Trusting Women and the Lydia Pinkham Cure
Ohio Woman's Experience highlights how reliance on doctors can worsen female complaints and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash as the cure. A testimonial from Mrs. Annette Bickmeier of Bellaire describes surgery avoided, her condition improving after three bottles and two wash packages, surprising doctors and neighbors.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia F. Dpinkham
Annetta Bickmee1er
Bellaire
Belmont Co
Mexico Money Gap Cited in Pettigrew Critique
Senator Pettigrew argues Mexico has higher per capita money than the United States, citing circulation figures and silver dominance. The piece contrasts Mexico’s silver base with U.S. gold and notes Americas’ greater per capita money, while dismissing Pettigrew’s logic as unsound.
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Pettigrew
Mexico
United States
Globe- Democrat
Migration Drives Growth in the Southern States
A fragment discussing the South attracting more people than other regions due to its wealth and opportunities. It notes homes for the homeless and profitable investments for capitalists, claiming the region offers the most opportunities for settlement and investment.
Country F A Hornbeck Land Commissioner Career Note
F A Hornbeck is noted as land commissioner based in Kansas City Missouri at 7th and Wyandotte Streets. The brief item identifies his official title and location without additional context.
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F. A. Hornbeck
7Th and Wyandotte Sts
Kansas City, Mo
Silver dollar vs gold dollar debate lessons for labor
The piece argues that workers who refused silver for gold were misled about currency value. It states the silver dollar is worth 100 cents in purchasing power if kept at par, warns free coinage would lower it to 50 cents, and asserts Republicans defend the gold standard to protect wages and purchasing power against depreciation. It notes the government can stabilize silver under current conditions and that laborers would suffer if silver depreciated.
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Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Silver Dollars as Legal Tender Sparks Labor Debate
The piece argues against free coinage and urges workers to support the Republican party to preserve the gold standard. It claims silver dollars, if legalized at 100 cents, would harm laborers by lowering the value of their wages, and portrays free coiners as a threat to workers’ interests. The Globe-Democrat voices concern over monetary policy and party alignment for wage workers.
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Republican Party
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Rock Island Playing Cards at 10 Cents a Pack
Rock Island playing cards return to sale at ten cents per pack with thousands buying. Cards are described as slick, with cheap postage options for five packs or single packs mailed postpaid. Orders to Jno Sepastran G P A Chicago include 2 cents extra per pack for engraved whist rules.
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Express
Jno
G. P. A. Chicago
Misrepresentation of Blaine sparks partisan clash
Des Moines July 4 Ed. Register charges Daily News misrepresented James G Blaine and Horace Boies on free coinage of silver. The piece argues Blaine in 1878 did not mirror Boies current stance and notes Iowa Democrats push free silver, while Republicans back a move toward international coinage with no new gold standard.
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Des Moines
Register
The
Daily News
James G. Blaine
Horace Boies
Iowa Democracy
Blaine
Blood Disease Rheumatism Cured by U S S Remedy
Asa Smith of Greencastle Indiana testifies that chronic sciatic rheumatism plagued him for years. After failing with physicians and patent medicines he used three bottles of U S S reliever and gradually recovered mobility. He reports being cured after finishing twelve bottles and weighs 170 pounds.
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Asa Smith
Greencastle
Indiana
U.S.S
Blood Remedy Ad Promises Cure For Multiple Ailments
An old classified style notice touts Real Blood Remedy S.5.8 as a universal blood medicine. It claims to cure Scrofula Cancer Eczema and any blood disease by expelling poison matter permanently. The Swift Specific Co. of Atlanta Ga offers free books on the product.
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Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Blaine Warns Against Free Silver Coinage in 1878 Speech
An 1878 Congressional Record excerpt quotes Mr. Blaine arguing against unlimited silver coinage and a 16 to 1 ratio. He warns such policy would undervalue silver vs gold, invite Europe to take gold, and threaten the gold standard. He advocates maintaining gold with limited silver in the dollar, with proceeds of coinage benefiting the government. A Republican publication notes the speech as campaign material.
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Blaine
Mr. Blaine
Europe
Spectacle of Greco Oriental grandeur by Ringling Bros
A lavish introduction to Ringling Brothers wonder show recreates ancient Greco Oriental pageantry. The vast arena, moving panorama, hundreds of costumed performers and the Nelson Family acrobats headline a three ring, two stage spectacle with a grand hippodrome, a never before seen parade, and a world class menagerie arriving Saturday Aug 1.
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Alexander the Great
Greece
Rome
Olympus
Ringling Brothers
Athens
Hippodrome
Nelson
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