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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1891
Page
5
The County Commissioners' court adjourned today. News items from New Albany include pension exam updates, a pauper burial trend in New York, and local court actions. Reports mention the Juniata tribe, a Denver burial, a $2000 life insurance, a WCGU benefit event, and various civic notices.
Readable fragments tell of Nicholas Lineweber and wife of China celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a large family. The event, replete with a Rheinland ceremony, friends, and a village procession, is described amid other local items including the death of John Ditteen, a public funeral, a barbed altercation in Tabrees, and a Miss Alice Palmer speaking engagement and a pocket almanac promo.
A Missouri paper reports a county assessors’ two months’ pay, a university honor for Prof. J. M. Coulter, and a funeral in Milton township. It notes commencement at Hanover, a Madison crowd at Trinity ALEB Shurch, local graft grafting news from Indianapolis, and a damaged maple grove burial with petrified remains. The piece mentions a cave-in delaying water works, court venue shifts, and a stable trade for a coal firm with new elevator plans. Children’s Day preparations fill churches with sermons, decorations, and programs for Sunday schools.
Hanover College trustees approve building a new Science Hall costing 25000 dollars to expand facilities. Alumni meeting features Capt Monfort as president, talks by Dr Edwards and others, and a series of society reunions and speeches at Tranaver Presbyterian church and the Elmotel.
The J. M. & I. company train men are being examined for color vision and distance acuity. A white letters chart tests reading ability while a box of colored yarns checks color differentiation. Most pass quickly, with further testing planned for those not tested yesterday or Tuesday.
A collage of quotes and notices. A Madison obituary note says Isaac Wagner laid out 2364 dead bodies he knew in life and Vail buried over fourteen thousand before retiring. An ad extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription promising refunds if no benefit, plus a Catarrh Remedy claim of twenty five years’ success and no experimentation.
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