Madison Indiana July 30 1891 Twerald notices and political notes
The Madison Indiana issue reports Governor Campbell predicting a Democratic win next fall and notes 2000 new post offices this year. It cites ailing Judge Allen G Thurman, land sales by C L Jewert, tariff critiques, Quay’s possible resignation, Dudley and Qruiny, currency shipments, French pork duties, and local items about ladders, a girl with a long tail, Texas fever in cattle, a baby Indiana boy candidate, Foraker and Surrman talk, Mrs Curvenano’s scrapbook, Joan of Arc canonization, and a bitter Louisiana lottery campaign splitting pro and anti factions.
Political Chess and Local News Stirs 1892 Outlook
The Washington Star quotes Missouri and national figures debating Blaine’s four year State Department tenure versus a presidential bid. Barnstable County residents plan a welcome for Jim and Mrs. Cleveland at Sandwhich. Tennessee miners’ talks with Gov. Buchanan push toward a peaceful Coal Creek settlement. Madison Democrat libel verdict prompts subscriptions as Voorhees Turpie Gray and state officers reportedly join the circulation surge.
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Clevenant
Tudor Haven
Buzzard Bay
Stanmer
Barnstable County
Jim
Cleveland
Sandwhich
Debate on New York Nomination in 1892 Presidential Race
In Rochester New York a editorial argues that nominating a New Yorker for president in 1892 risks Democratic losses. It suggests Cleveland cannot win New York and that Hill may fail against a Cleveland faction, urging elimination of New York presidential candidates for four years to restore balance.
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Harrison
Blaine
State Department
Washington Star
Watterson
Gov. Hill
New York
Cleveland
Hill
Bin
Rhochester
Hood's Sarsaparilla Crowned Standard Blood Purifier
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the leading building-up medicine and blood purifier with the largest sales. It urges buyers to choose Hood's only and warns against falling for substitutes, claiming honest druggists will confirm its merit.
Edwin Cushman and counterfeit money dispute reopens
The Ear t Wayne News reports Cushman of this city once of Madison Indiana faced government action over counterfeit notes. Only 500 of 700 dollars were returned with 200 kept by the government after Cushman exhibited the detector. Nathan Cohen, arrested in St Louis by J B McCulloch of the Secret Service, is linked to the case though Cohen says he lost most counterfeits and denies passing them. He handed over about 600 notes, but their numbers do not match officials records in Washington.
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Edwin Cushman
Madison
Ind
United States
Ed. Cushman
Cushman
Nathan Cohen
St. Louis
J.B. McCulloch
Secret Service Bureau
Dickerman
Treasury Department
Cohen
Washington
Eart Wayne News
Victorian July Poem and Local Sighting Report Mix
A lyrical ode to a summer maiden contrasts with a trio of short news items from Indiana and Kentucky. It notes a heat soaked scene with a cooling vision, then shifts to farm and social notes, and ends with a reported sighting of a mysterious ape-like beast near Chestnut Ridge as witnessed by Prof. J. W. Sturn and W. M. Martin.
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Chestnut Ridge
Greenville
Floyd County
New Albany Ledger
J. W. Sturn
W. M. Martin
Martin
Mr. Martin
Watchful Indiana lawmaker Hon. W. Holman commemorated in obituary mention
A long profile recalls the life of Judge William S. Holman born September 6, 1822 at Vernestan near Aurora Indiana. It notes his early schooling Franklin College career, service in Congress for twenty two continuous years, and the nickname The Watchdog of the Treasury. It lists surviving contemporaries and mourns his district departure. The piece also reports a comical blunder about Miss Lillie Simons planning a moon voyage with a glass globe balloon named Mayflower ark and her detention in Flatbush insane hospital.
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The
Treasury
Dearborn
Congress
Wan
TH. English
Vanoek
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Supreme Court
Indianapolis
A. G. Porter
Italy
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Hanover
Washington
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
Win
McKee Dunn
Madison
Pennington
Lillie Simons
Brooklyn
Miss Simons
Flatbush Insane Hospital
Uncalled Letters and Patent Medicine Ads in Madison Postoffice
The Madison Indiana Postoffice lists uncalled letters for July 21 1891 including M Rosa Meyer R Cora Reed s Minnie Summerfield and others with two week hold before dead letter transfer. Also ads and testimonials for patent medicines Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy claim cures and urge purchases with Brown's Iron Bitters pocket almanac offer.
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Idiana
Lapres
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