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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1891
Page
8
We offer a range of rubber coats and circulars with a strong warranty. Ladies Peasant Princess and Electric Circular styles are available, along with Greenways for children and Yale and Mountaineer coats for men.
County offices in session at the Court House as the March term of the County Commissioner's Court opens. Obituaries note Nicholas Lustig dies at Walnut Street home. Church revivals produce new accessions at the Second Baptist and Presbyterians plan an Elm Street sale. Local observations mention weather and groundhog.
The Republican city central committee met at the Court House last night and elected John G. Moore as Chairman, John W. Tevis as Secretary, and Thomas Grabaw as Treasurer. George Yocum was injured loading grain on a barge and received care at the Western Hotel after a fall. L. and M. Woolen Mills stockholders elected T. Harrie, J. H. Lindenberger, J. W. Stine, TM. L. Powell, and W. D. Price as directors for the coming year. Government store bids are listed with Cincinnati Builders at 3750, Madison at 4150, St. Louis at 4600, and another bid at 4800 each.
The remains of George Lehman age thirty eight of Covington Ky will be brought to this city tonight and taken to his mother's home on north Jefferson street His funeral is set for 9 o clock tomorrow morning at St Marys Catholic church with interment at Walnut Street Cemetery Friends extend sympathy to his wife and children Lehman formerly ran a grocery and salmon business on Walnut street but had lived in Covington in recent years A discussion about currency printing and counterfeit risk follows noting differences between old and new bills and concerns over raised notes and counterfeiters
An advertising notice promotes the Am Attractive Combined Pocket Almanac and Memorandum Book with Brown's Iron Becter colonic, offered free at two general stores. Apply at the stores.
Hanover locals note residents visiting relatives in Terre Haute Moore's Hill College and Colorado. pneumonia cases rise as la grippe spreads. Miss Alice McMurray leaves teaching due to ill health. Edward Robbins heads to Kansas. Fort Wayne Feeble Minded Institute staff resigns. Eureka Kansas death of Beranger reported. Masonic banquet features Bluepoints and turtle soup.
John Riley Cushman died at his south Walnut Street home at midnight from liver disease after a period of paralysis. Born January 19 1849 at North Vernon Indiana he taught school and worked for newspapers including the Indianapolis Sentinel and Madison papers. He served in the Indiana legislature in 1887 and later held positions in Washington and on the C M railroad. He leaves a wife Belie Edleman a son Edward and his parents and brother Edward. Funeral at 9 30 Thursday from Walnut Street home. interment in Smyrne township. local notice notes reflections on Abbott Dime Museum anarchists.
Poetic line about love is followed by a testimonial claiming Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures catarrh with mild antiseptic cleansing properties. An offer of $500 reward is stated for an incurable case.
An old advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughs colds sore throat chest pains influenza bronchitis and lung diseases. Claims highlight a clear thick balsam and instant relief after the first dose with large bottles priced 60 cents and 1.0
London reports debate over naval estimates and mercantile protection. The John Wesley statue was unveiled in City Road chapel with Archdeacon Farrer and MP Sir Robert Fowler attending. Other items include Crispi's return hints, Alsace Lorraine policy shifts, and Austrian elections.
Washington March 3 The funeral services for the late Senator Hearst will be held Thursday at his residence and will be brief to avoid interrupting congressional business. The remains will then be moved to San Francisco for interment, with Mrs Hearst and her son likely accompanying. Kansas City March 3 A masked robber assaulted Miss Clara Morris in her home, injuring her ears while attempting to take a diamond ring before escaping with a gold watch and other jewelry. Ottumwa March 8 A collision of two Wabash freights near Carbon, Davis county, resulted in two fatalities and injuries to several trainmen, including Brakeman Long Bledsoe.
The division faces a shortage of railway postal clerks as mail volume rises. Major Hitt moved a Cambridge City branch clerk to the L E and W, prompting Madison citizens to complain about delays. Officials say small appropriations force shifts to keep mail moving.
Publishers of Webster's Unabridged respond to pirates with a new fully edited enlarged edition named International. They invested over 300000 dollars in ten years for preparation and more than three quarters of a million in editing illustrating and electrotyping. The dictionary aims to unlock mysteries resolve doubts and decide disputes and is pitched as a profitable family purchase.
Mercury free Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as internally taken and made in Toledo by F J Cheney Co. It claims to purify blood and mucus surfaces and warns against mercury containing nostrums. The notice urges buyers to obtain the genuine product at 75 cents per bottle and notes a Druggists selling point. It also includes testimonials praising Dr King’s New Discovery with claims of weight gain and recovery from lung disease and mentions free trials at a local drugstore.
Promises cure for cuts bruises sores ulcers eczema fever sores tetter chapped hands corns and all eruptions. Guarantees piles relief with money refund if not satisfied. Priced at 25 cents per box. For sale by J E O F Harper.
Retail prices across grains seeds and groceries are listed for Madison Market. Items include flour and coffee, sugars, dried fruits, molasses, oils, potatoes, eggs, butter, beans, hay, hides, wool, and roots with varying per unit costs and measures.
Market review cites wheat at 992.98c and corn at 55¢ with mixed prices across grain and livestock. Reports list unwashed merino and delaine textiles, lambs around 5.15, beef and hog quotes, and fuel notes including gasoline and naphtha benchmarks.
A reader quotes Mrs Wells asking if a person can earn 50 or 40 dollars weekly in plating. The reply claims earnings from five to eight dollars daily plating and selling dated ware, with Lake Electric Co. in Inglewood NL providing full instructions and promising money for everyone.
A. R. Arnold, engineer on the West Shore Ry at Canajoharie New York, praises Kemp's Balsam as a reliable cough cure and remedy for sore throats and pneumonia, noting it helps children and delivers quick relief.
A public notice extols Electric Bitters as a cure for lingering sickness and seeks to credit the Great Alterative and Tonic for restored health. It invites readers with kidney liver or stomach issues to try the remedy, noting prices of 50 cents and 1 dollar at Harper's drug store and dates Jan 18 to 25.
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