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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1888
Page
4
A jumble of items reports a market bench find a stray pair of shoes and a hat with appeals for owner contact, plus community anecdotes on local politics reputations and court actions. Notable items include a Benjamin Harrison apple gag and legal notices about a railroad death claim, with parish life and personal histories threaded through local newspapers.
John Greusling, adjudged insane last week, was today removed to the Logansport asylum. He is a personal friend of Dr. Joe Rodgers and was sent there as a personal favor. All schools at North Vernon have been closed due to the fever.
Marriage licenses issued include Alfred D. Blankenship with Bertha Stout and Thomas Lawder with Helen Lockman. A Frankfort officer received his commission as Prosecuting Attorney from Gov Gray. Main Street work advances with graveled sidewalks from Walnut to Jefferson.
A poem praises charitable women who aid the poor with coal clothes and food and blesses their work as a civic treasure. An ad touts Fred Glass for Xmas toys and home made candies. An escaped convict named William Hunter is recaptured in Frankfort after fleeing the state penitentiary and attempting to board a Southern boat in Madison.
A 1888 notice lists job seekers for nursery stock sales with salary or commission options. It also prints a Madison Indiana post office mail call for December 11 listing ladies and gentlemen names and how to claim letters. An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and tonic with a money-back guarantee after a fair trial.
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