New Subscriber Drive and Political News Highlight
The Republican party seeks 1600 subscribers with a limited time offer for The Henry Republican and the Molime Plowman at 1.50. Also includes remarks on protectionist policy, Maine Vermont results, and upcoming speeches by Hon H K Wheeler in Marshall County. Supreme Court apportionment ruling sparks debate in New York.
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Republican
Henry Republican
H.K. Wheeler
Marshall County
Wonone
Supreme Court
New York
Court of Appeals
Man Exhibited Under McKinley Wage Law Critics Cite Showmen
Democrats have sought the man whose wages rose under the McKinley law. Now appearing in New York and Indiana in large numbers, he is blamed by critics as democratic showmen parade him on display.
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New York
Indiana
Peoria Transcript
Pearl Button Industry Growth Noted in United States
The Inter Ocean notes a shift from two pearl button factories employing 1000 workers to 200 factories with about 8000 workers. The McKinley bill’s pearl button item previously provided employment to 7000 American workers.
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United States
Inter Ocean
Pocket Encyclopedia of Protection cited by editors and stump speakers
John Ford editor of the American Economist publishes a Pocket Encyclopedia of Protection by the New York Press at 10 cents a copy. It is alphabetically arranged with an exhaustive index for use by editors and stump speakers.
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John Ford
American Economist
New York Press
Shepard
New York Mail and Express
Chicago
Lacon Hosts Campaign Rally With Fifer and State Leaders
In Lacon Illinois a crowd of about 3000 gathered at the court house yard to hear Governor Fifer. Secretary of State Pearson. Lieut Governor Ray and candidate Henry I Hertz discuss state finances tariffs and the 630 tax levy of 1888. Marching clubs from Lacon and Wenona appeared as fireworks lit the night.
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Marshall County
Fifer
Gev Ray
Pearson
Henry I. Hertz
Lacon
Fifth Street
Court House
Harrison and
Reid
Gov Fifer
Earlville
LaSalle County
George M. Bane
Republican Party
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Ray
Sol
England
Henry L. Hertz
Mr Ray
Col Clements
Venona
Godeys Magazine October Preview Marks New Era
Godeys announces October issue ready September 16 marking a shift from Godeys Lady's Book to Godeys Americas First zine with a grand art plate by W Granville Smith. John Hatherton offers Honey and Gall illustrated by Albert B. Wenzell alongside fashions, poems by Josephine Pollard, Henry Ward Beecher Home department, and reviews by John Habberton.
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Godey
W. Granville Smith
Godey’s
John Hatherton
Helen
Albert B. Wenzell
Albert H. Hardy
Will of John Harney of Whitefield
The last will and testament of John Harney provides that funeral debts be paid and the estate converted to money for distribution. His wife Mary Harney receives real and personal property for life with two horses going to son Thomas. Edmond P Harney is executor. Upon death the estate is divided into six shares with specifics for payment and limitations. witnesses attested Sept 7 1892.
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John Harney
Whitefield
Mary Harney
Thomas
Edmond P. Harney
James R. Newman
Spencer Ketchum
Pronounced Hopeless Yet Saved by a Cure
A Groton letter from Mrs AdamB Hurd recounts a severe cold turning into lung consumption. She says four doctors gave up hope, but eight bottles of a remedy at Dr Powell's drugstore cured her, leaving her now well and hearty. Free trial bottles offered, regular sizes 3¢ and $1.
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Adamb
Hurd
Groton
Dr Powell
Drowning, Fatality, and a Railway Collision Reported
Told in a Few Lines records multiple incidents including Alozo Heffling 16 drowning in the Sangamon River at Yellow Banks during bathing. Mrs. Nelson L. Humphreys 65 killed by a wild freight engine in Leroy. Dr. A. M. Catlin, 101, longtime Rockford physician. Gravel bank collapse kills Mary Remsburg 10 and injures Johnnie Baumgardner in Springfield. George Elineson fatally struck by a freight train at Galesburg. Chicago Burlington and Northern surveys a Galena to Hanover branch line.
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Alozo Heffling
Sangamon
Yellow Banks
Nelson L. Humphreys
Leroy
A. M. Catlin
Illinois
Rockford
Springfield
Mary Remsburg
Johnnie Baumgardner
Chicago, Burlington& Northern Railroad
Galena
Hanover
George Elineson
Galesburg
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