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Newspaper
Hedrick Journal
Location
Hedrick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1892
Page
8
An ad describes the sudden danger of disease and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a universal purifier. It asserts the remedy cleanses the blood, invigorates the system, and combats humors, with a money-back guarantee if it fails. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets are touted as the best liver pills.
Chairman Bland opened the silver debate in the House as galleries filled and members crowded the floor. He argued for equitable coinage and warned against external pressure, while Col Abner Taylor and others attacked free coinage as harmful, urging adherence to a double standard and the existing balance of gold and silver. The discussion covered coin notes, mint practices, international effects, and potential price impacts, with calls for party unity and voter pledges.
R Q Mills won the Texas Legislature's vote to fill the Reagan vacancy, receiving 120 on first ballot and being nearly unanimous. Horace Chilton withdrew, acknowledging Mills had the backing of constituents and party amid tariff reform versus free coinage tensions. Austin celebrated Mills's victory amid widespread enthusiasm.
Washington reports a vigorous note from the president to Premier Salisbury following cabinet talks on the Bohring Sea matter. Officials say Salisbury’s reply is neither outright rejection nor acceptance, deemed unsatisfactory and evasive. A peremptory dispatch demands a speedy categorical answer on whether a modus vivendi will be agreed, with comparisons to Harrison’s ultimatum to Chile. Senators show more opposition to arbitration, and a final White House reply awaits Britain’s response to prior notes.
Ex Governor Thayer and attorneys moved in Lincoln Supreme Court to reopen the Thayer Boyt sub docket and set for trial after a United States Supreme Court mandate. Governor Boyd remains in office, citing ability to contest citizenship. The piece also notes 1891 murders nationwide at 5996 and 123 executions, plus 195 lynchings mainly west of Ohio and south of Maryland.
Statistics show 300k to 400k Londoners live on under three shillings daily per family and 40k to 45k board school children go to school hungry each morning. Authors argue a week’s ground rent income of London owners could fund daily dinners and decent housing for the ill fed, highlighting wealth versus poverty.
A weekly 3 inch display ad from The Dr Harter Medicine Co features a single unique word per issue. Readers are invited to guess the word and receive free lithographs of product samples by mail, with the claim that every new ad uses no two words alike except one.
A passerby reports an odd scene on an elevated road where two men in swinging-leg shale attire faced each other. A man moved along the aisle, asked to “Take down the bars,” prompting a sharp retort about letting cattle through. Nearby ads mention remedies and schools, with other fragments about coughs and a New York home for working girls.
Public praise for the California liquid laxative Syrup of Figs describes its pleasant taste and gentle action on kidneys, liver, and bowels to cleanse the system. It claims widespread use, stresses health and comfort, and notes historical shifts in women’s college attendance alongside a note on courtesy as valuable.
A Springfield resident reports relief from severe headache and palpitation after using August Flower. After extensive treatment by eminent doctors in the city and Boston with little relief, the patient says the remedy gave immediate relief and high praise. The testimonial is signed I. C. Frost of Springfield, Massachusetts.
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