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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
5
Public health guidance warns readers to avoid others showing coughs and colds. The text promotes home remedies and over the counter products available at druggists, with warnings about contagious illnesses and urges caution for those with influenza like symptoms.
Joseph Hornung and daughters Thelma and Josephine visit brother in law Henry Schneider on Jefferson street. Julia Dixon heads to Memphis to attend the funeral of her niece Mrs William Sampson. Miss Ethel Corrie returns home near Indianapolis after visiting relatives. Lightning strikes Corn Creek Baptist Church in Trimble county but no damage. Rev J H Barnard returns from New York. R F Stanton elected president of the board of trustees at the Masonic Temple. Helen Holzhauer returns from visits to Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Caroline Rousch returns from Indianapolis with Mrs Anna Berger as guest for weeks. Doc McGuire heads to Cincinnati for crew. Several Madison residents visit Lancaster, Indianapolis, and Danville relatives. George Phillips funeral party returns from Indianapolis. Tom Tarpy visits Madison and stays at Broadway Hotel.
Milwaukee speech by Franklin D Roosevelt argues American endorsement of the League would save Poland and halt Russian advances without U S troops. The remarks came on the first day of his Western trip amid broader political sparring.
Governor James M. Cox opened his Democratic presidential campaign in Toledo at Camp Perry amid large crowds. He pledged to promote wartime bravery rewards for deserving soldiers and predicted national support for peace. Cox, a skilled marksman, joined in the day’s rifle competition and received warm cheers from workers and attendees.
A family reunion held yesterday at Mrs. Nancy Robinsons Fillmore street home brought together relatives for the first time in seventeen years. A pleasant day included a delicious dinner with attendees from Canton Indianapolis Cincinnati and local households.
Senator McGregor reports Madison Library proposes a county wide library of about 10 000 volumes open to all residents funded by a 3 cent tax rate per hundred dollars outside Madison. A County Library Board will oversee operations with two appointees plus city and county librarians. The tax is projected to raise about 3900 dollars for 192.
Fowler Indiana August 12 Benton Review adds details to the disappearance of Lee W Kelley manager of the Raub Grain Company Elevator who left about 70000 in shortages. The Benton piece links Warren T McCray Republican gubernatorial candidate to the affair as part of related gambling debts. Simmons of Sawyer Grain Company is Kelley’s creditor and neighbor to McCray. Officials of Raub refuse payment citing gambling debts and potential legal action is possible but unlikely.
Madison Sewing Club members gathered Wednesday evening at Chautauqua Park under Miss Etta Hoffstadt for a pleasant picnic. The group enjoyed a shade of great trees and a lunch, followed by a social gathering with members listed.
The American Red Cross plans to extend rural welfare work to towns and counties with populations under 000. Through Rural Service, chapters provide health education, recreational programs, and community organizing to raise living standards and unite areas for shared progress.
American Junior Red Cross drives aid to war drifted Europe. They run orphans homes in France and colonies in Belgium Montenegro and Albania. Thousands of children receive schooling in Constantinople Beirut and France while funds reach millions.
The American Red Cross aided Balkan states with six million dollars in food clothing and medical supplies since relief began. It financed hospitals orphanages dispensaries mobile units and reconstruction while sending tractors and farming tools. By year end most Red Cross agencies will withdraw as locals assume self support. Gothic architecture is noted as a solution to vaulting.
A cleaned list of ticket positions and candidates including President Janes Mota and Franklin D. Roosevelt for VP, Thomas Taggart for governor, Samuel M. Foster for lieutenant governor, Charles W. Bartheles for secretary, George Greeorpe for attorney general, George Madison for treasurer, Adeline Wats for superintendent of public instruction, Elbert McSwan and Spencer Coasts for supreme court judges, John Coverdesite for congress, Simeon Bo Leland for judge, James Ko Pangbede for prosecuting, Emra D. Porter for joint representative, John W. Driggs for clerk, Andrew W. Blake for treasurer, Herman E. Bowman for recorder, Henry C. Payne for sheriff, Edward A. Coleman for upper district commissioner, and Jacob L. Kleopfer for lower district commissioner.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by acting through the blood. It promises a $100 reward for any case unsolved by the remedy and urges immediate use with testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Ohio. The piece also notes Democrats offering a reward for proof of funds to attend Cox notification ceremonies amid a row in a local delegation.
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