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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1886
Page
1
An 1886 editorial argues that circulating bank notes are unnecessary and undesirable. It urges a national currency of gold silver coin and government paper, with notes withdrawn, and claims banks should not create money but operate as depositors and lenders. It notes public debt policy and cites the New York Sun.
The report details the Indiana Senate and House compositions with Democrats and Republicans and joint ballot results. It notes congressional district outcomes, mentions several political figures, and includes unrelated literary and commercial snippets.
The Current argues that government rests with the people, not parties, and warns that fraud claims threaten constitutional safeguards. It urges uncovering and punishing abuses to defend truth, fairness, and the right of the people to govern.
The Chicago News says monopoly forces like pools and price fixing hurt consumers across industries protected from foreign competition. It notes overproduction, unemployment, and higher costs as machines reduce manual labor, with Wright of the U S labor bureau pointing to tariff and protection as drivers of the depressions in the United States and Britain.
An old ad fragment touts Shilohs Cure as a quick remedy for a hacking cough. The text includes odd quotes and a confusing sales line listing names JW Hughes Bultivan and T.8 Bedwell Dugger.
For lame back side or chest use Shilohs Porous Plaster priced at 25c. Available from J W Hughes Sullivan and T8 Bedwell Dugger.
A Baltimore American quote mocks men who tremble before marriage while women are calm, then argues the wife supports and strengthens her husband through life. An advertisement for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier follows, promoting vitality for $1.00 per bottle at city drug stores.
Reverend R Priest hails the tar syrup as a cure for hoarseness and throat and lung irritation after fifteen years of effort. The advertisement notes Crowder and Reed as the sellers.
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