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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1892
Page
8
A labor minded verse rails against protectionism and promotes honest tariffs and government. It cites Grover Cleveland and an Illinois ally as figures supporting reform while denouncing protection, cronyism, and misleading promises.
A verse reflecting on Cleveland and Grover as leaders who were faithful brave and true. The poem links civic virtue to leadership and relief brought to people during a mayoral and state rule, praising courage and service.
A wartime style ode hails Cleveland as national pride and tariff reform champion. The verses praise his leadership, tariff stance, and trust in office, urging a rallying cry for his election, with refrains about Benny and Steve in a political march. An aside references pension bureau defense and a rival betting offer.
A Pennsylvania clerk wrongly convicted of theft is paroled after new facts prove his innocence. Counsel stage a dramatic reversal to reveal the verdict was unjust, but the man dies suddenly as he learns his release. The scene ends with a Tokyo god statue description from London Tit-Bits.
A French paper recalls Baron de Lutz once prime minister to Bavarian king for his habit of hiding actions in mystery. After injuring both legs he used one doctor for the right leg and another for the left, unaware of the swap. If ten toes were similarly treated, the bill would be enormous.
Kate Field notes postal revenue for the year ending June 30 1891 excluding money orders reached 65 065 295 87 dollars with 41 482 129 50 from letter postage. She estimates two cent stamps alone exceed two billion pieces annually.
Mrs Wm Copeland of Flint Michigan reports lasting cure from an eruptive skin condition after using Dullam's Great German Blood Liver Stomach and Kidney Remedy. She credits relief from chronic constipation and overall health restoration and notes it is available through Geo D Clarke.
A Washington Star quip describes a woman who asked to throw a piece of pie over a neighbor’s back fence and share a bite, likening the Wanderer to succeeding in a square meal through this small act.
Benjamin Granger of Elkhart Indiana reports his daughter suffered female trouble for six years and he spent over 750 before using Dullam's Great German Female Uterine Tonic. He states she was completely cured and urges other afflicted women to try the remedy.
In a brief dialogue, two friends discuss Simpkins and his wife’s beauty after tea. One admits envy, claiming he never invites anyone who a sane woman would fancy, as reported in Tit Bits.
A patent medicine advertisement touts Dr Miles' Pills as a new principle regulating the liver stomach and bowels via nerves. It promises speed to cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation for men women and children with 450 doses costing 25 cents and free samples at Bradshaw and Thomas.
Rosalie notes a painter of Miss Bullion, while Harpers Bazaar recalls the Academy balking at the portrait. The ad touts Mother's Friend as a labor pain remedy sold by Geo. D. Clarke, promising relief from childbirth dangers.
A dialogue records an applicant noting five years of service as a coachman for an undertaker, with a cautious request to drive slowly and carefully. The exchange frames a hiring interaction in terse terms.
A resident from Hamilton Michigan testifies after two years of neuralgia that Dullam's Great German Liniment gave instant and permanent relief. The ad cites 25 cents per bottle and is dated April 11, 1891, signed by A. B. Snell.
The page parodies fashion with heat and hair woes while advertising spavin liniment for horses and claims of a stomach cure. Merchant ads name Higley of Fairfield Iowa and Clarke of another town offering sale prices and warnings. The blend shows 19th century consumer culture with beauty, veterinary cures, and patent medicines.
A note from the Indianapolis Journal mentions Representative Hitt of Illinois as leading candidate for the minister to France to succeed Whitelaw Reid. Advertisements tout Wollford's Sanitary Lotion for rapid animal cures, and pills from Ripans Tabules promising relief for various digestive complaints.
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