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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1891
Page
6
The Madison column cites political chatter about Gov. candidates and reform moves, notes James G. Blaine and other figures, comments on Grady’s fame, and discusses Australian ballot adoption trends across states with historic detail.
A poem delivering man enters the editor’s sanctum with hope and a smile but is halted before finishing. The scene unfolds in a quiet newsroom as tension and curiosity mingle.
An article explains jug fishing for catfish with five to six foot lines tied to jugs or buoys. Anglers use livers, cheese or salt pork as bait and follow in a skiff as the jugs drift along dikes. Catfish of 10 to 12 pounds have been landed using this method.
Seth Coffman a Greenville dairyman and stock dealer was gored by a Jersey in his pasture three weeks ago. He lost his reason, was restrained to protect family, and a Floyd County inquest found him unsound and recommended admission to Indianapolis Hospital for the Insane. His physician believes weeks of treatment can restore him.
A brief rural tale describes a deaf farmer guiding and calming a wayward herd with calm, steady, trusted judgment. The piece emphasizes community wisdom and resilience in hardship.
A compendium of witticisms and maxims from various papers, then medical advertisements and testimonials for remedies like Dr King's New Discovery, Chamberlain's Pain Balm, Ely's Dream, and Pierce's Purgative Pellets, plus local drugstore notices and farm price lists.
The Burlington Route markets its Chicago to St Louis topeka network as a first class railroad serving Illinois Iowa Missouri Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska and Colorado. It highlights farming mining and industrial access via daily passenger trains and connections with eastern and western lines. For tickets and rates contact a local agent or C M Levey general superintendent at Keokuk Ia and St Louis Mo.
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