Political disputation over school matters in a city council
A letter to the editor defends a Council vote to replace an unsafe West street school building with a new one and to support relocating the colored school. The writer disputes Herald editorials, cites votes by Democrats and Republicans, and argues for fairness and pledged school facilities, while criticizing delays and political posturing.
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the Herald
Republican Party
West Street
Herald
Dodge
Gabriel
Trump
The
Fifth Ward
D. N. Reid
Manisoy
Citizens respond to the Presidents budget in Herald
A local editor and citizens critique the Forty sixth Congress budget. They challenge the push for specie resumption and the push to replace greenbacks with national bank notes, arguing federal policy favored capital over people and noting silver monetization and veto limits.
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Herald
Congress
United States
Soldier vs Rondholder sparks debate over pay for service
The editor questions bondholders and the Weaver bill aiming to honor government promises to soldiers and sailors by paying the full amount due. A Bundled column argues bondholders demand full repayment while soldiers deserve their due and duty.
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the Herald
The
Courier
Weaver
Iowa
Greenbacker
Physician opinions clash on constipation cures
Doctors argue over cure methods for constipation and liver and kidney disorders while Kidney-Wort supporters claim prompt, thorough relief. The ad extols Kidney-Wort and dismisses pills, touts honesty in medicine, and ends with a boast about Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and Western men as colonels.
Moments of fear in Napoleon's ranks at Egypt and Mantua
The account recalls aides de camp Croisier and Murat facing fear under Napoleon. Croisier faced brutal rebukes and nearly died after failing to act at Acre. Murat faltered at Mantua, later redeemed himself through risky feats in Egypt before Aboukir. Lannes condemns fear as worse than a coward.
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Bonaparte
Egypt
Croisier
Napoleon
Coward
Acre
Murat
Mantua
Aboukir
Marshal Lannes
Wells, Richardson Perfection Butter Color praised by dairymen
John Sherman laments ingratitude toward Providence and praises Wells, Richardson & Cars Perfected Butter Color as the best means to maintain butter color and meet June standards. He notes butter buyers widely recommend the product to ensure premium color and quality.
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Richardson & Cars
Kidney-Wort Health Tonic Report
A brief item notes Kidney-Wort tonic claims to improve wellbeing. It states one package yields six quarts of medicine, signaling production efficiency and consumer health benefits.
Two Quarts Boy Statement Triggers Unexplained Claim
A quirky historic remark notes that half a barrel of cus sedness appears in a two quart boy, a fact that has puzzled readers with no clear explanation offered.
Curious Bank of England notes and odd Texas cures
A survey of Bank of England practices notes issued only in two pounds or higher and recorded payees, plus a tale of a gentleman who recovered $390 after a damaged ten pound note was traced. It also describes the bank’s weight-based coin handling and a Texas whisky remedy for rattlesnake bites causing a flood of demand.
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Bank of England
London
Madison Herald Credits Kentuckians Plan as Counter Move
The Madison Herald claims it originated the project to import 20,000 Kentuckians of a white denomination to counter the Radicals plan to bring in Southern Negroes to carry the State for the Republicans. The Kentucky counter-move is praised regardless of origin.
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Madison Herald
Kentucky
No palatial hospital needed for Hop Bitters patients
A fragmentary reminiscence discusses Hop Bitters as a home remedy and dismisses grand hospital care. It argues people shout for relief and warns against overstatement by puffers. The piece notes women do not ignite a fire with trivial printed materials.
Reprints of the British Quarterly Review for Evangelical Readers
The Leonard Scott Publishing Co. markets reprints of foreign periodicals in New York at advance rates. It describes full reports on arts and sciences, new literature, and notable publications with pricing for one to four reviews alongside Blackwood's Magazine combinations.
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Leonard Scott Publishing Co
Barclay Street
New York
Discounted club rates on Blackwood and Reviews
Publishers bear an expense now and offer a 20 percent reduction for subscribers in former years. Clubs of four or more receive a discount, with four copies of Blackwood or one Review to one address at 12 80 dollars and four copies of the four Reviews and Blackwood at 34 8 dollars, and so on.
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Jane
Sarah
Boston Transcript
Blackwood
Premium Subscriptions Offer for 1880 In Various Periodicals
New subscribers for 1880 may, without charge, receive last quarter 1879 numbers of eligible periodicals. Subscribing to two to four titles earns one of the Four Reviews for 1879, five titles earn two reviews or Blackwood's Magazine set for 1879. Premiums and club discounts require direct remittance to publishers and early applications because stock is limited.
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Blackwood’s Magazine
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Colored School
N. B. N. Norn Maprson
Soldier Vs
Diogenes
Busch
Pliny
Brazil
Paraiba
London Telegraph
Daya
Ayer
Tral
John Sherman
Texas
Board of Immigration
Port Lavaca
Fenklin Democrat
Issa
Edinburgh Review
Westminster Review
the London Quarterly Review
the British Quarterly Review
Evangelical
Edinburgh Magazine
East Main Cross Street
Golden Rule Clothing House
England
Italy
France
China
Japan
Russia
Turkey
America
Madison
Beaver
A. Marks & Son
Madison, Ind
J., M. & J. Railegad
Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad
North Vernon
Columbus
Indianapolis
Vernon
ST. Louis
Cincinnati
Loisville
Hare
Rogers’ Drug Store
A. Anderson
Louisville
Norace Scott
Leonard Scott
Barclay Street, New York
U. S. Mail Line
Williams & Barton
Louis A. Sherley
Pike
Thomas Sherlock
Carrollton
Louisville Packet
Maggie Harper
R. Humphrey
J. M. Gittyer
Louwville
Williama, Barton & CO
Jrails
Daily Mails
Ohio
ML &I. BR. B
Aurora
Rising Sun
Patriot
Vevay
Ghent
Warsaw
Hanover
Lexington
Milton
Stony Point
Mud Lick
Bryantsburg
Rexville
St. Magdalena
New Marion
Titusville
Canaan
Saney’s
Barboursville
Versailles
Manville
Moorefield
Home
Craig
Long Run
Kent, Graham
Volga
Cresswell
M. C. Garber
F. Harper
Indiana
Wolman
Humphrey
Bartlett & Mason’s
J. E. C. F. Harper
Ling
Hallest & CO
Portland
Maine
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