Democratic Ticket and Judicial Ballot Highlights
The slate lists Claude R Porter as Secretary of State,Nils Anderson as Treasurer,E H Gillette as Auditor,J M Parsons as Attorney General,A Hanson and H E Wills as Railway Commissioners,Earl R Perkins as Clerk of Supreme Court,William A Spurrier as Supreme Court Judge and W H Ferren as Supreme Court Reporter In Congress D J OConnell is the First District candidate Des Moines county. judicial candidates W H C Jaques Henry C Taylor C Leech T M Stuart. county tickets Charles Linder Albert Snyder Martin Liblin P I Labagh M B Sparks.
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Davenport
Boies
Henry Vollmer
Judge Ney
Congress
Vollmer
New York Democrats Claim Statewide Governor Majority
The New York Democrats assert they hold a majority of 100,000 in the forthcoming state election for governor, signaling strong party support ahead of voting.
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New York
Porter Praised Statewide as Secretary of State Candidate
Claude Porter, Democratic candidate for secretary of state, is a member of the 50th regiment and highly regarded across the state.
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Claude Porter
50Th Regiment
Junkin Sells Sioux County Herald to Geo E Bowers
Junkin transfers ownership of the Sioux County Herald to Geo E Bowers who will take possession immediately. Junkin has run the paper successfully and served as a capable editor.
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Junkin
Sherry
Sioux County
Peace jubilees fall amid fresh signs of discord in Paris
Reporters note that big towns celebrate peace events this fall while sources in Paris indicate no real progress. Commissioners there show little headway and the so called peace may need another celebration.
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Paris
Democratic Mass Convention Praises O Connell Speech
A well attended meeting at the city court house praised congressional nominee J C O Connell for his clear well defined ideas and effective voice and language. His address drew general hearty approval from the audience.
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Court House
Congress
J. C. O'Connell
Iowa City Democrat Switches Belief to Republican
C. S. Ranck of Iowa City, former Democratic State Central chairman, declares himself a Republican supporting expansion and opposing 16 to 1. Ottumwa Democrat J. C. Mitchell, ex-district judge, likewise denounces current party tendencies in a letter, citing similar reasons and long suspected by locals.
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C. S. Ranch
Iowa City
Democratic State Central Committee
J. C. Mitchell
Ottumwa
Ranck
Ely’s Cream Balm Demonstrated Effective for Nasal Catarrh
Fully demonstrated as a specific for nasal catarrh and cold in the head. Continuous use yields cure by purifying and healing the nasal membrane. Sold by druggists or mailed for 50 cents by Ely Brothers New York. Immediate relief as it spreads over and is absorbed by the membrane.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Widow carries husband skull as treasure box on Andamanese custom
Native Andamanese women honor their deceased husbands by preparing their skulls and bearing them at the side as a movable treasure box. Space limits dictate the amount of jewels money and valuables they can store within.
Canal traffic favors German Italian and Dutch ships
French ships are fewer than German Italian and Dutch in Suez channels. unrelated note: Chinese rice paper comes from rice straw.
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Suez Canal
The County Ticket: Democratic slate for county offices
The Democratic ticket for county offices is presented with Charles Linder for clerk Albert Snider for auditor Martin Liblin Jr for recorder P I Labagh for board member and M B Sparks for county attorney The group is praised as representative and capable with the election set for Tuesday November 8 and calls to mobilize Democratic voters.
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Charles Linder
Abingdon
Albert Snider
Brookville
M. B. Sparks
Batavia
Sparks
Tyro
Anarchist Governor Tanner Charged By Tribune Editorial
Chicago Times Health quotes Governor Tanner admitting he would act beyond the law to deploy troops in Virden against supposed undesirables. The piece argues his actions violate both state statutes and the U S Constitution and labels him a self confessed anarchist. It questions Illinois citizens’ tolerance for such conduct.
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Chicago Times-Health
Pittsfield
Tanner
Virden
Illinois
United States
Lollinois
St. Louis Republic
McKinley
Faure
Washington
France
Lafayette
French Republic
Marquis de Lafayette
Paris
America
Commemorative column labels British famine relief as tribute money
Dr Wenyon of the Wesleyan mission reported in Shangtung that a government erected commemorative column lists England’s famine relief gift as tribute money. The Penang Gazette notes the label casts the aid as tribute rather than relief.
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China
England
Wenyon
Wesleyan Mission
Shangtung
Penang
America’s Destiny and Seward’s Expansion Vision
An analysis tracing U S expansionism from Seward through 1846 to the recent war with Spain. It notes Seward’s belief in a continental mission, plans to annex Cuba Porto Rico and Alaska, and patience toward Britain, with a hint of a forthcoming political reckoning in the Senate.
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Paris
United States
Spain
Seward
Abraham Lincoln
America
Europe
France
Cuba
Porto Rico
Russia
Alaska
Antilles
Senate
Washington
Andy Johnson
England
Hudson Bay
Canada
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Mexico
Central America
Theople
Senator Vest Praises Bayard in Washington Dispatch
In Washington after weeks in the mountains Senator Vest lauds ex Secretary Bayard as a model public servant. He recalls Bayard’s 1872 Baltimore speech, his health decline, and urges Democrats to avoid nominating their lifel ong foe for the presidency. The narrative shifts to Davenport Democrats and local campaign notes on currency reform and bimetallism.
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Washington Dispatch
Senator Vest
Washington
Senate
Vest
Bayard
United States Senate
Baltimore
Horace Greely
Europe
Greely
New York
Wm. McKinley
Congress
Boies
Chicago
Judge Ney
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Claims Rheumatism Cure
An advertisement claims rheumatism pain is caused by acid in the blood and promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla to neutralize it. It also touts Hood’s Pills for nausea headaches biliousness and indigestion with a 25 cent price.
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Hood
Hood’s
Rebecca A. Locks
Troy
Iowa
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Praised By Mothers In Letters
Mrs W J Dickson from Truro Nova Scotia writes that the terror of mothers the croupy cough never alarmed her with a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in the house. She says her family uses it for years and it broke a severe croup attack in their boy. R H Cox Plancheville La also testifies to its effectiveness for croup.
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Ayer
W. J. Dickson
Stanford Eveleth
Truro
N.S
R. H. Cox
Plancheville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Claude R. Porter
Nils. Anderson
E. H. Gillette
J.M. Parsons
A. Hanson
H. E. Wills
Supreme Court
Earl R. Perkins
WM. A. Spurrier
W. H. Ferren
Congressional
D. J. O'Connell
Des Moines County
W. H.C. Jaques
Wapello County
Henry C. Taylor
Davis County
C. Leech
T. M. Stuart
Lucas County
Polk Township
Albert Snyder
Martin Liblin
Cedar Township
P. I. Labagh
Fairfield
Joseph Simon
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Mitchell
H. W. Corbett
Kyle
South Dakota
Republican Party
Williamsburg
Bank Corporation
Lewis
Boston
Mass
J. F. Wilson, Jr
Royal
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