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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1888
Page
3
From the Buffalo Express. The piece argues Mr. Cleveland was never a reformer and now runs as a spoils candidate pure and simple.
The New York Tribune notes some candidates win elections while others fail. It highlights a popular candidate whom the people delight to honor, contrasting with a rival who can not secure votes for an orphan, suggesting uneven support and political maneuvering.
In Philadelphia a protection city 100000 uses are owned by working people says Hon Charles ONeill. In Leeds England a free trade city population 220000 not one laboring man or medianic owns his home says the chief of police.
The Kansas City Journal notes General Harrison has given speeches for three months without exposing himself to opponents, a feat unmatched by any other public speaker in the country.
A Mississippi resident quoted by the Chicago Tribune critiques a Mills bill, arguing it would not lower shotgun tariffs and citing the high costs of campaigning. The exchange reflects frustration with tariffs and elections in the United States.
Vilas and Dickinson urge restrained talk as the cabinet appears on the stamp. the letter argues an officeholder’s inalienable rights and warns against statements that could alienate voters, suggesting it should stay in Washington rather than airing views on the west.
The Mills bill would leave the farmer practically helpless against foreign rivals. The Republican Senate substitute would preserve existing barriers and add others to protect agriculturists where needed.
The piece notes Democrats gain few recruits from Republicans or other parties. It reports ex Secretary McCulloch plans to vote for Cleveland, reflecting his long free trader stance and suggesting he should have joined the Democrats earlier.
The Globe-Democrat questions why Congress would reject a Republican sugar duties cut proposal of 25000 dollars. Proponents claim it would directly reduce costs for every family while reducing surplus without harming domestic labor or enterprise.
The Blade notes the cry that free trade lowers prices in England and would benefit American workers. It asks why 126,247 emigrants have left Britain for the United States since last New Year if living costs are cheaper abroad, implying people move for opportunities rather than lower prices.
In a brief exchange the President asks what is being sent to Governor Hill and Secretary Lamont explains a short piece of music titled And the Letter That He Longed for Never Came. The Chicago Journal quotes the dialogue.
The New York Sun notes that Cleveland lacks a devoted personal friend across the nation. The piece argues his broad appeal is hampered by how his character and manners are perceived in close contact, suggesting few individuals can genuinely say they like him.
The Chicago Journal notes that since 1888 over 126 thousand Britons and Irish have settled in the United States. It calls it singular that so many leave a cheap free trade area for a “blar sted” protection country, amid a population of 86 million in the British Isles.
A Chicago man relates to his eldest son that two months earlier he vowed not to share again until Grover Cleveland is reelected. He returned from a trip through New York Connecticut Indiana and Vermont and says the razor offered to his son symbolizes the vow, kept now that Cleveland is not yet reelected.
A Cincinnati Freie Presse editorial argues that naturalized citizens supporting Harrison and Morton will vote for protectionist tariffs. It claims these voters recognize the benefits of tariffs for wages and economy, contrasting experiences with their homeland and the United States.
Col Henry Watterson campaigns for Cleveland and the Mills bill, urging tariff reform and Free Trade. He states the Democratic party must be a Free Trade party or nothing, rejects compromises, and vows no quarter in the tariff debate.
The New York Tribune publication extols Texas as a solid Democratic bastion. It contrasts Texas with states like New York New Jersey Connecticut Indiana and the North, praising Texas loyalty and the November vote amid vivid frontier imagery.
The passage argues the central issue in the upcoming election is whether protective tariff duties should be reduced without harming key industries and American labor. It notes the Republican platform pledges revenue cuts without damaging national industry, highlighting the long period of industrial growth under the tariff system.
The document states beliefs in free ballots and full vote counting, protection for American labor, free internal competition, railroad regulation, homesteads and clear titles, home rule for territories, a double monetary system, strong education, a large merchant marine and shipyards, a powerful navy and coast defenses, secure water routes for trade, respect from other nations and payment for goods, protection of citizens abroad, and honoring soldiers who risked and saved the country.
A Bowery parrot on a sidewalk stool argues with a passing 60 year old wage earner about tariffs. The man cites 1860 blanket prices to claim high taxation, while the bird insists the tariff is a tax, drawing from the New York Press quote.
