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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1882
Page
2
The Weekly Herald offers a $10 prize for the person sending in the largest club outside Madison before June 1 1882 and a $500 prize for the next largest. Subscriptions cost 1 year 81 50. 10 to 25 clubs priced 51 25. 206 amure pipes. Club dues must be paid in advance. An agent is wanted for every county post office.
Avex Ur Stevens was chosen by acclamation at the Georgia Democratic State Convention as the party's candidate for Governor. A lifelong Georgian, he is seventy, with a long political career including five terms in the Legislature and thirteen as a U.S. Representative. He opposed secession on grounds of imprudence but defended state sovereignty. After the Civil War he aided reconciliation in the South.
The English cabinet loses Joan Besant after a clash with Mr. Gladstone on the Egyptian question. Mr. Bright’s anti war stance aligns with his past views on peace as strength yet contrasts with his support for coercive Ireland measures. The text notes Bright’s withdrawal from responsibility for Ireland’s sufferings amid brutalities.
The letter urges Franklin County and regional papers to support establishing a county children home at Brookville for needy youngsters. It argues the county should provide a safe pleasant home with care, teaching, and protection rather than sending children to the county asylum.
English forces fail to protect Alexandria as Arabi Pasha retreats inland and threatens to cut water supplies. Reports warn of potential destruction of Cairo if he is not captured soon, with supporters met by fierce, merciless troops. Public sentiment calls for restraint and condemnation of Britain for initiating the conflict.
Mr Tuosas Burs, a Democratic candidate for State Treasurer from Evansville, carried a city last Friday and appears a strong contender for the party convention. His prospects are boosted by his business qualifications and agreeable demeanor as a rising figure in union affairs.
A quoted remark from a courthouse interaction prompts discussion on prefacing actions to secure votes. The exchange highlights civic participation and procedural language used in local governance.
A sharp wave of community anger following a local convention has grown into a steady agitation against the entrenched ring. The Wer crew threatens to add funds to ballast the old ship ahead of breakers expected on November 14.
A reflective commentary notes that labeling someone a crank damages influence more than accusing him of horse theft, arguing cranks lose any political traction while still claiming authority. The speaker laments widespread crank accusations eroding credibility and power among the public.
A speaker contemplates Hubbell sending circulars to disabled soldiers seeking a voluntary two percent pension contribution to aid the Republican party, urging a prompt and favorable response. The note questions the propriety of such fundraising tactics among veterans.
The Tariff Commission has settled at Long Branch and will study, through associations there, which articles should be protected. Meanwhile they are supported at the expense of the people.
A county sheriff appears unsettled after a tour with the King and leaves his post for a day last week. The remark suggests a lack of nerve, while officials claim no scraps of papers were misplaced during the absence.
A back office scene becomes deadly as a drawn line by Marcus Sulzer ends in bloodshed, prompting an urgent sheriff response after a mall incident involving a scrap paper bag.
The group calls for tariffs solely for revenue and denounces protectionist aims, arguing that honest men without selfish interests should support this principle.
A historical account details Emily Brown Knight Williams Phipps and a sequence of marriages under court license in eastern Connecticut. The narrative traces multiple spouse arrangements and name changes through a chain of unions ending with Emily Brown Knight Williams Phipps Thomas, noting social complications and community observations.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Druggists Depot Swormstedt Co and a health claim about Nasband of Mine becoming three times the man he was before using a product called Well Health Re newer. Details are incomplete.
Chief Engineer Roebling of the Brooklyn Bridge is curable after a surgical operation. His illness raises concern that the completion of the bridge may be seriously delayed.
The Boston Past notes President Arthur’s demand for neat stockings and suggests it would be well if many people were so orderly and composed.
Cure advertised for bladder irritation and kidney urinary complaints by Buchupaibs. Depout Swarnatedt & Co. druggists offer the remedy.
The Pilgrim, built at Saba oach’s Chester yard, was launched about the 15th of last month. She is the largest side wheeler ever built and will cost 1,300,000 dollars.
Free of cost every person seeking a remedy for consumption coughs colds asthma bronchitis or throat and lung ailments can visit C E Heberhart's Drug Store to obtain a trial bottle of Dr King's New Discovery.
