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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
1
A wave of attacks sweeps southern Ireland on November 30. Seventeen Blick and Tan cadets ambushed near Kilmichael, fifteen killed, one fatally wounded, one missing. Cork City Hall burned, $1,000,000 loss. Sinn Fein Club in Cork destroyed, as other reprisals burn houses and a store.
New York reports Ro Wilmer Bolling brother in law of President Wilson denied under oath before Congress that he helped obtain any shipbuilding contract. He rejected having knowingly received part of a 140000 dollar fee alleged by Wallace Downey. Bolling testified Sands paid him 600 dollars profit for building Sands' house and refused a share of a 1000 dollar fee claimed by Sands from shipbuilders.
Members of Congress from agricultural states discussed an emergency plan to provide immediate relief from a price panic causing financial embarrassment. Senator Capper of Kansas said the program would be ready for submission when Congress reconvenes next Monday.
Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese delegation, said Japan will not press the racial equality resolution at the current session. The report notes global tensions and economic profiteering amid the league events.
Mrs Brenninger of New York reports RAT-SNAP as the only rat poison that prevents odors after killing. It comes in handy cakes, requires no mixing, and avoids dirty hands making it ideal for household use. Three sizes priced 35c 65c and 195. Guaranteed by J E GF As Reidel Bros Elmer Ady.
Boston on November 30 Charles Ponzi the get rich quick financier was sentenced to serve five years in Plymouth county jail after arraignment in the United States circuit court and pleading guilty to using the mails in a fraud scheme.
Senator Norris of Nebraska faces a Senate agriculture meeting set for 3 o clock today. The gathering marks the first in a series of conferences between Senate and House members to craft a relief program for farmers.
The Clifford Inn, oldest Chancery inn, will be offered for sale by auction after six centuries. The first records date to 1810 with the grant to Baron Clifford by Edward II. It was leased to law students in Edward VI's reign and hosted judges in 1666 to decide land disputes.
In Connersville a woman summoned for jury service in the magistrate court refused to serve saying she had dishes to wash and housework to do and would not return a just verdict if forced. Mrs R W Clements had been visiting in Newport Kentucky and her granddaughter Elizabeth Clements had been visiting Linda Clements at Oxford College Ohio and arrived home on last night’s train. The piece ends with a quip about deaf mutes and a chest protector as a present for a miser.
Indianapolis November 30 authorities ordered the arrest of Carl Itfenbach supervisor Marion West hoisting engineer and David Carroll foreman of the contracting firm that operated the derrick blamed for the Manuel Training High School collapse. Two workers were killed and twenty injured in the incident.
London reports heightened police precautions after a time bomb exploded wrecking a downtown building near London Bridge with no casualties. Two other unexploded bombs were found in city structures. In other news, His Name circle of the King's Daughters met at Mrs. Vail’s home to plan Tag Day on December 4 and coordinate with Emma Scott circle on a municipal Christmas tree project.
The Thanksgiving offering totaled 86.50, with 2 deducted for future envelopes, leaving 84.50 to be split equally between Drusilla Home and the King's Daughters Hospital. Checks of 42.25 were sent to each treasurer. Rev. Moody and family are moving to Bloomfield Indiana for a pastorate. Friends gathered at the station to bid farewell.
An advertisement promotes RAT-SNAP cakes that kill rats and mice and control odors from carcasses. It claims guaranteed effectiveness and lists sizes 6He and 85e CE with quantities for pantry kitchens cellars coops out-buildings farms and factories. Sold by J. Elc. Harper & Co. Reidel Bros. Elmer K. Scott & Co. Ady.
The Indiana state coal commission will continue regulating the coal industry as before the federal court decision, but will refrain from action against the two firms that challenged the commission. Chairman Jesse Fachbach said regulation will proceed, at least tentatively, for other companies as prior.
The governor elects committee from Indiana led by McCray visited the Springfield capital to study the Illinois budget system. State Senator Watts Representative Barker and Fred Rolinson formed the panel to prepare a sample budget system for the state legislature.
President Wilson informed President Hymans of the League of Nations Assembly that he has no authority to employ United States military forces in the Armenian relief project yet is willing to undertake personal mediation through a representative to end hostilities.
London authorities report discovered plots to blow up the electric power houses supplying the city. The targets are heavily guarded as officials weigh security measures and public safety.
Mrs Florence M Quinn widow of William M Quinn a respected Madison resident dies at age around 63 at her north Walnut street home after a lengthy illness. She belonged to Second Baptist Church Household of Ruth and the Order of the Eastern Star. Survived by three sons John Vinton Holland Harry Holland and John Quinn all of whom are in Chicago Jackson Ohio and Portsmouth Ohio funeral set for Thursday at 2 pm at Second Baptist Church with burial in Springdale Cemetery.
Samuel W. Grossman aged about 63 or 64 died of blood poisoning from an infected finger at Southeast Hospital after a short illness. He had worked as an attendant there since May and left a widow, one son Carl, and several siblings. The obituary notes his Ohio birth, long Ripley county residence, and civic standing, with relatives and local notices of daily life following the death.
The Jefferson County Red Cross Chapter thanks those who renewed memberships and donors who supported the drive. Acknowledgment notes renewals overlooked due to misunderstandings and commits funds split with 50 percent to National headquarters for administration and disaster relief. donations will fund local work.
Prices for poultry eggs butter and gourds appear with many garbled captions. Includes wholesale hay and grain prices with timothy hay oat straw and corn per bushel. A stray aphorism about wealth and pills closes the fragment.
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