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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1892
Page
5
A collage of health claims and brief notices. Advertisements praise Cubeb Cough Cure and Bradshaw Thoma vendors, Krause German Oil, Bradfield Female Regulator, Dullam Worm Lozenges, and Ripans Tabules. Biographical snippets mention General Lewis A Grant and Warren of Wyoming.
A bank advertises general banking services including money loans at reasonable rates for long or short terms secured by real estate or personal security. It promises safe banking with liberal terms and acts as custodian of wills and valuables at no charge. Interest on deposits is 4 percent per year for periods of six months or longer.
A long roster lists officers including J. E. Roth James Louden E A Howard D G Higley James Sullivan W E Bradshaw and many others. The document presents a note on no interest payments on demand and names numerous signatories across positions.
The author attacks McKinley allied editors for citing English and Canadian papers to sway American voters. He argues Americans showed in 1890 they reject McKinleyism and should rely on their own judgment on taxation and trade. He asserts U S buyers and sellers profit from exchange and calls for ending quotes of British opinions.
The Pittsburg Post challenges President Harrison and the McKinley tariff, citing 40,000 August strikes or lockouts and wage cuts of 10 to 20 percent in iron and steel, arguing that high protection harms labor while production and surplus demand broader markets beyond Home states. The Iron and Steel Association bulletin is cited noting unusually low prices despite record output, implying tariff policy drives down wages and prices.
Republican editors once labeling Democrats croakers now face fear and doom talk from leaders. Tom Carter and allies lament potential ruin if Cleveland wins, citing Aldrich and Foster. They warn of Democratic control of Senate and House, while urging Republicans to steady nerves and avoid collective catastrophe.
The New York Tribune declares Grover Cleveland’s popularity among young men stems from his bold stand on personal convictions and fearlessness in defending them. It notes that this moral streak has attracted admiration and generated much praise over the past eight years.
The report states that last year the Carnegie company collected from American builders an extra tariff-related charge totaling over $1,000,000 through higher product prices sold to Wade's Fibre and Fabric.
An aging World War II era tale recounts a lieutenant Jack who buried his comrade Ned Brown after a Civil War battle. Ned’s grave was thought unmarked until a bottle tied to the corpse bore a note with the name and regiment. Years later a Rochester drummer spots the name on a wooden slab at Petersburg burial grounds, identifying Ned’s body and triggering a message to the soldier’s widow that the father’s body would be brought home.
A. Snell of Hamilton Michigan testifies after two years of neuralgia that Dullam's Great German Liniment gave instant and permanent relief. Bottles priced at 25 cents. George D. Clarke distributes locally as of April 11 1891.
A quoted comic dialogue shows a woman panicking over a supposed ailment with whimsical terms like patterkiller and kitterpaller, followed by a relief moment as George assists. The snippet ends with an ad line for Cubed Cough Cure sold by Bradshaw.
A fragmented excerpt recalls a boy asking to view fireworks after a medical scare and a mother recalling the doctor removing powder from his face to save his sight. It mentions a fictional drug cure and a political reference to Alderman Caldwells and Henry Stanley in North Lambeth.
A fragmentary item notes Castoria advertising for children and reports August strike data from Bradstreet with 41 147 workers on strike. It mentions Commissioner Peck facing the strikes and promotes Dullam's Liver Pills at Clarke's pharmacy. A dubious claim about Emin Pasha being Jewish and his birth details appears.
Clarke's pharmacy advertises Dullam's Great German cough cure priced at 25 cents. The notice promotes a patented remedy available for local customers.
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