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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1891
Page
1
A warning about counterfeit Liver Regulator products urging readers to take Simmons Liver Regulator, identifiable by a large red Z, claimed to relieve dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness and sick headache.
Readable fragments describe two stores and multiple street names including Tansey and Phavore streets. Mentions an address near East Sroor Street and a person or entity WENDEL VERE ER with a disorderly sequence of letters and numbers.
The piece surveys the history of Speakers from Muhlenberg to Crisp, noting multiple three term leaders and notable shifts. It links ex Speakers to later roles in cabinet, senate, and presidency while highlighting figures like Clay Blaine Randall Carlisle and Polk. It ends with praise for The Forum and the Review as leading American periodicals.
The Madison Indiana post office lists uncalled letters dated Tue Dec 8 1891. It covers Ladies A-M Susie Baker Annie Cox Lillie Hilbert Martha Leach Cadie Whitker Whitaker. Gentlemen Bruce Gray Henry Greisie A M McKeand. Ask for advertised letters with date. unclaimed letters go to dead letter office after two weeks.
Leave Chicago at 1 00 p m or St Louis at 6 25 a m and arrive Denver 6 15 p m next day Through Sleepers Chairs Cars Dining Cars all Railways from the East connect with these trains and with similar trains a Burlington Route to Denver leaving Chicago 6 10 p m St Louis 8 15 p m and Peoria 3 20 p m and 8 p m All trains daily Tourist tickets on sale at ticket agents and Burlington Route depots in Chicago Peoria and St Louis There is no better place than Colorado for those seeking rest and pleasure.
A Louisville Courier Journal river editor lauds Capt J D Hegler and sons Harry and George aboard the Guiding Star, hailing the boat as a fast, handsome side wheel steamer that advances Ohio Mississippi river trade. He condemns indiscriminate attacks on other vessels, urging fair targets and support for hustling river men.
The piece notes Daniel Webster was not a prolific campaign speaker though famed for pivotal addresses at Bunker Hill and in commemoration of Adams and Jefferson. It highlights the Faneuil Hall speech on party fate and a later rail against political disruption, contrasting with other orators like Mr. Clay and Wendell Phillips. It ends with a note on Webster’s early campaign performances before settling into established fame.
In Charlestown Indiana the liquor license fight continues with George Stradley reconsidering his late application to the Board of Commissioners in Jeffersonville and George Staples signaling a hard fight to win a saloon license. Lawyers on both sides prepare for a drawn out clash as temperance supporters stand ready.
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