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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1892
Page
3
Historic New Albany sports notes report Nancy Hanks running a mile in 2 06 on the local track yesterday. The paper also covers baptisms, political events, court actions, marriages, thefts, and a suspended animation rescued child in DeKalb county.
Circuit Court reports fines for several defendants including Taylor Wood Homer Leach and Bill Woods on guilty pleas. Benson Cadwallader suit pending. Meyers Meyer divorce granted. Madison residents note ongoing court actions while Jason Brown canvasses Jefferson County aiding Democracy. Brown speeches draw large crowds in Deputy Lancaster Bryantsburg Canaan Brooksburg North Madison. Turn out for next Congressmen.
Lexington farmer James H Hoagland recalled apples removed from his cellar last spring when a cow ate them and later showed a snake bite like sore. In July a lump appeared behind the foreleg. Yesterday the milker pulled an eight and a half inch paring knife blade from the wound, traced to the March incident in the barn.
The text recalls Castoria being given to a baby child and later to a mother figure as she grows. It uses a repetitive promotional cadence to trace use from infancy through motherhood and children.
A note warns that moving residence to voting precincts, or being offered inducements by a Republican, equates to selling votes. The text frames this as a charge against illicit influence in elections.
The article details Lord Tennyson's illness from Sept 27 when a severe cold led to influenza and his death after a night of fading consciousness. He died at midnight while reading Cymbeline with the moonlight on his bed. Witnesses call the end glorious and painless, with tributes pouring in from Queen Victoria’s era and leading papers praising his literary stature.
Emmet Dalton remains alive but in great pain and not expected to recover. The escapee is not recaptured and likely headed toward Indian Territory. Crowds view the dead robbers as burials are arranged for George Cubine and Marshal Connelly with remains sent to Independence Kansas Harley South Dakota and Burlington Kansas for interment.
A derailment crash in the Erie railroad yards near Binac Hampton New York injures six and kills car repairer John Mater. Engineer Rob inson failed to see derailed cars lights and struck them. Injured: E C McDougal Theodore Perkins Hinckley M Van Wagner and others.
An advertisement proclaims Brown's Iron Bitters relieves dyspepsia indigestion and debility. The claim is framed as a health remedy and tonic. The copy emphasizes digestive relief and general weakness as benefits.
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