Madison Area Notes From The Commissioners And Town Leaders
Local items report the Commissioners Court in sectioning, officials traveling to Kansas and Louisville for business, and New York absences. The Baptist Association meets at Vine Street. cigars and tobacco advertised at Harry Child's. Parish school opens. telegraph office under new management. residents travel to Cincinnati for the opening of the exposition. Multiple notices mention business moves, new styles at Johnson’s, and local arrivals and departures around Madison and nearby towns.
Fevers and Agne Cure urged for households in malaria zones
A notice urges Ayor's Agne Cure as a preventive in malaria regions for residents and travelers. Community items mention local theater, church, and social notes, plus a series of reports on deaths, marriages, and local incidents.
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Ayor
Board of Education Meets in Madison for Annual Reports
The County Board of Education convened in Madison on September 1 at the Township Trustee office. Trustees’ annual reports were accurate and shows care in preparation. The board set schedules for township institutes and instructed the County Superintendent to prepare work programs for the coming year. A unanimous decision replaced Ven’s history with the Eclectic, with teachers to adopt the new course.
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Board of Education
County Board of Education
Madison
Normal
Saluda
Smyrna
Shelby
Mouroe
Graham
Lancaster
Afilton
Johnson Nominated for Congress Amid Local Political Row
In Jefferson county a convention dispute over congressional nomination pitted the Courier and Star editors against each other. Will J. Johnson secured the delegates while Major John D. Simpson was reportedly sidelined by what supporters call a Ring style maneuver. The piece notes bitterness and claims of unfair treatment and urges reading the Lawrenceburg column for details.
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Veray Reville
John D. Simpson
The
Courier
the Star
W. J. Johnson
Friends of the Star
the Courier
Jefferson County
Johnson
Simpson Gaven
Major Simpson
Awrenceburg
Simpson
Madison
M. C. Garber
Doctor Smile
Ward
Adams
Capt. Senior
Senior
Mr. Smock
Major Cravens
Adkinson
Hayworth
Schooley
Dearborn
Republican Papers
Gentlemens List and Ladies List of Jefferson County letters
The bulletin lists names under Gentlemens List and Ladies List for Adams Post Office Jefferson County Minnesota. To claim Advertised Letters the applicant must call giving this list date. No charge. Uncalled letters go to Dead Letter Office after one month. General Delivery letters advertised every Monday. Postal cards and Dropped Letters not advertised. John W Link P.M.
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Noricx
John W. Link
P.M
Hatchet Fight Sparks Chase Through Crooked Creek
A morning clash in a small town centers on Charles Calloway who finds an unlocked gate and a fleeing man. He throws a hatchet narrowly missing the man who heads for Crooked Creek with Calloway in pursuit. Deputy Eckle suspects Hiram Jones, a painter, of the attempted break in. a warrant is issued but Jones leaves town.
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Charles Calloway
Third Stree
Elm
Crooked Creek
Mr. C
Joseph Eckle
Calloway
Eckle
Hiram Jones
Squire Craven
Jones
Marriages Recorded by County Clerk Since August 1
The County Clerk reports issued marriage licenses for Geo Orrill and Nellie Stack house George Carter and Samantha Davis Joseph Wells and Syntha Myers John Hoffman and Agness Rail Franks Branch and Kate Coons Frank Irish and Lizzie Hilgert G B Laird and Alice Walker Henry Donat and Annie Smith F C Resler and Lida Riggs B R Montgomery and Mary Wallace Joseph Overton and Neverl W E Short and Carrie Kennedy Edward Gans and Sallie Land Silas D Monroe and Ida Vernon.
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Geo. W. Orrill
Nellie B. Stackhouse
George A. Carter
Samantha Davis
Joseph P. Wells
Syntha M. Myers
John Hoffman
Agness Rail
Franks M. Branch
Kate Coons
Frank Irish
Lizzie Hilgert
G. B. Laird
Alice C. Walker
Henry Donat
Annie Smith
F.C. Resler
Lida Riggs
B. R. Montgomery
Mary Wallace
Joseph Overton
Neverl
W. EE. Short
Carrie Kennedy
Edward Gans
Sallie Land
Silas D. Monroe
Ida G. Vernon
Prohibitory Amendment Raises Doubts and Political Concerns
The piece argues the proposed second section would force the Indiana legislature to regulate liquor for medical scientific and sacramental uses and risks creating state monopolies or costly alcohol industries. It warns of searches seizures arbitrary rules and corruption and questions Lanham stance and local acceptance in Jefferson County under Maine law precedents.