Reports from several Indiana towns detail agricultural yields, river and harbor funding changes, and new developments. Wages rise for railroad workers while Jackson county imposes strict stock laws. A mastodon tusk discovery near Vincennes sparks scientific interest as a county explores excavation plans.
Senators Voorhees and Harrison clashed over tax measures while a Columbus dispatch reported Bethard the Ohio man jailed for vagrancy and linked violence near Guiteau trial. A Judiciary Committee letter alleged Texas Pacific Land Grant bribery with cash and bonds, naming Senators and a plan to distribute bribes. Newell vowed proof and a Tuesday hearing ahead.
The Des Moines state horse project rises to 2.5 million dollars, 1 million more than planned. Amite county Mississippi jailings for refusing road tax work. 3000 car couplers patented, Masters’ association undecided on standard. Two Swedes detained in Chicago confess murder in Stockholm 1875. Fly proboscis hosts tiny snakes, disease concerns grow. Liverpool Manchester canal project eyed. cost at least 25 million. Chicago man fatally strikes rival, neck dislocated. Weekly business failures total 124, western states lead. Illinois liquor association endorses liberal pro prohibition stance. City wheat price 1 dollar per bushel. Floyd county yield 25 bu/acre, 10150 acres yield 253,750 bu. New Albany Ledger report.
In a promotional note the author extols Electric Bitters as a reliable remedy for stomach liver and kidney urinary ailments. The advertisement claims universal efficacy and urges a trial, stating bottles sell for fifty cents at GC. I Heberhart.
Free of charge to all with coughs colds asthma bronchitis voice loss or throat and lung affection. Call at Heberhart's Drug Store for a trial bottle to prove its merits and show what a regular dollar size bottle will do. Call early.
The Alexandria siege updates report Arabi Pasha diverting water supplies, mass killings in Cairo and Damietta, and British forces under Major General Alison advancing. By July 24 British troops maintain Ramleh and block extensions toward Damietta while rebels near one hundred thousand strong.
The article extols Electric Bitters as a truly valuable medicine that cures biliousness fever and ague stomach liver and kidney complaints even when other remedies fail. It notes the product is sold for fifty cents a bottle by C. E. Heberhart and signals the distributor’s endorsement.
A New Orleans Times Democrat tale claims President Garfield, on his deathbed, confessed regret and penitence for contributing to the 1876 fraud that denied Tilden the presidency. It alleges Garfield spoke of documents to exonerate posterity and feared avenging Nemesis on his party, a topic revived in Stalwart-Half Breed quarrels.
Ohio Democrats met in Columbus last Thursday and adopted a platform defending equal rights and free ballot, calling for civil service reform, restrained government spending, fair taxation, a mixed gold and silver money system, anti monopoly measures, and protection for citizens abroad.
An advertisement proclaims a vast giveaway of trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It urges readers to visit C E Heberharts Drug Store for a free trial bottle and asserts the medicine never fails to cure.
Notice offers a free trial bottle at UC. E. Heberhart's Drug Store for sufferers of Consumption severe coughs hay fever asthma bronchitis and other throat and lung issues claiming it will positively cure.
An advertisement promotes Buchapaibs as a remedy for kidney disease including pain irritation retention and incontinence with deposits and gravel. The product is offered by Denot Swormstedt & Co. at a price of $1. The copy targets readers seeking relief from urinary complaints.
The fish factories on Maryland's eastern shore, historically major revenue sources, are at a standstill this season because of a shortage of fish. Clinton county's wheat crop is estimated at about 1,100,000 bushels this season.
A period advertisement praises Electric Bitters as the only sure remedy for women who care for family health. It claims cleansing the stomach and bowels, purifying blood, and expelling toxins, touting the medicine as pure and very affordable at fifty cents. Sold by C. E. Heberhart.
An advertising line proclaims success against common pests with Rough on Rats priced at 15 cents, listing flies roaches ants bed bugs rats mice gophers and chipmunks as targeted pests.
Retail prices listed include wheat butter apples dried fruit potatoes and chickens with per unit or per dozen pricing. The text reads as a compressed advertisement catalog with multiple commodity entries and unclear quantities or dates. Named items include flour sugar coffee and grain products.
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