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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1879
Page
2
The Washington Democrat changes owners Kell & McCrack sell to Waters and Flood. The old editors built a solid paper. new owners show promise for a leading southern Iowa sheet amid party debates on money, elections, and state governance.
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece argues the volunteer soldier holds justice and broad-minded views. It praises true soldiers for convictions earned in battle and for resisting narrow partisan bias with noble bearing.
In 1873 Republicans pushed gold resumption amid demonetizing silver, a move praised by some as progress while others saw a swift theft of silver from statutes. The author decries the era’s panic and the harm to industry and workers.
The record shows 1876 totals with Tilden leading Hayes by 49 778 and 1877 results where Gear trailed by 2 674 as he underperformed his ticket. Democratic votes fell about 32 000 while Greenback gains rose, suggesting cross party appeal. In 1878 a Democratic Greenback alliance backed Farnsworth who narrowly defeated Hull by 8 155.
The passage lists former Republican leaders who joined the Democratic party after breaking with the Greeley campaign. It highlights A. G. Curtin, Austin Blair, Lyman Trumbull, Doolittle, Charles Francis Adams, F. W. Bird, Alex Ramsey, Montgomery Blair, Geo. W. Julian, J. W. Palmer, Farnsworth, Franz Sigel, and others as prominent converts, framing them as the true-blood Democrats today.
A Detroit Free Press item notes Sherman challenges southern Republicans by citing the 1878 cotton crop, refuting claims the south’s main occupation is "raising hell." Mention of a mistaken angelic chorus and a bachelor Sherman sending Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup to Mrs S. with compliments. Sold by W H Jones & Bros.
Trial of Tus Davis for alleged theft of a Chicago and North Western ticket at Libertyville concludes with a sustained motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence. Judge McCartney frees the defendant after a lengthy defense by J B McCoy. prosecutors Slagle and Acheson failed to prevail. Costs of about 85 dollars charged to the prosecuting witness Woods.
Dr King s New Discovery is praised as the greatest medical remedy for Consumption and lung ailments. The ad offers a free trial bottle from C S Clarke Son and notes a one dollar regular bottle, urging skeptical readers to try.
A Cincinnati editor who attended a lecture by the editor of the Okolona States criticizes the speech as hogwash and urges him to be shot, reflecting sharp political theater and heated media bravado.
State of Iowa Jefferson County notice to Charles E Jones that Levi Fawcett and Alanson Root petition the district court to compel satisfaction of a mortgage on described lands The petition seeks equitable relief and warns of default and judgment if he does not appear by noon of the second day of the November term 1879 Attorneys Culbertson Jones represent the plaintiffs
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