Treatment of Southern Ne Groes Does Not Reflect North South Harmony
A Omaha General Conference blistering attack on southern treatment of Negroes is discussed with Bishop Fitzgerald offering views. He notes minimal genuine cross racial integration in the north, condemning caste while urging northern help for the south. He condemns lynching extremism and urges mutual forbearance guided by the golden rule. Ottumwa Suo. John F. Duncombe nominated speaker for Boies in Chicago. He lauds his old guard stance and democratic fidelity. A Concord steel cruiser visit is proposed to illustrate new warships to Mississippi residents. A NY Herald note cites a man seeking a wealthy traveling wife and questions the value modern unmarried men place on themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Methodist General Conference
Omaha
South
Fitzgerald
Southern Methodist
Atlanta
North
Methodist Church
United States
Ottumwa
John F. Duncombe
Boies
Chicago
Duncombe
Old Guard
Ephesus
Iowa
Baal
New York Herald
Carl
Mock conventions spark GOP rhetoric in multiple cities
Audubon County Democrat notes Republicans across cities staging mock conventions. The piece quotes critics arguing that the Minneapolis event mirrors a sham effort to claim prosperity through tariffs, labeling it another mock gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon County
Minneapolis
Spavin Liniment claims cure for horse blemishes
A vintage advertisement promotes Spavin Liniment promising to remove hard or soft lumps from horses and cure blood spavin curbs splints sweeney ring bone stifles sprains and swollen throats at a claimed savings of 50 by a single bottle sold by D G Higley druggist Fairfield Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.G. Higley
Fairfield
Iowa
Baron Fava Returns as Envoy in Warm Recalled Welcome
The Italian minister Baron Fava returns to Washington in a gesture of goodwill between Italy and the United States. The piece notes arbitration resolving a potential conflict and praises Fava as a courteous diplomat. It also highlights Chicago World’s Fair plans and explains staff as fireproof marble-like plaster used on buildings.
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Baron Fava
Italy
United States
Washington
America
Chicago
Wasteful city sewage drains land fertility and crops
Edward Atkinson warns that urban sewage disposal wastes millions of dollars of plant food yearly by dumping waste into rivers and harbors. He argues cities must stop heathenish waste and seeks agricultural and chemical solutions to reuse sewage to restore farm productivity near urban areas. He urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture and chemists to pursue safe, beneficial reuse of sewage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Atkinson
America
Agricultural Department of the
United States
Gladstone as model of vitality and mind across ages
W T Stead profiles William Ewart Gladstone in The Review of Reviews as a singular bridge between youth and old age. He notes Gladstone’s health routine strict bed rest, open air exercise, and morning baths, plus exceptional memory and mental discipline that enable effective leadership and subordinate management.
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W.T. Stead
Review of Reviews
Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
Stead
Mr. Gladstone
Mr Gladstone
Chinch Bug Parasite Show Sparks Kansas Farming Hope
Article recalls 1865 observations of chinch bug die off from a parasitic fungus and Professor Snow’s 1891 trials inoculating live bugs with diseased ones. It notes potential $200,000 saved, and muses on applying the method to mosquitoes. Also covers the Childs-Drexel home for printers at Colorado Springs and political views on Irish home rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
F. H. Snow
Kansas Agricultural Society
Snow
America
Childs-Drexel
Colorado Springs
G. W. Childs
Childs
Mr. Drexel
Philadelphia
Mississippi
United States
George W. Childs
Democratic Platform Endorses Free Labor and Tariff Reform
Iowa Democrats urge equal rights under law without special privilege and condemn protective tariffs. They attack monopolies, call for free raw materials, a reduced tariff, and a bimetallic currency. They commend Horace Boies and urge Iowa delegates to back his national nomination for president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party of Iowa
Fathers of the Republic
Horace Boies
United States
Iowa
Salted silver nitrate swindle in mining schemes
The Kansas City Times reports on gullible investors in mining ventures being swindled by salted properties. Silver dollars are dissolved or sprayed as nitrate solutions to create the illusion of rich ore, a method that precipitates metal visibly and deceives buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Times
Krause's Headache Capsules Endorsement from Mrs Skinner
Mrs N A Skinner of Chicago writes in April 1891 that Krause's Headache Capsules relieved severe neuralgic headaches within half an hour after she tried them. She credits twenty years of pain with no prior remedy curing so quickly and grants permission to print part of her letter. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. Adams St
Norman Liairy
Des Moines
Krause
N. A. Skinner
Collars Whips and Lashes Advertised at Chicago Store
A Chicago shop markets a wide range of collars in many sizes for ladies and gentlemen. The ad promises no sore shoulders with cork faced collars and offers whips and lashes in grades from cheap to premium including whalebone rawhide featherbone and the Vulcanite or Farmers' Alliance brands.
Local Bank Advertises Real Estate and Personal Loans
Money to loan at reasonable rates for long or short time on real estate or personal security. Business done as liberally as consistent with safe banking. Acts as custodian of wills and valuable papers without charge. Interest at the rate of 4 percent per annum paid on all money deposited for a period no less than six months.
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John J. Ingalls
Concord
United States Navy
Ireland
England
Lord Salisbury
the Democratic Platform
WILT
Dougherty's
Jefferson County
Chas. Bales
Milt. Doucherty
Nate Savings Bank
Fairfield, LA
J. E. Roth
Jas. Sullivan
W. Pres
E. A. Howard
Cashier
James Louden
D. G. Higley
James SullIvan
W. E. Bradshaw
J. 8
McKenney
Ed. Hunt
Jos. Ricksher
T. M. Byrnes
T. R. Howlett
J. F. Loehr
Geo. D. Clarke
Late Coop
Ward Lamson
R. W. Lamson
Geo. W. Ball
R. F. Ratcliff
W. A. Lamson
J. W. Burnett
Grace Roth
E. F. Simmons
Chris. Roth
D. Templeton
Eugene Campbell
H. Watkins
Adam Messer
N. M. Slagle
D. M. Parrett
J. P. Manatrey
Will
Prewitt
H. B. Rodgers
Louden
A. F. Cassel
F. O. Danielson
August Walgren
Vaught
John McLane
George Mowery
Chas. D. Leggett
Rob’t L.thompson
Rise Wa
J. W. Bean, M.D
Fairfield, Iowa
B. N. Gantz, M.D
Ora
Hufford
Calvin Snook
D. G. Higiey’s Drug Store
G. P. Martin, M.D
D. H. Worthington
ALLS
Simpson & Beatty
W. Fordyce, M.D
Ffice Over Risk
Hoffstedler & Whitbam’s
First East
R. C. Sayers, D.V.M
Gordon's Livery Barn
J. B. Monfort
Ce ‘Ice
Harris & Cuddy's
T. L. James
Owa
McElbinny Building
Park
J. D. Jones
Chas. D. Fullen
Attornes
Public Square
HH. C. Raney
Raney & Simmons
Law
Bell's Grocery
Co. D. Leggett
M'Kemey
Attorneys AT Law
Iowa State Savings Bank
Chas. P. Sipple
District Court
Robert F. Ratcliff
1St East Street
M. A. McCoid
FFICE
Leggett House
Parsons College
Ambrose C. Smith
D.D
First National Bank
Jas. F. Wilson
McElhinny
Ransacts
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