State Finances and Reform Measures Highlight 1880 Report
Governor urges careful consideration of fiscal affairs and revenue collection reforms. notes growing state wealth, bond investments, and the need to align funding with university and normal school support while addressing delinquent taxes and land management. outlines auditor issues and temporary auditor vacancy. mentions saline lands potential revenue and calls for joint committee. praises state institutions and university growth under directed policy.
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United States
Permanent School Fund
Board O Educational Lands and
General Assembly
General Fund
State University
Supreme Court
Psy
Eeete Lees cc
Normal
Stel Hh
State Normal School
Peru
Nebraska State Affairs Report 1880 Executive Summary
The 80th day of August 1880 sees H C Dawean resigning as warden with C J Nobes appointed. The report notes 266 convicts including 11 U S and 59 Wyoming from territory, fire safety concerns, and calls for water and gas infrastructure. It covers insane asylum expansion, notes on deaf and dumb institute, capitol wing delays, militia revival, fish commissions, and population growth to 452,542. It urges appropriate appropriations and reorganization to meet growing needs.
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Nebraska
Treasury
Aduston
F. W. Leldtke
Executive Department
Attorney
Tees
Mandamus
Supreme Court
Sult
Tion
John Wallichs
H.C. Dawean
C. J. Nobes
United States
Wyomiung
General Assembly
Joe. T. Hay
Falls City
B. McGlumphey
Institute For the Deaf and Dumb
Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings
Capitol
Capitol Building Board
W. H. B. Stout
Building Board
Crook
United States Infantry
Ninth
U. S. Infantry
Burt
Mastinga
Light Artilley
Omaha
Energetic Board of Fish Commissioners
California
Congress
U. S
Secretary of State
Commonwealth
Largest mouthed comedian warned by Brooklyn tabernacle
A minstrel boasts of being the world’s largest mouthed comedian and mocks rivals. The writer urges the performer to attend Brooklyn tabernacle Sundays to temper vanity. A sermon-like passage emphasizes shaping hearts early in childhood through mothers' influence and cautions that indolence grows from suffering.
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Brooklyn Tabernacle
Judge Punishes Weeping Man Over Lost Shirt Theft
Clinton Smith, a 24 year old, sobs in court after admitting he kicked in a laundry door and threatened the attendant over a lost shirt. The judge dismisses tears and sentences him to thirty days, mocking the man’s sorrow and predicting future comfort.
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Clinton Smith
Mr. Smith
A Chicago Broker’s Happy Investments
Lewis H. O’Conor, Esq., of 93 Washington street, Chicago, testifies in a report that after weeks of severe back pain from a cold he abandoned doctors and remedies and used St Jacobs Oil. He says the product provided almost instant relief and now leaves him without pain.
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Chicago Journal
Washington Street
St. Jacobs
Editor Receives Humorous Postal Card Over Spelling
An editor known for phonetic spelling received a postal card from an old subscriber in the country. The message jokes about the editor’s spelling over the past ten months and playfully suggests stopping the paper if spelling cannot improve.
Notable Pain Remedy and Street Confrontation Tale
The Cleveland Penny Press highlights St Jacobs Oil as a premier pain remedy. A Chicago man, Leonard Swett, praises it while recounting a Peoria guitarist on a liberty procession, attacking passersby who spoke disrespectfully. He fights five men, then loses a later clash with four.
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Cleveland Penny Press
St. Jacobs Oil
Leonard Swett
Chicago
Peoria
Liberty
Day Kidney Pap Promises Quick Relief for Kidney Ailments
A historic claim touts Day's Kidney Pap as banishing fear of fatal kidney diseases by its assured action, presenting the remedy as a reliable cure for kidney troubles.
Growth in Grace Through Solitude and Prayer
The piece argues that deep personal growth comes from solitary prayer rather than social settings. It contrasts the desert with crowded society and notes the dew like purity of spiritual progress in quiet moments.
