Democrats of Iowa Convene in Council Bluffs May 11 1892
The Iowa Democrats plan a state convention in Council Bluffs on May 11 1892 at 10 30 A M to choose twenty six delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Chicago starting June 21 1892 and four delegates at large plus two per congressional district. The plan outlines county delegate allotments based on 1891 votes for Horace Boies and calls for county township and county committees to organize for the 1892 campaign. CHAS D FULLEN Chairman February 20 1892.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Chicago
Horace Boies
Tote
Washington
Democratic State Central Committee
Chas. D. Fullen
Atlantic Telegraph Claim on Newspaper Circulation Totals
The Atlantic Telegraph asserts democratic papers outsell republican ones by 300,000,000 copies annually. Ret. Clarkson echoes the claim, and the assertion is deemed likely true. The note questions the stale notion of democracy and ignorance.
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Atlantic Telegraph
Clarkson
Sugar bounty critique attacks McKinley bill costs
The Rock Rapids Review condemns a bounty payment of over 11 million dollars as an indefensible tax burden on the people for the benefit of a few rich sugar planters. It argues cane growers gain little unless they own costly mills and run manufacturing themselves.
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Rock Rapids Review
South
Senator Finn Denial of Des Moines Arrest Questioned
The Dubuque Ledger editor reports Finn denied being arrested in a Des Moines sporting house yet hints the truth may be elsewhere. A Dubuque traveling man claimed Finn was in the crowd and spoke with an inmate, recalling a prior legislative escapade as context.
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Finn
Des Moines
Dubuque Ledger
Dubuque
Rebuke of Pharisee Talk on Prohibitory Law in Iowa
A speech denounces claims that only strict moralists support reform and praises German American women for their purity. Speakers at Des Moines defend women’s goodness against anti saloon rhetoric, noting German women’s nobility regardless of prohibition views.
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Sam Clark
Keokuk Gate City
Iowa
Des Moines
Senator Dodge
Neal Dow
Preventive for Grip Reported by Humane Society Leader
The Humane Society president cites a Boston letter and a congressman’s claim that wearing powdered sulphur in stockings prevented grip and even saved lives during the Memphis yellow fever panic, urging readers to consider the remedy despite caution from medical authorities.
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Humane Society of the
United States
Geo. T. Angell
Humane Society
Boston
Casey Young
Congress
Memphis
Tenn
Sulphur Prevents Malaria Claims Aboard Office Meeting
A speaker in his office described how all who used sulphur escaped fever while those who did not fell ill. He noted sulphur can pass through body and clothing and tarnish a pocketbook, and claimed workers in malarial regions using sulphur avoid malaria. He believed the facts could prevent illness and save lives.
License bill defeated as Democrats stand firm in senate
The Democratic license bill fell in the senate last Wednesday after a party line vote. Democrats unified behind the measure, while Republicans failed to deliver cross‑party support. The piece outlines legislative tactics and a proposed county option bill advancing with stricter sale rules and a 500 dollar minimum fee. An interview with Senator Allison discuss es tariff policy and Iowa political dynamics, noting Boies's potential in 1888.
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Senate
Loles
House
Groneweg
Pottawattanie County
Gatch
Polk County
Gatch and Brower
Allison
Congress
Harrison
Blaine
Iowa
Democrats
Alliance
Labor
Lowa
Republican Party
America
Boies
Gov
Lona
Denver
Cleveland
Ilinois
Palmer
Ilnois
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Indiana
Towa
Great Remedy for Consumption Praised by Pastor
Rev. John W. Brown reports pneumonia eight years ago left his lungs weak. He used the White Wine of Tar Syrup and greatly benefited calling it the best remedy for consumption or weak lungs he has tried. He asks his druggist Mr. Gorman of Cabool Missouri to supply more. Sold by R. H. Hufford.
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Gorman
Cabool
John. W. Brown
R. H. Hufford
Postal Laws Bre-specting Newspapers Sparks Outcry
Plainfield New Jersey edition comments on Rowell's Printer's Ink weekly. The Post Office treats it as third class, denying second class rates, a move seen as injust and ambiguous. Rowell & Co. pay under protest while seeking correction and preservation of newspaper status.
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Post-Office Department
Rowell & Co
Electric Bitters Promise Cure All Ailments
Popular remedy boasts purity and universal healing. Electric Bitters claim to cure liver and kidney diseases, skin affections, and malaria, with head ache, constipation, and indigestion addressed. Clarke's drug store sells 50 cent and one dollar bottles with satisfaction guaranteed.
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Clarke's
Chief David Big Bear Visits Mt Pleasant in Indian Heritage
A detailed portrait describes Chief David Big Bear of the Sac and Fox, nephew of Black Hawk, visiting Mt Pleasant. It notes his lineage, Civil War service with wounds from Gettysburg, current role in government outreach to tribes, and his presence with his young son while living at the Sue and Fox Agency in Indiana Territory.
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Black Hawk
Mts. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant Freeress
Presley Saunders
Mt. Vileasant
Fort Dearborn
Chicago
Black Slank
Prairie du Chien
Big Bear
Washington
Gettysburg
Indian Territory
Iowa
Ile
Lee County
Horatio Clark
Sue and Fox Agency
Indiana Territory
Fairfield Nursery Offers Home Grown Stock At Special Prices
C W Whitham operates a nursery fourteen miles west of town selling home grown stock. Contracts for orchard setups guaranteed to grow include evergreens for wind breaks hedges and ornamentals. Special low prices. Send orders early.
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C. W. Whitham
Howells to Write a Girls Story for 1892
Literary notes report William Dean Howells, leading American novelist, is composing a western girl life tale set in New York. The work will appear in 1892 serialized in The Ladies' Home Journal with exclusive rights bought. illustrated and highly anticipated.
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Howells
Mr. Llowells
New York
Mr. Howells
Harpers
Ladies’ Home Journal
Philadelphia
D. Lothrop Company
Boston
Pansy
Margaret Sidney
D. Lothrop Company, Publishers
Tiptoe
Baby
Mamma
Demorest's Family Magazine features coal life and home topics
The March issue includes Through the Coal Country with a Camera with twenty fine photographs showing miners and families. It also offers German Without a Master Home of a Specialist How to Ivorize Plaster Casts Next Summer's Garden Training a Husband and other popular departments. Subscriptions are $2 a year from Demorest’s.
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Demorest
A. de Rougemount
Chautauqua University
W. Jennings Demorest
E. Ith St
New York
The Rev M J Savage A Leading Unitarian Minister
The March arena features an extraordinary contribution from the Rev M J Savage, noted as one of the ablest Unitarian ministers of the generation. Continued on page 4.
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MARCH
M. J. Savage
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J. E. Seevers
George Alfred Townsend
Senator Allison
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Townsend
Globe- Democrat
Garfield
Interior
Treasury
John Sherman
Larrabee
Prohibition
Mvy City
Electric Bitters
David Big Bear
Fairfield Nursery
William Dean Howells
U. S. Gov't Report
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