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Newspaper

Madison Weekly Herald

Location

Madison, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1882

Page

4

Local Churches Schedule Aimed at Community Worship

A lengthy list details morning and evening services for multiple churches in the area. It includes First Presbyterian, Second Presbyterian, Christian Church, Baptist, Lutheran, Universalist, Jewish Synagogue, United Brethren, St. Mary’s, St. Michael’s, and several Methodist churches with service times, Sabbath School, and midweek prayer meetings.

First Presbyterian Church Broadway Second and High Streets W. R. Brown Presbyterian Ce Third and West R. Wilson D. D Christian Church Main_ Cross Vine and Elm Q. Wight Bapy St Vine Street Main Cross Third C. E. W. Dobbs Preyer Uv Ced Presbyterian Chulchg Third and Vine Castor Fev J. A. Kennedy Tcenity Church Methodist Episcopa Taird Streets Kev L. G. Adkineon Protestant Episcopal Mulbery Street Fourth Streets Edward Bradley Ginman Methodist Church Third Street Main Mulberry Streets Rev. M. George Lutheran Church Universalist Church Poplar Lane Third Streets I. B.grandy Sab‘ash School ST. Mary’s Second Street Walnut Streets Father Sabbath Becond Baptist Church Fifth Street West Mulberry Street Miles Bazet Elenezer Methodist FE Chulch T. S. Johnson

Tony Pastor Leads American Variety Show Talent

Tony Pastor of New York leads a top Broadway theatre troupe on a national tour visiting major cities. The group, praised for its versatility and health, relies on St Jacob’s Oil for rheumatic pains, with Pastor noting it as a favored remedy among his company.

Tony Pastor New York United States Broadway New York City Walnut Street Theater Philadelphia Pastor Bingham House St. Jacob's Oil

St. Jacob's Oil Stock Shortage Noted By Managers

Managers report noticeable impact when St. Jacob's Oil is out of stock across companies with temporarily unsupplied artists. The New York Clipper notes the issue and its effect on operations and morale.

St. Jacob's Oil N. Y

California Wheat Growth Surges Beyond Expectations

The San Francisco Chronicle notes a remarkable wheat expansion in California. From 1855 to 1880 yields rose ninefold, with threefold gains from 1869 to 1881, and 31.5 million centals produced in 1881, as 38 million acres of wheat land exist in the states and half a million acres were newly cultivated this year.

California San Francisco Chronicle San Joaquin Valley

Brown’s Iron Bitters Promises Health Restoration

An advertorial copy touts Brown’s Iron Bitters as a cure for various ailments. It claims the tonic strengthens weak lungs heart action and digestive and urinary organs and will restore mind and body to normal condition.

Brown Paris

Watermelon preservation draws Burlington family sale interest

Peter Matson near Burlington New Jersey preserves 250 melons by varnishing and sealing the stems. He serves three large melons to guests who praise the taste. A Philadelphia dealer plans to buy fifty melons and may seek thousands next season. Physicians warn the varnish could be poisonous though the family remains healthy.

Peter Matson Burlington N. J Matson Philadelphia

Maiden Modesty in Hoboken Wins Modesty Prize

A Hoboken woman wins first prize for modesty while vaccination teams work daily in the council chamber. One young woman refused to bare her arm and had a sleeve cut to expose the site, insisting on the procedure as other residents viewed the pageant of cures in the newspaper.

Hoboken Council Chamber

Haverhill Fire Devastates Hundreds of Firms

The Haverhill conflagration destroyed 282 business firms, including 108 shoe manufacturers, 23 sole leather firms, 3 banks, and about 100 ancillary shops tied to the shoe trade. Early reports described widespread pest and vermin claims as part of the sensational account.

Haverhill

Cure for urinary irritation in a patent remedy ad

An 19th century advertisement promotes Buzhupaiba as a cure for stinging and smarting irritation of the urinary passages and diseased discharges. It attributes the remedy to Druggists Depot Swormstedt Co. and Co.'s.

Buzhupaiba Swormstedt & Co.’s

Wells Health Renewer advertised for impotence and debility

An advertisement touts Wells Health Renewer as the greatest remedy on earth for impotence lean ness and sexual debility priced at $1. It is listed as Depot-Swormatedt & Co.'s product in the druggist section.

Wells Swormatedt & Co

Pioneer Kite Flyer and Gas Works Owner Roots in Lincoln

The former Niagara river Kite flyer TH Walsh, who earned $5 as a boy for carrying light twine to lay the first wires, now resides in Lincoln Nebraska where he owns the local gas works.

TH. J. Walsh Niagara River Linecoln Neb

Reverend Remington praises Brown's Iron Bitters for health

Ithaca preacher M P Remington credits Brown's Iron Bitters with restoring strength after a severe strain on health and nerves. A separate account describes McCleary surviving a nitro glycerine oil well explosion, being blasted 75 feet, then running to safety, with the collapse and blue vision episode described in his retelling.

M. P. Remington Ithaca, N. Y Brown McCleary Pennsylvania

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup advertisement

An old mother's remedy promises immediate relief for teething pain in infants. The ad claims the syrup regulates bowels, eases maternal worry, and provides safe, pleasant medicine, described as the prescription of a renowned female physician. Sold everywhere for 25 cents a bottle.

United States

Protection tax paradox in a simple Hatters Shoemakers Farmers tale

The piece argues a protection plan taxes all consumers for industry upkeep while benefiting only hatter and shoemaker, leaving the farmer overburdened and unrewarded. It cites a moral about indirect taxes and balance, then adds assorted brief notices on a Rhode Island baby, a party organ, the New York post office, and Bowdoin College lore.

Saya Graham McAdam

Professor Traces Similarity in River Heights and Sunspots

Professor Balfour Stewart notes a striking similarity between the height curves of the Niles and Thames rivers. He observes a maximum in these curves near the sunspot maximum and remarks that the curves show more than one peak per sunspot cycle.

Niles Thames Balfour Stewart

New Richmond Druggist Endorses Bull's Cough Syrup

A New Richmond Q druggist Mr E J Denham writes that Bull's Cough Syrup is one of the best products. He uses it for his own family and recommends it to others.

New Richmond, Q E. J. Denham

Yes Sir I Shoot Him Panics Topic in Detroit Grocer Store

A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a Grand River grocery discussion on panics in crowds at theaters churches and halls. Mr Hopewell suggests a calm countermeasure while others imagine a gun threat to halt a panic. A powder prank triggers a frightening imitation fire rush leaving Hopewell fleeing in fear.

Hopewell

American Oysters Win Favor in England

The New York Herald notes a boom in American oysters in Britain. It cites a private circular claiming 28,000,000 bivalves eaten in England from October to New Year and estimates 50,000,000 more will be consumed between March and May. It humorously ties the trend to Mr Blaine and the Monroe Doctrine.

England Blaine Long Island Sound Chessapeake Bay Great Britaan Thackeray Herald Office British Isles

Brown proves upland waters drive tide river cleansing

W. R. Brown publishes a paper arguing that the main force cleaning river channels is not the tide itself but upland or fresh waters descending during low tide. He notes salt-water seepage from banks also aids the process.

W. R. Brown

Old physician offers home remedy for lung and nervous ailments

Retired doctor who received a vegetable cure from an East India Missionary claims his formula can rapidly and permanently treat consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung affections along with general debility and nervous disorders. He says full preparation directions and advice are provided by return mail free of charge, with stamped self addressed envelope.

East India

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