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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1879
Page
3
Retail notice promotes special bargains in Towers featuring German linens Loom and Bleached table damasks at very low prices. Honeycomb Marseilles and crochet spreads offered in great variety at lower prices than ever. Call and see the goods.
A brief encouragement urges readers to mention the Herald when buying from paper advertisers. It notes the importance of acknowledging ads and supporting local commerce.
The Herald reports on advertising reach and job services, a painted sheriff’s office, a late gardening season, plans to remodel the engine house of Fire Company No. 3, a parish visit by Eisner Talbor for confirmation, a property sale on Mulberry street, cheap shirts at Stapps, the first peach bloom on Main street, Madison Guards efforts to form a hook and ladder company, and a serjeant-at-arms Turnhee income claim.
A stock company is being organized in the city to run a fruit preserving business using a new chemical method. Lexington buyer Martin Gerahty purchased the fine horse Stocking Cinet. Treaster Sehouley stays open until 9 p m to help taxpayers. The Vienna Banner notes locals saw light from a burning spoke factory in Madison Thursday night.
A wagon overturned on West street injuring Mr AbLbex Brackranke who was shaken up. The Cincinnati papers note Geanoes the daughter of Robt Keebler formerly of this city. A Warren Malcombe junior at Deputy died from scalding after boiling water overturned. A Baptist revival continues in Saluda town slip with many new converts. Peery Brown of Trimble county Ky patents a self coupling for railroad cars. Watts and Banner's paper mill supplies starch wrapping papers to Madison Edisburg and St Joseph Mo. Peter Dovup dies at Mulberry street residence and is buried at St Michaels Cemetery.
Dr Price, renowned expert in Culinary Chemistry, leads Steele and Price through research resulting in Cream Baking Powder. This product is touted as making light sweet biscuits and cakes a certainty.
Trisby Cuuren plans a late May trip to Indianapolis. Dr. Heckmay of Hanover is invited to deliver the Danville Ky commencement address. Fire Company No. 4 Easter Monday dance netted about 80 for new apparatus. Rev. W. A. Stanton spoke in Muncie Indiana on Thirty Miles Under Ground. Stapp's offers low price hats in Madison. The 484 Tus steamer Bald Eagle finished at Madison yards and left for St. Louis. Foster & Marks negotiate with Lena Tettenborn for an engagement here. The Madison & Brooksburg pike was graded to the first ravine. one bridge pier raised. Six weeks of work noted. Marriage licenses issued: Midesser Nanun, Schwappacher Vestil, Davis Bowman, Dunno Gaumer.
The store of Pas Owen at Locust Kentucky was broken into by burglars and goods valued at $200 were stolen. On Saturday Ed Davis of Aurora Dan King Thomas Slater and Abe Hagg of Hunters Bottom were arrested for the burglary.
Housewives are urged to use Dr Price Special Flavoring Extracts to avoid disappointments. The firm Steele and Price oversee the laboratory, ensuring reliability of the extracts.
Dr. Andrew J. Hay of Charlestown visited Jeffersonville yesterday to promote a proposed narrow gauge railway from the city to Charlestown. Proponents say with proper encouragement the road can be built.
The body of Michael Siersdorfer, who drowned at Carrollton weeks ago, was recovered Friday afternoon from Spring Creek on the Kentucky shore about eight miles below the city. He was interred in Carrollton and left a life insurance policy valued at $2,000 with Northwestern Life Insurance Company.
Marks and Son staged a Friday afternoon display with drays loaded with dry-goods boxes driven by masked figures, led by a sheep-skin band in a decorated wagon bearing bold slogans praising the Boss Cheap Store, attracting great merriment through the streets.
Mr Mrcuart G Barrett announced in this Herald as a candidate for Councilman in the Sixth ward subject to the Democratic primary on the 29th inst. Barrett is a hard working honest mechanic and a reliable Democrat well posted in city government and qualified for the office. If elected he could win by a handsome majority.
The Standard Comedy Company supported Miss Anna Boyle at Odd Fellows Hall on Thursday and Friday last. Notable performers included W. L. Gleason as Landry in Fanchon, F. L. Kent as Father Barbeaud, Emma Hooker as Mother Barbeaud, and Agnes Allen as Fader the Witch. The troupe is described as above average for traveling companies.
