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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1893
Page
3
The advertisement touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as ideal for travelers facing sea or land travel. It claims quick stomach relief, prevention of seasickness, and protection against impurities in drinking water, plus broad uses for kidney issues rheumatism and debility. It also oddly mentions a West India hummingbird weighing 20 grains.
Captain Alex Greggs of Grand Forks North Carolina began running his steam er The City of Ellensburg on the Upper Columbia River from Wenatchee Washington with Great Northern trains to Lake Chelan and Okanogan points. The Lake Chelan country draws farmers and fruit-raisers while Okanogan District mines and timber are rapidly developed. A bark fiber from paper tree yields fine cloth. mulberry grows in the South Sea Islands. Brown's Bronchial Traches introduced 1850s claimed cure for colds asthma bronchitis. The highest inhabited place is the Peruvian custom-house at Comarca 16000 feet high.
The Tax Reform Department invites brief opinions on taxation not tariffs. Submit to the Taxation Society office, P. O. Box 83, Buffalo, N.Y., for publication or discussion by the editor or a Taxation Society member.
WHILDVEN GRAHAM argues that taxation should be shifted from wealth and commodities to land values to curb monopolists and relieve farmers, claiming tax on land lowers overall burdens. He defends wealth as a driver of progress and urges farmers to support real estate based taxation to free production from taxation.
A March 21 1893 letter from Manone New York critiques a Tax Reform Association position. The writer argues personal property taxes simply shift burden but still fall on farmers and warns against overburdening farmers as it harms prosperity and productivity. The letter challenges assessment and collection costs and accuses the platform of insulting farmers.
A Real Estate Record and Guide excerpt laments taxes on seed wheat and capital, arguing both reduce farm production and raise borrowing costs. Indirect taxes on roads and poor pavements raise costs for users, while limited park space harms public health and vitality, lowering overall prosperity.
A proposal to levy two dollars yearly on anyone who tells fish stories is voiced as a satirical epitaph. The note cites Selieman’s work on tax incidence and urges reading Tail Who Pays Your Taxes to gauge tax knowledge and legislative understanding.
A promotional passage urges housekeepers to switch from soda and sour milk or home made mixtures to Royal Baking Powder. It argues the product yields finer, wholesomer food at lower cost and claims common powders are inferior.
A social call for reform argues that prisons fail to educate offenders and proposes learning opportunities to reduce crime. The piece reflects on a burglar’s plea for an educational house of correction and recalls a Milwaukee attorney learning of a man’s $17,000 bequest after dying in Houston. The rest highlights Montana Kootenai mineral prospects, town growth hopes around Kaslo and Bonner’s Ferry, river steamers, and the Audrain County Missouri cow producing eleven gallons daily aided by a patent medicine advertisement for Bile Beans.
Belief that August Flower treats dyspepsia well is stated, noting it as a stomach and liver remedy. The text promotes its universal sales, large plant production, and asserts a single effective action for dyspepsia without caveats. It urges readers to mention the paper.
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