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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
4
Rushville Jacksonian argues candidates should not underestimate the corrupt practice law ahead of the upcoming primary. It stresses the law protects candidates and society, requires explicit accounting of expenditures, and demands public disclosure of campaign spending.
Mark Catton of Chicago reportedly set a world record in straight rail billiards by running 2,634 before missing a shot on a 5x10 table. He started Friday night with 1,000, followed by another 1,000 on Sunday and 644 on the final night, surpassing Harvey McKenna’s 2,572 record from Boston in 1887.
A flawed OCR text argues colds linger unless treated. It promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as relief and warns untreated colds can lead to dangerous bronchial or lung issues. The passage reads like an old medical advertisement with garbled phrases and nonsensical lines.
An advertisement promotes vegetable calomel from may apple root as a liver stimulator that does not salivate. It claims gentler action than mercury calomel and urges purchase of Sentanel Laxatives with a violent appeal and a free physician trial package by mailing to Sentor Remedies Co. Covington Kentucky.
The document recounts the 1826 treaty with the Potawatomi ceding lands for a state highway from Lake Michigan to Ohio. Indiana appointed commissioners in 1828 to lay out the route, choosing a path north of the Kankakee swamps via Logansport to South Bend, with surveys in two variants and field pay for workers. By 1836 the road proved poor, with washed bridges and cross logs, and frequent repairs funded by the legislature.
Mr Bowser declares a peace campaign is needed to end war in Europe. He mobilizes support by seeking signers to a public demand that all armies disband within a week, visiting his druggist grocer undertaker pool hall and local shops, facing mixed reactions and a black eye as he pushes for a mass petition.
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