Opium and liquor reform and political clash in 1880s notes
Fragmented text cites a murder case in Belleville Ill and a trial sentence, mentions a widow Harris? and Centrell, plus a public petition against drink and opium. It reports treasury finance battles, party votes on a relief bill, and Speaker Reed’s political maneuvering amid a hostile Senate and calls for prohibition and moral reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Republic
Treasury
Reed
Springer
Hatch
Cleveland
Stanley Matthews
Court orders state aid in rail depot prosecution near Dexter
The county court authorizes Henry N. Phillips to assist the state board of education in prosecuting the St Louis Iron Mountain & Southern and St Louis Southwestern railways for failing to erect and maintain a depot at their crossing near Dexter Missouri. Phillips will be compensated as provided by statute. Dexter residents meet to condemn the order and seek its rescission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Henry N. Phillips
State Board of Education
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company
Missouri
Dexter
Phillips
Republic of the 10Th
County Court
Stoddard
Sult
Iron Mountain and
Cotton Belt Railway
Apt
Meeca
Mikes
Local notes and notices from Lutesville area
Lutesville and nearby towns report visitors and deaths trivial court visits and sales. Mentions include James C. Smith and W. H. Killian in town, Fred Clippard of Laflin, Robert Jean returning to Dexter, Emma Miles Caps Girardes visiting her brother Fred, Hattie and Willie Burford in Laflin, and a local clearing sale on child knee pants. Weather notes mention fourteen degrees below zero and multiple drug ads for Dr Sawyers Pastilles and Family Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Goodwin
Arkansas
Robert Jean
Dexter
W. H. Killian
Emma Miles
Caps Girardes
Fred
Remarkable Patent Remedies Sale Claim Highlights
The text touts Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs, Triiectric Bitters for liver stomach and kidneys, Bucklow's Arnica Salve as the best in the world, and Lring's New Life Pills described as perfect. Each remedy is guaranteed to perform as claimed and sold with a dealer’s incentive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Bucklow
Lring
Hams
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Mexico
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Pacific Railroad
Teller
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G. H. Poprics
Humphreys, Ga
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Southeast News
Rospert
EL. Drum
Marble Hill
Lutesville News
James C. Smith
Fred Clippard
Laflin
Hattie
Willie Burford
Sawyers
Pastilles
C. M. Witmer
W. Dunkin
Marion
Indiana
Tadies
Gangetta
Witmer
Ed Drum
John A. Miller
Joe Caldwell
W. A. Hurst
Dr. Sawyer
M. Witmer
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