National Democratic Platform Demands Tariff Reform and Anti Corruption
The platform calls for reducing import duties on many articles, tightening anti trust and campaign finance rules, stronger railroad regulation, direct election of senators, opposition to Asiatic immigration, and increased federal powers to curb corporate influence in politics. It criticizes the Republican party for wasteful expenditures and executive overreach while urging tariff reform, disclosure of campaign contributions, and stricter interstate commerce regulation.
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United States
Congress
Republican Party
Lawer
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Democratic Party
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Republican Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Comrmiaston
Trafic
Interstate Commerce Commissen
Ami
A Novel Remedy For Women In Trades Suggested
A writer proposes that when a woman succeeds in a male dominated trade a man should marry her to open an opportunity for another man. He suggests unions could maintain a pool of eligible bachelors to deter women from pursuing work, using marriage as a gatekeeping tool.
Portrait of Napoleon III Restored in Strassburg Barracks
German troops uncover a Napoleon III portrait in the former French barracks at Strassburg. The full uniform image with white breeches was hidden before the empire fell in 1870 and is now hung beside Kaiser William I’s portrait under Gen Hentschel von Gilgenheim.
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Strassburg
Napoleon III
Hentschel von Gilgenheim
Fifteenth Corps
Kaiser William I
Hindu theology called a mystery to Western minds
The author states Hindu theology is a mystery to Western intellect, noting belief in a million gods and numerous hells and heavens. They describe the Brahmin faith as a labyrinthine system beyond a white person's comprehension, comparing immersion in it to a baby lost in an Amazonian forest.
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United States
Jeffer- Soman Masi
Umber
Disinfecting a Room After Illness
The article emphasizes room disinfection after occupancy by a consumptive patient or scarlet fever case. It notes many disinfectants on the market, heat as a disinfectant, boiling water when possible, burning sulphur after sealing cracks, and carbolic acid as a good option.
Democratic Platform Calls for Currency Reform and Civil Rights
The platform advocates emergency government backed currency for banks, a guaranty fund for depositor protection, and a strong income tax. It supports labor reforms, eight hour workday, a national labor department, and direct election of senators, plus expansion of public health and education, wary of imperialism and Asian immigration. A Valley Forge tablet honors John Benjamin, noting his Revolutionary service.
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John Benjamin
Maine
Washington Memorial Chapel
Valley Forge
George Washington
William Henry Pearson
Boston
Massachusetts
Nancy Della Benjamin Pearson
Sherlock Holmes Aide Denied Secret Hen Plot
A letter from Grimsby Independent recaps a claim by Sherlock Holmes of the Hamilton Herald about helping plant a hen last week. The writer remembers only a party in his yard asking to hide an empty whisky bottle and directing the would-be giver to dump it into Rev. John Cooley's back yard.
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Repub‘ven
Teveland Am
Mckinsey
Sherlock Holmes
The
Hamilton Herald
John Cooley
Sherlock
Grimsby Independent
Duck Hunter Treed by Lions Near Victoria Falls
G Thomasine a Livingstone boatbuilder was duck hunting on the Zambezi near Victoria Falls when three lions pursued him. He fled to a tree and spent the night there as the lions kept watch. A search party found him the next day and drove the lions away.
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Rhodesia
Africa
G. Thomasine
Livingstone
Zambezi
Victoria Falls
Truth and Bubbling Springs
The piece extols truth as the spring of eternal youth and a tonic for life. It contrasts the pursuit of office, wealth, or fame with devotion to truth, citing philosophers and scientists from Adam to Marconi as witnesses to its power.
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Ponce de Leon
Adam
Washington
Galileo
Marconi
Henry Watterson
Look Up The Ship Has Arrived And Times Improve
The Atchison Globe notes that the ship hoped for has arrived and conditions are favorable. It contrasts dreamers who seek impossible outcomes with practical people who accept life and find contentment in living.
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Atchison Globe
Proof for Two Cents Kidney Cure Claim
Medina New York resident GW Winney advertises Dean s Kidney Pills claiming cure after eighteen months of illness in hospital. He details back pain lameness rheumatism and fainting spells and says after ten to twelve cures he weighed 162 pounds from 143. Pills sold widely at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N, Y
Garden of Eden the crying fits in nursery tale
A Philadelphia matron finds three children in the playroom amid a hurtful scene. Thomas age nine sits on a table with a mouth full, while Jack and Ethel protest about a Garden of Eden game and claim God ate the apple.
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Philadelphia
Jack
Ethel
Thomas
Tom
Rohemian Magazine
Two Cures of Eczema Promote Cufticura Remedies
A Louisville reader cites two eczema cases from 1884 and a later recurrence. After failing with many doctors, Cufticura remedies allegedly brought immediate improvement and full recovery, with notes by MW. LaRue at 845 Seventh St. Louisville Kentucky dated April 22 and May 1407.
