27 Dec 1887
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Newspaper
Le Mars Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1887
Page
1
The paper is the official city and county publication, issued weekly to subscribers with Tuesday mail delivery and Friday night issues. It reports all official business and local news, printed from the Saxtmarzen Building, Seventh Street between Main and Court.
The passage presents a collage of historical voices about Daniel Manning and Grover Cleveland, condemnations of New York dominance in politics, liquor and saloon crackdowns in Carroll, Iowa, and anticipated prohibition moves in Dubuque. It cites editorials from St. Paul Press and Brooklyn faith healers while critiquing national policy and party dynamics.
Fr ancis Murphy tours the great iron mill district at noon to speak on temperance. Manufacturers invite him to promote sobriety among workers, noting the risk saloons pose near plants. He aims to sign pledges to spare families the $45,000 weekly wage loss seen after paydays.
An advertorial claim praises Ayer’s Hair Vigor for softening and giving hair a youthful luster, restoring color, preventing dandruff, and curing scalp diseases. It quotes testimonials from Mary N. Hammond of Stillwater Minnesota and William L. Page of Richmond Virginia praising hair restoration and relief from headaches via Ayer’s Pills.
An old advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and liver complaints claiming major benefits for various ailments. It promotes sample bottles at 20 cents and asserts dramatic relief with three doses, then contains a separate testimonial about Papillon Catarrh Cure claimed to heal a chronic cough and throat issues after trying other remedies.
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