The New York World questions who paid 29.7 million in duties on 44 million dollars of woolen goods imported and consumed. It argues the rich paid most of the duties on luxury items like Brussels carpets cloaks shawls dress goods and expensive yarns while average earners could not afford them. It claims the U S can supply all necessary woolen goods and luxuries should be taxed for revenue.
John Finerty denounces Democratic sale of U S prosperity for blanket price differences in Indiana. He argues Mills bill would lower blankets and hurt protected American industries, urging loyalty to national welfare over English interests and condemning Cobden Club influence.
A partisan piece arguing for the Republican Party. It claims the party champions protection of citizens, the Black vote, the ballot box, wage earners, temperance reform, and home protection. It cites leaders Harrison and Morton as ideals and asserts Republicans forge reform rather than theory.
The Iowa State Register reports Republicans warn that Democrats will use falsehoods and forgeries in the campaign's closing days. They cite past incidents and urge vigilance, claiming Democratic desperation and a bright Republican outlook.
In Brooklyn New York Rev. T De Witt Talmage sermons on Revelation chapter 20 and Genesis 2 22 praising the number seven as perfection. He argues seven appears in scripture and nature from creation to prophecy and urges churches to be bright candlesticks radiating light. He condemns Christless churches and stresses ministers keep to truth to avoid judgment.
A preacher extols ministers as stars while warning against delving into biblical seals and prophecies. He urges waiting for Christ to break the seven seals and calls for seven thunderous actions to crush vice, infidelity, and corruption.
A dense oration contemplates prophetic imagery and numerology centering on seven and the heavenly wall made of stones. It links seven candlesticks seven seals and seven thunders to eternal green chrysolite and the color of earth. The speaker muses on heaven, judgment, and the legacy of seven in biblical description. The passage ends with a biblical verse about walls gates salvation and streets of gold.
A vivid register of street life in a medieval borough shows how clothing marked social strata. Burghers, mechanics, bailiffs, Jews, nobles, Franciscans, Austin Cannons, rectors, monks, and abbots wore distinct dress, while night lighting and city walls framed daily life and character.
The New York World quotes a detective describing two-man bank robbery tactics the stall distracts cashiers while the sneak slips behind the rail to seize cash and flee. He warns two expert mobs are at liberty and notes the ease of theft today versus fifteen years ago. Names are not made public.
A Globe-Democrat account notes a stroke victim could convey messages via finger contractions signaling telegraph letters. The writer recalls another telegrapher who, though unable to speak or move, communicated through twitching fingers, proving sustained consciousness.
A historical overview links Col Seth Warner to early American medicine and traces the modern Warner's Log Cabin remedies proposed by H H Warner. The宣宣 promotes a line of vegetable tonics and cures including sarsaparilla blood purifier and cough remedies under the Log Cabin name.
Pandora, famed steeplechaser, was killed for meat. Thirteen years after purchase Dr Rush Huidekoper hosted a Philadelphia club dinner where filet ala Pandora appeared on the menu disguised as a beef joint. Guests learned the origin only after tasting the dish.
The article argues Britain cannot spare Canada and Canada does not want to be spared. The United States shows little interest in adding territory and asserts the country can manage with or without Canada as long as Canada behaves itself.
An anecdote from the New York Sun recounts Tom Ochiltree as a frontier ranger in the Texas border wars around 1855 56. The story features Ochiltree receiving a Bible from his father who later pockets twenty dollar bills from the book guardian as the ranger returns from nine months service.
An accident on the Chicago St Paul Kansas City line ten miles south of Freeport Illinois involved freight trains 97 and 97 extra. The second section crashed into the rear of the first on a curve near Yellow Creek, wrecking the caboose and killing three of six occupants instantly.
The article contrasts aged men with a steady Moxie regimen to sustain the nervous system and repair a long business life, while youth faces liquor-induced harm. It notes a tumbler’s quick tempering of recent intoxication and mentions the London Times facing another libel suit.
D C Freeman of Sydney reports two years of pulmonary suffering and wasting away and credits Scott s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with soda for great relief. He says the remedy is pleasant to take and recommends it to others with similar ailments.
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