Negroes Call for National Convention to Press 1884 Campaign
The Columbus Ga Sun reports Republicans plan a National Convention of colored people in Washington next September. Delegates would be allocated by black population and states, aiming to mobilize discontent and counter white political power in the South. The piece accuses Republicans of exploiting African Americans and predicts white men will control national affairs.
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Washington
Congress
South
Republican Party
Political Prospects and the Call to Restore a People’s Government
The piece laments Democratic rule as corrupt and entrenched, pitting a gilded plutocracy against working people. It argues twenty three years of absolutism have decayed free government, warns of centralization, and urges the party to restore a government of the people with a renewed union of free states.
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Democratic Party
Senate
White House
Mexico
Jefferson
Free America
Union of Free States
Jeffersonian ideals revive in press and people
The essay extols a return to Jeffersonian principles as the nation confronts new governance. It celebrates ongoing reproduction of colonial-era freedom in modern Republican institutions and the Democratic push to overthrow oligarchy and restore the republic.
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Jefferson
Democratic Party
Republic of Our Fathers
American Register
Republican nomination race described with Blaine in lead
The piece analyzes a three way Republican contest for the presidency in 1884 featuring James G Blaine John A Logan and George F Edmunds. It notes Blaine's rising strength amid factional splits and contemplates possible anti Blaine candidates such as Walter Q Gresham while weighing regional support and party dynamics. It also mentions England politics and a Utica NY historical monument project.
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James G. Blaine
John A. Logan
George F. Edmunds
Joseph R. Hawley
Walter Q. Gresham
Robert T. Lincoln
Mr. Blaine
Blaine
Republican Party
Logan
Edmunds
Grant
Middle States
Cincinnati
Chicago
Arthur
Lincoln
Illinois
Gresham
Withal
South
Indiana
Harrisburg
England hanged a murderer with a life of crime
A historic report notes an execution by hanging in England of a longtime thief and bruiser. The condemned man showed traits described as cautiousness benevolence veneration and secretiveness, reflecting a complex character in a brief remark.
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England
St Jacobs Oil Aches and Cures in Odd Tale
A stand toppled with a crash injuring several men but all ten recovered after using St. Jacobs Oil. A Puluth baker drank a gum boil and tooth trouble remedy with the same oil, claiming its cure and presenting it as truth.
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St. Jacobs
Puluth
Three Card Monty Scene at Freight Depot
In a cantankerous exchange the religious editor questions an old man about a three card monte game with a Cincinnati faker. The man boasts of bluffing and a small win, while references to Jim Crow cards and a four dollar street tax appear amid dialogue. No one confirms payment or outcomes.
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Cincinnati
Marie Ellick
Hyar
Georgia
Stop the drift to ill health with temperance aid
The piece warns young men about mental exhaustion and injurious habits and promotes Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a health tonic. It urges strength, warns against quack doctors, and compares a tornado to a con man selling dubious cures in a blunt moral tone.
Favorite Prescription Endorsed by Druggist Waterman
In a letter from Buffalo New York Dr. G S Waterman a Baltimore Md druggist writes that the Favorite Prescription fulfills its promises and is the best remedy for female complaints. The note appears as a testimonial and includes a jokey query about divorce and child transfer labeled a legal transparency.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
G. S. Waterman
Baltimore
Ely's Cream Balm Cure Reported by Corbin
I was troubled with chronic catarrh and head pressure and deafness with ear discharges and nasal blockage. Before finishing the second bottle I was cured and now enjoy sound health. C. J. Corbin Field Manager Philadelphia Pub House 923 Chestnut St. See advertisement.
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Ely
C. J. Corbin
Chestnut St
Philadelphia Pub. House
Dr Everett endorses tonics for scrofula and throat disorders
The article notes Dr. Everett of Cooper Plains Steuben County New York reporting two scrofula and erysipelas cases cured by Scovill s Sarsaparilla or Blood and Liver Syrup. He calls it one of the day s best purifiers with perfect success in every case. It also mentions Brown s Bronchial Traches for throat disorders and Wells Health Renewer for dyspepsia and vigor, sold in boxes at 25 cents.
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Parsons
Johnson & CO
Boston
Mass
S. Johnson & CO
Glenns Sulphur Soap and Patent Remedies Ad
An old newspaper ad promotes Glenns Sulphur Soap for hospital disinfection and claims for Pike’s toothache drops curing in one minute. It touts Rough on Rats to clear pests, Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffener for old boots, Repdsting’s Russia Salve with 75 years of use, Buchu-Paiba for kidney and bladder complaints, all priced at $1.
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Glenn
Pike
Russia
Hunt's Remedy Cures Kidney Disease Claims 1882 Letter
A Hartford reader claims Hunt's Remedy relieved severe kidney disease and backache after failed treatments. Albert W. Handy of Pratt and Whitney, writing November 21, 1882, says the remedy cured his kidney illness and improved his overall health. He endorses it as safe and reliable for kidney disease.
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Albert W. Handy
Pratt and Whitney Company
Hartford, Conn
Hunt
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Burlington Free Press
Golden Medical
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Worth’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
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Binghamton, N.Y
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Kansas
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Best ‘Commercial College
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Dubuque, la
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Timothy
EE Fonuff
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Nebraska
Cibbs & Son
Ill
Railroad Gazette
A Journal OF Transportation
Engineering and Railroad News
Broadway
Cleveland
Kendall AC
Ontario Street
Cleveland, O
Aultman & Taylor Co
Clover Hullers
Pamphletonsfield
Ohio
ESTEY
J. Estey & CO
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Orce
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Swinny
Queen City
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J.C. Lighthouse
Rochester
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