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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
6
An article by Dr. Robert Abbe links mouth cancer to tobacco use. Of 100 cases studied, 90 men smoked or chewed tobacco while only 10 patients were women. The report notes cancer often started where tobacco touched the cheek or tongue and urges reducing tobacco use.
The biannual Indiana fisheries and game department report summarizes hatchery work at Brookville Wawasee and Tri Lakes planting 6.45 million pike perch fry and bass releases, softer mussel profits, and $141,488 two year hunting fishing license revenue. It notes county lake sizes Kosciusko 9900 acres Steuben 9773 and total inland lakes 47 168 acres.
In Ashland Kentucky on August 5 Mrs. Sallie Pigg aged forty, despondent over narcotic restrictions under a new anti narcotic law, leaped before a C. and O. train and was decapitated. Vincennes James Johnson of Bicknell faces arrest for allegedly abusing his crippled son and wife by horse whipping. Brasil sets August 28 for local option election in Washington township Clay county, dry prior to vote.
The notice advises strengthening general health to prevent frequent colds. It recommends avoiding overeating, keeping elimination organs normal, taking frequent baths, sleeping in a cold ventilated room, avoiding crowds, maintaining clean teeth and throat, and breathing clean air.
A proposal outlines establishing a sugar factory in Zaaodam Hollandie as the United States allocates about 500 million dollars annually for medicines.
The article explains swift action for severe abdominal wounds including rapid doctor call, elevating the bed foot, keeping body heat with hot bottles or mustard over the heart, and giving hot coffee as a stimulant to help the patient rally before medical care arrives.
A humorous courtroom scene unfolds as a flour coated man is accused and replies with a baker mis identification. An officer recalls a white cloud and a mistaken danger while the man explains he is Billposter after an accidental flour hose incident.
A poet in Kansas City confesses declining royalties in a playful exchange. The line about a penny for thoughts signals humor as the speaker reflects on earnings and fame.
A brief, reflective item notes a woman breaking a mirror linked to bad luck and a lack of concern for the club, with the Globe-Democrat indicating superstition and worry in a concise local blurb.
A Washington Star quip contrasts a Turk’s famed abstinence with his rug designs. Uncle Bill Bottle tops remarks on the paradox and suggests even total abstainers can create unusual Turkish patterns.
A short verse counsels a bride to heed wishes for success and to persist if at first she fails. The speaker references Pittaburgh Presa in a quaint rhymed line.
A Boston Transcript quip notes a baseball fan on shipboard remarking that as the vessel pitched passengers shifted from fear to chasing a home run, using weather as a humorous backdrop.
A brief excerpt urges caution in consuming mushrooms, advising readers to examine specimens carefully and observe for any changes or sickness the next day to avoid misidentification.
A short dialogue on perception and invention opens with questions about the world and love. The exchange contrasts worldly wonders with intimate motives, ending with a reflection on whether life itself or the lover’s mind drives human affairs.
An ominous vow appears in a clipped exchange cited by The Herald and Omaha Bee about a milkman witness facing a “fitting fate.” The dialogue implies violence as a consequence of giving testimony, reflecting provocative crime-era rhetoric.
Dr. James B. Angell, at eighty seven, backs a campaign to raise $1,000,000 for a Michigan Union at Ann Arbor. The project aims to create a cosmopolitan student clubhouse with a pool, meeting rooms, dormitories, and amenities to democratize campus life for 6,800 students. Alumni pledge $250,000 endowment. October campaign launches with 2,000 graduates mobilized.
The Georgia senate approved a measure banning whites from teaching in newry black schools statewide, effective immediately if House passage occurs. The policy targets schools funded by northern philanthropists and led by white administrators sent by governing societies, including Spellman Seminary in Atlanta supported by John D. Rockefeller. The bill mirrors a Kentucky law upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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