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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
6
A Buffalo based medical association asserts its Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures chronic catarrh in the head and offers to pay 500 dollars to anyone they cannot cure. They urge readers to try the remedy, betting on its proven success with thousands of similar patients and inviting skepticism about a cure.
The Madison Herald lists office at 107 East Main Street and details subscription rates including daily, weekly, and six month terms. It notes payment in advance and collector collection options plus address change procedures for prompt service.
The article reviews a new comprehensive biography of General William Tecumseh Sherman, praising its complete life portrayal, letters, and illustrations. It notes endorsements by General Howard and Senator Ewing, with discussion of Indiana’s tax law and its economic implications, including calls to reduce levies by half under true cash value.
The Abbott newspaper column attacks Nicholas Horuff’s loss for City Treasurer and accuses Abbott Chapman and others of plotting to disorganize Madison and Jefferson county. It cites ward-by-ward votes in First Sixth and Fifth Second wards, notes Rogers McGregor and Horuff ties, and alleges conspiracy with strong political rhetoric. Attorney W O Ford is praised as City Attorney while Simeon Levanp receives a complimentary Republican vote amid Democratic opposition. A Tenn Ga note mentions Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Excerpted scenes recount life under slavery seen through memory and children’s sorrow. The author recalls Milly a treasured enslaved girl, Aunt Yellow Milly, and family tales from Jefferson County Kentucky while reflecting on slavery’s cruelties and guardianship. Concluded next week.
The Burlington Route is a first class railroad serving Chicago Peoria St Louis and six states. It spans 7000 miles with service between major cities and mining country, offering daily passenger trains and connections nationwide. For tickets rates and information contact the nearest railroad agent or G. F. & P.A. in Keokuk Iowa.
Kemp's Balsam is promoted as the only genuine balsam cough medicine. The ad contrasts it with inferior watery remedies and urges coughing patients to buy Kemp's Balsam from druggists in large bottles priced 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Sufferers from la grippe and those with coughs colds throat or chest trouble can try Dr King’s New Discovery. The offer includes a free sample bottle at J. E. O. F. Harper Drug Store with large sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
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