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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1880
Page
4
Ohio lawmakers plan a committee with power to sit during vacation to investigate Mutual Life Insurance companies amid suspected crookedness in the sector. The move aims to uncover irregularities and ensure industry integrity.
A Chicago jail scene prompts remarks on Clarence Davis and Judge Cannon as lawmakers under scrutiny. Michigan voters rejected a constitutional amendment to raise the Governor's salary from 1500 to 3000 dollars, signaling tight fiscal ideas.
The notice reports a surge in emigration with fifty eight hundred Bremen departures for the United States for the week ending Sunday, seen as the early wave of hundreds of thousands to follow. A rare 1804 dollar in fine condition is valued at about 1000 by collectors, with twelve known specimens dispersed across the United States Mint and major cities including New York Boston Philadelphia Cincinnati Salem and Liverpool. Mer Sparks called Mr Clymer a liar in Congress but later recanted and Grymer acknowledged the courtesy before leaving with his colleagues.
Milwaukee, long Democratic stronghold, shows rising Republican strength as the entire city ticket wins by an average 3,500 majority. The city is praised for escaping control by the Philistines.
Indiana Supreme Court holds that what is necessary and proper to supply a constant daily need on Sunday is a work of necessity. The decision permits cigar sales on Sundays for those who have acquired the habit.
The speaker argues that if Kansas or Nebraska became Democratic states the emigration would end and questions why people move from Missouri and Arkansas. The claim is that turning any of these states to Democracy would slash land values by a third, concluding that it pays to be Republican.
Proposed measure allows townships with populations above threshold to issue bonds up to forty thousand dollars to fund railway lines over seven miles, after a voter approval. It creates a Trustees of Railway board, sets bond terms, security, and governance, and permits later leasing of completed lines to a private party or company.
An 1880 advertisement claims a reward for liver complaints if the directions are followed, touts the pills as vegetable and sugar coated, and notes Hill & Wilson sell them with the JOHNSPST CO as makers. It offers a free trial by mail for a 3 cent stamp and warns against counterfeits.
A speedy cure is claimed for diphtheria catarrh canker mouth and headache with SHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY. Each bottle includes a nasal injector and is priced at 53 cents. Sold by L. P. Gackenhem.
A lyrical scene unfolds with a young woman in a dim room watching as a suitor enters. They marry in lavish style while an astonished father looks on, hinting at themes of trust and guile in a moral tale of romance.
General J S Brisbin recounts a Washington assassination attempt on Senator Charles Sumner during the Civil War. Wade, at Wade's residence, confronted an armed man, confiscated a knife, corralled the attacker down stairs, and tossed him into the street after a dramatic standoff.
A critical tract argues socialism is a disease of civilization, eroding education and merit. It claims equal ity rhetoric mocks culture and wealth, promotes untrained superiority, and leads to perpetual luxury and global conflict. The author contends socialists seek to strip material rewards, risking universal impoverishment and war, with their victory deemed unlikely.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent notes a New York anecdote about nasal improvement using silver extensor shapes worn inside the nostrils. The device reportedly lifts the nasal tip outward, producing a shapelier profile. Dentists classify these items as a common fashion accessory.
Gimax Climax Page promotes Climax Salve as a universal healer for sores ulcers scrofula fever sores and many skin ailments for both people and animals. The ointment claims 25 years of use with no failures and is described as an Arnica compound sold by druggists everywhere.
Advert says Moffat's Life Pills and Phenix Bitters are the most successful medicines worldwide. Established in 1835 by a leading physician, the tonics are claimed to be widely used across North and South America with broad licensing results.
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