15 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
1
In Louisville, Catherine May Burt-Jett and Nealie Watts died by suicide in separate incidents. Coroner Carter orders further investigation into Watts case before verdict. Watts, 28, and Burt-Jett, 24, were connected to local households on East Le Street and West Jefferson Street respectively.
A plainspoken editorial calls on every Hoosier to join the United States Food Club to support wartime relief and food programs. It urges citizens, clubs, and leaders to organize drives, raise funds, and promote national unity for postwar reconstruction.
A faded collage of advertisements offers a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure, with testimonials about F J Cheney and Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo banks and physicians. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills and humor about women smiling through tears and goats in Hawaii.
Mrs. Lute James received no telegram at noon today announcing the sudden death of Patrick Gavin at the Dayton Soldiers Home. He was in his sixty year. The funeral will be held Friday at one o'clock and the burial will be at the home. Gavin was a longtime resident of this city and left many friends who will regret his passing. He was a good soldier and citizen and industrious.
In Springharbor attorney rivals James Graham and Clyde Sommers clash over a misfired hog killing involving Miss Minnie Sherman. The judge dismisses for lack of evidence, but a later case yields a decisive win for Graham.
Bruce Landen returns home to bid farewell as he heads to training camp. Jane fears the departure will affect Bruce and Sheila arrives with sugar for a party plan. A planned gathering becomes a chance for Bruce to confess his feelings to Sheila despite grandmother’s rules.
In the hot Persian Gulf coastal resort of Bahbrela Island inhabitants lack fresh water and tap underground springs near the harbor. Divers descend with skin water bags to collect clean water as it wells up through the sand, knowledge passed down through generations. Marine Journal.
A red sunrise and lowering clouds in the morning forecast rain, as the Observer of Events and Things notes. The remark highlights a missed umbrella trip to the office as a humorous omen of wet weather.
Betty Barstow and Jerrome Gilbert fall in love amid wartime duties. Betty's pigeon post mission and Jerry Aldorphenar’s return converge when a carrier pigeon delivers Bettys heartfelt message. A dramatic reunion follows Jerrys return from the aviation front.
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