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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
2
August 12 2015 notice from Madison Indiana lists a State Central Committee meeting at the Denison Hotel Indianapolis on August 21 at 10 o clock. United States Senators Congressmen the Governor and other state officials will attend to discuss the new primary law and the new rules for the state organization.
Three travelers from Los Angeles set out for El Centro in a car. A radiator evaporated leaving no water. Roche and Welsh searched for a mirage believed to be the Salton Sea. Welsh died, Roche survived after drinking lubricating oil. Clarke summoned aid from Mineral Springs.
Berlin reports Emperor William has issued a new rule allowing him to be godfather to any seventh son even if the mother has had multiple marriages. The change relaxes the previous limit requiring the seventh son be from a single marriage and only if seven sons are living.
Berry Bellamy of Madison reports severe back pain and kidney discomfort relieved by Dean's Kidney Pills from Rogers' drug store. He praises quick relief and notes the product costs 50 cents at all dealers. Prepared by Forester Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
In Jeffersonville Indiana on August 6 Horace Wrighthouse was shot through both legs at the Mosier home near Milee Landing on the Ohio River two miles from Bethlehem. William Mosier, sponsor of the weapon, fled and had not yet been arrested. Wrighthouse is seriously wounded and both men are about thirty years old.
Indiana reports 641 students in summer home project work guided by 21 paid teachers. Supervisors track time, costs, and miles traveled, with outcomes including lower family bread costs, increased student health, and early profits from gardens. The program, led by Z M Smith and reported to Charles S. Greathouge, aims to show long term benefits of year round agricultural education.
A mixed excerpt reports on a Shanghai event with Western gymnasium drills and performances by students from several schools, followed by a 1916 Monroe township budget notice. The Monroe township section lists proposed expenditures for the year, tax rates, and property valuations, issued by Trustee W. L. Denny on August 5, 1915.
Testing experiences in corn growing canning poultry pig raising dairy cattle marketing and related data will be better told in the coming fall or early winter as actual financial results become available.
Governor Ralston designates Friday October 1 as the second Disease Prevention Day in Indiana urging public schools and civic groups to promote health. He stresses good health as a paramount issue and the anchor of a true civilization.
Acute indigestion advice recommends rapid, repeated water intake to dislodge irritants, followed by resting the patient. As symptoms ease, suck ice chips for comfort and sip diluted brandy in water or ice to steady weakness while awaiting a doctor. The text urges quick action and self care before professional help arrives.
The Indianapolis News notes a new rapid fire gun tested by the U S Army designed for water cooling to extend firing, capable of about 60 shots per minute with a 2500 round belt. It uses a recoil mechanism and tripod mounting for aircraft defense amid World War II era reports.
Plans for mammoth coal storage at Cristobal and Balboa on the Panama Canal line include basins of reinforced concrete with 290000 and 160000 ton capacities. Most coal to be stored underwater for wartime use, with half above water for regular commercial and government vessel needs. Leasing of basin space to private coal firms possible with government handling and service charges.
Madison Chautauqua committee meets August 7 1915 to declare Farmers Day a permanent annual feature for farmer instruction entertainment and rest. The organization covers all costs and one admission for the day with a reception committee named and a 1916 committee to be formed at a 10 am meeting.
Fragmentary text shows unrelated phrases and garbled names about vacations hunting and places. The readable parts mention lines that look like distorted proper nouns and isolated words, offering no clear event or person to report.
A historic census notes Indian reservations in New York from 1919. It lists population totals, land use, and crop cultivation by tribes including St. Regis Onondaga Tuscarora and others, with figures for acreage under cultivation and per capita cultivated land. It also records literacy and language data and patterns of white presence within reservations.
In Superior Court Judge Robert VanAtta's session Mrs. Margaret Springer of Chicago bid $143,000 to purchase the Muncie Normal Institute. Costs may raise total near $170,000 as the school reorganizes. Charles S. Whelan of Madison Wisconsin joins as a prime mover, with Prof. M D Kelly remaining head of the institute.
Federalshure resident Noah Jones reports an unusual apple tree between Federalshure and Wheatles with four main branches pointing north south east and west. Last year the north south branches bore fruit while east and west were bare. this year the pattern reversed with east and west laden and north south bare. Take Theeralds.
A New Jersey boy named Max testifies in court after his mother states she forced him from their home following an adenoids operation. Judges arrange a stable living plan with Max living with Charles Elwood in Passaic while the mother seeks a safe future for him. Max says he has found work at Standard Oilcloth Company and wants to become self supporting, expressing love for his mother.
Greenville resident Arthur Ware completed a twenty mile voyage in a bathtub on the Tar river. He launched the tub in Greenville wearing a bathing suit after sending his clothes to Washington and arrived safely. He won a $50 bet.
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