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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1894
Page
2
Terms of subscription for the Silver State include one copy for one year by mail and six months by mail, with carrier delivery. Rates show 25 cents per week and agents J. B. Case and W. C. errr authorized to collect and remit subscriptions for the Silver State.
The article lists silver’s wide applications from tableware to medicine and industry in the United States with annual arts use near nine million dollars. It argues for free coinage of silver to aid the poor, criticizing Wall Street brokers and suggesting idle bullion in the treasury be minted.
The piece discusses goldbugs versus silver and paper money, noting silver’s value and treasury minting figures for January 13, comparing last year, and citing party stances on gold silver and paper. It ends with satirical lines about political agitation and a patent remedy plug.
The Populist Tribune argues silver will win the next election, listing 28 states with 444 electoral votes that cannot be carried on a gold platform. It notes 227 votes in play and questions if Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York or Ohio could be carried on a silver banner, while condemning the Sherman law repeal and urging pledges to restore silver.
An old warning against mercury in catarrh ointments urges prescriptions from reputable doctors. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo and cautions buyers to ensure genuineness. The ad also touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure-all for blood diseases.
Advertises Krause's Headache Pills and Simmons Liver Regulator as cures or preventives for headaches. Promotes one capsule before bed and one in the morning for late night overindulgence. For sale at Eagle Drug Store.
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