Woman shoots at Branda on Cincinnati wharfboat
Madison figure Billy Branda narrowly escapes assassination at the Cincinnati wharfboat as a woman and a man confront him. A pistol is fired twice but misses. Branda wrestles for the weapon and the assailants flee into a cotton lot. The motive remains unclear and Branda continues his day unharmed.
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Billy Brancha
Baranger
Madison
Cincinnati
Branda
Brandha
Braneda
Brancha
Atlanta
Billy Branda
Main
Mulberry
Ohio
Jeffersonville
Tns Hve
Louis Weber
Best quality playing cards advertised for postage
A Chicago Illinois advertisement offers a pack of high quality playing cards for fifteen cents postpaid. Send to P. 8. Eustis Gen Pasa Agent C B & Q B B with the request and postage to obtain the deck.
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Eustis
Gen
Pasa
Chicago
Ill
Grain and Cattle Markets Review March 17
Market report from Cincinnati and Chicago shows Wheat at 0 93i¢e, Corn 40 44¢e, with live cattle and lamb values listed for various grades. Prices vary across regions with weights and terms for hogs, sheep, and hides, reflecting early spring market conditions.
Madison grain and goods prices from March 19 1892
Prices for grains seeds and groceries list per bushel or pound with retail markups. Entries include No 2 Red Wheat 88c, new corn 40-45c, oats 38-40c, timothy 1.25-1.60, clover 4.50-5.00, butter 15-20c per pound, lard 8-10c, coffee green 20-25c, sugar standard 5c, meal 70c, molasses 40c per gallon, oils coal oil 1.24-2c, potatoes 30-35c per bushel, eggs 20-22c per dozen, hay timothy 10-11, redtop 7-9, mixed 9-11, hides 5-6c per lb, wool prices, ginseng 2.859 per lb.
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Madison
Ind
Frourn—Perfection
Invincible
Triumph
City Mills
Electric Light
California
New Orleans
Banus
Cure Deafness With Constitutional Remedies Claim
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be fixed by local applications. It promises to cure catarrh related deafness with Hall's Catarrh Cure, offering one hundred dollars for uncured cases and urging readers to send for circulars.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Marld&wim
Castoria Through Generations
An old advertising jingle traces Castoria as a remedy for a child’s illness, a baby’s cries, a girl’s growth into Miss, and a mother’s care for her own children, highlighting enduring brand use across life stages.
Castoria and Ely's Balm Endorsed for Catarrh Cure
A testimonial from A. E. Newman of Grayling Michigan claims catarrh caused deafness and roaring in the head improved after using Ely's Dream Balm. The letter praises Castoria style remedies and touts a cure for catarrh as highly valuable to sufferers.
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Ely
A. E. Newman
Grayling, Mich
Marsa
Reflections on worry vanity and weather whistle signals
The passage counsels avoiding worry as hindering work and notes worry harms households. It muses on vanity, friendship, and truth while asserting failures seed success. It ends with a detailed guide to whistle signals indicating weather, temperature, and warnings for the day.
Remarkable Rheumatism Cure Reported in Texas
Farmers Cage and Sherman of Alexander Texas report a wife of Postmaster Wm Pruitt bed-ridden for years was completely cured by Chamberlains Pain Balm. They invite verification from locals and note 50 cent bottles available via Heber Harteson.
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Cage and Sherman
Alexander
Texas
Wm. Pruitt
Heber Harteson
Machid&wlm
Mail Line Steamers Schedule From Madison to Cincinnati
Leetwood Brewen master of arvY OF MADISON Campbell master of CITY OF VEVAY Hamilton master Leaver follows Louisville daily at PB M Cincinnati daily at P M City of Vevay leaves Madison Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at PA M Gener] Pike leaves Madison Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays at ee Pirat-class Round Trip Fare from Madison to Cincinnati 3.00 or either of these steamers Apply to J. 33 Williams Agent or on board Stoures Holloway Generr Wannee
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Brewen
Arvy
Madison
Campbell
Vevay
Hamilton
Louisville
Cincinnati
Madisor
J. 33
Williams
Stoures
Holloway
Candidates Named for Congress in Third District
Clark county resident J. K. Marsh is named as a candidate for Congress in the Third District, pending the Democratic District Convention decision. Jason B. Brown and Major W. Funk are also announced as Third District candidates, contingent on Democratic Convention outcomes.
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J. K. Marsh
Clark County
Jason B. Brown
Major W. Funk
Appleman English Specialist to Visit Madison Hotel
J S Appleman a renowned English specialist and former professor of medicine will visit Madison Hotel Madison MD one day only returning every four weeks. A graduate of Bellevue New York and Toronto he treats chronic and nervous diseases of both sexes and claims success in cures of cataract ear diseases eye nose throat lungs kidneys and more with guaranteed outcomes if not too advanced.
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Dy. E.C West
J. E. C. F. Harper
Iner Main
Jefferson Ste
Electrical Medical College
Toronto
Canada
Southern Medical Institute
Luisville
Madison
Madison Hotel
Appleman
Bellvue Hospital Medical College
New York City
Can
Bellvue and
Charity
Bright
Doctor Appleman Cures Many Diseases In Louisville
Blood and skin diseases including syphilis scrofula and stricture are treated with remedies described as never-failing. The doctor offers examination of difficult medical and surgical cases, claims to cure hundreds deemed hopeless, and provides free confidential consultation.
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Eris Medical CO
Buffalo
J. S. Appleman
M.D
Louisville
Burlington Route praised for winter service between Chicago and Denver
A letter from TOM dated February 18 extols the Burlington Route on a Chicago to Denver trip. He notes one night on the road, meals on board, time in both cities to visit a man, and lauds Colorado's winter climate and the service as a grand success.
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Pacific Coast
Chicago
Denver
Colorado
Burlington
Neuralgia Cured in Fifteen Minutes Claim
J S Sturtevant editor of the Waupaca Post says his wife was cured of facial and tooth neuralgia in fifteen minutes by Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 50 cent bottles sold by Heberhart and Son druggists.
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David Byers
Heberhart &Son
Marchid&wlm
J. S. Sturtevant
Waupaca
Wis
Chamberlain
Heberhart & Son
Marchld&wlm
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