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Newspaper
Indiana Madison Courier
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
2
A reader chides clashing views on city papers offering local notices and business boosts while urging support for the home paper. The piece compares arguments about page space to a tale of choosing boots by size and price.
An editorial note highlights advertising as a powerful, self-sustaining engine that propels business success. It urges starting with skill, guiding rather than merely maintaining momentum, and using momentum to accelerate growth and turn wheels of enterprise.
The Indianapolis independent paper attacks Perry Heath over the Neely affair. The piece argues Heath acted honorably and condemns smearing his reputation for political gain, noting their shared Indiana town but differing Republican affiliations.
An editorial accuses Democrats of enacting a partisan police law and Nesbit election law to favor the minority in St Louis. It cites rising costs, police corruption, and streetcar disruption during the 1899 strike, arguing the laws erode city sovereignty and threaten justice until redress arrives.
Judge Richter denied remonstrators injunction against gravel road building in Laponts County. Today bids amounting to 85000 dollars will be awarded after the decision.
Fire swept an old five story tenement at 34 Jackson Street early today killing Louis Marion and three children, William Cotter his wife and four children among the dead. Injured include Mrs Marion and three children, a four month old Cotter baby, and Patrick Burns with possible misidentification of Mrs Kate Cotter for Mrs Mary Marion.
London reports a peaceful occupation of Klerksdorp by Lord Roberts forces. The town is the railway terminus to Johannesburg and near Kroonstad and Vierfontein, strengthening strategic hold. Cropje, who surrendered the town, is the son of General Cropje, then prisoner at St Helena, and was active around Mafeking.
In Columbus Ohio two electric cars returning from Miner Va Park collided at about midnight injuring four people. The injured are W H Devere with a dislocated hip E Morris with a badly torn hand W Powell with leg injuries and John Heer with bruises and leg injuries.
Mrs. Jennie Benton Fremont widow of Gen. John C Fremont, age 79, slipped and fell at the dinner table, fracturing her hip. Her recovery will be slow.
Brooklyn tops Reds 3 in six as Howell allows three hits and Newton struggles. Boston defeats Pittsburgh 7 to 3 in seven innings with Lewis effective seven frames. Philadelphia beats St Louis 11 to 5 after seven hits in the seventh inning as Weyhing struggles.
Detroit lost to Kansas City 3 to 10 while Minneapolis defeated Cleveland 4 to 1 Milwaukee beat Buffalo 5 to 3 and Indianapolis fell to Chicago 0 to 3.
River reports from Pirrspure to Frankfort Ky note rising or steady gauges. Vessel itineraries include Hattie Brown, Cincinnati, City of Cincinnati, and Big Kanawha leaving for Louisville or Warsaw with schedules for tomorrow and Sunday.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as America’s greatest medicine with unmatched merit. It calls Hood's Pills a wonderful invigorator and claims sick headache can be cured. price listed as 25c.
W D Bynum took the oath to serve on the Federal laws codifying commission replacing the late D B Culberson. The appointment signals Gold Democrats recognition from the 1896 campaign and is not expected to be politicized during Senate consideration next winter.
Curiaco June 14. Democratic State conventions in California Missouri Kentucky Georgia and Vermont today give Hon. W J Bryan the likely nomination for President on the Democratic ticket. Delegates' instructions are believed to push his vote well past the two thirds threshold.
The Houston Post lists fifteen women and children burned to death since June 7 from kerosene can explosions. All but one were trying to kindle a fire. a Miss Simms near Seaton died when a match head flew off and ignited an oil can. Since January 1, at least forty five Texans have died from similar blasts. A note on meteors forecasts storms between two and four M. lunar time.
John Clark Ridpath remains in critical condition as of last night after 24 hours with typhoid pneumonia in New York. Doctors report no improvement and condition is described as grave.
The schedule lists morning and afternoon departures from Madison with arrivals at 11:40 and 6:55 pm. A Sunday train arrives at 4:40 am and departs 6:29 pm.
John Statson Neal, veteran river captain born May 18 1820 in Pittsburgh, spent eighty years in river trade. He built and operated several steamers including the Richmond and Indiana and shared river history with his Madison shipyard ventures and public notices from Indianapolis.
The czar of Russia’s army uses the only European female medical officers. Signora Riva Monti becomes professor of comparative anatomy at the University of Pavia. Wesleyan may open a women’s annex in line with Harvard and Brown. Mona Clarke, a rare woman engraver, holds a lucrative job in Chicago. Cornell’s women’s department to become more democratic next year. An effort to place two women per dorm by charging more for single rooms. The Association of Collegiate Alumnae studies college women for the Paris exposition, surveying health finances exercise post graduate work and marriage. Elsie Farrel, daughter of millionaire Franklin Farrel, earns as a shorthand writer and typist after learning skills to secure her father’s secretary post.
The report notes London public schools spend 140 dollars per child annually. Yankton shows a rented textbook system charging 20 to 85 cents per grade. English slates are disinfected twice daily. Englewood requires medical exams for students four days absent. Eureka Kansas schools use telephones to link three buildings. Teachers now coordinate mainly by phone rather than daily meetings. The piece contrasts advertising costs for merchants with discreet agency and ends with reflections on flattery and prejudice.
A Tampa hotel proprietor endorses Mother's Friend saying his wife had a hard first birth but a smoother second with the product. He claims the baby arrived easily before the doctor, and promotes buying the preparation for $1 per bottle with a free illustrated book.
The excerpt shows a grocery fare with prices for grain and seeds, dairy and meats, and farm staples such as timothy seed, clover, oats, and corn. It also references coal types and poultry prices, followed by an advertisement for The Atlantic and Current History in Boston with subscription details.
The article explains a right angle pacing trick to gauge river width. A marker is placed opposite, then walking off at right angles and rejoining the marker shows half the river distance. For a 90 yard pace, the river would be 180 yards wide. A quote about Indiana follows.
A nostalgic verse recalling how a beloved country newspaper connects the speaker to youth and home. The speaker cherishes the paper above city dailies for bringing back glad scenes, blue skies, fields, bees, butterflies, birds, and clover scents.
The quote notes John Waramaker’s claim that he advertises heavily in slow periods to attract bargain seekers. It emphasizes the link between ad intensity and consumer attention during dull times.
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