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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1891
Page
5
Long Madison column includes Post Office hours on New Year’s, local deaths and funerals, social events, and civic notes. Mentions Captain Dunbar’s injury in Jeffersonville, a Lyceum ball, a mock lynching incident in Lexington, and Grimshaw and Gaul funerals, plus religious and educational gatherings and weather observations.
Mendz Indiana dispatch reports a Muncie man John Clapper rushed into a burning home to rescue two children at the peril of his life after a gas fire risk. The house burned to ashes. no insurance. The story notes the grateful neighbors and ongoing aftermath for the family.
The Terpsichoreans shifted from euchre to a dance at the Mullen homestead last night after Mrs Mullen’s accident. A large crowd enjoyed Prof Hollis’s orchestra, with the young ladies providing refreshments. At 3 o’clock the hall darkened as news arrived of Mrs David Henry’s death in Switzerland Co. Her son is a prominent New Albany attorney and her relatives mourn with the Madison community.
First class round trip fare from Madison to Cincinnati set at 3.00 on either steamer. Apply to J. I. Williams, agent, or purchase on board. D. M. Holloway, general manager.
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