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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1892
Page
9
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for periodical pains prolapse and other female disorders. It claims to restore strength to the entire system and uterus, promises a youthful appearance, and guarantees satisfaction with money back if unsatisfied.
An advertisement touts Mrs. Gervaise Graham's cucumber flower cream as a skin beautifier not a typical cosmetic. It claims sun and wind protection, wrinkle prevention, and whitening effects with no acids, selling for 1 dollar at druggists or via her San Francisco establishment. Sample bottle and a little beauty book offered, with lady agents sought.
Cures freckles sun burn sallowness moth patches pimples and all skin blemishes at $1.50. Harmless and effective. No samples. Lady agents wanted. The druggist who orders a bill will have his name added to the advertisement. Sold by wholesale druggists in Chicago and cities west. Septlid & Wyl.
TERRE HAUTE INDIANA reader endorses Burrows Panacea as the best pain cure he has purchased. He notes it relieved his wife’s back and shoulder pain. Signed by J. D. Alexander.
A license to wed was granted this afternoon to Cap Ward and Tillie Ohne. A Madison boiler crew repairs the Columbus Republican boilers while Oliver F. Watson inspects Monroe township schools. Cravens acquits James Clarkson of assault on his stepchild. Dr J H Matthews named medical examiner for local C E A branches. James Mercer dies in Scott county from the grip, wife dies soon after.
James H. Shaw died Jan 22 1892 at age 62 funeral set for Sunday at 3 p.m. from J. W. Bishop residence North Jefferson Street. Remains to be transported to Dayton Ohio for family grounds interment.
The infant daughter of Wallis Aldrich died Saturday night and was buried today. Mary L Rob inson to be met at North Madison depot by Branham and Ritchie for burial at Fairmount cemetery tomorrow morning. Horace Stapp and Gregory Hielman obituaries noted with services in Springdale and St Marys cemeteries. Pallbearers listed for several local funerals. remains shipped to Dayton, Ohio.
A reflection on cultivating good English, arguing eloquence is a daily virtue rather than mere show. It condemns jargon and clichés, notes common newspaper errors, and warns against misleading terms from depots to gentlemen.
Dr Leslie E Keeley tells Chicago Post readers asafoetida in sixteen grain doses four times daily can end grippe at any stage and prevent bed rest or work interruption He cites three years of experience at Dwight where no grippe patient died and he considers asafoetida a specific for grippe and its complications.
Miss Emma Schmidt hosted a social for Miss Clara Aten who departs for college, with attendees including Misses Herbst Weyer Horuff Hitz Stanley Middleton and Messrs Gibson Moffett Horuff Juhling Alling Taylor Stanton, and Robert Moffett winning first prize in a line contest. An editorial note promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription with claimed cures and a money back guarantee, followed by a brief add for Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The Burlington Route is a first class railroad serving Illinois Iowa Missouri Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska and Colorado with daily passenger trains between St Louis Chicago and Peoria and other major cities. It offers fast safe comfortable service and extensive connections for freight and travelers with contact points in Keokuk Iowa and St Louis Missouri dated March 20.
Evansville Indiana news reports the recovery of a little girl kidnapped by her father four years earlier. The kidnapped child was found by her mother near Evansville after detectives traced her to a river voyage and a shanty shelter.
Prolonged inquest into Col Melville McKee death after the Monon wreck ends in Crawfordsville with the railroad surgeon as chief witness. Mrs McKee opposed postmortem. verdict pending. Also reports Pendleton influenza grip pneumonia deaths and a fatal tree-logging accident near Deerfield.
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