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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1892
Page
6
The 1891 act levied six cents per hundred dollars of taxable property to fund benevolent and reformatory institutions. The extra levy runs through 1892, after which a renewal by the next Legislature is required to maintain the old rate.
A Madison Indiana paper comments on labor unrest at Homestead and tariff politics. It cites Republican reactions, Cleveland Stevenson efforts, and shifts in campaign focus toward tariff and Force bill debates. It references Carnegie, Harrison, and alignment between Alliance and Republicans in Alabama.
The Senate finished deliberations on the sundry civil bill after six days, sending it to the House with three or four amendments that push appropriations above 6 million dollars beyond the 5 million World’s Fair souvenir scheme. Additional measures include a Sherman act repeal proposal, Canadian retaliation resolutions, and a broad Homestead investigation. The House focused on conference reports for appropriation bills, retaining 4 million for a new battleship and 50 thousand for a Hampton Roads naval display. Fellows praised the ship, and the House adjourned.
Jackson Ohio reports the death of Ed Jones, mayor of Oak Hill, at about 23 years old from delirium tremens after a Fourth of July spree. A Democrat in a largely Republican town, Jones led Oak Hill as Knights of Labor member and secretary of the Oak Hill Fairebrick company while serving on Jackson county’s Democratic executive committee.
Mr and Mrs Loren Trescott owners of the Grey Lighthouse at Sand Beach Michigan recount their four year old daughter’s measles cough and fever. After no help from home and Detroit doctors she weakened to a mere bone, then recovered after using Dr King’s New Discovery with two and a half bottles. Free trial bottle offered at Harper’s Drugstore.
On July 16 and 17, excursion tickets to Washington from main Pennsylvania Lines stations will be offered at greatly reduced round trip rates. Tickets are valid for return until July 24, for members and attendees of the League of American Wheelmen.
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