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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1891
Page
7
Madison brief items cover lodge activity and fraternal boosts, social events, church revivals, road improvements, and a burglary in a quiet city corner. Mentions include K of P progress, Trinity church, revival efforts led by Dr. Hughes, and a city court appointment buzz alongside a burglary at Ignatz Lawrence’s corner saloon. The narrative also reports deaths of Ogden Lodge and community sympathy.
Last Saturday marked Mrs. Theresa Stephanus’s 47th birthday. Her daughter Maggie and son Peter hosted about forty friends who decorated the home with flowers and festoons and organized music dancing singing and games until midnight. A generous collation followed as guests wished the hostess long life health and happiness.
Maria L. Clarkson sues in Craven's court to recover a horse dray and harness bought with pension money after her husband James left for his mother's Walnut street home. The dispute over ownership and support will be settled today. The item also notes local curiosities about missing millions, anarchists at Abbott's Dime Museum, a mad dog incident, a failed freight wreck attempt near Franklin, and a passage of Sam Steinbarger through Madison.
Destructive flood reports depict Yuma and surrounding valleys inundated by high water. Thousands homeless as 250+ houses collapse, 1400 displaced, and hundreds feared dead. Rivers overflow, bridges threatened, and relief work under Fort Yuma auspices rushes to assist, with widespread damage to rail lines and property across Arizona.
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