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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1892
Page
7
A doctor praises Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for a boy’s recovery. The small, sugar coated pellets are described as gentle laxative or cathartic depending on dose and claim to relieve sick headaches bilious headaches constipation indigestion and liver stomach and bowel disorders. The manufacturer offers a 25 cent vial guarantee.
The House defeated the 5 million World’s Fair appropriation 78 to 132 in committee of the whole. Chicago faces either raising funds or shrinking the exposition. Sunday closing was approved 102 to 72 after tellers, with ongoing hopes via conference action and differing Senate amendments.
Internal Revenue Office sources say whisky trust heads anticipate turmoil within sixty days as lease expirations loom. Independent distillers, eyeing renewed control, press for higher rents while rivals expand plants by undercutting trust prices. Trust managers have not commented on plans.
The article outlines displays for the 1893 World's Fair including a model paper-mill, a comprehensive fish exhibit, and a facsimile of the San Luis Rey Mission. It notes King Alexander of Servia may visit, Italy seeking more space for art, tobacco exhibits from Kentucky, and a top tier mineral exhibition backed by several states.
Chief Burgess John McLuckie of Homestead sits in Allegheny County Jail on murder accusations linked to the July 6 riot. Warrants issue for several strike leaders as Carnegie officials vow daily prosecutions to punish prominent troublemakers. Pinkerton guard J Connors died and Silas Wayne was killed during the clashes.
William Weihe retiring president of the Amalgamated Association of United Steal Workers will be the Democratic nominee for Congress in the Twenty second District. Labor influence and party leadership discussions preceded the official selection with W J Brennen withholding the name until confirmation. The report confirms Weihe’s move into politics amid opposition to John Dalzell.
General Adlai E. Stevenson arrives at Buzzard's Bay after a train ride from Boston with W. G. Ewing and a New York reporter. Grover Cleveland greets Stevenson at Gray Gables and escorts him by carriage, while Stevenson appears weary yet cordial.
Two more men die from Homestead riot wounds in Pittsburgh. Edward Sheer, a Pinkerton detective from Chicago, lost a leg battle near the barges and dies at West Pennsylvania hospital. George W. Rutter, a Homestead steel works employee, dies at Homeopathic hospital after being shot the same time.
Chicago based Lyon & Healy near Union Park claims the world’s largest instrument output with over 100 000 yearly items and a three hundred strong skilled workforce. Their brass band supplies reach across the nation as Americans favor home manufacture over foreign goods. Catalogues for their vast stock at 63 Monroe Street are available free on request.
An old script-style advertisement traces Castoria as a remedy used from infancy through adulthood and motherhood. It portrays repeated reliance on Castoria for children and for a long life pattern.
A gathering of Kentucky lawyers and judges in Louisville recounts a tale from Judge Yost about a yawning witness signaling lies. Judges Sims Wall Brent and Senator Dave Smith weigh in that yawning signals falsehood, with a single theory from Yost about facing the music. The column notes the rarity of ads with unique words and ends with a light brisk joke about a church revival and a mother-in-law.
Excursion tickets will be sold July 25 to August 10 via the Northwestern Line through Omaha with a round trip rate of 115 dollars to Denver and return. Tickets to Salt Lake City and Ogden cost 40 dollars with same return limits. Inquiries at city ticket office Fourth and Nebraska Streets or to H. O. Dubusey, Sioux City, Iowa.
An article extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia biliousness and related ailments. It also promotes rail fare deals from Hamline to Sioux City for a Twin City Jockey Club event and a Hot Springs Deadwood round trip with valid return dates.
An itinerant Scotsman extols Australia as a land of reptiles noting many snakes frogs and lizards with numerous species and remarkable traits and adds that young W F E Churchill from Elliott's Business College Burlington Iowa has secured a good position in Burlington.
A Washington DC artist works with rendered pork fat to carve bas relief portraits. Using knives and cold water, E Q Ford shapes faces there after drying to a marble like finish. Subjects include Walt Whitman Sitting Bull and Mrs Morrill drawing steady market interest.
A set of ivory false teeth made by a New York dentist for George Washington is on display at the Patent Office in Washington, illustrating early American dental craft and presidential artifacts.
A Colorado rancher named James A. Lee testifies that German Syrup, used for five years, cures colds and hacking coughs in any stage. He says his last cold was stopped in 24 hours and endorses the remedy as infallible.
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