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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1879
Page
2
Stage Deepened Four Feet at TuHE Odd Fellows Hall
A Wild Goose killed near the mouth of Clifty on Thursday last. Bock Beer made its first appearance in the city for the season on Saturday last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Clifty
Bock Beer
Brooksburg resident shoots eight wild ducks on Kentuck creek
Local brief notes a Brooksburg resident Jess Quaie shooting eight ducks on Indian Kentuck creek. Also reports Trimble county resident Me Frepesick Magrinip dies on Thursday. Other items include railroad receipts for February and a remodel of a store building front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess
Quaie
Brooksburg
Frepesick Magrinip
Trimble County
National Grange lecturer speaks to Switzerland and Ohio Granges
Monroren Watruean of the National Grange lectures before Swiss and Ohio granges. Reverend, 15th, Judge Allison to arrive at Veway next Monday afternoon and hold court the following morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroren Watruean
National Grange
Switzerland
Ohio
Revereyn
Allison
Veway
Yoovoup
Street Commissioner Seeks Clean City After Weeklong Effort
Residents report the street cleaner worked all week to clear the thoroughfares and alleys. Fire destroys the Kirbys residence near Sugar Creek mouth with no insurance. Slow no insurance. Foundry project planned on site of the old Madeon Foundry at Film and Ohio. Grange meeting approves sugar and salt price concessions, while local matters include poultry and goose dining antics and a summary of Scott county poor expenses for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer
Richard Kirby
Sugar Creek
Child Drowns In Farm Spring On Crtaga Road
A five year old boy, Carrie son of Jas. Jackou, drowned while attempting to drink from a spring pool on his father’s Crtaga road farm six miles from the city. The pool is about two feet deep and the tragedy occurred recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie
Jas. Jackou
Crtaga Road
Madison
Troy
Ohio
Vincennes
Indiana
Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder Promoted for Healthfulness
An advertising snippet argues that most baking powders are injurious to health and promotes Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder as a wise and healthful choice. The text emphasizes consumer awareness of chemical blends and claims superior safety.
Hanover visit for Vincennes man ends with praise for local youth
J St Rangen of Vincennes passed through the city last Saturday en route to Hanover for a few days visiting friends before returning home. Mack is described as a Hanover boy and a good one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ST. Rangen
Vincennes
Hanover
Mack
Scott County bridge partition discussed without report from Jennings County
A Muscattatuck river bridge partition at Tobias ford was considered by the Scott County Commissioners a week before last, but no definite action was taken due to the absence of a Jennings County report. Col Jas Roberts paid the loss on the Judge heirs tenement fire. Carrollton man Michal Siersporfer drowned at the Carrollton wharf-boat. A city reward is offered for recovery. Jefferson County Agricultural Society met. Harry Colgate elected secretary. Cheese factory materials and milk from five hundred cows secured. factory to be built and cheese produced at once. Dr Price flavoring extracts praised as finest natural flavors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscattatuck River
Tobias’ Ford
Scott County
Jennings County
Jas. Roberts
Imperial and Northern Fire Insurance Company
Michal. Siersporfer
Carrollton
N. Siersdorfer
Jefferson County Agricultural Society
Harry Colgate
S. M. Strader
Jone
Wirt
Madison
John D. Simpson
Star
Lin. C.nahis
The
Herald
Colonel Garber
the Courier
Lafus T
Indiana
Lafayette
Pataine Marken Presents H. M. S. Pinafore at Oddbel lows Hall
Pataine Marken English Comic Opera Company staged H. M. S. Pinafore at Oddbel lows Hall to a large audience of locals unfamiliar with opera. The music by Giovanni Les Verres Auphories drew praise for its silver tone. S. F. Ssera, once a local bootmaker nicknamed Boat-head, died in Indianapolis after years of illness. He leaves a second wife and four adult children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pataine Marken
S. F. Ssera
Indianapolis
California
Eaurope
Railroad petition prompts June term postponement request
In the matter of the petition of the B B M Railroad the Commissioners on Wednesday postponed action until the June term Judge Cravens as attorney for the road excepted to the postponement. The case seeks Madison township to vote 100000 for the road, and a favorable final ruling would require a special election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B., B. & M. Railroad
Cravens
Madison Township
W. A. Collins
City of
Madison
Thomas H. McKay
Milton Township
N. B. McKay
Lancaster Township
David M. Elliott
Monroe Township
John Chapman
R. W. Phillips
James McCaslin
Graham
Geo. Landon
Republican
James H. Abbott
Lancaster
Wm. T. Fenton
Napoleon Etherington
Shelby Township
Geo. H. Brown
John A. Crozier
Wim. Johnson
Hanover
A. G. Thompson
Wm. Brazelton
Chris. Metzheuser
Brashear
George Smith
Daniel Schneider
Smith
James Cochran
Fred. Harper
Board of Commissioners
Cochran
B. F. Calloway
Criminal Court
J. R. Cravens
Beaver meat and curiosities arrive with Lure McKay
Lure McKay returns from the lower country with beaver meat, furs, and a live white possum with blue ears. The curiosities are presented to Geo. Glass who plans to send them as a gift to the Cincinnati Asological Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
