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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1891
Page
4
The Madison Herald page cites a mix of national politics and local concerns. It notes tax effects in Spencer county, calls for congressional caution on appropriations, reports on cold Northwest weather and a blizzard, and references editorials on Gov Hovey and other political figures. It includes anecdotes about medical endorsements and a brief town notice.
Letter from Frea Harper in Inpiaxaperts Inc dated November 1891 describes city convention activity and political maneuvering during an Odd Fellows gathering. It notes the Hotel English as alliance headquarters, details grand lodge sessions with hundreds of members, and praises local school leadership and high school staff while reflecting on urban politics and social life.
Specimen cases from New Cassel and other towns credit Electric Bitters with curing neuralgia rheumatism stomach disorders and severe flesh loss after three bottles. A Harrisburg man healed a eight year leg sore with three bottles and Bucklen’s Amica Salve. Catawba patient with five fever sores found full cure after one bottle and one salve box. Sold by J. EB. c. F. Harper.
Marton judge rules Labor Day a legal holiday only for certain commercial purposes and forbids saloons from selling liquor on Decoration Day and Labor Day, prompting saloon men to keep open on these holidays. Other items report Indiana grand jury plans on lottery enforcement, Odd Fellows meeting stats, and burglaries in Logansport county.
Jesse Crook superintendent of the street railway was knocked down and robbed by footpads Tuesday evening in Jeffersonville Ind He lies in a precarious condition delirious from concussion of the brain.
On Judge William P. Britton’s Crawfordsville farm a colt shows a striking talent by watching a field, then advancing to flush coveys of quail. The trained-like behavior, observed by multiple farm hands, repeats in other fields. Boswell Clough reports a similar but lesser trait in a different horse.
In Bierer's crossing at 5 PM a wagon crossing the Southwest Pennsylvania track was struck by the northbound Youghinheny express. James Walsh 26, William Galvin 28, and John McCain 8 were killed instantly. William McCain 6 was fatally injured. Galvin leaves a widow and one child. The wagon was crushed but horses unharmed.
Five Italians aged twenty to thirty were arrested in Jackson, Tennessee, after a late-night stop. They carried four pistols three razors and about a hundred rounds. They claim New Orleans origins and travel plans to Chicago.
In Belleville Illinois November 19 it is reported that John Hailstone who was said to die by his own hand in Limerick township was killed by his own son with help from his brother in law during a cattle dispute. In Lnnox November 19 ex consul W H Ropes long served as US consul at St Petersburg from 1850 to 1654 is dead at Tenby Wales.
John W. Scott of 5 Main Street Madison Indiana advertises plows sold at cost. The note is brief and lists the seller and location with no additional terms.
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