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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1891
Page
3
The town reports fine prospects for a large wheat crop and notes on recent events. Six prisoners remain jailed, weather hints at rain, and local affairs include road work costs, court cases, school commencements, and community obituaries.
A stylish elderly woman arrived by train at North Vernon and offered to buy 5,000 acres and stock with thoroughbreds. She bonded farmers to sell properties, claimed to need money to close, and offered 25 and 100 dollar bills. In Butlerville she passed a counterfeit bill for 74 dollars. Some say the suspect was a man in disguise.
Madison City Council meets with all members present. They amend the last minutes naming Thomas C. Lockard as Sixth Ward inspector. Fire department repairs are ordered for Engine House No. 3 and cistern connections with water mains are to be decided by the Fire Committee. The annual treasurer’s report covers receipts and expenditures to April 1891. A lengthy local news section notes steamship competition, town events, obituaries, weather, and various local incidents and advertisements.
Vanity Fair notes healthful beauty and the new feminine poise on upper Sth Avenue. It contrasts the old Grecian bend and Alexandria limp with erect carriage and springy gait, plus two fashionably distinct voices and a nasal drawl. It also profiles A Marks retiring from business after a prominent career, moving to Cleveland.
The ad promotes Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment as a cure for chronic sore eyes tetter. saddle rheum scald head old chronic sores fever sores eczema itch prairie scratches sore nipples and piles. It claims cooling soothing relief and cites hundreds of cured cases. Available in 25 and 50 cent boxes from Heberhart and Son. Also includes notes on Prof Coulter's lecture to the blind and a Burlington Junction Post anecdote about relief from Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy with Heberhart & Son as seller.
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