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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1859
Page
5
Nov 6 report notes wheat and corn unchanged from yesterday with no new price shifts for beets or cranberries. Butter quotes 15 cents, cheese 10-12 cents. Odd death reports tied to farm accidents include a Key West farmer run over by a wagon.
A wholesale grocer doubted advertising value. a retail customer, prompted by an ad in the Sunfire Times, bought the bill, renewing belief in advertising’s tangible return and validating the collector’s effort.
The piece argues that most Northern citizens, including business and professional people, are Republicans who favor public good. It defends Republican honesty and patriotism while denouncing charges of incitement to violence from Harper's Ferry. It criticizes partisan journalism and calls out biased attacks on Northern leaders.
Senator Gwin defends the Supreme Court ruling on territorial power and slavery while Kansas voters ratify a new constitution. The piece contrasts Douglas, Democratic stance, and Republican gains, noting Kansas turnout around 16 969 and a projected 20 000 for the state election. A separate item reports a Chippewa Sioux clash near St Cloud with casualties.
Reports from Sackville on naval movements and diplomatic telegrams detail steamers Great Eastern and others, Franco Austrian treaty developments, Piedmont and Papal issues, and English press positions. Included are medical afflictions of Count Colerdo and Prince Napoleon’s inspections of the Great Eastern followed by Stephenson’s funeral.
The article records a funeral with notable attendees and mentions Beardmore & Robinson electricians in Valentia beginning cable experiments. Encouragement for both reviving the old cable and laying a new one is reported as optimism rises among supporters. Commercial sections note dull markets for breadstuffs and beef, with sugar and bullion movements described.
Baltimore reports the Maryland congressional slate with James A. Stewart Democrat in the 1st District O H Webster American in the 2a and J Morrison Harris American in the 3d H Winter Davis American in the 4th Jacob M Kinkle Democrat in the 5th and Geo W Hughes Democrat in the 6th district as statewide returns come in.
The notice urges all readers including the healthy to use Hostetter's Bitters as a preventive tonic. It claims the medicine boosts vitality, fights fever and ague and malaria, and surpasses quinine in fever cases. It endorses early use for digestive diseases and notes sales by druggists, with J. Stewart Love of Dubuque as an agent.
An advertisement urges readers to cleanse blood and dispel disease with Judson's Mountain Herb Pills. It claims impurity in blood causes illness and promotes the pills as a universal remedy sold through medicine dealers.
A declared remedy claims to aid painful diseases of the female constitution and to regulate the monthly period. It asserts universal care and urges caution to readers, presenting itself as especially suited to married ladies.
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