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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1892
Page
2
The Madison Herald notes Democratic tax law opposition, reports in Berlin on urban unrest with troops readied, and Indianapolis streetcar clashes as workers strike. Includes church dispatch from Vincennes Bishop Francis Chutard dispensing fasting and abstinence across the diocese with papal approval, enabling three meals and meat.
Concisselan Brown delivered his first set speech in the House on the Craig versus Stewart contest from Pennsylvania 24th District. He attacked Dudley Woods & Co and Republican abuses, citing the 1888 blocks of five letter and Judge Woods. Brown’s legal frame and scathing remarks drew praise from Democrats and applause from Senators Voorhees and Turpie.
The New York World urges unity to win the coming election and warns that a second convention would breed dissension and defeat. It endorses harmony, withdraws the May convention call, and praises Albany's Democratic convention and its platform.
Ex-President Cleveland arrives in New York amid eager crowds at the station. He appears worn yet cheerful and says he will rest at Lakewood. He declines to discuss Frank Hurd's Chicago Convention name proposal and notes Iowa supporters favor Boies for the Democratic ticket.
The World reports preparations for a new Cuban revolution are underway in the United States and on the island. Eight thousand Cuban patriots in this country are said to be ready to join the struggle, with meetings, fundraising, and equipment purchases noted in several cities.
The Guiding Star arrived Saturday with freight and a crowd of passengers aboard. Artist Mr. Snyder created an oil painting of the steamer as she passed Madison, praised for its life-like likeness of Captain J D Hegler and the famed line from Cincinnati to the South.
A memorial note for Michael Golden from Indianapolis shows mourning and scripture lines. The piece lists delegates to a Congressional Convention by county with totals and corrections, and cites the Chicago St Stanislaus Kostka parish as the nation’s likely largest church community with 30 000 communicants and 3 000 pupils. A commuter tale from Pall Mall Gazette ends with a railway porter’s quip about a demanding passenger.
In this ad like item readers are told Browns Iron Vitamins cure debility improve appetite and cleanse the liver. The text markets a general health benefit claim without specifics.
Anthony alias Chubby Carroll led a dramatic escape at Jeffersonville jail by sawing ten bars and creating four wall openings. Guards disarmed the prisoners after discovery as Carroll surrendered while others were contained. Sheriff Donovan plans to move Carroll to a northern prison for his term. Witness accounts include a Panama Isthmus smoking note from Colonel Knollys.
Mrs. B. Jones of Alna Maine says Hood's Sarsaparilla saved her from multiple sores with seven running suves on her body and now she is well and strong. Hood's Pills claim to cure Constipation by restoring peristaltic action of the alimentary canal and are described as the best family cathartic.
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