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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
5
The article notes a Democratic Congress faces a tariff revision problem. Voters expect legislation per the party platform, but agree reductions should be gradual to avoid disrupting industry. Public mood favors steady adjustments over radical change.
President to examine the first batch of proposed post office appointments with Postmaster General Burleson. About two thousand vacancies arise from expired Taft terms as the department fills long-held openings. Huntington Wilson resigns from the State Department after assisting Bryan.
A Boston man lost his leg two years ago from an insect bite. The ad promotes Backlen's Arnica Salve to reduce poison swelling and pain from stings and bites. Available at Harper's drug store for 26 cents.
Sugar interests led by Adama of Colorado and Ewing of Louisiana urged President Wilson to back free sugar policies, claiming Democratic support in Congress if changes favored cane and beet markets pass. Both left unsatisfied with the meeting as Republicans prepare a separate tariff bill push and seek a scientific tariff board.
Washington interest grows as Senate introduces a new inheritance tax plan with graduated rates up to 20 percent on estates exceeding thresholds. A $2500 exemption applies to immediate family bequests while other estates face stepped taxes across brackets. House members back parallel bills to tax gadgets, trusts, and transfers.
Eight killed in Chihuahua when about 70 rebels attacked a railroad train thirty miles west of the town. Among the dead were two express messengers and several sailors. The incident targeted a Dalores Mion owned shipment with silver valued at unknown amount. Police and local forces engaged after the assault near Guaymasa and Macat lan.
New Postmaster General Burleson states the department will run on strict business lines and aims to expand parcel service while keeping costs low. He proposes forming a commission of top aides to review administration and to assess if the Postal Service is effectively serving the public and maintaining self sufficiency. He dodges questions on whether government has a monopoly in parcel carriage and notes the second assistant postmaster general handles railway pay, car requirements, and mail contracts.
A Kansas City lumberman Col Hull caused alarm at a Bayou Sara undertaker when he sat up in a coffin and asked where he was. He appeared lifeless but doctors say he will recover. The event occurred at a local employer’s establishment and drew medical attention in New Orleans area.
The jury in the white slave suit Dulle Gan versus Mollie Grint returned a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff aimed at $10,000 damages for alleged imprisonment in an Indianapolis digs house for three years, the case moved from Manon county. Frank J. Cheney and Co. advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a 75 cent price, noting internal use and blood action, in Toledo and nationwide.
Queen Olga of Greece ascends as queen dowager after the assassination of King George. She was sister to the late Alexander of Russia and daughter of Grand Duke Constantine. Married in 1867, she has five sons and two daughters.
Columbia Missouri reports H L Strader a Kansas City student praised as the most perfect man among 1500 at Missouri University. He has received offers of vaudeville boxing and wrestling engagements from admirers across Missouri Kansas and the southwest with one girl pledging herself as a fit wife in the interests of eugenics.
In Juortson City Kansas a valued riding horse in the mounted service at Fort Itley was severely injured after seeing its reflection in a large wall mirror and attempting a jump. The horse crashed through the glass and suffered deep gashes while Lt. Moore escaped injury.
Mrs Emme line Pankhurst weakens rapidly from hunger strike amid jail conditions in London. Nearby suffragist Zelie Emerson of Jackson Michigan has illness from hunger strike and appendicitis after recent release. A divorce suit seeks twelve thousand alimony from John Kicks, a wealthy Allen county farmer. A cigarette sells contentment and a wife questions a husband's acceptances.
Huntington-Bippus bans saloons for two years after contested remonstrance. Warsaw reports 11 year old Richard Cretcher disappeared after being sent to a neighbor with a basket of clothes. Sullivan: Curry township election date moved from May 6 to May 1 by county commissioners. Anderson: Rep Adair recommends Emmett Cartwright for Summitville postmaster and Anderson B Lee for Alexandria postmaster. Delicous bag pan cake flour advertises Mrs Austins cake mix.
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