Halt to Federal election bill shocks Philadelphia voters
A Philadelphia Times editorial condemns a House caucus passed federal election bill calling it a revolution to empower a partisan board to decide Congressional Seats. It claims the measure silences over five million voters and mirrors carpetbag rule, urging Republicans to halt the plan. The piece cites figures like Speaker Rump and criticizes Loyalists while recalling Lecompton-era battles.
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HALT
Philadelphia Times
House
Aeep
Lave
Congress
Rump
Ublic
Dupueys
Bondon Democrats
Lecomton
Union
Lecompton
Douglases
the Hickmans
Montgomerys
Haskins
Republican Party
Ous
Blicans
Ieee
Orang
Philadelphia
Cleveland to sweep the country in 1892
The piece argues that Republicans will burden the nation with a high tariff and monopoly profits while Grover Cleveland will be the Democratic standard bearer and Likely nominee. It predicts Cleveland’s victory in 1892 and criticizes tariff policy as harmful to the masses.
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United States
Harrison
Harnsox
Grover Clevetasp
Democratic Dec Rmns
Tax-Reduction Party
Clevetasp
DB Hitt
Cleve Laxn
Virginia
Cleveland
Spanish Cruelty Report Exposes Prisoner’s Suffering
A Tribune reporter finds Domingo Navarro in a filthy prison ward in torment from ulcers and paralysis. A doctor cannot approach, he dies soon after discovery, neglected for a month. The piece contrasts this with farmers and crop news from nearby towns.
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Tribune
Domingo Navarro
Why Farmers Are Not Prosperous
The Harrisburg Bureau of Industrial Statistics finds Pennsylvania farmers in low spirits across counties due to overproduction. Output has surged while population grows slower, depressing prices and forcing farmers to compete for a shrinking market. Tariff and middleman margins further erode incomes. reform focused on lowering tariffs to necessities could help, but until then prosperity remains elusive.
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Philadelphia Times
Bureau of Industrial Statistics
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
West
Fr Bolles
Sylvania
Dangerous remedies and medical claims advertised
The letter touts a hot vapor treatment for women as a safe alternative to Pennyroyal Tansy and Cotton Root. Dr Creesemand of Boston endorses the remedy as rational and scientific after thirty years of practice. One package of Madame Sabin's Remedy is offered for 1.00, mailed from New York.
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Creesemand
Boston
J. R.caxesemann
M. OD
Madame Sabin
Mas Kare Stocum
Broadway
New York
Compued Oxygen Treatment touted by Starkey and Palen
A brochure from Drs Starkey and Palen promotes a portable compound claimed to cure many diseases. It lists numerous named figures and asks inquiries to be directed to 1520 Arch Street Philadelphia for details.
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Dre
Starkey & Palen
Isa Scientifie
Congress
Phila
Victor L. Conrad
Luth
Observer
Charles W. Cushing
D. D
Rochester
N. Y
Peon Nixon
Mary A. Livermore
Melrose
Massachusetts
Alexander Ritchie
Loverates
Sci
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M. W. Ashbrook
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Alee
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First National
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Riodgon, VA
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