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General Assembly
State of
Indiana
Jefferson County
Maine
Colored unrest report from Harpersville hints at planned incursion
A Harpersville correspondent describes a thirty five year old mulatto visitor who claimed to organize clubs for Republicans and to exterminate Democrats in the South. He portrayed Washington City as origin and Cincinnati as headquarters, preached a punitive program aided by Northern capital and arms, and wore a ceremonial red and blue uniform. He was arrested after stirring speeches and a citizen response formed to guard against violence.
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Washington City
Cincinnati
Frank Cash
Ras” Singleton
Mercy Carr
Gen. Sherman
Grant
Dr King’s New Discovery Free Trial at Drug Store
All persons with coughs colds asthma bronchitis loss of voice or throat and lung ailments are urged to call at Cr Webherhart's Drug Store and obtain a trial bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption free of charge. Early call advised.
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Cr . Webherhart
Dr. King
Indiana Voters Native and Foreign Vote by County Districts
Table shows the native and foreign vote across Indiana counties and representative districts. It lists figures by county and district, reflecting the electorate composition and party alignment for the period.
Census table shows Indiana counties native foreign and colored voters
A table from 1880 census bulletins lists Indiana counties by white native foreign and colored voters with counts for Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford and many others. The document also includes a political letter discussing the Jefferson county nomination and convention events at a Republican gathering in Lawrenceburg Indiana with editorial rebuttals.
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United States
Indiana
White
Adams
Allen
Bartholomew
Benton
Wee
Blackford
Carroll
Crawford
Daveiss
Dubois
Elkhart
Fayette
Floyd
Fountain
Franklin
Harrison
Hendricks
Henry
Howard
Aransas A Harbey
Pacman Cevenghabe
Jasper
Jay
Tellerson
Jenning
Johnson
Knox
Kosciusko
Lagrange
Vies
Dake Sesceveseeeeeen
Laport
Ccseessesserns
Lawrence
Eecsre
Madison
Marion
Marshall
Martin
Miami
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Newton
Noble
Ohio
Orange
Owen Vee
Parke
Perry
Pike
Porter
Posey
Pulaski
Randolph
Ripley
St. Joseph
Scott
Shelby
Spencer
Starke
Staben
Sullivan
Switzerland
Tippecanoe
Fever Epidemic Updates From Several Texas Cities
The Picayune notes no new cases or deaths in Pensacola in the last day while Brownsville reports seventy new cases and four deaths in six hours and Daniel Bullock dies after a day of rising fever. Matamoras reports the fever decreasing with cool weather and three deaths in the past day.
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New Orleans
Picayune
Pensacola
Brownsvile
Texas
Henry Bullock
Galveston
Matamoras
San Fernando
A Queer Mode of Self Defence in Lizards
Popular Science Monthly discusses the defense tactic of tail detachment in blind and slow worms. The tail breaks off when alarmed, distracts the offender by dancing about, and the lizard escapes while the detached tail remains active. Some lizards share a similar, though weaker, ability and later regrow a new tail.
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Popular Science Monthly
Guiteau’s Skeleton Reserved for Private Museum Use
Guiteau’s remains are placed at the National Army Medical Museum in Washington and will not be shown to the public. The final disposition awaits Judge Hagner’s ruling on the will directing bequest of the body to Dr Hicks. Microscopical brain experts have finished work and likely will render two conflicting reports on Guiteau’s sanity.
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Guiteau
National Army Medical Museum
Washington
Worthy of Praise for Electric Bitters
An editor endorses Electric Bitters as a public benefit curing biliousness fever and ague stomach liver and kidney complaints where other remedies fail. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by KE Netherhart. A Williamsburg VA merchant opens a 250000 stock of goods for customer inspection.
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KE. Netherhart
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