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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
4
An item reports Mes Bresus, age 12, moving with family to a new home and facing wartime hardship. The piece notes women and children enduring shortages as factories stay open, with references to strained supplies and uncertain futures for households amid the war effort.
A fragmented tale centers on a Duster player during a village marble contest and an incident near Round Hill. Merl Monteer and others encounter a stomach issue prompting veterinary intervention after pine marbles are involved.
Frightened observers report a periscope sighting from a German submarine near London waters affecting 800 men of the North Sea fleet. Winter health woes and a spring cleansing ad touts Electric Bitters as a remedy to boost kidneys liver and bowels.
Chicago reports Jess Willard says he will seek 30000 for defending his heavyweight title, matching the 30000 paid to Jack Johnson for Havana bout. He also paid wrestler Charles Cutler 1200 and after prior judgment of 2500 Cutler, Milwaukee, was reduced by compromise.
County Treasurer Carl Lauenstein and companions were eggs thrown at their auto near the First Avenue bridge as Rev. W N Dresel and Rev Jacob Vister accompanied them. Sheriff Habbe opened an investigation but officers report no clew.
Washington reports Mrs Wil lira Cumming Story of New York is re elected President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution by a vote of 65 to AGL Mrs George Thatcher Garmsey of Kansas is named vice president. Indiana delegates split on the president general race and Frances Robertson the retiring State Regent voted for Mrs Guernsey. New Indiana law limits funerals for contagious disease deaths to private services with only relatives minister and assistants present. Disinterment requires State Board of Health permission.
Springfield Ill April 22 The State Supreme Court denies cities the right to collect a wheel tax on cars used solely for pleasure Justice Craig writes that the state license fee already taxes these vehicles and a municipal tax would amount to double taxation All Justices concur noting substantial revenue losses for Illinois cities Chicago alone faces an estimated annual shortfall near 709000
The Rev. Cornelius G. Prather officiated a double wedding at 422 Locust Street Jeffersonville. Herman H. Allen and James T. Allen, both from Bethlehem, Ind, married Miss Evin M. Bower and Mrs Edith M. Ross respectively. Edith M. Schlichter, once Ada McClotyre, is mother of one child. Bower is father of another. The story ties to a Bethlehem murder case from 1908 involving Fred Wilson Sr. and Jr., who were convicted in Madison after a venue change.
A Greencastle scientist offers a new theory attributing Europe’s war to weather changes. He claims heavy cannonading drives moisture to explosion regions causing rainfall in France and Belgium, snow in the Carpathians, fog at the Dardanelles, and drought in the United States.
President Wilson signed an order to begin construction of a government railroad system in Alaska. The Alaska Northern road will be bought by the government and extended to Fairbanks, totaling 471 miles from Resurrection Bay, with a branch into the Matanuska coal field.
The Alaska Northern route via Susitna valley and Fairbanks will be built under government oversight to secure semianthracite coal for navy use. The Alaska Northern railway will cost about 1.15 million dollars, cover 71 miles, and open land for agriculture, mining, and settlement, while Copper River line bids were higher.
The Bargersville Christian church congregation bought a lot in northwest Bargersville for a new church with construction costs estimated at $12 000. In Brazil John Carter 53 a coal miner died Wednesday from injuries in an accident at West Side Coal Company's mine leaving a widow three sons and a daughter.
Market closes next Tuesday with buyers staying to handle remaining business. Prices across grades are reported strong, with a top of 29c and a low of 2c and an average near 8c. Total season sales approach 7.5 million pounds, though figures are estimates and not exact.
Hartford City reports four year old Iarl Carson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Carson, was injured fatally when he fell from a second story window to the sidewalk, striking his head. the inspector position remains unfilled and all fees are to be paid by the city.
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