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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1891
Page
8
A jumble of short notes reports peach shipments, fair attendances, local marriages, births, and miscellaneous items from various towns. It notes seven carloads of peaches sent north and a Madison fair with large turnout, along with regional anecdotes and small notices.
Ex soldiers of Indiana regiments 6th 22nd and 52d urged to meet at the sheriff's office Saturday at 7:30. A balloon ascent by Prof Cooper ended with damage and a fugitive chase. School board accepts Miss Palmer's resignation and appoints Miss Peddie. Birthday celebration at Mr John Dew's with dancing and a midnight feast. Mrs Susan Clarke's death noted in East Liverpool Ohio with tributes from Madison friends.
Special to the Herald reports a morning fire in Jacksonville Florida destroying business houses and dwellings with losses near one million dollars. The blaze started in the business district and consumed twenty five shops and forty homes before control was gained. A second fire in St Louis at Pocock's candy factory during a lightning storm caused about two hundred thousand dollars in damage.
The Grange Fair grounds near Wirt Station on paper mill road have been improved and beautified this year with new refreshment stands and speakers. Managers are energetic and earnest and expect at least ten thousand attendees next Thursday.
Notice to teachers that the Jefferson County Teacher's Institute will convene at Madison High School Building on August 31 2001 and continue in session for five days. OOF WATSON OLS ang bewst kd 27.
Excavation of a colossal Rameses statue platform reveals Nile mud layers laid 130 years before Christ and a 30 foot clay deposit beneath. Pots found in the dig suggest Egyptians made clay vessels 13,000 years ago, indicating vast antiquity and extended timelines.
Three years after a saloon fight in Richmond a man who used the name Frank Burges was released from prison after admitting his true identity. He had been jailed for stealing a watch and denied the charge, claiming revenge tied to the fight. His Western state family believed him dead, but on release he learned he could reconnect with them.
Promotion of railroad tickets to the Dakotas Minnesota Montana and the Puget Sound area touts safety comfort and courteous service The Compart ment Sleeping Cars are highlighted as popular and Duluth Lake Minnetonka Denver Colorado Springs are accessible via the route with connections to transcontinental lines for other destinations F H Lorp is listed as General Passenger and Ticket Agent in Chicago July 9w3m
Rezin Jamison, famed longshoreman of the Louisville and New Orleans line era, is reported gravely ill at his Harrison County farm near Laconia Indiana. Aged over seventy, he retired a decade ago due to deafness and failing eyesight after forty years of expert river service, remembered for steering the Robert E. Lee in a famous race against the Natchez.
The Madison Indiana post office notes uncalled letters dated Tuesday August 18 including GENTLEMENs list items and several names. Addressees urged to claim within two weeks or letters go to Washington dead-letter office.
Classified note offering tool farm and family horse for sale or trade. Also advertises a free illustrated tourist folder listing summer resort towns in Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan and the Dakotas with train access from Chicago and Milwaukee. Mail coupon or stamp to Geo H Heatford Chicago IL for details.
Advertisement promotes Chamberlains Eye and Skin Ointment as a cure for chronic sore eyes fetter sulit rheum scald head o ly chronic sores fever sores eczema itch and lists various ailments including nipples and other conditions in a terse catalog.
A new wave of bills in New York Illinois and Minnesota seeks bold label warnings on baking powders containing ammonia. Physicians and chemists condemn ammonia as harmful and claim it disrupts digestion and skin tone. Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is promoted as a pure alternative free from ammonia and alum.
A young woman preparing to travel north and to Illinois faced a comic clash between two bus firms. Two omnibuses and two drays transported her and her trunk to the depot, causing a staged procession and family laughter before delivering her to the morning train.
A couple desires a child and notes that a mother's health is crucial for healthy offspring. The text promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for female weakness and debility, claiming it enables healthy conception and motherhood, with a bottle wrapper guarantee.
Mrs G W Lawrence reported a theft aboard the steamer Falls City after an event in which 300 in bank stock and 100 in jewelry vanished from her state room while docked near Madison. A cabin boy identified a roustabout entering the room, but he was not recognized. Detectives issued descriptions to pawnbrokers in other cities.
Joe Pasateri discovered a small lizard shaped creature described as an Italian Viper while examining a tropical fruit bunch at his Mulberry street store. Passersby tried to dislodge the intruder as it fled into the street, believed to have come from South America with bananas.
On August 25 and September 20 the A T and S S FL OR R and Frisco Line offer round tipi tickets to Kansas Arkansas Colorado Indiana Territory Oklahoma New Mexico Texas and Utah at a fare and one third for the round trip. Tickets valid thirty days. For rates and full information contact GEO T. GUNNIP Pass Agent 165 Walnut St Cincinnati O.
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