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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1892
Page
4
The piece examines tariff policy and wage effects, arguing Republicans and Pinkertons align in tariff robbery schemes. It cites 1888 Harrison nomination, labor issues at Homestead, and calls for Democratic unity under Grover Cleveland with Croker guidance and district-level campaign mobilization.
The New York World suggests a Board of Arbitration with Gov. McKinley, Gov. Pattison, and T. W. Powderly to resolve the Homestead labor troubles. Frick refuses arbitration, while the paper argues for a bloodless settlement and public confidence in a legal solution.
One Frick, head of the Homestead Steel Works, plans to prosecute strikers involved in the Pinkerton killings. He must cite statutes authorizing hiring assassins to wage war or to maintain a standing army to regulate capital and labor, a citation he is unlikely to secure.
Edward Stellar, a good swimmer, drowned Tuesday evening a few miles below Bethlehem after sinking while swimming forty yards from shore. Some believe heat cramps caused his death, others suspect a monster catfish dragged him under. Rumors claim a card in his pocket reading My name is Ed Steller, and I live at 929 Ballard Street, suggesting possible self harm, but his parents reject this theory.
Detroit hosts the Baptist Young People's Union with over 5 000 delegates attending the July gathering at the rink. Delegates from Maine to California and the provinces fill plans for 1 000 Michigan attendees, with Illinois and other states sending large numbers. A grand pipe organ and vast chorus, led by Professor Remick, will accompany sessions, receptions, and statewide reports through Friday and weekend excursions.
President Teben of the National Association of Marble Cutters states that all marble work on Whitelaw Reid’s residences at Ophir Farm and Marion Avenue in New York was cut polished and set by union men only and that no non union workers were employed during construction. Americans Drowned in France Reported as Floods Hit St Gervais killing several visitors with a hotel wrecked and the ruinous floodwaters washing away the register.
Actual work began on the Hennepin canal under Commodore A J Whitney. The spade used to break ground will be engraved and shown at the world’s fair. A large workforce aims to excavate three or four miles before winter, linking the Mississippi and Rock rivers. Will Quit Business in Rochester as Hop Bitter Manufacturing dissolves. H C Soule named receiver to wind up affairs.
The advertisement promises a full refund if Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds fails after a fair trial. It offers trial bottles free at a drug store and sells large sizes for 50 cents and 1.00, asserting reliability and guaranteed satisfaction.
Fifty Lake county residents traveled to Indianapolis to testify in the federal case of Edgar Henderson charged with sending obscene letters through the mails. The trial centers on letters Henderson allegedly wrote to a former lover and the post office investigation that followed. Prosecution and defense will present competing theories of authorship amid local attention.
A long running feud between two Prince William county families near Dumfries Va. culminated in murder after a pavilion picnic. Joseph W Jones was shot by Thomas Jefferson Florence during a dispute at a Raccoon Hill gathering. Florence was jailed as tense crowds anticipated further violence. Man killed in Wooster after accident with a buggy.
An old advertisement touts a salve claimed to cure oats bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It promises piles relief and lists J and C Harper as the seller at 26 cents per box.
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