Nearing the Million Mark in Pension Rolls
The April 1 pension rolls show 827,267 names with 255,418 added in ten months under the pauperizing pension act. At this pace a million pensioners may exist by January next, rivaling Europe’s armies and affecting voters. The piece accuses Congress of impiety and urges reform, while Louisville and Jefferson county Democratic conventions back Watterson for delegate-at-large and suggest Gen. Castleman if two Louisville delegates are allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Jefferson County
Watterson
John B. Castleman
Cleveland
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Advertise Tonics
After typhoid fever diphtheria pneumonia or other prostrating diseases Hood's Sarsaparilla is described as restoring strength and expelling poison from the blood. Hood's Pills are said to act on the liver rousing it from torpidity to its duties curing constipation and aiding digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons Liver
W. J. McElroy
Macon
Hood
Iowa Democrats rally behind tariff reform in platform
The Iowa Democratic platform proclaims tariff reform as the paramount issue in the presidential campaign. It argues taxation harms the many, praises democracy against trusts and monopolies, and credits Gov Boies with leading a decisive stance. The piece lauds the platform as clear and persuasive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Gov. Boies
Iowa Democracy
New York World
Tin plate and tariff talk spill from McKinley era notes
McKinley era figures show about thirty tin plate works active or under construction with many workers. The nine months to March 31 output reached one percent of imports, equal to three days’ consumption, with twelve of nineteen firms buying cut plates and four making Bright plates. The price stays above imported plate despite the McKinley tariff. Separately a harsh critique of the free binding twine vote and a wheat farmers’ tax complaint follow, then Holman’s quip on evolution and a Pennsylvania Railroad payout of 200 dollars for court appearances by a Shelbyville freight crew allegedly blocking a public highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
C.S. Trench & Co
Congress
Henry Wattersons View on Cleveland and Tariff Reform
Henry Watterson portrays Cleveland as poorly prepared for national affairs and distrustful of his own party. The piece cites his vague tariff stance, mixed fiscal views, disputed Civil Service Reform, vetoes of petty bills, and a tepid tariff message undermined by advisers before endorsing the 1884 Chicago straddle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Mugwump
Congress
United States
Mr.Gorman
William L. Scott
St. Louis
Chicago
Condition of Miss Lida Baer Improves
The sister of Prosecutor Bear, Miss Lida Baer, shows improving health and reassures her many county friends of a full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida Baer
Prosecutor Bear
Rivers flood threaten New Orleans area as Bennett Carre break widens
Reports from May 17 describe Bennett Carre levee near New Orleans giving way, creating a 400 by twelve foot crevasse riverward and flooding St. Charles parish. Railroad tracks, plantations, and a large portion of the city’s basins face inundation while officials assess damage and evacuation needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Missouri River
Bennett Carre Levee
St. Charles Passeltish
Dunn
Ilinois Central Railroad
John Dymond
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Illinois Central Railway
Bennett Carre
Ilinois Central
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad Company
Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans and
Texas Road
Heavy Hail and Rainstorm Hits Clinton and Rail Line
In Clinton Missouri on May 17 a severe hail and rainstorm caused heavy damage and halted the Kansas City Osceola and Southern Railroad due to high water. Report also notes levees remain sound near Memphis while rivers rise between Memphis and Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Argentine
Armourdale
Harlem
Clinton
Kansas City, Osceola
Memphis
Helena
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T.w.forsner
M. 8. Cohen
Deutcher Artz
Forshee & Cohen
Third Streets
W.T. Fitzgerald
Washington, D.C
Haines
Golpen Streipic Co
Ave Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
F. Johnson & CO
Malnsteth
Maine St
Richmond
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Brashear
Abbott
Slick Joe
Lubricating Joe
Democratic Party
Cassius M. Clay
Mississippi
Kaw
Kansas
Mother Earth
O’regan
la Belle Revere
Plain Speed
Holman
Mr. Holman
Indiana
Indiana Statesman
Chicago Tribune
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shelby Circuit Court
Shelbyville
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
New York Herald
Herman
East St. Louis
Illinois
New Madison
Ills
Madison
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Arkansas River
Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas
Polean
Arno Schmidt
Rogers & Cowlams
Main St
N. W. Corner
Swormstedt & CO
N. T. Drake & CO
West Main Street
Madison, Ind
Geo
Diederich’s
Heinrich Schoppen
Heinsdorf
N. Horuff
East Main Street
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