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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1888
Page
1
Published notice from Fanders and Birb at Diller Nebraska indicating postal rates or mail duties for cakes. Names appear with locations Nebo and Jeffer Star nated marae Office. Details are fragmentary but reference to the mail service and cake related business in Diller.
The passage lists gubernatorial and legislative candidates including John M Thayer for governor and George D Meiklejohn for lieutenant governor with other statewide offices named. It also names several district representatives and county roles with party context and stray quotes about pensions and tariff policy.
The Lincoln Journal argues the Senate could pivot to pass the Mills tariff bill with the vice president, noting a single seat shift would decide. It discusses tariff reductions from 47 to 42 percent and the impact on English imports and employment, urging caution on protectionist shifts. A separate critique condemns liquor traffic and urges legal suppression to curb its harms.
W C T U urges aid for a National Temperance Hospital in Chicago with a projected cost around 250000 for land and building. The appeal quotes Biblical and literary references and emphasizes temperance as a cause needing donations.
A fragmented satirical piece presents mock catechism Q A exchanges on whiskey water saloon prohibition and political power. It contrasts Democratic Republican and Prohibition editions with evasive answers and claims of saloon rule versus prohibition.
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