Geo. Glass
Cincinnati Asological Gardens
City Marshal Cauvin Crisco Seeks Democratic Primary renomination
Mr. Cauvin Crisco, city marshal for two years, files to run again in the Democratic primary. The article praises his fearless service and personal courage, noting rough elements fear him and he deserves a second term in the office he has ably filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cauvin Crisco
Cal
Davy Crocket
Frep Harper Seeks City Treasurer Post in Democratic Primary
In the Herald Harper announces his candidacy for City Treasurer pending the Democratic primary. He is well known locally and regarded for probity, official capacity, honest endeavor, and Christian conduct, with strong expectation of election and satisfactory administration for taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frep. Harper
the Herald
Harper
Fred. Harper
County Commissioners Hold Special Session Actions
The board met February 24 to address the Brennen theft case naming Samuel Cochran as interim trustee and appointing a committee to audit books. March 3 saw a new asylum supervisor, property inventory, and liquor licenses granted. Additional items covered bonds, grand juries, contracts, repairs, and pension requests with a pending railroad aid petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maduon Township
James Brennen
Samuel Cochran
Brennen
W. P. Graham
I. Fowler
Merwin Prindle
Oscar Trigg
Conrad Kraut
Chris. Kraut
Peter Hentz
G. H. Smith
Continental Hotel
Peter Bedel
Lichtman
Michael G. Heid
Sheible
Woollen Recalls Madison History 1844 1852 in Lecture
Hon W W Woollen spoke at the High School Hall on an eight year span from 1844 to 1852 detailing Madison’s early growth. The audience, filled with old residents including many aged attendees, listened with absorbing interest as he recollected prominent figures and events with precise memory and vivid detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woollen
Madison
Mr. Woollen
Old City
Madison Denies Naughtiness As Woollen Delights City Audience
Judge Allison introduces Mr. Woollen who speaks vividly of Madison’s history. Woollen’s elocution pleases the audience and elevates his esteem among local friends. The judge jokes about private pasts while hosting the lecturer at his residence, where many friends call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Mr. Woollen
Allison
Woollen
Hunting Pioneers of Beaver Lake and Prairie Tales from Indiana
Indianapolis correspondent recalls Capt FitzGibbon and two beaver lake hunters Aleck Lanier and Than Weat. He details long decades of prairie gunning from Colfax to White Benton and Jasper counties, their drift with Beaver Lake game, and a dramatic October 1856 duck siege. The piece ends with a civic note on a Ladies Aid Society report and its modest treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
FitzGibbon
Indiana
Madison
White County
Aleck Lanier
Than Weat
Fitz
White House
Elayes
Grant
Johnson
Lincoln
Buchanan
Hales
Colfax
Tippecanoe County
White
Benton
Jasper Counties
Tippecanoe and
Wabash
Fowler and
Earl
Benton County
Beaver Lake
Michael G
Jesse D. Bright
Hanover College to Host Two Evenings of Exhibitions
The Hanover College exhibition event runs next Tuesday and Wednesday nights, 25th and 26th inst., in the large chapel. Readings and orations commemorate notable speakers including W. Montgomery and RB Story with music and a valedictory by Will H. Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover Gutlege
Temple of Fame
W. & Montgomery
Kent
Ind
W. Story
Madison
Muaric
H. B. Morac
Hanover
Indiana
R. B. Milroy
Olympia
Wash
Ter
Ruaaiava
United States
J.C. Hume
Christian
Noblesville
Will. H. Craig
Death of Emma: Inquest Probes Suspected Suicide
A young woman died last Saturday night triggering rumors of suicide. The Coroner ordered an inquest after an autopsy by Drs. Rogers Collins and Matthews found death from puerperal convulsions linked to natural childbirth. The article notes Emma as frail and beautiful, killed by a brutal passion, with burial Monday at 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Rogers
Collins and Matthews
Emma
McCarray Declares City Treasurer Bid in Democratic Primary
The announcement introduces Mack T I McCarray as a capable, energetic Democrat with strong accounting skills, asserting he would be electable by a large majority if he wins the Democratic primary and is deemed fully competent for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. I. McCarray
Mack
Noses Have They But They Smell Not
A fragment of a 19th century notice notes odors and refined tastes, praising Dr Price Unique Perfumes for captivating fragrance. It reports a heavy snowstorm Sunday afternoon into night leaving twelve inches of snow. The item mentions H Deitz & Co succeeding Louis Jacob & Co in Cincinnati provision trade and a $3800 liquor license fund for Jefferson County. A Mary A Bates obituary aged 74 is recorded as an aunt of the Whedon brothers. Paul Boyton’s departure from Cincinnati is reported with uncertain Madison stop. The Fair Play Fire Company No 1 unveils a new 2499 pound bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Price
Madison Indiana Praised For Its Scenic Beauty In Letter
Burdette notes Madison as an ancient Indiana city with scenic Ohio River views and hilltop drives. He describes arrival by rail with dramatic engine action and romantic town charm, praising its location and era as its finest features. The piece reflects admiration for Madison’s landscape and historic standing.
