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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1880
Page
4
The house committee on Ways and Means voted to list full manufactured flax and other fibrous plants for duty. They considered a forty percent tariff on flannels, blankets, hats and woolen items composed wholly or partly of worsted or alpaca fibers.
The article surveys international tensions in the far east with Russia and Japan eyeing moves against China. It discusses potential alliances including Burma, Siam, and possible envoy deployments, plus commentary on Macao, Saghalien, and the Kuldja treaty ratification. It also notes domestic events in the US and Grant’s visit amid security precautions.
Readable items include political shifts in Brazil and Virginia, European diplomacy, fires in Norwich and Fort Wayne, military movements toward Cabul, a Chicago paper contract, Senate and court actions, a Cuban appointment to China, a New York Art Museum opening, and multiple local incidents including a deadly armory accident and a wounding in Indianapolis.
In Washington the Committee on Privileges and Elections debates seating Spofford as Kellogg’s successor, while Garf ield criticizes McBuchon over election laws. Treasury Orders rush interest on the public debt to be paid by March 22. A Michigan senator’s divorce case weighs on scandal, and Ouray plans gifts to a relative as Washington hosts literary events by Marguerite Saxton.
Fragmentary text promotes a health elixir claiming rapid relief for digestive and breath issues and other ailments. It references controversial medicine men and a “New World” product with trial sizes and agents, but the passage is largely unintelligible and garbled.
An advertisement touts Dr Minties English Dandelion Tills Nephrotic urine and kidney ailments claim strong cures for dropsy Brights disease and diabetes. It promotes a range of tonics including a nerve debility remedy priced at 2 per bottle or 10 for four bottles with distribution through Ogden and San Francisco.
A historic advertisement claims Shilohig Consumption Cure best for lung ailments including consumption and asthma. It promises cures in many cases, notes pleasant use for children, and offers a guarantee with pricing listed. Distributed by McNutt & a and other retailers.
Regular correspondence notes London society drawing rooms at Huckingham Palace and Paris Theatre Francaise. It mocks fashion obsessions, etiquette cruelties, and a schoolboy view of princes and Germans while a Lord Mayor considers multilingual training for travelers to China and Japan amid Protestant Catholic tensions.
A fragment from an 1880 report notes rebellious hatred persisted beyond death. It accuses the prince of motives for joining the Zulu campaign and casts aspersions on his character as a target of aggressive rhetoric.
The fragment from a Cincinnati Enquirer column riffs on name choices for a girl, humorously proposing Cleomargarine by example. It notes a Richmond Independent line on naming and adds a vignette about drunkenness, a mailed letter, a newsroom exchange, and a gamin calling out a man as jurors practice.
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