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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1892
Page
6
Herman Hicks of Rochester North Carolina credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with restoring his hearing after years of catarrh and deafness. He reports taking three bottles, then three more, and now hearing perfectly with minimal catarrh symptoms. Hood's Pills are advertised as purely vegetable and nonpurging.
The piece cites Democratic gains in manufacturing districts as a reply to wage claims from the McKinley era. A New York Republican wagered a hat that four months after Cleveland’s inauguration woollen mills would close, a bet already won as mills shut on the Fourth of July. The Madison Courier accuses the Democratic party of surrendering principles for votes with Farmer Alliance fusion in fifteen states, noting ten with Populist fusion and eight without Cleveland electors. It questions how many electoral votes Cleveland and Stevenson might have won under those conditions.
The New York World argues that New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah deserve admission to the Union alongside Idaho Wyoming Montana. it notes population counts and political calculations by a Republican Congress aimed at strengthening influence in the Senate and Electoral College, while acknowledging Utah’s constitutional shift.
Fragmentary OCR text promotes a dubious remedy claiming to cure back pain and liver issues and improve appetite. No verifiable details or credible sources are provided.
President elect Grover Cleveland attended the 124th annual New York Chamber of Commerce dinner at Delmonico's with many prominent guests including Chauncey M. Depew and Whitelaw Reid. Speakers praised the republic’s progress, with Cleveland delivering a long address and Depew and Reid responding with remarks on national unity and policy.
The text claims beauty comes from healthy liver stomach and kidneys and promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic that improves complexion by curing pimples blotches and boils. Sold at J E C F Harper Drug Store for 50 cents per bottle.
Advertisement for Brown's 10H Sitters claiming cures for dyspepsia indigestion and general debility. Mentions Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowels and a pleasant herb tonic. Date notation jan30&wly.
Delegates at the Knights of Labor general assembly in St. Louis debated inviting the next convention to Chicago and joining a labor congress. A proposal to shorten officer terms was voted down. The afternoon discussed the laws report and officers’ election was expected that day. Delegates and guests were banqueted at the Lindell hotel.
A Fox Island message reports two bodies found on the beach with Gilcher life preservers. One is likely Charles K Williams the steward, the other possibly a fireman Green. The mizzenmast also washed ashore. Elphicke & Company paid 25000 insurance on the lost steamer.
Cuicano November 18 Baseball will not be played in divided championship series by the National League next year. The season will open the last Thursday in April and close the last Saturday in September with each team scheduled to play 182 games. A new rule bans two games in one day for one price except in the final series. The board of directors was chosen to jot and one new member replaces Washington in New York. Homesteader’s Trial Postponed in Preruseura. Sylvester Critchlow’s murder case delayed at the request of his counsel.
President Harrison appoints Louis E. McComas of Maryland as associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to fill the vacancy caused by Montgomery's resignation. McComas is secretary of the national Republican committee and a four term congressman from Maryland's Sixth district.
The National Brewing plant in Canton Baltimore County was partly destroyed by fire. Losses were about 50,000 with insurance. Fire spread quickly, and three engines from Baltimore assisted county firefighters to bring the blaze under control.
During a Democratic celebration in Decatur Alabama on November 18 a sk rocket exploded prematurely striking Miss Jones sixteen in the left eye. The blast forced the eyeball and caused instant depth ending the event.
A large handsome map of the United States mounted for office or home use is issued by the Burlington Route. Copies will be mailed to any address on receipt of twelve cents in postage. Chicago, Ill.
The Washington Park hotel at 69 and 71 Twelfth street collapsed at 6 PM. Five dining room guests escaped unharmed except Mr Goetzel who had head and shoulder injuries. His two underage children were saved after a bed overturned onto them. No. 60 remained undamaged. The wrecked buildings belonged to Windisch Muhlhauser & Company. Loss estimated at 8000 dollars.
The Paris interview quoted by La France reports plans to prosecute Panama Canal Company directors. M. de Lesseps says his father suffered from government decisions and he and his son fear no impartial inquiry. An engineer colleague of Eiffel’s asserts Hitfel would prove the charges calumnious and that the engineer is not unsettled by a trial.
The steamship Philadelphia reached New York from Venezuela with General Mijeres aboard. The refugee, who narrowly escaped execution for cattle stealing, fled after losing Venezuela's revolution and sought to reclaim losses by seizing a neighbor's herd. He was protected by the American consul during the voyage.
Mayaville Kentucky May 18 The Mason county grand jury indicted nearly all the shopkeepers and retailers in Mayaville for keeping open on Sundays. In Ohio a man shot a rival in Stockdale two years ago and another incident tied to Paris. In Carman Ohio a coal hauler fell into a buried well and was rescued after darkness. In East Liverpool Ohio a grocer shot his wife during a drunken spree ending fatally.
Ada E Hurd of Groton recounts a near fatal battle with consumption after a bad cold and lung coughs. Four doctors gave up hope but she recovered after using Dr Kings New Discovery, taking eight bottles. Free trial bottles offered at Bigs Drugstore with regular size 50.
The Wisconsin Central Line markets its service between Chicago and Milwaukee and St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth and all Northwest points with two daily fast trains to St. Paul and Minneapolis Duluth featuring Pullman Vestibuled Drawing Room Sleepers and latest coach design. Dining car service is highlighted as unsurpassed and the line claims it is the only route to the Pacific Coast offering both Pullman Vestibuled first class and Pitman Tourist cars from Chicago via St. Paul without changes. Pamphlets with information are available free from ticket agents or JAS O POND, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago, Til.
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