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Madison Weekly Herald

Location

Madison, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1891

Page

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Price cutting aids quick sale says ARNO SCHMIDT

A dealer notes the asking price is well below cost to insure a rapid sale and cites ARNO SCHMIDT.

A Choice List of Summer Resorts in the Midwest

A catalog of Lake region summer retreats across Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and the Dakotas. Names include Oconomowoc Minocqua Waukesha Kilbourn City Madison Delavan Wausaukee Marquette Bear Lake Lakes Okoboji Spirit Lake Frontenac Lake Minnetonka Lake Okoboji and others. Readers are invited to request a free illustrated tourist folder from Geo H Heatford General Passenger Agent Chicago.

Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Dakotas Chicago Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Milwaukee & Northern Railroad Oconomewoc Wis Minocqua Waukesha Wixs Palmyra Tomahawk Lakes Wic Lakeside Kilbourn City Dells Beaver Dam Madison Delavan Sparta Pewaukee Wausaukee Marquette, Mich Bear Lake Iows Lakes Okoboji Spirit Lake Iowa Frontenac Minn Lake Minnetonka Ortonville Prior Lake White Bear Lake Lake Madison So. Dakota Big Stone Lake Dakota Elkhart Lake Ontouagon Mich Mackinaw Geo. H. Heatford Til

Niagara Falls Excursions Offered by O M Ry August 11 1891

The Ohio and Mississippi Railway announces two excursions to Niagara Falls Chautauqua Toronto and Thousand Islands on August 16 with routes via Big Four and Erie. Return tickets are $7.00 and available through O M Ry agents and G J Jones. Also advertised are Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with free trial bottles at Harper Drug Store. A map of the United States is offered.

Ohio & Mississippi Railway Niagara Falls Chautauqua Toronto Thousand Islands Big Four Erie Cincinnati Dist R. Avent Vincennes, Ind J. E. C. F. Harper Drug

McKinney Speech Spurs Tariff Debate in Lakeside Ohio

The article reports McKinney admitting the tariff is a tax during a Lakeside Ohio speech. It critiques editorial bias and recounts tensions between Republican and Democratic newspapers over tariff policy and political endorsements. The piece discusses Garfield's views and predicts party shifts around the 1892 election.

McKinney Lakeside, O Hessid

Kentucky Election Yields Major Democratic Victory

The Kentucky general election produced a strong vote for Governor and the Democratic State ticket. John Young Brown led with a 25,000 plurality in eighty counties, while the People's party won seven or more Legislature seats. The new Constitution passed with a majority near 70,000 and likely to reach 100,000, with no county voting against it.

Kentucky People’s Party John Young” Brown

What can the Legislature do to save the people from consumption

The paper by C A Korbly before the Indiana Legislature on February 4 1891 urges expanding the State Board of Health powers and local boards restructuring for efficiency and proposes establishing a biological station at a state hospital or school to study study care and preventative measures against consumption.

Joint Committee On Public Health Indiana C. A. Korbly State Board of Health Boards of Health

Health measures for diseased animals and milk safety

Regulations aim to control excreta disposal in streets and inspect meat and dairy products to prevent tuberculosis transmission to humans. The text notes tuberculous cattle and the difficulty of detecting the disease in living animals, referencing Indiana State Health reports.

Indiana St. Ed

Prevent Smut In Wheat Says Purdue Bulletin

Purdue University Experiment Station outlines two forms of wheat smut stinking and loose. Hot water seed treatment at 130–140 degrees prevents stinking smut. for loose smut use 150–155 degrees. Drying and timely testing urged. seed contamination costly. Directeur Co. S. Plumb invites farmers to request free wheat bulletins.

Agricultural Department of Purdue University Purdue University Experiment Station Plumb LaFayette Ind

Positive remedy claims cure for consumption offered by Dr Slocum

An advertisement declares a universal cure for consumption by timely use and promises two free bottles to readers who mail their Expresa and P. O. address. The notice is signed by T. A. Slocum M. C. at 181 f sari 8t New York.

P. O T. A. Slocum M. C

New Through Sleeper From Chicago to Sioux Falls Route

Beginning July 5 the Great Rock Route offers a through Buffett Sleeper Chicago to Sioux Falls leaving Chicago daily on the C B R J P No 1 at 1 30 p m Returning the daily sleeper reaches Chicago at 8 05 a m Maps folders and information cheerfully given or sent an application to U S G HOUGH Southeastern Passenger Agent Chicago Or address BE 84 Joan Jo SEBASTIAN Gen l Manager Gen l Tkt Pass Agt General Offices Chicago junel6w5t

Great Rock Chicago Sioux Falls G.hough Southeastern Ag’t Joan Jo. Sebastian Gen Tkt. Pass Agt

Travel by Burlington Route to Colorado From Chicago

Through Sleepers Chairs Cars and Dining Cars the Burlington Route offers one night on the road to Denver with departures from Chicago at 1:00 PM and St. Louis at 8:25 AM and arrival at 6:15 PM next day. Through connections from the East to Denver via Burlington Route trains also run from Chicago and St. Louis. AM trains and tourist tickets are on sale at ticket agents and Burlington Route depots in Chicago Peoria and St. Louis. Colorado is promoted as a restful pleasure destination while tickets to the Dakotas Minnesota Montana Northwest and Puget Sound region are advertised via Chicago.

Chicago St. Louis Denver Burlington Phionic Peoria Colorado Dakotas Minnesota Montana Far Northwest Puget Sound

Man Kills Self After Theft Accusation in Shelbyville

Dr T R Rubush found 17 year old William Duvall dead from a rifle shot in an upstairs room after the youth confessed to stealing a ten dollar bill. The doctor had dismissed him hours earlier, and Duvall had been trusted with valuables before.

Shelbyville Ind T. R. Rubush London William Duvall Rubush Young Duvall

Lightning Fires W heat on Halter Farm

A Sunday storm in Johnson township near Wisconsin, Ind. struck John Halter’s wheat stacks, burning seven stacks and destroying fifteen hundred bushels. The report places the incident six miles south of the city.

Wiscenngs Ind John Halter Johnson Township

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