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Newspaper
Beardstown Enterprise
Location
Beardstown, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1888
Page
4
A list of state and county officers with candidates including Allen G. Thurman for Vice President and BOTT WIEE for Congress 12th District. Local items mention a Fairview farmer’s 72 potatoes, Anna Dickinson speeches in Indiana, Governor Hill nomination, New York politics, Kane tomato harvests, Mrs Lucinda Fletcher’s 100th birthday, tariff taxes a concern, and party shifts in Fulton County.
A long readable fragment covers party fights and figures, noting state taxes and tariffs, praise and blame across Republicans and Democrats. It references President Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, Palmer, Quay, and the Chicago Tribune with critiques of press bias and campaign tactics.
The piece argues against linking Miss Endicott to a marriage with Mr Chamberlain of the English fisheries commission as an insult to Irish Americans. It cites Chicago Times reports on party switchers in Illinois and Indiana, totals favoring Cleveland, and praises Cleveland's appeal to workers defending American labor against foreign competition and mortgage pressure.
About one thousand Irish Americans who backed Blaine in 1884 switch to Cleveland and Thurman. They endorse tariff reform in Mills bills, condemn trusts, praise Cleveland's retaliation message, and pledge active support for the Democratic ticket while denouncing Benjamin Harrison for anti Irish birth remarks.
The writer claims recovery from a long lung illness and offers free copies of a prescription said to cure Consumption Asthma Catarrh Bronchitis and related throat and lung diseases. Send requests to Rev Epwanp 4 Wilsons Kings Williamsburg New York for the no cost remedy.
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