In the Lead We Hold the Line in Pro Pose to Stay
A brief editorial note asserts confidence in leading stance and maintaining top position. It proclaims the best and purest medicine sold is framed as a rhetorical contrast to other offerings.
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1892
Page
6
A brief editorial note asserts confidence in leading stance and maintaining top position. It proclaims the best and purest medicine sold is framed as a rhetorical contrast to other offerings.
An advertisement promotes Burrowes Panacea as a universal remedy. It claims to cure earache toothache headache neuralgia rheumatism sprains and internal pains and to check cramps colic and diarrhoea when used internally or externally according to directions.
A column accuses Republicans of wasting funds on nonvoting college youths while noting pro Democratic professors switching sides. It recalls McKinley in St Louis dodging a request about wage gaps and cites a GOP tactic of mirroring Democratic charges. The piece recalls Cleveland pardoning Sim Coy and Harrison's subsequent pardon.
The piece lauds Grover Cleveland as a steadfast friend of workingmen, noting his practical sympathy born of hardship. It criticizes demagogues who push rushed labor legislation and argues Cleveland’s cautious approach protects workers from harmful measures while highlighting his honest, principled character.
An op-ed targets fears about Cleveland’s election stirring panic among old ladies. It predicts dire social collapse, cannibal Democrats, and animals running rampant, then pledges to petition the president to restrain wildcats and red dogs.
Vintage medicine ad claims Brown's Lron Bitters cures dyspepsia indigestion and general debility. The text touts health benefits and broad restorative effects.
Special Correspondence from New York details a sweeping Democratic surge for Cleveland with Tammany Hall at the helm. Reports from New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Indiana, and allied states show strong majorities, disaffection within Republican ranks, and optimistic forecasts for electoral gains despite Republican efforts and regional uncertainties.
To prevent illness and maintain strength, take Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify the blood and prevent disease. Hood's Pills cure liver ills jaundice biliousness sick headache and constipation.
The piece argues government can tax for national support but must avoid favoring a small minority. It condemns Republican bias and urges tariff revision toward free trade, claiming high duties burden workers and farmers. It cites Daniel O Connell on protection as robbery of the poor by the rich.
A nostalgic recap showing Castoria as a constant in every life stage from infancy to motherhood. The ad copy traces trust across generations, highlighting Castoria as a remedy and familiar remedy for children and their offspring.
Goons B. M. Goons, dentist at 1254 E Main St Madison Indiana, urges preventive dental care and thoughtful focus on oral health. He cites thirty five years of service and offers affordable care while warning against low quality remedies.
In Shelbyville Indiana Hord and Adams counsel for John Surray of Morristown filed complaints seeking 300 dollars and 100 dollars in fees against Henry Gordon Robert Hudgins Jr Philip Justice Thomas Anderson Frank Smith Thornton Graham and Marshal Bussell. Accused allegedly formed a purse bought a ticket to Indianapolis and paid 10 dollars to purchase a gun for election day voting interference. Criminal actions will follow.
In Plainfield Indiana a Tulley elevator and the Vandalia depot were burned by fire believed arsonists acting for supporters of a man killed at a political rally a week earlier. The 5000 bushels of wheat inside the elevator were destroyed and the incident stirred local Quaker villagers.
Police probe the Belt incident after David Doran was found unconscious near a Cincinnati bound train. A passenger saw four men seize money from a sleeping man and threaten to reveal the affair at the depot. The wounded man may hold key details.
In a special term Judge Parker named the Binghamton Trust Company permanent receiver of Iron Hall funds in New York about 200000 dollars. The temporary receivership of George E. Clines of New York was set aside. Life insurance agents in the city plan legal steps to restrain reorganization under the Baltimore plan. An appeal of the receivership decision will be argued in Indianapolis on November 9 before the court of appeals.
Postmaster J. W. Hostetter of Orrville Ohio recounts losing a Testament given by a farmer's wife near Fancy town after a meal during the Civil War. The book surfaced years later when Hostetter learned from Mrs. M. A. Rinehart of Frizzleburg Maryland that the Testament had been in her family and was finally returned in good condition.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for oats, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped skin, chilblains, corns and eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by J. B. Harpar.
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