Madison Ascent by Giant Engine and Pleasant City Views
A vivid reminiscence describes riding a towering steam engine on a steep grade above Madison. The ascent, a sixty five inch engine pulling cars with remarkable power, recalls horses and early cog rail designs. The writer praises Madison’s wealth and culture, noting friendly hosts and notable journalists, while lamenting a missed greeting with two local editors.
Quirky sayings and odd bets from old jokes and wagers
An assortment of pithy quips and antics including an Irish pilot’s nautical remark about harbor reefs, a hide and seek pun from an old gentleman, a $1000 bet on crossing the Atlantic by hand over a cable, a banker’s affectionate pledge, and lighthearted exchanges about drunken travelers and dog tails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Hawkeye
Buffalo Express
George Francis
Dr Kings New Discovery for Throat and Lung Coughs
Stop that Cough. If you suffer from cough cold asthma bronchitis hay fever consumption loss of voice or throat or lung affection use Dr Kings New Discovery. Over one million bottles used last year with perfect satisfaction. Trial bottle free or regular size for $1 at J E Harper Madison 839.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kixe
Dr. King
J. Elc. F. Harper’s
Madison
Boschee’s German Syrup Dominates Cough and Lung Aid
A historical advertisement touts Boschee’s German Syrup as the world’s best seller for coughs colds and severe lung diseases. It claims safe use for children and rapid relief with no reported failures since its introduction. Large bottle 75 cents and sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschre
Boschee
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Jefferson
Columbus
Tur
W. O. McLelant
Mr. N. Hera
Eppera
House of Wyfl Brooning
Forties
New York Papers
Iaac Duckworth
Liberty Church
Lars F Aree
VOB Ssrigninge & Co
Madeon Foundry
Commer of Film and
Ohio Teeers
Bennington Switeerns Deowuty Grange
J. H. Matthews
W. W. Woollen
Paul Boyton
Ohio Street
Boyton
Ladies’ Aid Society
Jubilee Minstrels
Mayor Brashear
R. McKim
Charity Hall
City Council
Treasury
Emma Gano
Henry Deitz
L. C. Schuetze
Louis Jacob & Co
H. Deitz & Co
Jefferson County
Mary A. Bates
Whedon
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Burdette
Burlington
America
Sin
Grubbins
Steele & Price
Steele & Price, Manfla
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
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T. I. McCarthy
Calvin Cisco
Singer Manufacturing, Co
P'An'y
Rk. J. Fields
Main Cross St
W. TH. Rogers
Great West
R. P. Gahr
Ofice
Second Street
Mulberry
West
Mina
C. C. Cornett’s
East Main Cross St. Madison, Ind
Vincent Cravens
Justice of the Peace
Masonic Temple
Madison, MD
Otice
Circuit Court
James Brooke
William Shadday
Joan McGregor
Bucklen
J. E. C. F. Harper
Jackson
J. M. & Ft. Railroad
Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad
Tenve Madison
North Vernon
South Accommodation
Louisville
Hare
W. W. Rogers’ Drug Store
A. Anderson
General Ticket Avent
Horace Scott
U. S. Mail Line
Lytlie and
Toursville
Wilghlams & Baltox
J Centa
Louis A. Sherley
Pile
At & A'Edock
Thomas Sherlock
Prete
Louisville Packet
Maggie Piarper
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J. M. Gittark
Louis- Ville
Williams, Barton & CO
MAITA
LR. R
M. RB. R
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Hising Sun and Patries
Vevay
Warsaw
Lexington
Il A
Milton
Tri-Welkly Mail
Stony Point
Wud Lick
Bryantsboro
Rexville
St.Magdsalena
New Marion
Volga
Cresswell
M. C. Garber
Simeres
el‘ Gant
Bes
Orr
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