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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1892
Page
4
A Madison Indiana page includes market notes on eggs at 12 cents a dozen and a treasury figure showing net cash of 32 162 204 dollars up 798 745 in February. It also references political chatter about Blaine nominations and Democratic hopes, plus gossip about a John Anderson with thirty wives and a Joliet penitentiary life sentence for anarchists.
The Committee on Commerce reports favorably a substitute bill increasing life saving service keepers pay to 1000 dollars annually and crew to 75 dollars per month. It replaces the Senate version setting 990 dollars yearly and 65 dollars monthly.
The Courier-Journal quotes a New York dispute over a word convention as Earth’s trouble, while Louisville Commercial reports Indiana Democrats courting Isaac P. Gray for Governor and Z G Shanklin for Lieutenant Governor. Gray may push Chicago convention goals. Shanklin is praised as a good man.
Official figures show immigration rising with 283 406 arrivals in the seven months to January 31 1892 excluding Mexico and British possessions. Most come from Great Britain Scandinavia Germany France and the Netherlands while Russia Italy Poland and Hungary also contribute notably, shaping debate on national character policies.
The Indiana paper recalls Sarah T Bolton mother of Indiana verse as she battles grip at age eighty. It notes her birth in 1812, marriage to Nathaniel Bolton, early poem publication at fourteen, and famed works such as Paddle Your Own Canoe. It also surveys her travels, sociable life, and influence on western letters.
The piece critiques Keeley cure claims as a disease theory of alcoholism with early proponents D Unger Flint and Richardson. It then reports a shooting in Veva y near Long Run as Charles Gordon, 23, is wounded by Thomas Harper, 18, after a dispute over alleged slander. Harper fled to Kentucky.
A nostalgic piece recalls vacation on a farm with family, the old home life, and a return to city life. It contrasts rural scenes with a mother’s kiss and a nap in a chair, then shifts to advice on enduring friendships and generosity. An Harper's Young People excerpt critiques recent U S anti foreigner property laws and the debate over immigration in America.
A prominent funeral director urges avoiding sentiments on floral remembrance. He favors plain bouquets with white or black ribbon and condemns quotation inscribed pieces as outdated and socially awkward, noting a decline in such designs and a shift to simpler tributes.
An old advertisement asserts deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining cannot be treated locally. It claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and promises $100 for any deafness caused by catarrh that Halis Catarrh Cure cannot cure, urging readers to send for circulars from F. S. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
J S Appleman MD renowned physician of Toronto and Louisville medical circles will examine patients at the Madison Hotel in Madison MD. as the visiting physician for the Southern Medical Institute. The event highlights a notable collaboration between institutions and a prominent medical figure.
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