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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
4
Medicago Sativa the Latin name for alfalfa is hailed by Dr. Alexander Blackwood as nutritious and medicinal for humans after tests at Hahnemann Medical College. Seventeen students thrived on a plant based diet but experts warn it may not save money if it prompts six meals daily.
Arch Proffit of Owen County Kentucky confessed on the stand that the death of his four month old child was caused by his whipping it for crying from whooping cough. He was held to the grand jury after an examining trial and jailed without bond. Proffit’s wife said he whipped the child and battered her, and the exhumation uncovered finger marks on the throat. The father, believed mentally unbalanced, admitted the killing.
An ad touts Dr. King's New Life Pill to promote regular bowel movements improve digestion and appetite. It claims nightly use yields a morning relief and better wellbeing. The copy also notes 80,000 foreigners resident in Italy.
Fragmentary text warns against ointments containing mercury for catarah. Mentions physicians, Toledo, and a promotional tone for “Hairs Family Pills for constipation” with testimonials offered. Disjointed lines suggest an old advertisement or medical hoax.
Governor Ralston observed business leaders across the West praising Woodrow Wilson for his selfless leadership and political independence. He noted optimism for 1916 prospects, improving national business conditions, and strong coastal defense and internal development sentiment. The report closes with a local atlas oddity: Athens lacks an artificial limb factory, and a white ant species lays 86,400 eggs daily.
Chicago hearings reveal Captain Pederson recalling the Eastland listing and his order to open interior doors to let passengers off. He cites difficulty predicting capsizing and notes crew readiness and lines taunt while harbor master urged action.
John H. Thomas argues in Century Magazine that England dominates global carrying capacity with about 20 million tons, while Germany, America, Norway, France, Japan, Italy, and Finland trail. He notes half of US steam tonnage sails on the Great Lakes and that Norway plays a larger overseas role than its fleet size suggests.
U S population and livestock figures show Texas leading in mules with 758 000 and cattle at 5 121 000 while Iowa has 8 720 000 swine Texas leads overall in animals per state. Montana and Wyoming head the sheep list at about 4 400 000 each Rhode Island has 25 000 milk cows and Nevada 24 000 Wisconsin 1 626 000 head overall.
A London Chronicle remark notes Mr Hawker breaking a height record, reaching 20 000 feet. It compares human aviation to birds with the condor of the Andes capable of 27 000 feet, while English birds rarely exceed a few hundred feet.
The largest statue in the world is being carved in Japan as a recumbent Nichiren effigy from a natural eriomite rock on Ushigakuchi island in the Seto Inland Sea. The stone image will measure 240 feet from head to foot, surpassing Burma's sleeping Buddha and Egypt's sphinx.
The text notes coconut oil being used to create a condensed milk and a cocoanut oil cheese claimed to be chemically indistinguishable from dairy products. It also mentions coconut lard being favored by Mohammedans due to prohibition on hog-derived products.
In a University Club Washington address Francis Jenkins argued that film is the sole universal standard, unlike railway gauges and measurement units which vary by country, making motion picture film the same the world over.
Describes ulcer development with edge death center granulations and healing indicators. Emphasizes complete rest, bed confinement for leg ulcers, and improving general vitality. Recommends physician guided local antiseptic care and monitoring healing progress.
The Madison township trustee sets the 1916 expenditures and tax levies at total $18,248.75 with 1.15 percent total tax rate. It lists township 0.04, local tuition 0.25, special school 0.40, road 0.14, additional road 0.02, poor 0.02 and other items 0.28 per hundred dollars. Net taxable property totaled 1 367 260 with 515 polls.
The Trustee of Shelby township Jefferson county announces proposed annual expenditures and taxes for 1915 at an Advisory Board meeting to be held September 7 1915 at 1 pm in School District No 7. Items include township expenditures 950 dollars tax 16 cents per hundred, Local Tuition expenditures 1800 tax 30 cents per hundred, Road Tax 900 expenditures tax 15 cents per hundred, Poor expenditures 60 tax 1 cent per hundred, plus totals for all expenditures 5510 dollars and total tax 90 cents per hundred, with further items 416 135 and 200 355 for improvements and telegraph lines. mortgage exemption 42760 and total 618 640. Polls 240. Signed Lucius Lee Trustee August 2 1915.
James A. Carter sixty one years old died suddenly at his Evansville home after witnessing a fight between two Black men nearby. Coroner Neal Kerney ruled death due to shock. Carter, who sat on his porch, collapsed and died as one man slashed another. He leaves six children.
An advertisement urges sufferers to apply Sloan's Liniment to sore muscles and joints for rapid relief. It claims deep penetration to the seat of trouble with instant-like results and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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