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22 Jul 1886
Page 1
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1886
Page
1
The fragment appears to be masthead text noting Thursday publication with named editors and proprietors. The readable portion confirms publication schedule and editor credits.
The Washington Letter from July 16 1886 surveys the forty ninth Congress as quarrelsome and slow with much private legislation. It notes factions within the Democratic Party over Tariff Civil Service Reform and Silver and cites talk of a pending River and Harbor bill. It mentions President Cleveland’s order against partisan display, dismissals at the Patent Office Treasury and pensions with spoilsmen, and MilIer of New York backing the harbor bill.
The record shows 72 of 75 appointments in the Pension office went to Democrats in the last six months, a striking pattern noted as a fair average by General Higgins.
A lyrical fragment imagines a gentle arrival with a plaintive cry and a comic reference to a small green apple, presented in a playful old verse voice.
A father defends the modern evangelist against critics who blame crowds and money. He argues evangelists reach the masses in cities and contend reformers also chase attendance. He asserts evangelists do not teach evil and deserve compensation for preaching.
W. I D Hoyt Co wholesale and retail druggists of Rome Georgia report strong sales of Dr King s New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen s Arnica Salve for two years claiming remarkable cures including cases of pronounced consumption treated with a few bottles of New Discovery and Electric Bitters. They guarantee them, sold by J M Bacher & Co. The piece ends with a Chinese maxim.
The advertisement claims Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism by correcting blood acidity and purifying the blood. It includes testimonials from W. Woop, H. T. Balcom, and J. V. A. Provaproof, offers a free book, and lists a price of 1 dollar for 100 doses or six for 5, with shipment from Lowell Massachusetts.
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