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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1891
Page
6
The Madison Herald reports on 1891 political maneuvering in Kentucky Iowa and Ohio with notes on Governor Campbell McKinley tariff and Republican leadership. It mentions the National Republican Committee resignations and upcoming convention timing plus local tax and bank appraisal observations.
The piece denounces a proposed White Man's Republican party in the South and warns that the negro vote dominates state and federal politics in several states. It stresses that excluding black voters harms the party, condemns White-led efforts, and asserts the negro's rising influence, especially in South Carolina, Ohio, and Indiana.
The Madison Courier asserts it printed the fullest fair report of Curran Democrat libel suit and will publish further criticism of the Democrat. It condemns the Democrat’s public and private expressions and praises the verdict as just, urging editors to uphold the jury and verdict.
The writer reflects on leaving the Herrato literary group and recalls past addresses to the Clippean society. She recounts a recent pleasant visit to Madison Ward with friends, admiring rare Spode china, and a supper and overnight stay. She thanks Mr. Tarpy for typesetting and notes fond memories and gratitude to friends and readers.
A broad slate of Republican and Democratic leaders converge in Ohio next September to argue over tariff policy. McKinley leads Republicans defending the McKinley tariff while Democrats including Hill Campbell Boies Patterson Gray Carlisle Mills rally voters behind tariff reform and education. Monied interests back the GOP as Democrats pledge faith in the people and God of battles to win.
The Michigan City Dispatch reports that ex judge Gould, once of Carroll and White counties, allegedly long ago sentenced McMillian as an accessory to murder. It claims Gould blocked a pardon petition, sought a fee, and pressed for a cash order from the prison warden, who refused after investigation.
Katharine Wolff of Kitzingen Germany reportedly entered a polar bear cage at Frankfurt Zoo at midnight. The bear held her for about forty minutes while a watchman failed to intervene. Police arrived with a sergeant after a subordinate fled for help. Only bones remained to prove the incident.
The notice lists Willian Penn who died July 30 1718 and references the 1777 anniversary of Thomas Gray's death. It notes John Sebastian Bach died 1750, Bartley Campbell died July 30 1888, and mentions born Samuel Rogers 1763 and died Maria Theresa 1683. It blends historical figures with publication-era commentary.
The article explains deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. It claims nine of ten deafness cases arise from catarrh and asserts there is only one cure via constitutional remedies. A $100 reward is offered for proven cases of deafness caused by catarrh defeated by fall’s Catarrh medicine.
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