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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1891
Page
2
A damaged OCR item shows a Madison post office header, class matter note, subscription terms, and address changes with scattered garbled figures. The fragment references a weekly edition and pricing details, indicating a historical newspaper postal notice.
Democratic leaders met in Washington Saturday night to plan action on pending legislation. They reportedly aimed to block the Force bill and the cloture resolution by all parliamentary means while internal divisions and absences threaten party unity.
The article compares 1890 with past panics in 1871 and 1857, noting worse business distress than 1884 but not as severe as earlier panics. It expresses hope that 1891 will restore prosperity, though recovery may be gradual as financial conditions improve and broad interests regain activity.
Advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla for rheumatism claiming blood purification reduces acidity healing joints. It pitches Electric Bitters as a nerve tonic restoring appetite digestion and liver kidney function with surprising results. Sold for 50 cents at J. E. C. F. Harper's drug store.
Washington and Was hington reports say the Senate will resume business with a Republican caucus to map strategy for the elections bill. Debate may hinge on a request to lay the Morgan appeal aside and possible rule changes to end discussion or call the previous question. Idaho senators or McConnell are not yet sworn in as the credentials proceed. The three Idaho seats and Marine subsidy bill discussions occupy the House and committees this week.
Disaster at Trinity pit near Ostrau leaves fifteen bodies recovered and twenty five miners missing. Rescue teams rush to save men trapped as officials fear forty deaths. News from Broussels and London covers Congo slave hunter actions, Irish famine funds appeal, and Parnell’s London trip.
Charles E Mullen and Harry Featherstone the South Chicago bank robbers have confessed to Inspector Hunt detailing the planning and execution of the South Chicago robbery Mullen conceived the scheme and Featherstone led the group with a substitute Frank Bennett Coretti and Hickey involved in the plot The confession aligns with Bennett and Corbett accounts and implicates Featherstone in earlier Allerton packing house robbery Also covered are a Belle Center mad dog attack and a Gen Spinner funeral in Utica New York
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