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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1891
Page
2
The Herald reports Governor Alvin P. Hovey’s death after a lung congestion and outlines his Indiana tenure. It notes political shifts, including Governor Matthews’ reelection bid and party ticket speculation for 1892, plus a Grand Army offer tied to Cosmopolitan Magazine memoir volumes.
An old town advertisement invites readers to mail ten cents in stamps or coin to John Sebastian agent of the Rock Island Railroad for a pack of playing cards described as the latest and slickest. A five pack offer costs fifty cents via postal note and dates noted as November 26.
At Terre Haute Indiana a meeting of Indiana striking miners is planned for next Wednesday to review the strike and seek a settlement with operators. National leaders Rae and Nugent will attend to map action while a broader series of meetings continues through the convention day.
The schooner George C. Finney with a crew of six vanished after leaving Toledo last week with 21,000 bushels of wheat bound for Buffalo. A passing captain confirmed spars from the Finney were seen south of Grand River. Other reports describe the loss of two scows with nine crew each, near Manitous, and unrelated local financial and labor news from Toledo and Atlantic City.
The War Secretary reports government manufacture of ninety eight breech loading steel rifles and contracts for a hundred more. Submarine mines and seventy three 12 inch mortars are being prepared for coastal defense with emplacements at New York Boston San Francisco and Hampton Roads. Mining gear for major ports is on hand or under contract and some mine operating devices are completed or pending. Other defense works include emplacements for 10 and 12 inch guns at several cities.
A roundup of quirky claims and stories: a California man earns $120 an acre from peanuts. three individuals claim gunpowder invention. a California apple harvest yields three pound apples. an Oakland boy loses sight and speech from tobacco. a proverb about biting more than one can chew. Versailles Missouri reports a coal vein eighty feet thick. the Kiowa Indians decline in numbers. a joke about doctors and visits. an artificial honey selling in England. Kalamazoo Michigan as celery city. Mrs Liles of Georgia aged 107 with healthy longevity. a minister forgets notes yet promises better later. George E Gormelo, Sac and Fox interpreter, age 70 blind. a Delaware cobbler keeps a weekly allowance for wife who later dies revealing $10,000 in gold and greenbacks.
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