury action following the murder of his father Alexander January. In Nebraska’s First district, supporters nominated Judge J. H. Broady of Lincoln for Congress, a district long associated with Bryan.
Swayne Ointment claims to cure tetter eczema and facial eruptions without internal medicine, promising clear, healthy skin and urging readers to ask their druggist. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, used for over fifty years, soothes teething pain, softens gums, relieves wind colic, and treats diarrhoea at twenty-five cents a bottle.
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