The Farmer's Wife Platform Calls For Broad Reforms
The new Topeka paper outlines a platform advocating free coinage for the people, prohibition for the nation, lower transportation rates, service pensions for soldiers, fifty dollars per capita, industrial protection, a single flag for north and south, trust and combine death, home dealing for home making, equal suffrage for all citizens, universal education, and policies favoring farmers and laborers, with calls for social purity, honest business, fair play, and universal suffrage for all races and both sexes.
Money and tariff debate shapes the 1880s campaign
In Kansas reflections from a Farmer paper, readers argue that tariff alone cannot fix hard times. They blame money scarcity and misallocated credit for agricultural pain, urging more money supply to employ labor and stabilize prices. Office seekers are criticized. voters should choose leaders, not be courted by pledges.
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Alliance
Farmer
Goodland
Kas
Equality of opportunity and fair chances for all
An editorial excerpt argues that true progress comes from removing barriers and giving equal rights and opportunities, not special favors. It cites postwar debt contraction, labor costs, and political influence from alliances and trusts as factors shaping prosperity and governance, urging farmers to demand fair legislation.
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Alliance Terald
Montgomery Ala
Mortgage firm sells English syndicate 85000 acres in SD
In South Dakota a mortgage company sold to an English syndicate about 85 000 acres of land most of which had been foreclosed upon.
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Ovr
South Dakota
The Farmer's Wife Alliance Journal Preview
The Farmer's Wife is a monthly Alliance Journal for women. It highlights wives and daughters of earners, with contributors like Mrs Fannie McCormick and Mrs Mary E Lease. On trial six months for 25 cents, address Tre Farwen's Wire, Topeka Kas.
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Alliance
Fannie McCormick
8. B. V. Emery
Annie L. Diggs
Emma Pack
Emma Ghent Curtis
Mary E. Lease
Eva McDonald Valesh
America
Tre Farwen
Topeka Kas
A Peculiar Book The Silver Question price ten cents
A brief notice for a condensed economic primer titled The Silver Question by Robert Schilling lists each chapter as a standalone article. It promotes easy reading for busy minds and notes the author at 482 Market Street Milwaukee Wisconsin seeking agents.
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Robert Schilling
Milwaukee
Wis
REFORM PAPERS PROMISE BUNDLE WITH VENTS OFFER
A tempting offer circulates to distribute a large bundle of Reform papers among friends described as weak or hesitant. The pitch urges readers to collect and share the material widely as part of an activism push.
Positive Cure for Piles Sold At One Dollar Box
Advertisement for a hemorrhoid remedy promising a cure or money back. Seller N. B. Handner, sole proprietor of Winfield. References to J. and L. Vincent publishers at The Nonconformist in the city vouch for testimonials and endorsements.
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Mesers. J. & L.vincent
Positive Cure for Piles Endorsed by Kansas Readers
Letters from Wisvieip and nearby towns praise Savoyet Deans Positive Cure for Piles after long years of illness. Customers Joy Bax noncary Witfield Winfield and R I Gmerox Frenosta Kan report successful results after trying many remedies. Notices include postpaid orders and assurances of refunds.
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Wisvieip
Kas
Savoyet
Dean
Wiskeny
Kan
N. B.saxover
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