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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1891
Page
3
A collage of city happenings includes Mr A Raphael building a stable on lower Main street, painters decorating homes across town, Mrs Little’s Third street house freshly painted, and Mr William Naughton arranging funeral processions for four relatives to Columbus. Also notes on local show schedules, lectures, weddings, and regional agricultural prospects with brief social updates and obituaries.
A man named William Maynard, claiming Bowling Green as home, married in Madison Indiana to a Mrs Jessie McKenna relative. He was arrested for theft after returning from a Cincinnati trip with about 500 in cash on him, later found not guilty as evidence failed to prove theft.
A mixed column features literary asides and Shakespeare quotes, editorials on loyalty, and a busy court docket. Prosecutions include liquor selling, prostitution, and larceny outcomes with fines and not guilty verdicts, alongside civil cases and judgments in a local court.
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