Democratic state convention cited as civil service exemplar
The Burlington Gazette calls the recent Democratic state convention a living illustration of Cleveland's civil service policy. The piece notes no Federal officials attended and criticizes Senator James F Wilson for backing Pig Iron Kelly and supporting higher taxes on clothing to fund whisky and tobacco. It claims Republicans have tied their fall prospects to cheap whisky and tobacco to keep life necessities costly.
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Burlington Gazette
Cleveland
James F. Wilson
Pig Iron Kelly
Congress
Sherman Doctrine on Free Trade as Civilization
A 1886 report by Senator Sherman argues that free exchange advances civilization while protectionist barriers harm commerce. The measured rhetoric links commerce to democracy and civic progress, warning that obstruction acts as a tax on consumption and reduces production.
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Sherman
Rhine
Confederate Hero Honored by Philadelphia G A R Post
Gen Joe Johnston hailed as honorary member of E D Baker Post No 8 G A R in Philadelphia last Thursday night. The St Louis Republican questions the move and hints at political maneuvering as the country faces perceived danger.
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Joe Johnston
Confederacy
E. D. Baker
Philadelphia
John Sherman
Blaine
Brother Tuttle
Ingalls
Murat Halstead
Whitelaw Reid
St. Louis Republican
Milwaukee labor leader Smith to back tariff bill
Congressmember Smith from Milwaukee says he will vote for the tariff bill and expects labor party colleagues to follow. He will not speak in debate, noting he came to Congress to vote and prefers not to air his views for the public. He opposes tobacco and whisky duty cuts but supports cheaper blankets and farming tools.
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Washington
Smith
Milwaukee
Labor Party
Congress
Tin Tax Outrage Sparks Republican Swing Against Protection
The Keokuk Gate City denounces tin taxing as an outrage benefiting a few mine speculators. It warns that taxing tin used by all households risks provoking a rural revolt against protection and may push voters toward free trade to curb what it calls robbery by trusts.
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Keokuk Gate City
America
West
United States
Republican Apostate Warns Ultra Protection Rift
Col DeWitt Sprague a prominent New York Republican writes to the Washington Post urging the party to reject ultra protectionism. He argues the policy splits the party and misleads voters by opposing President Cleveland's tariff recommendations. Sprague, a noted G A R member and campaign speaker, questions when Republicans will heed defections.
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New York
Chicago News
Col
DeWitt
Sprague
Washington Post
Col. Sprague
Cleveland
Grand Army of the Republic
Republican Party
Tariff Reform Rift Divides Burlington Republicans
Burlington Gazette reports a split in county Republicans over tariff reform and revenue cuts. The Hawk Eye backs Pig Iron Kelly’s plan to reduce internal taxes while protecting core necessities, while the Saturday Evening Post opposes the approach and cautions Western Republicans against the East’s high tariff gospel.
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Burlington Gazette
Republican Party
Hawkeye
Kelly
Saturday Evening Post
Western voters seek fair tariff over high duties
The piece argues Western Republicans should reconsider high tariffs as Eastern interests push for price support. It warns the West is moving away from tariff delusions and favors a platform with lower import taxes and fewer farm mortgages to aid farmers and refinance debts.
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Eal
New England
Republican Party
Republican Henry Wilson links tariff reform to Boston meeting
The Burlington Gazette reports Hon. Henry L. Pierce praised Frank Hurd of Ohio at a Boston tariff reform event. The text quotes Henry Wilson arguing for free raw materials and light duties on life’s necessities to protect American labor, noting the speech as a Republican defense of tariff reform and a critique of high tariffs.
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Frank Hurd
Ohio
Boston
Burlington Gazette
Henry L. Pierce
Cleveland
Congress
House of Representatives
Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
United States
Hurd
Massachusetts Quarry Owners Hire Italian Laborers Sparks Outcry
The Bowker Torrey & Co. marble quarry owners in Massachusetts imported eighteen Italian marble cutters via Castle Garden. They were detained and face possible deportation and a fine of 1000 per imported man. The piece accuses them of hypocrisy in claiming to protect American labor while using foreign workers and opposing tariff reform.
