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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1876
Page
2
The Republicans of Elkhart County are requested to meet in Convention at the Court House in Goshen on Saturday Feb 5 at 1 o'clock p m to appoint delegates to the State Convention and transact such other business as may be deemed necessary and proper E W H Ellis Chairman Central Committee
A lengthy analysis notes over thirty congressional committees probing government corruption and argues the root is Civil War legacies. It urges a democratic, economical, strong government and discusses 1879 currency resumption, party strategies, and potential presidential candidates. It recalls historic bank suspensions and resumption crises.
A sharp discussion in the New Jersey Legislature the day before yesterday split along party lines with Republicans backing the anti Catholic position and Democrats supporting Catholic views. The exchange signals ongoing vitality in the broader issue linked to a Des Moines speech and the annual presidential message Guan.
Noted medical authority highly recommends Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs colds and asthma. It is praised as a great remedy of the day supply by druggists with trial bottles offered to the afflicted.
Report notes that two or more condemned men sit on death row in Missouri awaiting execution. Authorities emphasize the legal process and scheduled dates, with local communities watching closely as appeals progress.
Readers weigh routes for a Detroit to Lake Michigan canal with calls to survey both Michigan and Indiana paths. Editorials denounce federal funding as folly and warn ship traffic and local towns near Horseshoe Bend could suffer.
The piece notes lake trade dependence on Detroit and Toledo and criticizes land giveaways to private parties. It mentions Mr. Baker introducing a bill to equalize Army and Navy officer pay and portrays Baker as a steadfast advocate for soldiers.
An old advertisement touts IMMEDIATE RELIEF with money back if unsatisfied, claiming cures for diarrhea, dysentery, cholera and more, plus horse colic and wounds. It warns of counterfeits, notes new bottle labeling, and lists other products like Cathartic Pills and horse remedies from Green Mountain, with pricing 50 and 25 cents.
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