Mills bill boosts tariff reform in heated party debate
The piece notes support for the Mills tariff reduction as a moderate measure, contrasting Republican attacks on sugar and rice duties with a broader call to cut overall rates. It cites Democratic backing, debates in Congress, and references to figures like Mr. Elliott and a New York Post paragraph on race and thrift.
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Elliott
South Carolina
Prohibitionists
Grandison
Grand Old
Prohibition Party
New York Post
Chicago
Hopkins
Inois
Mr. Bayne
House
Messrs. Sowden
Pennsylvania
Greenman and Bliss
New York
Messrs. Fitch
Nelson
Minnesota
Sunflower as Aesthetic Icon and Sanitary Claim
The piece notes sunflowers as a symbol of aesthetic taste linked to Oscar Wilde, questions the face-to-sun origin, and favors a sun-disc resemblance. It mentions thriving gardens in Durham and claims reduced malaria in swamps near the Potomac and at Scheldt mouths, attributing health effects to vapor and scent from sunflowers.
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Oscar
Wild
Durham
Potomac
Scheldt
Holland
A. B. Simpson
Old Orchard Beach
London
General Council
General Synod
United
Ett Oe Th
Marks Gettysburg
Luther
Dockery under fire over Richmond Whig canvass
The Richmond Whig exposes Dockery’s weak stance on a joint canvass. The executive committee notes his bluster, argues his entry into the canvass is late and his pretensions flimsy, and cites growing public skepticism about his leadership.
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Dockery
Richmond
Setkins
Epidemics and migration spark tense world notes
A sweep of brief items covers Asiatic obols rats in Hong Kong, Chinese immigrants being expelled from New South Wales, a Nashville Prison Congress in October 1889, Virginia crop fears from rain and cold, and Gen Lawton’s Australia to Vienna voyage. Also reported: a Vincennes cloudburst derailing cars, liquor license funds to New York, Michigan Democratic Greenbacker fusion, a petroleum fire aboard the Asturiano at Rouen with eight dead, Cardinal Gibbong named Emerald Association director, horse thefts near North Carolina, Star of Greece wreck near Australia with twenty drowned, Ohio River flood damage at Wheeling, and a major steel workers strike ending in surrender.
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Virginia
Lawton
United States
Australia
Vienna
Vincennes
Ind
New York
Greenbackers
Michigan
Cleveland
Thuresman
Asturiano
Rouen
Star
Greece
Harrover
Aldinger Bay
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers
Prohibition Issue Highlighted in Carolinas Vote Talk
The Danville Virginia Register quotes Mr Walker, a prohibition candidate for governor, arguing that prohibitions control state affairs. He claims the temperance issue is one of many, but asserts the North Carolina political question is vital for peace and prosperity.
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Cleveland
Harrison
Danvil
Walker
North Carolina
Charelotte
Warner's Safe Cure Ad Claims Kidney Health Benefits
An illegible vintage advertisement touts Warner's Safe Cure claiming to treat a wide range of ailments including conscription symptoms, rheumatism, stomach disorders, malaria, fever, headaches, and impaired sight. It urges readers to cleanse blood and purify kidneys as a path to recovery.
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Arner
Paner
Paine
All Druggiata
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White
Cros
Supreme Court of the United States
Superior Court
Sherdan
Texas
Augustus Moody
Nellie Watts
Red River
Indian Territory
Justice Cook
Iron-Workers’ Association
Dudge Fowle
Raleigh
Wwe
Charlotte
Mne
Jaxe Hallyburton
Hongong
New South Wales
Prison Congress
Nashville, Tenn
Cardinal Gibbong
Emerald Beneficial Association
N. C
Greenville
TRE
United States Department of State
Hornstadt
Moscow
Acre
Persia
Teheran
Sbig Abdol-Azima
Pat Pists Nee
Tam
John S. Lockhart
Vaughan
Vaughan & Tenny
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