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Massachusetts
Italy
Castle Garden
Bowker, Torrey & Co
United States
Nova Scotia
New England
Gloucester
Mass
Burlington Gazette
Central Polk Notes and Local Updates
Central Polk reports E H Wickenbottom and N R Merey visiting Fairfield last week. Farmers planted corn as rain improves small grain. Re Caldwell builds a fine dwelling in Abingdon. C H Lewis of Martinsburg visited John Hayziett near Packwood. Miss Allie Johnson dies in Abingdon from consumption. Belleville completes water works. Hickenbottom contract noted. Brown plans to keep up with administration and buys a new corn planter. N H Steel injured a leg helping to throw a colt. Dr Jones of Abingdon attended. Mary McEllvain has measles. A N Howlsworth of Packwood declines Florida trip.
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C. H. Lewis
Martinsburg
John Hayziett
Packwood
Abingdon
Allie Johnson
Belleville
BE. Hickenbottom
Win
Brown
N. H. Steel
Dr. Jones
Mary McEllvain
A. N. Howlsworth
Florida
Murder Mystery Echoes in Helena Case of 1879
Helena dispatches reveal a murder of John Dean on October 28 1879 his skull crushed in and two arrests made. Mrs M A Eckert once of Fairfield dies and confesses to her nurse that she killed Dean with a hatchet a claim the county attorney will probe while observers doubt the tale.
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M. A. Eckert
Fairfield
Helena
Montana
Mont
John Dean
Dean
Eckert
J. M. Clements
Indiana
Sam Alexander
Sam Alexander Accompanying Them. Mrs. Eckert
Steele
Clements
Bogus Baking Powder Tests Exposed as Fraud
A public warning condemns deceptive tests used by agents to promote Chicago baking powder. The method compares house powder with agent powder, claiming top froth signals purity, but chemists confirm adulterants and dirty origins. The piece urges households to avoid tampered products and rely on proven, pure brands.
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Chicago
Miss Edna Stafford in Burlington After Rain Shifts
Miss Edna Stafford travels to Burlington as heavy weekend rains arrive. Farmers note improved pastures and growing stock with corn and meadows benefiting from recent rainfall. Phenie Schutz visits ill mother while Anna Bates returns from visit. quarterly M E church meeting held with Rev Patterson presiding. Prospects for a good crop rise as fields await work.
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A. Schutz
Phenie Schutz
Chicago
Anna Bates
Graham
M. E
Patterson
Keokuk
Sampson
Lockridge
Henry Monson Recovers From Eye Cut After Rock Blast
Henry Monson is recovering from a cut over his eye sustained while blasting rock. Doctors advise stepping to one side next time to avoid a similar injury. SELAH.
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Ilenry Monson
Selah
Rome Tribune Notes Local Happenings and Wedding Plans
The Rome Tribune reports a new store opened by John Sheridan formerly of La Hoyt. Locals plan to attend the Holder-Dunlap wedding in Lockridge Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Baker visit Chicago, with P. F. Gleason C. Aldridge and John Kirkhart in Rome on Sunday. Mrs Pencil and daughter begin an extended Villisca visit. Mattie Stile hosts cousin Maud Hill of Bur.
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John Sheridan
la Hoyt
Lockridge
Fifth Annual Fairfield Loan and Building Association Meeting
The Fairfield Loan and Building Association held its fifth annual meeting in the secretary James Sullivan’s office on Friday evening April 20. Officers elected for the next year include President A. C. D. Bradshaw and Vice President W. W. Junkin, with James Sullivan as secretary and F. J. L. Black as treasurer, alongside directors J. E. Roth Frank Light D. R. Beatty C. M. Stinson and A. Gilchrist. The secretary’s report shows strong finances with various series assets and liabilities detailed, including cash on hand loans to stockholders and to Series E, and furniture and fixtures values.
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Fairfield Loan and Building Association
James Sullivan
A. C. D. Bradshaw
W. W. Junkin
F. J. L. Black
J. E. Roth
Frank Light
D. R. Beatty
C. M. Stinson
A. Gilchrist
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Aes Eames
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POLS
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Dues
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Nittloninsic
Dalaieienanae
Zephyrs
Pea Peer Kepnanenadina
WIRO
Iosce
That Tired Feeling In Spring Warns of Ill Effects
The piece notes spring tiredness as common as warmer days sap strength from winter adaptation. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to build up the body and purge impurities from the blood, urging readers to try the remedy this season.
