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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1892
Page
8
A dense poem and song fragment campaign in support of Democratic figures and reform aims. It praises unity, liberty, and voting against autocratic power, urging Cleveland and Stevenson and Grover Cleveland in November, with calls to rally labor and free government.
Australia raises duties on Oregon pine and canned fruit in retaliation for the McKinley bill, harming California exporters and fruit growers across the Pacific coast. A Wilmington Evening note highlights shifting trade tensions while a Houston Post quote praises Stevenson’s conservative charm influencing vice president prospects.
The West Virginia Democratic convention chose William A. McCorkle as the party’s candidate for governor. He is a young lawyer who rose from self-made schooling after his father died in the war and is expected to win by a large Democratic majority in what was called the younger Virginia.
Judge Peter Turney, chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, chosen by Democrats as their gubernatorial candidate. Born September 22 1827 in Jasper Tennessee, Turney organized the First Tennessee Confederate infantry in 1861 and led it through the Civil War despite multiple wounds including a severe head and mouth injury at Fredericksburg. He later served as judge of the supreme court from 1870, re-elected 1878 and 1888, becoming chief justice after the last election.
The article profiles Thomas Cabaniss known as Tom, a Georgia Democrat nominated for Congress in the Sixth district. It outlines his Civil War service with the Confederacy, legal career starting in 1870 at Forsyth, roles as council member and Forsyth mayor, and various Georgia Senate positions including finance and judiciary chairmanships. It also notes his 1887 clerkship offer for the U S House post offices and post roads committee.
The New York World critiques the tariff policy, portraying it as balancing paradoxes. It argues that taxes raise consumer prices, fail to raise wages, hurt workers while farmers gain, and that foreigners pay the duty though the government bears most costs.
The Lansing Journal reports that leaders Wolcott Teller Washburn Platt Fassett and Warner Miller attacked the convention claim the federal officeholding regime blocks true Republican sentiment and risks disrupting the party by pushing Harrison nomination.
Testimonial from Mrs. Wm. Copeland of Flint Michigan says Dullam’s Great German Blood Liver Stomach and Kidney Remedy cured her skin eruption and constipation after four years of suffering. Ad by Geo D Clarke. Also includes a child’s joke from the Boston Herald about marriage and old maids.
Elkhart Indiana July 1 189 Supposed testimonial for Dullam's Great German Medicine Co. claims a six year female trouble relief after using Dullam's Female Uterine Tonic. Benjamin Granger says his daughter was cured and praises the remedy highly.
A rural sketch humorously depicts a laboring husband named John battling a snag with a lawn mower while his wife laments the ruined suspender. The scene blends seasonal work with domestic wryness in a Cloak Review tone.
Dr Miles Pills speedily cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation. Unequalled for men women and children. Smallest mildest surest. 50 doses 25 cents. Samples free at Bradshaw & Thomas.
A terse verse fragment from the New York Herald describes a summer longing as a maiden departs. The speaker laments love lost while the beloved roams seaside with a companion in a swimming outfit, digging in the sand as waves crash nearby.
The ad offers a women’s labor aid claiming to ease pains and risks of labor without chloroform, urging use as directed. It notes sale by Geo. D. Clarke. A Chicago anecdote about long gloves follows, contrasting fashion remarks about Miss De Trop.
A. B. Snell of Hamilton Michigan reports two years of neuralgia relief after trying Dullam’s Great German Liniment. He notes instant and permanent relief and cites a 25 cent bottle price with the April 11 1891 signature.
A collage of light verse and old ads. The lines reference summer ice cream costs, a horse blemish cure, a Fairfield Iowa druggist, witty fishermen, and a digest aid for indigestion. The piece resembles a vintage newspaper miscellany with promotional snippets and humor.
An assortment of old advertisements touts Castoria for infants and children, Suhilon’s Vitalizer for dyspepsia, Wollford's Sanitary Lotion for animals, and various tonics. It notes prices and sellers Bradshaw Thoma Fairfield Iowa Higley druggist D G Higley and Geo D Clarke. It also mentions electric light plans for the World’s Fair and a worm Lozenges product.
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