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LaRue
Seventh St
Louisville
Carnegie Rival Philanthropist Donates Books
A tongue in cheek profile notes a rival donor who last week gave away two dozen Deadwood Dick editions and four dozen Nickel libraries as a public spirited gesture.
Rev Sydney Goodman leads Atlantic City church crowd
The Men's Church at Atlantic City led by Rev Sydney Goodman and his showy sermons including a beggar themed talk are praised for brilliancy and originality. A member recalls a beggar sermon in which a deacon questions the minister’s wife about money.
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Sydney Goodman
Atlantic City
Godman
Nothing to Be Thankful For
A humorous anecdote about Elizabeth learns the family avoids traditional prayer noting their practice of paying cash for meals. Her mother and father are described as not teaching religious etiquette, while a guest asks about grace at meals. Elizabeth finally reframes gratitude as something paid for, not given by others.
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Elizabeth
Grace
Hunt's Cure Promise for All Itching Skin Diseases
East Florence Alabama resident G W Farlowe reports seven years of severe itching and sleepless nights ending after one Hunt's Cure application. He claims permanent relief after a year of being cured and praises the product as a guaranteed remedy for all itching skin diseases priced at 50e.
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G. W. Farlowe
East
Florence
Ala
Hunt
Cheatham's Chill Tonic and city life quips
An old village woman and city nephew discuss living costs with a wry note on appearances. A Chicago News line touts Cheatham's Chill Tonic claiming cures for chills and a money back guarantee if it fails. A streetwise exchange ends with a jokey line about a trackwalker for aeroplane hoes.
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Chicago News
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Echoes Desert Isle Imagery
An odd promotional missive touts Marine Eye Remedy with lines about water swelling wood and a novelist wrecking a skiff to build a town. It includes marketing claims and a weather prophecy quip, urging readers to consult their Druggist.
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Desert Isle
Groves Tastelass Chill Ton Inert Formula Quinine Note
Fragmentary OCR note cites a tasteless tempering drink described as bearing Quinine and a compound named in an unclear fashion. It references suffering as beauty through fortitude and quotes Aristotle on bearing calamities with cheerfulness.
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Aristotle
Contentment and Material Wealth in Philosophical View
The text blends an aphoristic line about contentment as wealth with a remark on acquiring experience through futures speculation. It appears as reflective snippets attributed to Socrates and a modern analogy on investment learning.
A Man's Tact Question From Miss Fairley
In dialogue, Mr Henley questions how Miss Fairley would change her hair and eyes to remake herself. Miss Fairley replies she would look exactly as she does now, leaving Henley puzzled by her insistence on her current appearance.
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Mr. Henley
Miss Fairley
Henley
Different Now Athlete Finds Better Training Food
A Michigan athlete credits Grape-Nuts and Postum for improved condition and strength during training. He notes weight gain from 124 lbs at a June field meet to 140 lbs at football season start in September. He says mornings improved after meals of Grape-Nuts with cream and Postum, and urges readers to try the regimen.
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Mich
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Wellville
Conundrum Proposal Sparks Quick Witty Exchange
He asks to marry, she replies with playful hesitation and humor. The banter highlights charm and quick wit in a lighthearted exchange.
Milk men fooling nobody says country man on Fifth Street
A custom house clerk recounts a winter scene on Fifth and Chestnut where he reads a wagon legend for Pasteurized milk. He jokes that Philadelphia milk men deceive people but claims to know better from living in the country and jokes about using Hunt's Lightning Oil for rheumatism and other ailments.
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Custom House
Uncle Sam
Fifth and
Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia
I Married You Question Haunts Houston Pest
A sharp exchange between John and a distrusting spouse reveals a marriage history that weighs on their dynamic. The line “I married you” surfaces as a defining moment, highlighting tension and unresolved trust in their relationship.
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John
Houston Pest
One Bottle or Less Remedy for Malaria Promoted
An advertisement touts Cheatham's Chill Tonic as a guaranteed cure for malaria and chills. It claims relief is prompt and thorough, with one bottle claimed sufficient to cure any kind of chills.
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Ame
Cheatham
Opposites Cause and Bed Warm Weather and Crime Views
A dialogue notes heat and crime connection with phrases about weather influencing wickedness and morals. Hicks Capichine is advertised as a nervousness remedy described as liquid and pleasant to take.
Lam A Mother Lam A Mother
Women seek healthy maternity and credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and enabling motherhood. Testimonials from Mrs Maggie Gilmer and Mrs Josephine Hall praise cures of female ailments and general recovery. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Maggie Gilmer
West Tnion
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Josephine Hall
Bardstown
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