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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1888
Page
2
The Democratic Congressional Committee by order announces cur rent funds for Jefferson Louisa Van Buren Washington and Perry club activities. The Perry women organize a club while the tin pail symbol is cited as a Gresham emblem. The Ottumwa Press and its Republican editor refuse to endorse the Chicago platform free rum plank.
The Sioux City Tribune reports Northwestern Iowa hopes John Duncombe will be named one of the electors at large this fall, signaling local backing for his candidacy.
A moral inquiry contrasts cheap whisky with increased intoxication and cheap clothing with greater comfort for the poor. The speaker questions how long honest men can waver between these opposing views and moral implications.
The Democrat Gazette reports Judge James Grant of Davenport enters the race for elector at large by acclamation for the upcoming Democratic state convention. The nomination highlights his support within the party and potential influence in statewide results.
A concise moral pondering on fiscal policy arguing that taxation alone cannot guarantee national prosperity and happiness without broader economic foundations. The author questions whether government levies alone can secure outcomes for citizens and highlights underlying economic realities.
Col. John N. Keatley of Council Bluffs receives appointment by the President to serve as judge for the district of Alaska, a notable elevation for a prominent Iowa Democrat.
Iowa Democratic National Committee member Iion J. J. Richardson was appointed to an executive committee of seven charged with directing the campaign.
A political column argues that the Democratic party champions honest methods and legitimate business prosperity while condemning the Chicago platform for selling the American market to speculative syndicates whose goal is to ruin legitimate enterprise.
The New Jersey Unionist denounces a tariff for surplus as a monopoly breeding measure. It says the plan gives pennies to workers while delivering millions to bosses, warning working men will not accept it silently.
The Boston Pilot endorses tariff reform as proposed by Mr. Cleveland, arguing it will lower living costs and aid the masses. It states protection does not enrich the American laborer as Republicans claim.
President Cleveland notes the pension list as a roll of honor inscribed by national gratitude. He warns that unchecked grant of pensions by special acts would discredit the republic and vows to oppose such measures as his best service to veterans.
An ad urges readers to restore appetite and digestion during the season using Hood's Sarsaparilla. It claims the medicine strengthens the whole system and improves blood quality, recommending immediate use.
A long critique accuses party organs of faking shifts from Democrat to Republican support after a Chicago platform. It cites editorials from Des Moines Register and Fairfield Ledger, details letters from Geo A Goodrich of Colfax, and Cedar Rapids replies debunking claims of large GOP coalitions in Indiana and elsewhere.
The excerpt debates Grover Cleveland's repeated elections noting he has risen to higher offices each time and arguing voters should reelect him to the top position.
The St Louis Republic contends Harrison carried 14 votes in favor of Chinese immigration and cites his anti labor record as a corporation attorney. It notes his denunciation of the Indiana Greenbackers as lunatics and suggests further revelations may follow.
The article recounts IT R 531 a tariff bill of 1862 with high duties justified as wartime revenue. It cites MORRILL the bill’s author apologizing for the tax burden and explains it arose from urgent needs. It notes Harrison’s quip about Indiana asylum for idiots and St Louis Republic’s humorous take predicting political repercussions in November.
The Christian Union denounces the Republican free whisky stance and pairs its critique with Democratic policy in parallel columns. It contrasts tax positions on tobacco alcohol raw materials luxuries and the object of taxation. The piece frames Republicans as liberal and Democrats as economical in fiscal aims.
Mr B F Nourse Royal Baking Powder Co Western Agent testifies to dramatic skin improvement from Papillon extract of flax skin cure after short use. He claims years of treatment failed to match a few applications. Clarke and Junkin's drug store sells large bottles for $1.00.
Rev Dr Theodore L Cuyler denounces the free whisky plank as reactionary and condemns the tariff as oppressive. He cites support from ministers like Rev Arthur Ritchie Rev George Mingins and Rev Howard Crosby as evidence of GOP dissent and warns of a growing urban discontent over taxes and a collapsing party morale.
The notice lists multiple Chicago and Pacific routes with numbers for express passenger and freight trains. It includes times such as 2 10 a.m. and 10:05 a.m. with occasional notes on daily service and Sunday exceptions. Only fragments clarify origins and destinations.
The chairman of a safety subcommittee spoke to a committee of workingmen with insulting language causing them to leave. The text predicts the workingmen of the country will turn their backs on him again this fall.
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