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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1892
Page
7
A Madison newspaper item denies a rumor that six raftsmen drowned in lock No 6 on the Kentucky river. The notice also mentions Henry Umbach celebrating his 61st birthday and other local notices from Madison and vicinity.
A ragged tramp enters Judge Friedly's study in the Madison court house seeking 50 cents. The coat from the judge’s chair is swapped with the tramp’s overcoat, and the judge later discovers his overcoat has vanished. An editorial note defends the Herald’s local scoops and compares paper coverage.
Daily items include political calls for Democrats to vote in a primary, horse trading by George Hill from Media Pa, a Nelson County couple married, hotel improvements by Jule Schmidt, church and presbytery activities, medical honors for Dr. Robert Hutchings, construction and shipping plans on Little Wea Creek, a giant oak lumbering find near Irvington, and novel ice delivery coupon books by Park theater’s John Dickson.
An early health column lauds Sulphur Bitters as a pure remedy to purge blood of humors causing pimples blotches and sores in children. It urges parents to use the tonic to cleanse the system and spare youngsters from ridicule.
The Mill At Odd Fellows Hall hosted a four round glove contest between George Trainer of Australia and Joe Scherer of Louisville. Trainer won a knockdown and both fighters appeared as premier athletes. Patrons departed unpaid, a purse was raised to aid them, and the match was praised as the finest seen in Madison.
J B Foster and Buck Wigginton of Harrisburg Owen county visited Monday returning from Madison Indiana where they bought a fine stallion. C L Abbott and O P Krutz were Madison visitors Monday buying a flat boat for use in boating rocks and lumber from Capt J W Thomas. James Eaglin of Madison was here Saturday in charge of a barge of furniture and lumber for McDonell Sons shipped by rail to Madison and brought here in tow of the steamer Alex Montgomery.
The article extols Hood's Sarsaparillin and its authority over public confidence. It claims voluntary testimonials prove its medical power and asserts the pills cure constipation by restoring the alimentary canal’s tonic action, presenting them as the best family cathartic.
Susan Peterman won a $25 judgment against Charles Peterman to defray divorce costs. Mary Hoskins secured $500 from Robert Montz for paternity. A magistrate case in Milton involved a violent incident leaving Thomas Hall fatally injured, with no arrests yet. Congressional river and harbor appropriations through 1891 totaled $1,143,042 for western works and $27,089,111.53 for the lower Mississippi, including allocations to Memphis, Natchitoches, Vicksburg, New Orleans, Eads jetties, and related snag removal, with $4,265,500 spent on levees Cairo to New Orleans.
The notice promotes a salve for itching piles and skin sores as cheaper and better than other salves. It claims healing and soothing effects without irritation and lists price at 15 cents per box. Sold by Swormstedt & Co in Madison Indiana and by dealers countywide.
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