Local notices mix ads and social notes from a small town
OCR reads like a stream of thrift shop medicine pitches and social items. It mentions J W Thomas spoke factory running nightly and Johnson's starch factory awaiting floodwaters to recede. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted for humor and health. L and M Woolen Mills received wool from Louisville via the Big Kanawha. Annie Seth’s wedding to a Cincinnati man is noted. Funeral details for Mrs Bridget McDonald given with church services and burial. Social events include gatherings at Wells residence with several attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.&m. Woolen Mills
Louisville
Annie Seth
Second Street
Bridget McDonald
St. Michael’s Church
North Madison
Madison saddletree industry decline sparks political memorials
Yesterday Senator McGregor presented two Madison citizens memorials urging relief legislation for saddle trees once made in the southern penitentiary. Warden Patten disputes the claim, citing outside trust influence and undercutting contractors, while a Jeffersonville committee investigates the matter amid reports of a weakened local industry and calls to preserve labor and fair competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Jefferson
Clark Counties
Madison
Southern
Patten
Romance in a Bottle Found by Madison River
A Driftwood bottle found by Isaac Bolander near Church street contains a handwritten plea from 18 year old Nannie Steward of Madison Indiana dated February 5 1891. She asks the finder to write to her at Dow and Brown care and to remember her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Ind
Jefferson Co
Nannie Steward
Madison
Nannie B. Steward
Dow and Brown
Gather life as a pageant under Lent and roses
The piece laments social season gaieties in a small city, contrasts Northern restraint with Southern revelry, and notes Lent begins with a sermon on repentance. It mentions lectures by Joseph Clay Abbott and future talk by Capt. Abbott, plus odd curios from Oscar Trigg and a wood sculpture. An ad endorses Hood's Sarsaparilla for catarrh and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Oscar Trigg
Madison, Ind
Saylum
St. Louis
Notice of Sale of Business and Gratitude to Public
John Adams announces the sale of his stock of stores tinware and manufacturing business to Messrs Peter Hoffman and Patrick Quinn. He thanks the public for their kind treatment and patronage and asks continued support for the new firm. He describes the buyers as honest and capable workmen in service for over fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hoffman
Patrick Quinn
John Adams
Railroads to Pay Tax Direct to State Treasurer
Indiana legislature reports a ways and means bill to shift railroad taxes from counties to the state. counties would be relieved of a twelve cent per hundred state levy. Senate and House also discuss civil service for benevolent institutions and penalties for liquor traffic. Other items include tax on manufacturing stock, poison sales limits, and election reading rights for illiterate voters. Local notices cover South Dakota aid committee, a shooting incident in Marco, a fatal gun accident in Huntertown, a railroad- track accident near Columbia City, a convict’s death from consumption, a derrick fall near Mapisonville, and a neck fracture from a hayloft fall in Localstort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
IxplaNapolis
Oypenheim
Ways and Means Committee
T'E Tate
Senate
Magee
State Board of Charities
Hoffman and Quinn Form Partnership in Roofing and Tinware
We, the undersigned, form a partnership under the firm name Hoffman & Quinn to carry on stove tinware galvanized iron and slate roofing business. We have purchased the stock and good will of John Adams in the business at his old stand No 107 East Main street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman & Quinn
John Adams
East Main Street
Delightful Soiree At Odd Fellows Hall In Madison
A lively social at Odd Fellow's Hall last night honored Misses Davidson of Indianapolis and Miss May Wood of Chicago with a diverse guest list from Seymour Louisville and local hosts. The event featured Hollis orchestra, extended dancing until 3 am, progressive euchre prizes for May Wood Nellie Prenatt and Arch Graham, and a postparty gathering at Mrs Clements home. Salvation Oil advertised as a remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia in the concluding line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis
Odd Fellow’s Hall
Misses Davidson
Indianapolis
Madison House
May Wood
Chicago
William Messer
Katherin
Lavellette Davidson
Mullens
Hennessys
Greiners
Sappington
Fitch
Wivens
Brooke
Kirk
Sanxay
Cold
Alling
Messrs
B. Alling
Pogue
Crozier
Scheik
Graham
Cowlam
H. Vail
Todd
W. Horuff
R. White
McElroy
H. Hargan
Jos. Celgate, DeLeste
John A. Lewis
Jack Sheels
Seymour
J. B. Philman
Louisville
James Clements
Clements
John Clements
Tom and
Will Clements
Mies
Mamie Sappingtor
Nellie Prenatt
Arch Graham
Odd Fellow's
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J. W. Thomas
Bimmons Liver Regulator
Febid&wiw
Simmons
Old Saul
Lute McKay
Brooksburg
Shelbyville
Trinity Church
J. Arnest
Myers
Wells
Burchmidt
Chowning
Hoff- Muse
Buchannan
Mesers
Robinson
Gray
Loffett
Barber
Spillman
Isaac Bolander
East End
Church Street
Bessie H. Woolford
P. S
N. B
Joseph Clay Abbott
Robert J. Burdette
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Carrollton
Senator Carlyle
Hood
State Legislature
Hestixneron
Ind
LD. Travinger
J. G. Amniss
C. G. Nave
A. J. Rosebrough
South Dakota
David H. Hilla
Marrixsville
John W. Goodman
Marco
Erastus Frederick
Effer
Frederick
Goodman
Jal
Fort Wayxk
John Thomson
Wiliam Bunyan
Huntertown
Bunyvan
Thompson
Columbia City
John Leach
Mesae
Frank Row
Bradford
Patal
Mapisonville
John Newlin
Plainfield
Feck
George W. Simonds
Salvation Oil
Connecticut
New Haven
Conn
New York and New Haven
C. L. Barbour
Colchester
Michael Kelly
Willimantic
Denis Sullivan
John Sullivan
Willicant'c
Akron
Charles Moore
Bridget Lee
Thornton Street Bridge
Ohio Canal
Jacksonville
Widmayer & Son
Caledania
N. Y
Brady
Moss
N. Horuff
George Diederich
West Main Street
Albany Dental Associption
Cincinnati
Albany
East Main St
DeLeste Bro
Queensware House
Rogers & Cowlam
Main Street
Movi Éd
Wyl
Branham & Ritchie
Branham & Chambers
Pitcher’s Castoria
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