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Hood
C. L. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Locust Grove Township School Attendance Records
Summary lists several school Nos reporting enrollment, days attendance and daily averages across townships Locust Grove Fairfield Lockridge Round Prairie Cedar Des Moines. Notable entries include teachers C J Fulton and G R Horn, with multiple pupils named and months of operation noted.
Simmons Liver Regulator praised by notable supporters
The text extols Simmons Liver Regulator as a gentle remedy for stomach and bowel weakness, indigestion, and loss of appetite. It claims safety for the delicate and cites endorsements from Alexander H. Stephens and Mrs. Stephen Menard of Macon Georgia, noting improved digestion and vitality.
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Simmons
U. S. Senate
Alexander H. Stephens
Stephen Menard
Macon
Des Moines Township and Liberty Township School Attendance Report
The report lists attendance, tardies, and daily averages for multiple schools in Des Moines and Liberty townships. It names teachers L. C. Groff Emma Cornell Rosa Findley D. Riniker Hannah D. Fawcett and others, with notes on months taught and an oversight about Ollie Laughlin Neva Trout and Ollie Laughlin being marked as neither absent nor tardy.
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C J Fulton
Eddie
Vina Pickeral
Anna Lewark
Shriver Collins
BK S Jenks
Fairfield Towwn
Jacob Schaustrom
Regina Kennedy
Lockridge Township
Edward
Lillian Kauffman
William King
A G Schell
J H Condit
No 4
Flora Smith George and
Lillie Parsons
Willie
Paul Smith
Ella Toothacre
Maggie Libblen
Robi. Nelson
Mark Toothacre
Willie Smith
R B Stephenson
Jessie J Baker
J W Emerson
Hattie Stewart
Jennie V Taylor
Eliza
Ray Billingsley
John McElwee
Kate Oberg
Frank McClain
Hattie L Monfort
Bertha Pequignot
Homer DeWitt
Jessie Conlee
Oliie
Sherman Gibson
Ella D Case
Nolof Cedar
Des Moines
Eugene Burnaugh
Roy Glotfelty
Clarance Blucher
Louie Monger
Nellie Cowan
Ollie Edwards
Orvil Wilson
Orville Finney
Rose Warner
Ella Clarridge
Liberty Township
L. C. Groff
Emma
Frank Cornell
Nora Clark
Rosa M.findley
Frank Lawson
Mary E. Bishop
Libertyville
Neva Trout
Ollie Laughlin
Nellie Warner
Cora Watkins
Hannah D. Fawcett
S.N. Hopkins
Spavin Liniment Claim Ad For Horses
English Spavin Liniment removes lumps blemishes and swelling in horses including blood spavin curbs splints sweeney ring bone stifles sprains and swollen throats Coughs One bottle saves 50 cents to 50 dollars Waranted Sold by D G Higley druggist Fairfield Iowa
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D. G. Higley
Farrfield
Lowa
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Omaha
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Pittsburg
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Croy & Chester
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Bashaw Barn
Southwest Corner Square
Great Britain and Ireland
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Greenstock
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Ricirkudbright
Singmaster & Sons
Kecta
Keokuk County
Carmichael & Libby
Lord Lyon
Hercules
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Clansman
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G. G. Gz
Cid Lussie
Candidate Up
Hugh Carmichael
William Carmichael
N. M. Bright & Son
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North Side Park
Fairfied, IA
Hiram Sie
Rochester
E. Main St
LEY & CO
Chicago, Ill
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Browns
H. Watkins
Livertyville
Wm. Elliott
Sheriff’s Sale
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Wim Diston
Julius Chidister
Nettie F. West
Jones & Fullen
Richard Ankrom
Bliankrom
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LD. Blough
Fairfield Own
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H. D. Blough & Sons
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Smith & Roth
Blue Grass Ranch
Old Pancoast Farm
Squilbeek
Squilbeck
Philipp
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Old Country
Jas. A. McCoy
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