Weekly Statesman 1887 Notes and Gazette
The itemized page notes Paterson silk output of 100 million annually and Swiss disruption, Henry George in New York Plattabury speech, and a sharp quip about Mrs Cleveland. It cites Tay Landon Iron Age on cheap American hardware, and major figures like Cosmeran Wilner, a long-serving conductor on the Boston & Albany line, with a claim of 1,647,000 miles traveled. It mentions Campros sailing for Italy, Michiganians, and Scribner's December piece, plus labor satire and looming 188x political shifts including Republican and Democratic parties, Prohibition and Greenback lines, and an Niagara water-power project with a 3,000,000 capital stock. The piece discusses August Spies, Herr Most, and Chicago anarchists, then notes the importance of laws and free speech, ending with a Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph system and Jay Gould’s financial moves and a postal telegraph plan.
Personal Liberty movement rouses political shifts and temperance debate
The excerpt discusses support for a government telegraph, opposition to Western Union, and the rise of a Personal Liberty party led by brewers and liquor sellers. It critiques Sunday laws, warns of social ills from alcohol, and cites a strong moral stance against open Sunday saloons, urging adherence to a reverent, rest-filled Sunday.
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Albany Law Journal
Dixtilora
Authers
Massachusetts
Paris
Clarke's Flax Balve Cures Piles and Sores Remedy
A vintage remedy claim describes Clarke's Flax Balve as curing piles itching rheum sores and eruptions with cotnish wall fied. The ad promises relief from various ailments and skin conditions using the unnamed ointment.
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Clarke
Prominent Merchant in Trautte Subjects of Rumor and Cure
A muddled town scene centers on a prominent Trautte merchant rumored to be ill and feared for sudden outbursts. Prominent mentions of tonic cures and even a dog named Tabby appear amid fabrications, with confidence shaken by reports of a mysterious “old fhow.” The passage pivots to travel ramblings and a stray railroad pool notice, ending with Lowell fCruzen.
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Trautte
Tabby
To the Afflicted Kellogg Oilit Cures Kidney Ailments
The article extols Kellogg's Colum biao Oilit as a permanent cure for kidney ailments rheumatism and related pains. It claims rapid relief and life improvement, and urges keeping the remedy at home as essential. It mentions Hyde's memorandum book as a guide to curative properties and urges readers to obtain the remedy.
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Kellogg
AO. Hyde
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