Statesman's County News and McKinley on Bimetallism
The Statesman of Marshall Michigan April 1 1897 reports ad notices and obituaries rates and circulation details. It notes Commissioner appointments by President McKinley to the monetary conference on bimetallism and defends Republican support for silver and bimetallism while condemning claims of opposition.
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Btateaman
Statesman
Calhoon County
State Street
Frone NO
McKinley
EF. C. Walcott
Hou
Chad F. Paine
El-Vie
AL E. Stevenson
Monetary Conference
Republican Party
Foul Nevada Lottery Probe Casts Shadow Over State
A garbled report links a Nevada lottery push to past misdeeds amid claims of corruption and looming long life terms. The piece cites alleged collusion and moral turpitude, as factions warn of a national blot and urge public scrutiny.
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Uhe Lottiniana
Nevada
Stuart
Iives i
Lady Macbeth
Discovery of a new steel process by Samuel Maxim
Samuel Maxim of Wayne Maine claims to have found a process to temper steel identical to ancient Indian steel. He says armor plates of this metal would resist powerful projectiles and explosives. He foresees practical use in drills chisels and cutting tools with blades cutting glass as easily as chalk.
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Samuel Maxim
Wayne
Maine
India
Will Pay in Fighting Cubs Island Purchase Fails
The Cuban bid to buy the island of Cubs for up to two million dollars collapsed for two main reasons. First, Cubans cannot raise the funds, and second, they see no wisdom in spending large sums for something they expect to gain through imminent fighting with Spain. They also anticipate the upcoming rainy season bringing illness and hardship.
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Cubs
Controversial Racial Mockery and Logbook Feud
A cautious, era-tinged critique mocks Japanese people as “funny little” and references a debate over the Mayflower logbook and ancestral origins. The piece signals xenophobic sentiment and a claim about the transfer of a historical logbook to Mr. Bayard, stirring national curiosity and unease.
Questioning Mrs Eddy on a dozen marital deaths in Americus
A reader questions Mary Baker Eddy’s claim to raise the dead and her life choices amid a church order forbidding teaching for a year and urging followers to sell her book on Christian Science. The note cites three husbands dying within ten years and asks why one was not spared.
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Mary Baker Eddy
United States
Canada
Americus
Cuban Sympathy Policy Hint Involves Cuban Repression
Reports say Spain’s ambassador hints that Cuban sympathizers in the United States could influence fate of Rivera and Riverk. A sliding scale for future sympathy may be used, with general prisoners of war treated as ordinary or starved if compassion is withheld.
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United States
Min
Baron de Laine
Rivera
Riverk
Orr and Temple Tecumseh remedy ad sells Syruppepsin
An old advertisement promotes Brown's Cure sold in Marshall and other places. It claims the product cures dyspepsia, constipation, loss of appetite, and nervous ailments. It targets women and families, emphasizes better digestion, strength, pleasant taste, and a price of 75 cents. It touts doctors’ bills saved and skin improvement.
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Orr
Temple OF
Marshall
Esis Corea Poateet
Hedt
McKinley Returns Ailing From Dolphin Trip In Improved Health
President McKinley, back from a dolphin cruise, shows renewed vigor at his desk. Jerry Simpson clashes with Speaker Reed over committee appointments and house procedures. The piece assigns responsibility to the Cleveland administration for Mississippi floods and critiques relief delays. It also notes McKinley’s order to reinstate ex union soldiers and hints at Theodore Roosevelt’s looming role and pension agency debates.
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Jerry Simpson
Reed
House
Jerry
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder issues. It claims urine changes indicate disease and promises relief from back pain frequent urination and nighttime awakenings. The copy markets the product's soothing effects and urges purchase for persistent urinary troubles.
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Kilmer
Bleetric Bitters advertised for digestive relief (historic ad)
An old advertisement promotes Bleetric Bitters as a bowel and kidney remedy with gentle stomach action and toning effects. It claims the medicine aids digestion, is non stimulant, and suitable for the elderly, offered at fifty cents and 41 per bottle at A. O. Hydes drug store. The rest of the text contains fragments on eagles in Connecticut and unrelated quoted passages.
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A. O. Hyde
Connecticut
Main
North Stonington
LDS
CIA Spencer
Wits
Patie
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