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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1891
Page
5
A diverse Indiana item list covers a Brookville jockey facing a fatal lockjaw, a dead unknown man found nearby, sheriff candidates in Bartholomew county, and social happenings from Madison and Columbus including weddings, church services, theater, and a Comet Club ball with Hollis' Orchestra.
Mrs. Susan A. Lowndes aged forty four, long illness, was found dead in bed by her daughter Bertha this morning. She leaves six children Elliott Bertha Clay Orpheus Addie and Russell. An African Methodist church member, the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the church with Rev H H Thompson of Indianapolis officiating.
Jeffersonville Item reports guard Aaron Applegate remains confined to his room after an assault by convict Chobby Carroll. Applegate injuries are serious though not life threatening. Carroll had attacked life prisoner Phenix earlier and planned an escape with Kesterson before Phenix exposed the plan. Carroll to wear ball and chain for remainder of imprisonment.
This afternoon M. R. Sulzer received appointment as a commissioner for the distribution of lands and severalty to the Indians. The position pays about fifteen dollars per day. The townsman is praised for supporting the party and rewarded for his efforts in the state.
Johnson the Hatter receives a peculiar note from Dr Ben Abberger dated November 20 1891 requesting a soft one dollar hat size seven and asking postage be taken from profits. The letter ends with a sign off and a postscript noting an enclosed dollar. Judge Friedley traveled to Saluda on the steamer Big Kanawha that morning.
A whirlwind of short city notices and travel updates fills Jefferson County pages. Residents from Rising Sun to Madison, including E F Stevenson and John Comley, are in town, while pension matters and funerals shape the week.
The children of the Lower Seminary collected abundant food items for a Thanksgiving dinner. Donations included ten bushels of potatoes, apples, bread, crackers, jelly, canned fruit, vegetables, dairy and meats. Miss Sanxay loaded two drays of provisions for distribution to families as Thanksgiving nears.
A poetic exhortation from John Hay in Harper's Magazine urging reliance on divine will while opposing tyranny. The speaker calls for empowerment through courage, justice, and truth, asserting rights by sword, tongue, or pen and invoking divine support against oppression.
A handsome drummer impresses a Maine hotel table girl with a meal including corn. After sniffing bravado he bites the corn, breaks his teeth, and drops the teeth on the floor. The girl retrieves them. the moment cools the scene and ends the tale.
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