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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1916
Page
2
State Treasurer George A. Butler reports strong support for Woodrow Wilson among eastern business leaders and workers. He notes hotels booked weeks ahead, railroad congestion, widespread signs seeking labor, and widespread overtime with high wages.
In Scottsburg on April 24 the murder trial of Hardy Robinson opens in circuit court before jurors from farming districts. The defendant is charged with killing Ancid Phillips, a Lexington high school student, on March 26 at Miss Myrtle Huffman's home. The case may end this week with an insanity defense anticipated. Attorneys for Robinson include John H. Lewis Lawson Mace and B Wells. prosecutor Joseph Verbary aided by George V. Gain and William Fitzgerald. Judge Robert C. Craigmile presides.
General Charles Roques becomes France's war minister succeeding General Gallieni. Renowned as the father of French military aviation he led the aviation service as inspector general and is credited with building an efficient force despite recent criticism. The note adds Roques is a Breton by descent. Spain allocates 3,500,000 acres to olives.
President Wilson declares the Democratic party the party for all forward looking forces of the country at a New York Young Men's Democratic Club dinner. He cannot attend due to foreign affairs, and secretary Tumulty reads his letter outlining hope and confidence in the party's past achievements and future opportunities.
The Hague debate centers on requiring women to perform one year of compulsory home service during their late teens. German feminists argue that women have contributed greatly to the war effort but lack training and organization. Dr Gertrude Banmer calls for disciplined, purposeful work aligned with state needs and family duties.
The article recalls Mrs. Grorevery Wars, who crossed the plains with her husband in a covered wagon and built a home in Texas. Her oldest daughter, seventy, and youngest, forty eight, survive nine children from four generations, as descendants remember the matriarch who endured hardships and founded the family home.
Public notice warns against mercury containing catarrh ointments that harm smell and the nervous system. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. Z. Cheney Co. Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally. Buyers urged to obtain genuine product and testimonials offered by Druggists.
The spring session of the New Albany presbytery opened with Rev. Taylor of Salem as moderator and Rev. F W Thompson of New Albany as vice moderator. Frank Braxton and Rev. Frank F E Moore were named temporary clerks, with several committees and nominations listed, plus a tale of banker Edward L McKee recalling contributions by Simon Yandes to missions.
Milwaukee report notes Ray Bises places a piano in a Waukesha stable to calm horses. An employee confirms horses relax when music plays during nerve high moments such as funerals, prompting plans for more instruments on a farm to ease cows before milking.
Birdie Lilley eleven year old Prentiss Me-Birdie excels in class and chores. She rode out with her rider, took aim at a fox along the woods, fired, hit foreleg, then shot again in the head as the fox regained movement. She hopes to add more furs next year.
Indiana state food and drug commissioner TH J Barnard reports a 27 year old can of corn kept in good condition with bright interior color and firm flavor. He says properly canned goods keep indefinitely with no loss in food value and little change in palatability despite age.
Professor Porter of Vernon and Miss Clarence Palmer, a pupil, secretly wed in the Vernon separate school. The ceremony occurred at 6 p.m with students stunned as the couple, after Porter announced a new start, married on the platform. Porter, noted as artist, soldier and educator, and the bride, described as accomplished, received the three times three cheer from pupils.
Joseph Blake was injured when a crowbar sticking from ground pierced his back and exited near the lower rib while he stood on a bank at his father’s mining claim. Fellow workers removed the bar and Blake was rushed to a sanitarium. his condition described as recoverable.
A skilled artisan crafted a pair of shoes with around 2000 individual stitches, showcasing meticulous hand-sewn craftsmanship and durable detailing.
A throat cleansing gargle for ton silitis or quinsy uses bicarbonate of soda dissolved in boiling water with two drops of peppermint essence. Gargle while hot but not burning, repeat every four hours, and avoid going outdoors afterward to prevent throat irritation.
A New York lawyer recalls a youth memory of a dog faced boy act in a county seat upstate. He and his sister saved pennies for 25 cent admission but only one could enter, leaving the other to wait and hear details afterward. The sister returned terrified, unable to look at the dog faced performer.
A New York Globe cartoon caption notes a professor pursuing a fresh hypothesis about gasoline while a senior jokes it will blow up, just like his prior theories. The exchange captures campus-style skepticism toward unconventional science.
In a charged scene a bashful lover exclaims shock at a rival’s bold claim. The party pauses in alarm as the judge remarks and departs, sparing no time for questions. The confrontation centers on misread intentions and a vow of busy-ness that ends the exchange.
Stranger asks a bird shop owner about retailing imported canaries. The proprietor confirms the shop sells birds and the stranger wonders how canaries lose their tails, a curiosity note from a newspaper page.
A fragment recalls a couple united by war and love. The husband stays away to fight yet returns to a shared life, their marriage forming a quiet counterpoint to the conflict.
A quaint club notice from Cardiff cites the Pall Mall Gazette about a man who took three brushes from a color box. It warns he cannot paint poultry without the master hand and should return the brushes to their rightful owner.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a laxative to remove poisons from the system. It claims accumulated waste causes ailments and dizziness and promises relief by morning with a single dose.
General Michael Maunoury who led the army from Paris and checked von Kluck's right wing has given up the Paris governorship because of ill health. A shell fragment during an inspection tour a year ago blinded his left eye and broke his jaw.
Dr Theodore B Sach head of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium resigns and dies by poison at his Naperville private sanitarium. He blamed political interference and graft in the municipal hospital, prompting charity workers and sponsors to rally in protest. Take The Herald.
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