Attendance at the World Fair Falls Short
Daily attendance at the World's Fair is about 50 percent below managers expectations, signaling weaker than expected public turnout and possible impact on event momentum.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1893
Page
4
Daily attendance at the World's Fair is about 50 percent below managers expectations, signaling weaker than expected public turnout and possible impact on event momentum.
The writer muses that Colonel Ananias could become a powerful reform orator if he rises from obscurity after centuries. The comment hints at a larger satire about revival and public speech.
The Stromsburg Republican club calls for re organization and expanded pool work after last fall. They urge members to begin honest effort to oust the usurpers and restore order with renewed public service.
The Callaway Courier remarks that even a reform party once deemed a providential mistake was not created in vain. It cites Bill McKeighan's rheumatism and Bill Green’s la grippe as valuable contributions to medical science through Crane Videlte’s quip.
An injunction seeks to bar the state auditor from paying the balance of Attorney Greens claim on the impeachment trial. The speaker calls the deal the biggest theft in the impeachment saga, noting Greens has earned far less than two hundred fifty cents and far less than two thousand five hundred dollars.
The pension department issued a sweeping decision last week reducing benefits by twenty million dollars. Critics who opposed pensions may face a wakeup before 1897 as many men under the 1890 law see cuts to their pensions.
The article cites Johnstown Pennsylvania’s recovery from the 1890 reservoir disaster. It notes the population fell to 9,592 at the time of destruction and, in the present, the city houses 21,544 residents, illustrating resilience and rebuilding.
A father urges his son Adolphus to heed early season speeches by bosses including Powers, Colonels Thomson and Pratt. He warns they push for another county funds windfall and control, predicting reform talk to keep the county in debt in need of discipline.
The supreme court judges alone know if accused officials are guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. After long hearings they will decide, and their opinion will guide honest citizens more than partisan editorials.
A Nebraska fight over 1890 reform promises and party control exposes misrepresentations about ballot printing and bar dockets. The Record defends its work, rebuts charges of overbilling, and accuses the reform press of lazy lies and partisan bias.
An old advertisement asserts a North wind and cold are dangers and claims One Minute Cough Cure by R K Baum will quickly cure ailments. The brief copy promotes safety and rapid relief.
Local advertisement features M. Sout from Osceola with a call to contact for painting work. The notice also promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla by R. K. Baum, touting cures for piles and skin diseases, with Shilox’s Cure for coughs and croup and a pocket size medicine at 25 cents.
The traveling public are told that the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line offers the best accommodation to and from Chicago Omaha and intermediate points not only during the World's Fair but all year.
The Record promotes combined subscriptions to The Semi-Weekly Journal and The Record as the best local paper. A yearly fix for both papers is priced at $175.
Public travelers will enjoy solid vestibuled through trains on the Chicago Union Pacific and North-Western Line between Chicago and Omaha with no need to change cars. The service is promoted as fast and convenient for journeys to intermediate points.
If you have a cough throat chest or lung trouble including whooping cough and after using Ballards Herebound Syrup as directed for a fair trial no benefit is experienced the advertised agent will refund your money or return of bottle. It never fails to give satisfaction. It promptly recovers bronchial distress. Sold by R. K. Baum.
A Rozedere advertisement touts a beauty product promising perfect complexion by removing redness tan freckles pimples blackheads liver spots and moth patches. Actress Ethel Wolf endorses it saying it is harmless and the best skin purifier tried. 75 cents costs a bottle with free plain-wrapper delivery from Rozodoro Co South Bend Ind. Agents wanted.
Advertisement claims DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the smallest pills that perform a cure. The copy asserts they are the best option for treatment and emphasizes minimal dosage.
The most intelligent people of our community recognize in De Witt's Little Marly Risers pills of unequaled merit for dyspepsia headache and constipation. Very small perfect in action.
An assortment of patent remedies touts De Witt’s pills for liver and stomach, Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy praised by Captain Sweeney, and a tooth wash from Sexatroo. The ad also extols One Minute Cough Cure for hack coughs and claims immediate relief, all sold by Kunker Bros and R. K. Baun.
A refined reader is urged to avoid tartar stained teeth and to buy Sexalrod tooth wash for 75 cents. The ad claims rapid whitening without harm, touts it as superior to cheap washes, and notes Kunkel Bros. as the seller and warrantor.
An old advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a remedy for burns bruises cuts indolent sores and even nasal use for catarrah claiming it also cures piles by local application.
An advertisement promotes Shilow’s Catarry Remedy as a cure for catarrh diptheria canker mouth and headache. It touts an ingenious nasal injector for effective treatment and mentions sale by R K Baum Druggist with no extra charge.
An old advertisement touts Shilohs Constitution Cure as the most successful cough medicine for coughs croup bronchitis and claims it cures consumption with a guaranteed sold price 10c 50c and 1.00. Also promotes Shilohs Porous Plaster and a liver remedy with dubious medical claims and questionable spelling.
The ad notes widespread indigestion and related symptoms like constipation dizziness and loss of appetite. It promotes Shiloh's Vitality with a guaranteed cure and claims to sell it through R. K. Baum Druggist.
John Caraghar of Caraghar Fulton Co Ohio endorses St Patrick's Pill as the best selling remedy he handles. He cites a pleasant cathartic effect and thorough action making them reliable for sale at Faums Druggist.
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