The Madison audience hailed Anna Boyle as Fanchon the Cricket at Odd Fellows Hall on Thursday. Her natural, unforced acting eclipsed famed predecessors and drew praise for embodying the abnormal role with brilliance. Boyle, a 17 year old Washington native, has a bright future as her troupe plans a Cincinnati reunion and return.
The recent Legislature bans shooting quail from January 1 to November 1 and wild turkey from February 1 to November 1, plus prairie chickens February 1 to September 1, woodcock January 1 to July 1, wild duck April 15 to September 1, and all songbirds. Pet hunters face fines from 10 to 100 dollars. dealers and violators face per bird penalties. Railroads and transport entities risk heavy fines for moving birds out of season, with prima facie evidence of violation if birds marked for outside states are delivered.
At the last regular meeting the City Council endorsed opening a street from East to Walnut near the northern corporate line. The cemetery committee set Springdale Cemetery lot prices from 15 to 40 dollars and urged immediate sale. An ordinance on cemetery lot arrangement passed, banning plantings and curb fences and limiting height. William Howard is a Democratic primary candidate for City Treasurer. editors praise his long service and electability.
The Madison post office lists letters awaiting pickup including ladies names from A to Voll and gentlemen’s names from Baker to Windsor. Scattered notes detail a rumored 1852 Trimble county murder connection involving William Mahoney and others with a suspect skeleton found near the Mahoney homestead.
Sullivan reports talks with Bedford and Switz City railroad men about building toward O M crossing and onward to enhance routes to Cincinnati. Doolittle named Democratic candidate for City Assessor promising faithful service. Lightning-rod peddlers driven from Shelby township amid raised-note swindle. Grand jury probes ballot box stuffing with Judge Cravens leading. Graham Co spoke factory foundation wall being rebuilt with new buildings expected in 30 days.
Advertisement for a fine stock sale by Walter S Roberts on a 301] acre farm one half mile north of the city to be held April 30. Roberts is touted as the area’s leading stock raiser and invites interested buyers to attend. Also notes Y M S C C excursion to Louisville yielded $40 net, a Supreme Court affirmation in a local case, death of Ep Natty, and local Jubilee Minstrels performance at Vevay.
A praise filled note extols Dr Price unique perfumes praising their delicate fragrance and admirers drawn by the delightful odor surrounding the wearer highlighting beauty and allure.
Correspondence to the Herald notes poor crop prospects due to cold wet weather and damage to wheat from rain. It lists local farmers capable of fencing with new rails and urges a good stock law. Also mentions Township Assessor Bowman, who is described as taking an inventory of goods, and records the marriage of Dick Davis and Miss Lou Bowman officiated by Ssq. Mercer with best wishes from friends.
A Columbus Democrat excerpt defends Prof. T. J. Charlton of Vincennes for criticizing overstuffed primary education. It praises his call to drop nonessential studies and limit primary schooling to core subjects. The piece argues Charlton represents a broad Indiana public desire to restore common sense in schools.
A quirky note in a scientific paper mocks ignorance about heat by recounting a young man at a church festival supper with two new friends. He finds he can only pay a bill with a trade dollar and two suspender buttons, while his guests’ extravagance is revealed. A lighthearted comparison to tea and a brief mention of a readable romance closes the piece.
The passage warns that life expectancy declines yearly from minor illnesses like colds, which can develop into fever or long trouble. It touts Boschee's German Syrup as a preventive cure, claiming widespread use and over 950,000 bottles sold last year plus endorsements from all druggists.
Claims rapid aid for coughs colds asthma bronchitis hay fever hoarseness and throat diseases. Cites hundreds of cures and free trial bottles at Harper’s Drug Store Madison with regular bottles offered for $1.00.
An elderly doctor, long retired, claims a simple vegetable remedy can cure consumption and lung ailments and nervous debility. He will mail the recipe free of charge in German, French, or English, upon request with a newspaper name, at W. W. Sherar Rochester New York. Also advertised salve for skin eruptions priced 25 cents per box and Jackson's Navy tobacco.
The page lists assorted commodity prices including wheat red and white, corn, seed meals, timothy and millet seeds, buckwheat, wool, coffees, and teas with unit prices per bushel or ton, alongside grain and product terms. Prices appear in fluctuating cents and dollars, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
A terse note lists machine sale totals with figures 241,671 249 852 262,318 982,812 356,432 and date code 8-42 3m, indicating quantities and values in a catalog or ledger entry.
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