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Detroit Free Press
Swift
Rochester
Sancho
Pedro
Jack
Philadelphia Record
Miserableness cured by Hop Bitters praised in ads
An advertisement extols Hop Bitters as a miracle cure for unseen illnesses and general misery. It claims patients improve from the first dose and regain health and strength, urging those afflicted to obtain the remedy and noting references in another column.
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General Assembly
Ais Rae Aw Ao
Prize Medicines and Remedies Advert for Household Health
A dense advertisement page lists various patent medicines and tonics for children and adults including German Worm Cakes Uncle Sam’s Nerve and Bone Liniment Eilert’s Day light Liver Pills and Teething Syrup. It promotes McIntosh Electric Belt bulletins and Uncle Sam’s Condition Powder for livestock along with Tar and Wild Cherry extract for coughs and bronchial woes.
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Jaque
Uncle Sam
McIntosh Electric Belt and Battery Co
Jackson St
Chicago
Sam
Eilert
Ridiculous Patent Remedies Advertised in Local Paper
A scanned page advertises multiple tonics and cures including Rough on Rats for pest control, CamBoxaine for baldness, Bucklin’s Arnica Salve for piles, Lyon’s stiffeners, MaLu’s Honey of Horehound and Tan cough remedy, Pike’s Toothache Drops, Pinkham remedies, and a six horsepower portable steam engine. Prices and contact hints appear for readers.
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Lyon
MaLu
Richters Fur Stock Ad in Omaha Nebraska
The Omaha fur manufacturer Henry G. Richter invites attention to his selected stock of ladies and gents furs opposite the post office in Omaha Nebraska. He offers prompt mail orders, guaranteed satisfaction, and reasonable repair rates. Highest prices paid for raw furs.
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Omaha
Henry G. Richter
Nebraska
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Centlemen
The
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House of Lepresentatives
Ccs
University Fund
General Long
University Tung
Cececeavecens
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Pawnee Reservation
Hinds
Board of Educational’ Lands and Funds
Washington City
Interior Department
Department of the Interior
C. J. Dilworth
Attornney General
Agricultural College
Esauinea Steete Debys
Salt Springs
the State University
Normal School
Hospital For the
Insans
Hospital For the Insane
Institute For the
Reform School
Kearney
Capitol Wing
Insurance
State Militia
Adams County
Hastings
Aaa
Board OF Fish Commissioners
New York City
Grand Union Motel
Grand Central Depot
Warner
Redding
Russia
Bucklin
Lupia E. Pinkolm
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Western Newspaper Union
Geo. A
A. Vogeler & Coo
Baltimore
U. 8
All.spore
Sharon
Wis
Bright
Day
Larimore & Dean
Niles
Mich
Casper Weitzel
Lancaster
Kidney
A. J. Stoner
Decatur
Wls
Toledo
C.F Coodman
Hop Ritters
Rochester, NY
Torenta
Rocky Mountains
U. 6
Gunnison
Abbard
Kanga City
Chine Sewing
Anya
Frost & CO
Tremont Row
Boston
Maya
Yuenistory Younger
James Beos
J W Buel
Cole Younger
Pay Dan Linahan
Warlonsztan Ave
Ccicago
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America
Wells
P. O
W.N. U
Jewelers
Shakespeare
Dr. Foess Health
Hilt Pub
East 28Th Street
N. Y
Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons &Co
Troy
Newark
Trey Towa
X. P
Larser
B. Hubermann
Neb
Eee
E. W. FP
Aili
Crockett Station
Tenn
Har Om Txx
Harter
James Brown
Our
Entreville
Texas
Barter
North Mal Street
AT. Louis
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Lerce
Meath
Biliens
Fainip
Kidmeys
Ty iMeomach
Draggion
Price
Gio, Wells, Richardson & CO
Prop’s
Nurlingtos
Yrd
Fort
Cole & Brother
Pella
Towa
Osultall
Great Americas Tea Co
Addine
Iaper & Ditcher Co
Olitan Brock
Mountain Ster Millers
Arnica
Rte
KF. Goodman
Piso
Walt
Capalinos
Girouh
Eggleston Truss Co
Jon & Sam
Joe
Omala
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