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Newspaper
Benton County Herald
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1885
Page
1
Bento County Herald from Vinton Iowa dated February 17 1885 carries an unsigned oracted notice with agents listed for Walllis Fre wont Shellsburg and other locales. The piece reflects correspondence policy and agency credits under editor L Burdick with dates and names described in the weekly issue.
A disparate collection of political notes recounts royal peril for Queen Victoria and Drexel’s death, unsettled legislative races in Wings, and public reactions to Governor Sherman’s reception. It analyzes taxation on personal property, praises two Illinois politicians from Mingis, and chronicles Civil War era rivals who later vie for national Senate seats.
The passage critiques the navy as a national disgrace and assigns blame for its decay to the parties in power. It argues Democrats and Cleveland's administration must lead a revival, noting Republicans held government through 1877 and alleging mismanagement by prior leaders.
The piece argues the navy should not fund new experimental cruisers, noting the Dolphin broke its shaft in trials and others are unfinished. It endorses Randill’s defense policy, contends the present Democratic house already funded armament while cautioning against Roach designs. It calls restoration of the navy a Cleveland duty, avoiding controversial Roach projects.
The Chicago Times notes that Morison and Logan, while political adversaries, remained friends personally. Morrison’s brief speech announcing his Senate nomination contains no unfriendly sentiment toward Logan, and Logan’s longer speech for his own nomination a day later shows no unfriendly feeling toward Morrison.
The article outlines Soudan as a vast region from 26 degrees north to the Nile basin under Egyptian rule, noting slave trade, misrule, and reforms under Mehemet Ali and Ismail Pasha. It traces Baker and Gordon expeditions, bans on slavery after 1887 1889, and introduces the Mahdi figure and his prophesied signs and rise, including Mohammed Ahhmet’s background and following.
The text asserts the Mahdi has set a forty year mission with four decades to complete. It claims he plans to shake the Moslem world if his pretensions gain recognition, framing a long horizon for his influence across Asia where Mohammedanism prevails.
A string of real estate deeds: John Vitek to Victoria Bender for lot 4 in Watton’s 2d addition, EMF Wollister to Ida Epperson in section 28, Geo Conner to E E Epperson including multiple lots in Web’s and Vinten additions, EE Epperson to Geo J Conner for several acres, John A Thanke to E I Epperson for land in section 21, C IL Relfs to Thos Wolf in SW Turner's addition, Thos Wolf to C E Relts for lots in the same addition, and a Sampson listing in section 26.
Call at Hopwood's drug store for a free sample bottle of Brown's Expectorant. It claims to cure coughs hoarseness whooping cough and consumption in early stages. Described as a scientific, harmless throat and lung remedy. regular sizes cost 50 cents and 1.00, available from A L Hopwood.
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