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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1892
Page
1
An old advisement warns readers to avoid imitations and substitutes claiming to offer relief for dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness and sick headache. It instructs to take Simmons Liver Regulator and to look for the large red Z on every package as a sign of legitimacy.
The piece outlines anticipated Democratic gains in Massachusetts and potential nomination of Gorman for president, notes opposition to tariffs on wool and plush industry issues, cites a Bridgeport plush factory strike, and criticizes wage rhetoric tied to McKinley. It mocks politicians, cites a bet on Cleveland, and highlights wage disputes amid tariff policy.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a superior blood purifier with a long record of cures for scrofula blood poisoning and related diseases. It urges readers to try the remedy and to include Hood's in every home medicine chest.
The Senate voted 43 to 14 to defeat Geary's total exclusion amendment and approve a ten year extension of current Chinese exclusion laws. The measure now goes to the House for conference. The act maintains prohibitions on Chinese entry and imposes removal rules for those not entitled to stay. The House struggled to vote on a separate expungement resolution, adjourned after failing to reach a quorum.
Major Walcott and 45 men return to Fort Russell after a failed raid into Johnson County as rustlers resist. In Curiaco the longshore strike wins a 25 cent an hour rise, while Detroit bakers threaten May Day action. Mrs Harrison's health improves with a doctor’s note of progress.
Cincinnati April 26 death struck John Specht a driver for Henry Spille & Sons when a wagon wheel crushed his groin after his four horse team panicked at an electric car. Specht fifty lived Newport and married. Other dispatches report a Cambridgeport double murder and a cattle theft ring bust, plus an order to recall border troops and a St Louis clothing firm assignment.
An explosion of hot cinders triggered a blaze in an old house at the Allentown rolling mills last night. John McFadden fatally injured with both eyes blown out as a dynamite can exploded. Jacob Beigley and James McMullen seriously hurt.
An explosion ripped through the wine shop of M. Very at 22 Boulevard Magenta in Paris. Ravachol the anarchist was implicated. ten others were seriously injured and M. Very died shortly after. Police say the blast leveled the shop and damaged surrounding buildings as troops guarded the area and threats from anarchists increased.
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