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Madison Weekly Herald

Location

Madison, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1879

Page

4

Twain on Juvenile Pugilists and Rural Folklore

A Detroit Free Press excerpt portrays Mark Twain on boy boxing, with anecdotes about a father scolding his fighting son and a telegraph tale of sending money home. It includes rustic dialogues from neighbors and a Pittsburgh physician joking about Hop Bitters.

Detroit Free Press John Blank Tam Pittsburgh

Question Admitted to Ballot and Women’s Vote Endorsed

A partisan note argues women’s suffrage would back Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as an unfair remedy for female diseases. The 1878 letter from Iowa City cites patient gratitude and a cure by Dr R W Pierce. The piece ends with a quip about two kinds of friends from a misanthrope.

Dr. Pierce Megs Paul R. Baxter Dr. Smith Samen Grup Nancy Tefanded Dr. Smith At Els Dr. Slaith Smith DR. B. Assmitus & CO Props Fire Henry. Firth

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