Prohibition debate echoes through national lessons and local duty
A long prose piece argues that prohibition advances national welfare by focusing on education, morality, and ballot purity while opposing materialism. It critiques legislators for neglecting moral and educational reforms, urges support for Y M C A efforts in Johnson City, and notes local political shifts toward independent voting and reform. It also includes several notices about railway and legal matters, with regional anecdotes and endorsements for temperance-related reform.
Mr Thurmans Farewell in Kenton Ohio Speech
Ex Senator Allan G Thurman delivers a farewell political speech in Kenton Ohio. He praises Jefferson and Jackson, urges loyalty to Democratic principles, and reflects on the fate of Union flags and Confederate memory amid Civil War references.
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Kenton
Ohio
Allan
G. Thurmint
Bank of
Styx
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Democratic Party
Sunny South to Distribute $3000 Worth of Gifts in January
The Sunny South will give away 200 handsome presents to patrons on January 14 1888 including gold and silver money gold watches sewing machines silk dresses fine furniture and valuable books. Circulates sample copies free and provides circulars with full particulars and acknowledgments from October distribution. Send names of friends for sample copies to The Sunny South Atlanta Ga.
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Sunny South
Atlanta
Sunny South offer for largest subscriber count
The Sunny South of Atlanta offers a pony bridle and saddle to the boy or girl sending in the most subscribers by January 1. Readers are urged to request sample copies and circulars. The New York Sun reports on Grant Mausoleum, casting it as a poor Dutch bake-oven copy, and notes publisher advances to writers including a $15,000 offer for a 75,000 word story.
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William Morrow
Nashville
Knoxville
Buckeye
Tennesse
Gov
Taylor
Alf
Shoold Wy
Ohio
Bob
Suny South
New York Sun
Grant
Garfield
Robert Louis Stevenson
New York
Fem
Reealiy
Signday
Frank Hatton
Sbubert P. Porte
Chauncey M. Depew
New Discovery for Consumption Praised by Patient
Worth Knowing notes a man afflicted with consumption improved after using Dr. King's New Discovery. He tried many remedies, suffered severe symptoms, then found immediate relief and soon recovered fully. The article claims a grand record of cures and offers trials at City Drug Store.
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Phoebe Chesley
Peterton, Clay Co
Towa
Ted
Waa
Afoygun
Mercaant
Lake Trey
Pla
Hakow
Kitp
Weing
Hineel
Dr. King
Jacob Sharp Case Concludes as Court Adjourns for Decision
In Albany on October 28 Judge George F. Comstock of Syracuse spoke for the people as Jacob Sharp's appeal was argued. Defense counsel Albert Stickney of New York urged the court to examine the evidence rather than the summaries and cited the McDonald decision on committee witness limits. Anticipation runs high statewide. The court adjourned for four weeks, with a decision expected then. prevailing opinion says Sharp unlikely to receive a new trial.
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Albany
Jacob Sharp
George F. Comstock
Syracuse
Albert Stickney
New York
McDonald
Sharp
The Cost of the Wreck Hits Richmond and Danville
The Air Ling road wreck severely harms the Richmond and Danville Company with rolling stock and goods losses estimated at 25,000 dollars and total losses likely not less than 50,000. The passenger engine, a large new unit built for passenger service, is destroyed and valued at 7,000 dollars while the freight engine is an old model valued at 5,000. No engines can be repaired as there is not a sound piece of machinery left in the wreckage.
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Air Ling Road
Richmond and
Danville
Lhe
Richmont
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