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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1897
Page
2
The Gazette criticizes the move to divide the schools for white pupils, arguing the plan shortchanges children. It notes teachers will teach half days, pupils will have only one day of sessions, and the new building may not be ready until spring, disrupting a full year of study.
A heated denunciation argues labor on the streets earns poorly and is manipulated by political machines. The Advertiser condemns both Democratic politicians and press rivals for exploiting workers, urging reform and asserting claims about who harms the city’s labor force.
The piece argues Altgeld ridiculed higher European rail costs while consular evidence shows rail travel here is cheaper and more comfortable. It notes official figures from New York trades unions indicate rising employment, with implications for nationwide growth and McKinley era policy debates.
The piece contrasts silver prices under free coinage with an index showing rising values for 100 staple goods, noting Altgeld’s shifting focus from money to ownership of telegraphs and railways. It includes a local dialogue about cattle hogs and corn, and a farmer’s hopes for rising prices driven by demand and policy shifts ahead of 1900.
A fragmented advertisement extols an electric bitter medicine claiming to restore vigor by nourishing the nerve center and blood. The garbled text suggests health benefits and tonic effects though specifics are unclear.
Thirty men returned to work Monday at the Wilson mines after operators and miners agreed on a pay scale of thirty seven cents a ton for mine run coal and fifty six cents for screened coal, with three cent per ton advance over prior wages. Superintendent Tom Harris reports more workers to join before week end as the strike ends locally.
A fragmentary testimonial ad from Toledo druggists promotes Ball’s Catarrh Cure. It asserts a $500 reward for cases of catarrh not cured internally by the remedy and includes endorsements from local business men vouching for F. D. Cheney and Co. Wests Truax Wholesale Druggists. The copy is incomplete but reflects period advertising language.
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