Prolific 19th Century Press Gossip and Civic Notes
The Madison Herald reprints a Courier-Journal paragraph mocking Republican rhetoric and cholera fears while noting a Kansas veteran finally receives three cents owed for decades. It cites census figures on African Americans and quibbles over Camp Gray grammar, recalling Old General Jackson’s political skirmishes with a colonel who offended him.
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Tae Courier-Journal
Camp Gray
Indianapolis Sentinel
the Sentinel
Jackson
New Orleans
September elections prompt cross state campaigns for Maine and Vermont
The article notes Maine and Vermont vote dates this month with Republicans mounting strong canvasses led by national figures while Democrats in both states show limited activity. It cites past Republican margins in Maine and Vermont and mentions Arkansas governor races as context. It also recounts a Columbus Ohio dispute over McKinley tariff prices and a bet offer rejected by an editor.
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Maine
Vermont
Reed
Gov. McKinley
National Committee
Arkansas
Debates and cholera notes amid political and legal quotes
Quay supports Carter with 1888 experience while McKinley avoids joint debates and Doran letters about socks surface. Weekly business failures total 176 with prior year 217. Hamburg dispatches report cholera subsiding in Central Europe. Sedan anniversary observed with prayers and gloom. Judge Cooley criticizes import taxes as unconstitutional unless they raise revenue, aligning with Democratic platform.
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Hamburg
Sedan
Europe
Great Britain
Tariff debate cited from Justice Miller in Courier-Journal
The Madison Courier attributes tariff ideas to Henry Watterson but cites a Courier-Journal quotation from Justice Miller arguing that all businesses benefit the public and justify contributions. The piece frames this as a judicial interpretation supporting tariff positions voiced by the Democratic platform.
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Madison Courier
Henry Watterson
Jeff Davis
Calhoun
Courier-Journal
Justice Miller
Supreme Court
Judge Cooley
Michigan
Watterson
United States
Cholera Crisis Urges Rigorous Quarantine Measures
The Courier Journal reprinted a Treasury Dept circular ordering a twenty day quarantine for vessels from cholera ports. It urges thorough federal state and local action plus better sanitation to halt the spread, noting Divine Providence does not will illness born of dirt.
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Courier Journal
Treasury Department
Moravia
Spaulding
America
Burglary Economics Questioned as an Infants Industry
Statistics argue burglary yields poor returns relative to time and risk. The remark frames a political chance for Republicans to shield a fragile enterprise in crime policy.
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Canana
Marvelous health revival tale of Mr Shorter in Newburg NY
Telegraphic report details H S Shorter a 75 year old Newburg lumber dealer who grew weak then rapidly recovered after using Dr Green's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. He gained 16 pounds and claims renewed strength and vitality in two months confirming the remedy's efficacy for debility nervous disorders and related ailments. The ad promotes the vegetable remedy priced at $1 and offers physician consultation.
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Newhere
N. Y
Newburg
H. 8. Shorter
Broadway
N.Y
Shorter
Mr. Shorter
Dr. Greene
Greene
Green
14Th St
New York
Low Rate Harvest Excursions From Chicago
The Chicago and North Western Railway announces two low rate Harvest Excursions to the West and Northwest. Departures are August 30 and September 27 with round trips for one fare to Iowa Minnesota Dakotas Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Utah Idaho and Montana. Tickets good for return within twenty days.
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Great West and
Northwest
Chicago
Iown
Minnesota
Dakata
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Montana
W. A. Thrall
Chicago & North Western B’y
Harrison's Letter Accepting Republican Nomination
President Harrison sends a condensed reply from Washington on September 5 1892 accepting the Republican nomination for U.S. president. He defends war and postwar policies praising the national currency system and tariff safeguards, argues against Democratic plans to repeal state bank taxes, promotes reciprocity and a robust merchant fleet, and warns that radical tariff cuts would devastate American industry and wages.
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Washington
Harrison
The
United States
William McKinley, Jr
Minneapolis
Fifty-First Congress
House of Representatives
Executive Department
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Senate Committee
Treasury Department
Ayer
Olicy
Benjamin Harrison
A Little Girl's Experience at Gov Lighthouse
Mr and Mrs Loren Trescott keep the Gov Lighthouse at Sand Beach Michigan and their four year old daughter fell ill with measles cough and fever. After home and Detroit doctors failed she grew weak but recovered after using Dr King s New Discovery. A free trial bottle is available at Harper s Drugstore.
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Loren Trescott
Gov. Lighthouse
Sand Beach
Mich
Detroit
Dr. King
Harper's Drugstore
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Harry Robinson
E. Pearl St
Fair Haven
Conn
Manuel Jorge Pereira
Oporto
Portugal
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N. Amherst
Ohio
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J. Rower
New Haven
Ind
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Kenig
Fort Wayne
Tink, Cine
Scientific American Agency For
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Scientific American
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Munn & CO. Blishers
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