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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1891
Page
8
A jumble of society notices and local events from the Plainfield area. Updates include court actions and marriages, a church remodeling at Second Presbyterian, licensure and pension disputes, and property moves.
We invite you to see the most complete assortment of carpets for fall. Carpets are cheaper than ever with new patterns. NEW INGRAINS at 50 and 65 cents and select BRUSSELS at 75 cents highlighted.
This forenoon was consumed in the probate business. Ida Ely was divorced from Geo Ely. In William Welch vs Mary Welch suit for divorce the plain was allowed sixty days to file exceptions. Jobo Louden fined four dollars and costs for sling Aquor on Sunday. Asa Goldsborough sued City of Madison for twelve dollars and six cents for Board of Health services. Peter Thenis vs Harvey Hammel involves cattle damage claim. An Indiana man predicts a wheat boom with farmers to gain twenty million dollars in extra cash this year.
Clerk records a consent to marriage dated September 7 1891 for Florence Wood to Barney Holsdlow Butler Wood. Florence is fifteen, signatures questioned, Judge Friedley requests affidavits of handwriting which the couple decline. License not granted. Also an advertisement offers local agents needed for Whitney warranted fruits and trees.
In Madison a lively indignation meeting convened by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals discussed the fate of the steamer City of Madison and the proposed swap with the Big Sandy. Speakers questioned travel comfort, ownership rights, and the ships’ names as a longer, storied rivalry plays out along the Ohio River.
The line promotes ease and safety in travel to the Dakotas Minnesota Montana the Northwest and Puget Sound region. Compart ment Sleeping Cars are highlighted as a favorite comfort. It lists Duluth Lake Minnetonka White Bear Lake Denver and Colorado Springs as reachable routes with connections to transcontinental lines. For rates contact company agents or F H Lorp Chicago.
Evansville Courier reports Rev Father Gavish’s lecture on journalism and the shift from writer to reporter. He recalls a failed scoop, a chasing dog and a gunman incident, and acknowledges editors demand for facts over opinions. The tale ends with the managing editor’s quiet rebuke.
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway will start a daily service August 16 1891 via the new line through Omaha and Lincoln. The schedule shows Chicago to Denver leaving 6:33 pm and arriving 7:00 am, with Denver to Chicago departing 8:00 pm and arriving 7:45 am. The train features palace sleepers dining cars chair cars and new day coaches. E ST JOHN MO SEBASTIAN genl manager genl ticket and passenger agent.
A quote from the New York Herald depicts a speaker declaring exhaustion and choosing the lesser of two evils as he prepares to confront a looming threat heard overhead. The archaic tone and dramatic phrasing evoke a period newspaper snippet.
An advertisement by M. D. SLOCUM offers a free trial of two bottles of a claimed consumption cure. Readers are invited to send Express and P. O. addresses to 181 Fearl Street for the treatment. The message asserts thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured.
A large handsome map of the United States mounted for office or home use is issued by the Burlington route. Copies are available free when transmission cost is avoided or mailed to any address on receipt of 12 cents postage to P S Eustis, General Passenger Agent, C Q R K, Chicago.
For sale or trade a good farm and family horse offered at a low price. Apply at the local office for details and terms.
Travel ad notes depart Chicago at 1:00 p m or St. Louis at 8:25 a m with arrival Denver 6:15 p m next day. Through sleepers chairs dining cars. Connections from East via Burlington Route to Denver with additional trains from Chicago St Louis Peoria. Tourist tickets on sale at ticket agents and depots. There is no better place than Colorado for rest and pleasure.
Excursion tickets to Indianapolis will be sold at reduced round trip rates via the Pennsylvania Lines for September 21 to 26. Tickets are valid for return until September 26.
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