Political Hopes and Bluster Across a Turbulent Year
Ex Senator Fenton of New York headlines a chaotic scan of party winds as Hancock and Garfield loom in a year of Democratic dissension. The piece notes Kilpatrick as New Jersey governor candidate, Gonzalez in Mexico, and tense editorial battles between Des Moines and Town City Press. It surveys looming European turmoils and a broad Democratic split from Indiana to Maine, with predictions of victory or defeat riding on factional fault lines.
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Organize Campaign Drive for Republican Victory Countywide
A call urges Republicans in Linn County to energize precinct canvassing and early campaigning. It warns against complacency, stresses local clubs, speeches, and meetings to boost turnout, and outlines steps to build a sustained partisan effort through the year.
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Political Turmoil and Reform Efforts in New York and Cedar Lands
A combative Washington letter reviews the Davenport corruption probe, the Seymour victory, and Republican gains. It argues fraud exposed by hearings strengthens Garfield’s chances, notes party harmony and leadership rallying behind Gerfield, and cites New York politics, Conkling, Cameron, and Carpenter. In Cedar Lands the board approves funds for Wallace and related construction and adjourns after routine orders. The excerpts reflect late 19th century party politics and local civic spending.
Democratic Partisans Debate Hancock Record and Greeley
A long Dispatch assembles opinions from Albany Indianapolis and New York on Hancock and Greeley. It cites editorials and speeches critiquing Hancock’s record and praising Greeley while noting Democratic and Republican maneuvers, party loyalties, and the mood of voters amid Reconstruction debates. It includes quotes attributed to James Garfield and others about loyalty, emancipation, and the war’s outcomes.
Garneig area hosts Preshytery ordination service
An ordination and installation of Rev. MacLanghian took place at Garneig near Clear Lake, with Rev. J. Hamilton and Rev. J. D. Whitman participating. The new pastor earlier preached, received greetings from members, and the congregation plans ongoing church growth and a temperance festival at nearby Park.
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Ipo Bitters Save Womans Health Says Detroit Reader
A Detroit Free Press reader describes his wife’s decade of illness with no diagnosis and line of medical bills. After six months he tried Iop Bitters and saw her recover fully at a cost of five dollars, praising the remedy as wise folly.
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Iowa City Des Moines Leading City Of State Population
A readable slice from 1870s notes places Des Moines as Iowa’s capital and leading city in population, cites New York Evening Post on sectional shifts, and covers crops, railroads, and social curiosities. It mentions Mahaska county crop estimates, Delaware peach yields, a Moody on fair kisses, sermons by Th W. wecher, and railroad totals for years past.
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Unnamed Advertisement Promises Medical Cure for Weakness
A period style missive urges men and young people to seek treatment from Dr Ightblatt for alleged organic weakness and impotency. It claims immediate cure and warns of dire health decline from improper habits, urging readers to trust the physician and avoid “poisonous” remedies.
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