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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1916
Page
1
Mrs. Sydney Collins sues Mrs. Katherine Breedon in Fort Wayne seeking $10,000 on charges of alienation of affections. She alleges her husband faked death while she was in Australia and married Breedon in Clarksville Tennessee after reporting his death. Breedon counterclaims for annulment claiming Collins said he was single.
Muncie attorneys for Jesse Lee Arter, condemned for murder and given life, filed a motion for a new trial last Sunday. Peru hosts the first rural Miami county domestic science club for young women next Tuesday led by Miss Lelia Gaddis. 52 girls to join. Princeton circuit court hears Miss Mary Saxe chiropractor case for practicing without a license. Terre Haute reports three youths arrested for robbing the Jessup post office, with a small sum of money and merchandise taken.
Evansville leaders of the Chamber of Commerce publicity committee favor removing the ville from the city name as Evansville has outgrown it. The plan may go to voters after committee work. A prior attempt to rename the city to Lamasco failed years ago.
Madison resident Eliza J. Iddings reports weak kidneys improved after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. The ad promotes Doan’s for kidney backache and related troubles, listing 50 cents at dealers and noting Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York as proprietors.
In Denver Lillian Nesser finally wed Levi Clifford after twenty five years since her parents halted a 25 year old proposal. Clifford, age forty five at the time, had never married. The widow married after world travel and a prior marriage to a younger man. Her hair is now white like that of her second husband.
New Albany April 21 The New Albany Presbytery closed a three day session at Second Presbyterian Church with a popular service. Rev Dr John Hawk of Hanover and Rev W E Hunter of Columbia City led the address. Commissioners for the General Assembly to meet in Atlantic City were elected, with Rev Mark L Harris named state clerk for three years. Committees reported and a resolution favored cutting General Assembly paid officials for economy. Lindsay and Carson of Kentucky Theological Seminary were asked to present for examination.
First Lieutenant Clarence A. Dougherty reports from Seward Alaska on a three day hunt along Skilak Take where hundreds of moose abound He observed 37 42 and 27 bulls in successive sightings and killed one willing to take more but aimed for a prime head He urges a national game preserve to protect the species and prevent a buffalo like extinction
A Virginia lumberman and his wife adopted a baby girl named Camelia after a woman on a Chesapeake and Ohio train handed the infant to them in route to Sterling Kentucky. The child is about 14 months old with light hair and blue eyes.
The Christian Herald notes that 1 000 000 buggies a year were common in horse days while auto sales near 1 000 000 cars planned for this year. Last year 448 manufacturers produced 02,618 vehicles and 800,000 orders remained unfilled with 2,400,000 motorcars registered in 1915 nationwide.
A humorous tale from Utah recounts a button lost and found, a note left by the owner, and a marriage proposal. Miss Falsworth accepts, The couple plans a honeymoon in San Francisco. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as a family tonic at $1.
Earl St Fisher from Providence and Miss Livernoia of Worcester wed in Greenwich after the justice awoke late. The bride and groom, stranded by a late license rule and rain, waited in City Hall until morning and then traveled to New York for a celebratory breakfast with witnesses Crystal Shepherd and Raw Howard.
Palm Beach, Fla. – Lady Auckland, noted British peerage figure, champions hydroplane flights as adventure and therapy. She and her son ran an aviation school in America, while she repair work on aircraft, recounting a life of royal birth, marriages, loss, and wartime sacrifice. Her eldest son, a lieutenant, died at Ypres in 1915.
Governor Samuel M. Ralston is named temporary chairman and keynote speaker for Indiana's Democratic state convention. Congressman Lincoln Dixon is likely permanent chairman and Senator Thomas Taggart will not run for national committeeman, with his senatorial renomination seen as assured. The piece notes Roosevelts critique of Wilson and predicts progressives will vote Democratic in November. Adair plans Indiana campaign and states the party will field a strong ticket focused on proven records and unified support.
Practical Health Hint notes that when warning signs appear, a day in bed is best and rest helps healing. A 24 hour fast or light diet also rest the digestive system, preventing serious illness. Some ignore nature's signals, but eventual sickness proves the cost.
The government plans to establish a powerful wireless station in Jamaica to enhance communications. Officials emphasize strategic impact for colonial administration and regional connectivity.
New York plan proposes a Coliseum on Eighth Avenue between Forty-ninth and Fifty? streets replacing a car barn. Seating for 15 000 for circuses, up to 30 000 for large meetings, and space for a Panama Canal model. Officials expect the venue to attract national political conventions.
The king of the Belgians is described as not a dashing soldier but a quiet young man who might pass as a science student. He has untidy fair hair, a pink complexion when hot or shy, nearsightedness with glasses, blue eyes, a heavy jaw, and a tall, sturdy build per Delineator.
The universe around us is larger than prior thought and our sun moves northward through space at twelve miles per second. The north star is a triple star system with three suns orbiting a center, per findings from Lick Observatory at the University of California. An unrelated medical ad promotes Dean's Ointment for skin conditions at 50 cents a box.
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