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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1892
Page
3
A vintage medical catalog item lists acute and chronic catarrh along with ear nose and throat diseases, eye and lung troubles, kidney and urinary bladder issues, Bright's disease, diabetes, dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatism and paralysis.
Colorado Springs hosts the dedication of the Childs Drexel home for union printers the first institution of its kind worldwide. The four story white lava stone building with three towers cost 60000 dollars and includes a library and rooms furnished by unions from several cities.
Large mounted map of the United States issued by the Burlington Route. Copies mailed to any address on receipt of twelve cents postage. Agent signatures include Post, See Pass and C. B. & Q. BR. B. Chicago. Tl fenisdtt
Funds secured to build a grand residence with the site chosen during the 1889 national convention in Denver.
A Kansas City news bulletin reports ongoing floods from a three storm sequence. Kansas towns including Harlem face rapid rises, with the Missouri and Arkansas rivers widening crevasses and driving evacuations. Across St Louis and Independence detailed rises threaten wharves and cellars as levees hold or break.
Four boilers exploded at the Midland Salt and Lumber mill in Mipland Michigan yesterday afternoon. Three men were killed and several injured including four seriously. The blast caused about $5000 in property loss. The accident stemmed from a boiler crack and the foreman Allen was fatally struck on a tramway. Also reported: rising Missouri River threatens the Chicago and Northwestern bridge near Sioux City.
May bring widespread job losses as Granite Manufacturers demand a January to January contract and threaten work stoppages in New England quarries. In Idaho, Cour D'Alene mines face a crisis as owners plan to hire non union labor amid rising tensions and suspected Pinkerton involvement.
The International Machinists association in Chicago elected James OConnell Oil City D D Wilson Birmingham Harry Speak Washington J C Shutte Galveston G C Goodwin Cheyenne W C Ashe Boston and Charles Castleman Chicago to its executive board. The next convention is set for Indianapolis on the first Monday in May 1893. The group also decided against joining the International Brotherhood of Machinery Trades after a lengthy debate.
Smoke from an attic near the south dome of the New Mexico capitol caused an early evening blaze. Water service was shut off, leaving the fire unchecked. The building valued at 250000 dollars is a total loss with uninsured vaults after insurance lapsed due to a legislative quarrel.
Mary Young vanished under mysterious circumstances in March. Her husband Thomas Young alias Bell was arrested on a murder warrant by his stepson George Bell. He claims alibis and insists on his innocence while seeking the property owner’s house. funeral coverage from Paris and various market notes follow.
The Ohio and Mississippi Railway will issue one fare for round trips to conventions in June 1892. Republican National Convention in Minneapolis tickets valid June 2 to 9, return June 10 to 25. Supreme Lodge AOUW in Helena tickets valid June 8 to 12, return within 30 days. Democratic National Convention in Chicago tickets valid June 16 to 20, return by July 8. For tickets contact local O and M agents or C G Jones Vincennes Ind. April 26 to June 20
The Wisconsin Central and Northern Pacific routes offer through trains from Chicago with Pullman Vestibuled cars to St. Paul and the coast. Daily departures include 10:45 P.M. from Chicago and 5:00 P.M. via Wisconsin Central liners to St. Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth.
Madison Maryland May 13 1892 market brief lists fruit and grain prices. Perishables include Friour-Perfection apples at 4.85, Invincible 4.60, Triumph 4.50, City Milla 4.20. electric light 3.25. wheat 88 cents a bushel. No 4% red 83 cents. new corn 40 to 45 cents. oats 36 to 49. rye 75 to 85. Seep timothy 1.25 to 1.60. clover 4.50 to 5.00. orchard grass 0.80 to 1.00. blue grass 2.75. red top 40 cents. dairy prices. Pittsburg coal 9 to 8 cents. groceries include lard 8.5 to 9. hams 12 to 14. coffee 20 to 25. sugars 5 cents. dried fruits 5 to 6. meal 70 cents per bushel. molasses 40 to 60 cents. oils coal oil 1.24 to 2.0 per gallon. eggs 20 to 22 cents. butter 15 to 20. hay timothy 10 to 11. redtop 7 to 9. mixed 9 to 11. straw 5 to 7. hides 5 to 6 per pound. ginseng 2,859 per pound. wool washed 37 cents per pound. freece washed 28 to 30. dirt 18 to 20. dirt free of burs 23 to 25.
Local application cannot reach the disease. Catarrh is blood or constitutional. internal remedies cure it. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims top physicians endorsement and regular prescription status. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Toledo, Ohio. May 2.
Private letter describes a Chicago to Denver route with a single night on the road and time in both cities to visit a man. It extols Colorado winter climates and the Burlington House service as a grand success. It also advertises Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with trial bottles offered at Harper Drug Store 50c and 1 09.
An advertising line traces Castoria from infancy to motherhood, noting a mother’s use for children, a child’s cry, and a nursemaid’s trust across life stages. The repeated phrase positions Castoria as a lifelong remedy tied to family care and domestic routine.
A brief quip from Hinkender Bote shows a child asking his grandmother to bite hard to crack nuts because she has few teeth left. The exchange ends with the boy pressing her to save the nuts for him.
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