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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1892
Page
5
The Pennsylvania railroad plans a special transfer track along the river front from Elm to West street to handle business with mail line steamers. Several local notices follow, including a divorce suit, a May 23 court date, and upcoming business openings in downtown Jeffersonville.
Four years after vanishing with about $65,000 Hinton Miller the Perry county treasurer is suspected to be hiding with a pretty wife. Detectives trailed a veiled pair to Peru and a relative’s house but Miller and his wife again vanished, leaving investigators to chase the missing funds and a rumored tally of profits.
A mix of local news items from Indiana County including court actions in Squire Cravens court with fines for beating a mother and withholding support. Notices of Republican convention in May, school attendance at Trinity Sunday school, and civic events. Local mischief includes slander suit by Seth Lewis against Indianapolis Journal, and a boycott on Aurora beer by Indianapolis brewers. Reports on a clubbed pike and a 150 pound sucker caught nearby, a revival in Brazil, and a theater appearance by Dwight Smith in New York. Governor Chase’s political circuit and a note on a sly grocery scam are included alongside a cholera of various regional happenings.
Fragments from local papers report whispers of a White Cap incendiary crowd among farmers after Harrison Hogan's costly barn burn at Bull Creek. Other items note deaths, a jailhouse shooting, missing blooms, and a private biography by Comptroller Woollen about Brig. Gen. Wm. McKee Dunn.
Iva J. Chase governor of Indiana traveled from Indianapolis to Madison then to Vevay aboard the Hattie Brown with Joseph P. Wells to deliver a Mexico lecture and assess political fences. He had previously visited Jeffersonville penitentiary to consider pardoning George Sehlick, who killed Dick Cisco in this city on August 5, 1880, but refused due to Sehlick’s recent misconduct in prison.
John Tingle and Fannie Adcock from Carroll county Kentucky traveled by mail boat and, after the county clerk’s office opened, were married by Squire Cravens at dawn. The couple, seeking a formal ceremony, endured the late night booking and cool breeze.
Two young men a mulatto and a negro attempted to steal a ride on a freight train beyond North Vernon. The brakeman was shot and left unconscious. The black man was captured at North Vernon. The mulatto, about 5 feet 8, light color, brown hat, good clothes, is sought by Marshal Renschler as a Madison to Kentucky escapee.
At a mill dam near Versailles Ripley County two youths Workum and Hartford capsized a frail boat. Workum swam to shore after five hours in the water while Hartford clung to the boat and paddled to safety. Help arrived around midnight. both boys survived though Workum suffered a violent chill and several days of recovery are forecast.
Deputy correspondent notes a joyful event honoring Samuel Nay on his 61st birthday. About 150 friends attended, amid stories of his hard morning ploughing, a surprise moment for his wife, and ample food. The piece also mentions rising cyclers in Madison and a telegraph request from George C. Vail & Sons for three safe ties.
Circulars call reunions for classes of 82, 72, 62, 75 2, 42 and 32, with a new decade reunion custom. Smithsonian fishes arrive for mounting, and Prof. Young warns seniors about alcohol. An ornithological specimen from the museum is missing, and Gov. chemist B F Edson departs for Kansas. Sigma Chi social, Prof. Harrison visits, freshman excursion May 7, Phi Gamma Delta convention May 19–20.
Attorneys for Mrs. Josephine Mac Donald move in circuit court to force the heirs to declare which attack they will pursue on the will forged signature or influence theories. Plaintiffs seek the probated will or copy in Mrs. McDonald’s possession as material evidence. Arguments on the motion and related affidavits are set for future hearing.
An advertisement extols natural healing over chemicals. Dr. Cherokee, described as a reputable physician, claims to cure epilepsy rheumatism piles and heart trouble by removing the disease’s cause and using nature based remedies. It asserts confidentiality and guarantees cures with testimonials.
A historic advertisement touts Dr Cherokee who treats patients solely with Nature's Remedies, offering month to month plans from two to ten dollars, free consultation, private one on one exams, and guaranteed cures for catarrh and women’s diseases. He claims high patient volume in Indiana and secrecy of patient information with confidential consultations. He pledges to cure or forfeit a large amount for any failure. He operates at 505 N Jefferson St daily from 8 am to 8 pm.
A doctor's notice claims Dr Cherokee can treat early and mid stage consumption with many cures cited including Miss Annie Redding. The ad extols his Indian-influenced methods, lists other conditions like weak eyes and deafness, and promises free consultation.
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