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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1891
Page
5
The May 20 issue notes a raid related to enforcing Sunday laws in Jeffersonville, plus scattered local items. It mentions ministers uniting against spiritualism, a Red Men gathering, a child’s burial, and various political and social notices from Madison and surrounding towns.
Sheriff Hoagland searches Graham township for Ganno Stites who will be taken to Indianapolis to be placed in the Central Insane Hospital. Also reported are numerous Republican candidates for county assessor, a death in Louisville journalism, drunkenness warrants in Squire Cravens's court, medical relocations to Seymour and Kent, a notable Indiana writer and poet, and a missing Kent woman feared demented from Depot street.
Capt George E Lemon notes postwar veteran totals show 2.7 million at war end, 1.2 million alive, 300,000 on pension. Pension Bureau reports about 4,000 deaths annually though many go unreported. He estimates 35,000 to 40,000 veterans die yearly, expected to rise in the next decade.
John W Nodler longtime Madison grocer died at his Second Street home at 6 30 p m after a long asthma illness that impaired his mind in recent months. Born 1847 in New Marion Indiana he married Romaine C Cushing in 1872 and had four children two of whom died in infancy Eugene and Hortense survived with two brothers in Covington and a sister Mrs Schmidt. Community offers sincere sympathy to the family.
The schedule spans Sunday June 7 with Rev D W Moffat delivering the sermon for the Christian association. Monday June 8 features field day and a senior preparatory class exhibition. Wednesday hosts the alumni meeting with Rev Jonathan Edwards and speeches by Hon Samuel F Hunt. Diplomas are presented by Rev T J Giboney and Rev William Torrance. An alumni banquet and society reunions conclude the day. Thursday June 11 marks the commencement proper.
A Louisville Times item recounts a fanciful tale about a blue jay from Astoria California aiding Andrew Young by digging up potatoes. The birds dropped produce into a hollow tree on Young’s ranch, from which he harvested fifty bushels for his own use before the purple tale hints the birds then targeted neighbors.
Dayton Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati and other cities submit plans and bids for a Big Creek Lancaster bridge contract with decisions to be let tomorrow. The county also awarded eight-bridge painting contract to Owen P Scartt with bids from 180 to 450 per bridge. Also notes a local wedding, a church Lookout House demolition proposal for a Providence Sisters college boarding school, and McIntyre Bus Line purchasing new horses plus fire company contract. Brown's Iron Bitters advertised.
Time card and fare details for Pennsylvania Lines areas listed by Joseph Wood and E A Ford. The notice notes dark faced trains from 1.00 p m to 1.00 a m and light faced from 1.00 p m to 1.00 p m with general manager and passenger agent signatures and Pittsburgh references.
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