May Day notes and local happenings across Madison
May Day is a legal holiday in Indiana. The fruit crop is ruined in northern Indiana. The Salvation Army camps at Seymour. The Pri son South monthly allowance is 5550. The Chicago Evening Post marks its first birthday. High school commencement is May 28 with about thirty in the class. Various local items follow including court actions, temperance efforts, and social visits in Madison and surrounding areas.
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Indiana
Chicago Evening Post
Kerner
Courier’s
Brooksburg
Madison
Vevay
Lawrenceburg
Indiana Stives
Isaac Short
Trimble
Jefferson County
Pennsylvania
Adel
Columbus
Evansville
Charlestown
J. Mackerson
C. L. Hawes
First Presbyterian Church
Vine Street Baptist Church
Huckster Low Bridgewater
Scottsburg
John Norris
Sellersburg
Hanover
Zetelathean
Custom‘athean
Bedford Visit Shows Slander Trial and Courtroom Quirks
A Kentucky trip to Trimble County features a slander case over a chicken remark heard in a packed court. Judge DeHaven presides as juries quickly decide. locals discuss aging trees, decayed springs, and lawmaking overload. The piece blends travelogue with vivid local color and commentary.
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Bedford
Bedford Pike
Trimble County
de Haven
Peak
Commonwealth
Moore
Kentucky
Trimble
Arbour Day passivity and local town scenes noted
May 2 observations record Arbor Day more by absence than action with schools dismissed and no trees planted. Local improvements include new Mulberry street scale, business changes, and community events spanning obituaries to public notices.
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Eveybody
Elkhart
Sulser Bros
Fairbank
Mulberry Street
River reminiscences of early boat days at Westpoint crowd scene
Nashville resident Nat F Dortch recalls a Westpoint river trip with a massive Sunday crowd that filled the boat from lower deck to hurricane deck. He describes a mud valve blast that sent passengers into the river amid fear of explosion, noting changes in landings and waterways and reflecting on old and new friends.
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Kentucky
Broadway
Main
Second
Mabrey
Barnard
George
Florence
Italy
Canara
Norway
New York
David C. Matthews
North Madison
Matthews
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Christian Chapel
Hurlbut’s
Third Street
Springdale
George White
Jackson
Monrose
Democracy
Nat F. Dortch
Nashville
Westpoint
Lower
Deack
Hurricane Deck
Dock Stewart
Ely's Cream Balm and Dr King's Remedy Endorsements
Endorsements from Denver and Cheyenne pharmacists praise Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and colds. Advertisers claim cures and free trial bottles, urging readers to sample at local drug stores with prices listed as 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Ely
B. F. M. Weeks
Denver
W. A. Hover
Michael Herr
Geo. W. Hoyt
Cheyenne
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Salvation Army
Seymour
The
K. of P
Ben Stedman
North Vincennes
Ben
Vincennes
Harry A. Bandai
Chicago
Hacks
Springdale Cemetery
Eaverson
Reids
J. W. Turner
Trinity M. E. Church
Pilen Adwell
Nora Morra
Ier. of
Ue. Ueught
Kate Miles
Ler Gossom
Jim Singer
Allisen
Placy
John Tevis
Indian Creek
Switzerland County
Moorefield
Laguppe
New Orleans
Mississippi
Pitcher’s Castorla
Africa
Second Street
George Fox
North Walnut Street
Kerry Gows
Miltn
Gossom's Hall
J. W. Thomas
Han
E. L. Bare
Main Street
Racine
Wis
Chas. Hagedon
John Schnabel
Hagedon
West Madison
Peter Weber
Sunshine
Abraham Lincoln
Union Brewery
W. H. Powell
Alex Cravens
Charles Wymord
E. Voegler
W. H. Rogers
Jas. Hargan
W. A. Graham
Albert Bach
Brewer
N. W. Heerman
Episcopal Church
Fack
Prof
Richorn
Louisville
Y. P. S.C. E. Convention
Jefferson
Switzerland
Ohio
Dearborn
Rising Sun
Christian Church
Jessie Cunliffe
C. E
Christian Endeavor
Samuel Herin
Ind
Chas. Herron
T. S. Heapy
Heady
Charles Herron
Herr
River News
Colorado
Humphreys
Midney
Tina
Humphreys’ Bed. CO
William St
Simi
Southwa
Whiteland
Franklin
Indbu
Cornbroo
Colambus Columbus
Elisabethtov
Orth
Jonesville
Crothereville
Honeyville
Memphis
Bellereburg
Jeffersonville
Memphistersburg
Henryville
Scottaby
Crotherav
Fillerania
Cambridge City
Clifford
Rock ‘Seen Creek
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Manilla
Homer
Rushville
Falmouth
Joseph Wood
E. A. Ford
Pittsburgh
Penn’a
LEO Madtn. Co
Orange
Ogee Sunn Stuerwea
Jofin T. Eitel
Pet
Lovality
BBC
Lanson & Co
Portland
Mains
Wood
Wood Cave
Detroit
Mich
al Co
Ward
Joole
Mor’ Cock
Pond Lily
Pokey Fisher Block
Woodward Ave
Deod&wly
True & CO
alGista
SAINE
Anna Pa
Austin
Texas
Jno
Bonn
Edo
Obio
BB. Hallett &Co
BAINE
John
Goodwin
Troy
N.Y
Eader
America
Nson &C
Maine
C. Allen
Bex
Augusta
F. C. Fowler
Hoodus
Conn
D. M. Holloway
D. L. Dowde
D. L Doma
Santi
Mississippi Railway
Cincinnati
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Union
Vua
Washington
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N. B
M. Strader
Mapison
C. G. Jones
J. F. Barnard
W. B. Shattuc
Press & Gen
Cleveland
Chicago & St.Louis
R’y Bic
Indianapolis
Kankakee
Bee Line
Consolidated System
Murray
D. B. Martin
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