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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
5
Items record travel for work and family visits, confirmations of attendance at events, and several obituaries. Notables include Mrs Ida Wynne’s death after gallstone surgery, Mr and Mrs Charles Kuppler visiting, and General services for the late AL Weyer with burial at Springdale cemetery.
Clarence Morrow resigns as clerk at Marks & Benson to take a similar post at Schuster Bros in Anderson. After nine years with the Madison firm, he is praised as a top clerk and plans to move his wife and two children to Anderson next month.
Luella McWhirtter of Tidampessy and president of the Indiana Federation of labs thanks The Herald for support of Madisin as a police woman in Indianapolis. She praises Mrs Logan and the young women influenced by the appointment.
The thirty first annual Old Settlers meeting at Liberty will be held Thursday August 25 2005 with Holton brass band and Will Denny's choir. Speakers include Elder J W Lanham Manville J K Ferguson Vevay Judge Thompson Versailles Elder M R Scott Osgood Rev W P Martin Dupont Rev W T Seburn North Madison Guy Pender Saluda Elder F P Smith Madison Rev Virgil Thompson Madison readings by Charles Lemen Ida Monroe Mattie Denny Gladys Canter Bernice Suter Katie Spicer. Open at 10 30 A M with band concert and refreshments. John Paugh Chairman John Housefield Secretary.
Reports from the Panama Canal Zone indicate Colonel George W. Goethals expects to permit shallow draft vessels through by next December. Dredges will replace steam shovels in the Culebra Cut as work continues toward an opening date around January 1, 1918.
The report outlines Colonel Goethals guiding a large dredging effort with 15 dredges and 12.00.0000 cubic yards monthly, while top-hill erosion and water jets reshape the terrain. Gatun lake water levels rise to 71 feet by Oct 19, 1930, with plans to blow the Gamboa dam and regulate flow to deepen Culebra cut. By Dec 1 1913 water stands at 74.2 feet, final height 85 feet expected by December 1913, allowing ships 20 to 25 feet draft and canal completion by Jan 1, 2918 for global navy use.
Lee Moser, a banker in St. Louis, devises a tipping method by opening a savings account in a waitress’s name and depositing when service is especially good. He believes he has created ideal patronage, with only that waitress serving him. The piece notes a quirky moral about feeding turkeys but ties it to the scheme.
Born to Stanley Derrington and wife August 16 a daughter. Camp meeting at Beynateburgh praised as the best on the dear old grounds. Love Thomas and wife Opel with sister Mrs J W Shadday at Holton. Mrs Ella Churchill and children returned to Indianapolis after a visit. Mrs Nannie B Wildman visiting daughter Mrs Ben Johne at Big Creek. James Thomas remains in poor health.
Aug 18 market notes show corn and oats prices through billing with various grades. Livestock quotes list steers heifers cows bulls and calves with range of weights and feeding quality. Hogs receipts and sales, eggs flour hay oats corn seeds and wool prices noted, plus local obituaries and a brief mention of slow separator speed in skim milk processing.
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