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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1882
Page
1
A nine year old pupil Henry is set to write a composition by his master. He finds a turnip behind Mr Finney’s barn and writes about its life growth and eventual fate. The turnip grows until it is carried to the cellar and finally eaten by Mr Finney and his wife Beth at supper.
A poetic tribute to May's arrival praises its winds and sun after grim weather. The House committee has agreed to recommend constructing public buildings at New Albany costing $75 000, signaling civic growth amid seasonal renewal.
The record notes thanks to Hon. W. B. Holman for recent issues containing speeches by House members on the Tariff Commission Chinese immigration and polygamy.
At a called meeting in Lawrenceburg on March 3 the Fourth District Republican Committee set a Congressional Convention for 10 o clock a.m. on the first Wednesday in August. Delegates are apportioned one per 150 Porter votes and one per fraction of 100 and over. M D Facrrer chaired the meeting with J E Lanter as secretary.
The San Francisco Examiner cites opium smoking’s harm with a father’s account of his son’s descent into the drug den habit. The piece warns of rapid decline, craving cycles, and a grim path between brief delirium and a life near death.
A brief note reflects on the soft fall of a snow flake and urges keeping a bottle of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for coughs and colds. It also quotes a Colorado style marriage benediction about letting no one separate spouses and letting children come to them with God's help.
Herald Enterprise notes a lynching in Simpson County of a man who attempted to rape a girl after school. It reports the Circuit Court judge ordered arrest of the suspected lynchers, indicted them, and denied bail as they remained jailed on wilful murder charges.
A petition circulates in Elkhart County urging voters to withhold support from any candidate who will not pledge to submit to the people the prohibitory constitutional amendment if elected. The piece notes influence from John B. Stoll, editor of the Elkfort Monitor, and cautions that some zeal may be excessive for the cause.
The article notes several states vote this spring and Indiana's April election will be closely watched as a national indicator. It urges Democrats to vote in line with the party on the first Monday in April, not abstaining or voting for individual reasons. The call emphasizes party unity in shaping the national contest.
Friends of the Union Pacific rail line press vigorous opposition arguing the bill protects American labor from cheap Chinese labor. They contend immigrants aim for wages without citizenship, harming citizens and society while profiting shipping firms through head money payments.
A Public Press editorial urges parents to provide a weekly home newspaper to children. It argues newspapers inform households, speed reading, and foster local knowledge compared to distant topics. It cautions against spending on harmful pleasures while neglecting affordable local news.
The Owen County Democrats in convention condemn political leeches preying on candidates with money whisky and other corrupt means. They vow to label any candidate using such methods an enemy of the party and call for honest capable leadership to lift the party above venalism.
The New York Herald notes a busy year of state elections. Governors and legislatures will be chosen in Rhode Island Oregon Maine Ohio Iowa Colorado West Virginia and several other states including Connecticut Delaware Kansas Massachusetts Michigan Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas New York and Illinois. The outcome could shape the 1880 presidential contest.
General Orders No. 9 dated April 10, 1865 announce the Army of Northern Virginia must yield to overwhelming force. Officers and men may return home and await exchange. Lee bids farewell with gratitude for their fidelity and devotion.
An 1880s promotional claim touts Brown's Iron Bitters as strengthening for diseases of the pulmonary digestive urinary organs brain and nervous system with nature aiding recovery and complete cures rapidly following.
A reporter at the Indianapolis post office speaks with J. H. Mattern a popular letter carrier about spring rheumatism linked to weather change. He notes using St Jacob’s Oil works well for ankle sprain and rheumatic pain and that others at the post office praise the Great German Remedy for sore feet and rheumatic relief.
Mr. F. P. Bonner of Meadville Pennsylvania reports a dramatic health turn after taking Brown's Iron Bitters. He describes becoming a robust healthy man and expresses gratitude toward the medicine and its inventors.
A moral line urges readers that justice weighs heavy on the wrongdoer and wisdom comes with learning. The ad promotes Dr Ball's Cough Syrup as the proper remedy for coughs and colds to shorten illness and hasten recovery.
Coughs sore throats and throat diseases are aided by Brown's Bronchial Troches which have stood the test of thirty years. Physicians endorse them for asthma bronchitis and catarrh. Widely used by public speakers and singers. Sold at twenty five cents a box.
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