A Song for the Times in St Louis Republic
The verses champion Grover Cleveland as leader and reformer in a national rally. General Adlai Stevenson is named to energize the campaign. The piece urges farmers against tariffs and monopolies and calls for unity from north to south and east to west.
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the Times
Uncle Sam's Farm
East
West
Grover Cleveland
Reform
Adlai Stevenson
Cleveland
Florida
Labor debate on protection and foreign competition
The discussion rejects foreign pauper labor as the main threat and argues American workers remain more valuable. it traces Republican protective tariffs from 1861 through McKinley, claiming them fed domestic industry and reduced wasteful spending, while noting price trends and political implications.
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Morrill
John Sherman
Mr. Morrill
Internal Revenue
Senate
Congress
American workers and immigrants learn to match American pace
A New York Irishman notes that workers abroad gain speed and skill after exposure to American methods. He cites Italians and other foreigners who start slower but quickly adopt American work habits, illustrating the broader claim that Americans are the nerviest and sharpest labor force.
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New York
America
Man Lived In Hollow Tree Dies In Milan
William Spooner about seventy died suddenly Saturday at Milan Tennessee after visiting a neighbor for breakfast He had refused to live in a house for years and instead dwelt in a hollow tree doing his own cooking and washing Authorities suspect a theft of several thousand dollars may have unsettled his mind per the Cor St Louis Globe Democrat
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Ilinois
British India
Hiritish India
America
Willian Spooner
Milan
Tenn
Cor
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Portraits Stir Controversy at City Academy Show
In a heated exchange Grace mocks a portrait of Miss Bul lion created by a leading local artist. The piece caused scandal as the Academy refused to display it, with spectators calling it unfit for exhibition.
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Rosalie
Miss Bullion
Grace
Academy
Harper’s Lazar
France
Napoleon
Josephine
Dullam's Great German Medicine Cures Woman's ailment
A letter from Elkhart Indiana describes a six year chronic female trouble and a medical trial that claims success with Dunllam's Great German Female Uterine Tonic. The writer Benjamin Granger urges others to try the remedy. The note includes patriotic quotes and literary lines.
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Elkhart
Ind
Dullam’s
Great German Medicine Co
Rlief
Dunllam
Benjamin Granger
Geo. D. Clarke
Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills Promise Quick Relief
New principle regulating the liver stomach and bowels via nerves. Dr Miles Pills claimed to cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation. Sold 40 doses for 25 cents with free samples at Bradshaw and Thomas. Also includes a quoted Napoleon Josephine remark.
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Miles
Bradshaw &Thomas
Mother's Friend Promises Easier Labor At Home
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as a safer alternative to chloroform for childbirth offering relief from labor pains and risks. It claims the remedy will lessen or remove labor horrors when used as directed and lists Geo. D. Clarke as a seller. It also notes John H. Thiry of Long Island City preparing a penny school balcony display for the World's Fair.
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Geo. D. Clarke
Ins
John H. Thiry
Long Island City
N. Y
German Liniment Claims Instant Pain Relief
Testimonial notes neuralgia relief after using Dullam's Great German Liniment with a 25 cent bottle. Includes endorsements from A. B. Snell of Llamilton Michigan dated April 11, 1891. Also mentions horse liniments and other medical ads from the same era.
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Dullam
A. B. Snell
Llamilton, Mich
Geo. D. Clarke
Castoria Advertised Through Generations
An old style consumer slogan traces Castoria as a remedy used from infancy to motherhood, highlighting its role for babies, children, and later for their own offspring across generations.
Patent Remedies Advertised for Health Ailments
An old advertisement touts Srnton's Vitalizer for constipation appetite loss dizziness and dyspepsia with bottles priced at 10 and 75 cents via Bradshaw and Thoma. Woll ford's Sanitary Lotion claims fast animal cures sold by Higley in Fairfield Iowa. Dullam's German Worm Lozenges advertised as the greatest worm destroyer for 25 cents per box via Geo. D. Clarke.
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Srnton
Bradshaw
Thoma
Dullam
Geo. D. Clarke
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Tlinois
Ava
St. Louis Republic
Democratic Savings
Mr. Holman
New York Evening Post
New York Tribune
Holman
The
Tribune
House
District of Columbia
Judiciary
Department of Agriculture
Democrats
Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Stewart
Europe
London Economist
Oscars Atin
Hood
Flood
Sultan
Wardwell
Nancy Hanks
Hal Pointer
Palo Alto
Leland Stanford University
German Medicine Co
Wm. Copeland
Flint
Michigan
John Randolph
Stonewall Jackson
Washington
Independence Forever
Adams
Dayrolles
Lord Chesterfield
Thurlow
Parsons College
Fairfield
Iowa
Rambo & Douglass Business University
Apt. Able
Eton
D.G. Higley
Paderewski
Germany
de Witt
J.C. Rameiro
Rand, McNally & CO
Universal Atlas
Adams St
Chicago, Il
Castoria
Wollford
D. G. Higley
Lowa
Peoria
Illinois
Seea Jones
Binghamton
Binghantin, WY
Hunarich
Lockridge
Fifth North
Third West
Fred Stead
Coodban & Fulton
South Side
S. E. Mower
Hair Store
4Th North
6Th West
Jones Hotel
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