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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1921
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment recounts various names and places including Madison, Pleasant Ridge, Volga, and Indianapolis. It mentions meetings, marriages, tobacco sales, and court actions, with judges and officials named amid scattered dates and local references. The text weaves personal notices, societal events, and legal notes without coherent narrative.
The Jefferson County Historical Society held a winter meeting with notes on the county’s past. Speakers and officers were announced, including candidates for county offices and a long list of local appointments. Samuel Park, elderly resident and Civil War veteran, died at his Carmel Church area home after a paralytic stroke, leaving a widow and three sons.
A sworn affidavit by a Washington, Dee associate testified before a Senate panel investigating alleged summary executions of American soldiers overseas during World War I. George Taylor claimed twelve Pvt. soldiers were hanged near Is sur Tille, France, with unclear court martial involvement.
A garbledOCR style note discusses political futures and national direction. It mentions proposals, acceptance, and the idea of a new path amid a stalled status quo, referencing citizens and imagined leadership shaping a collective future.
Report states a New York submarine incident where a U S Navy crew escaped after a brief encounter. Three men were captured and held by shore guards for about twelve hours before the submarine was recovered and handed to authorities.
Marion reports that Dr. Eckart in Russiaville has severed the fifth optic nerve of Wo Thompson to treat tic. Thompson is reported to be recovering.
Paris announces France approves and welcomes the Quadruple Pacific agreement. A New York dispatch notes Postmaster General Hays did not confirm an invitation to head a national motion picture industry reorganization at 100000 dollars a year. A convoy truck overturned near the Kentucky river crossing with one injured.
Comrade A T Kelly of Rochester visits scenes from the Civil War era in Madison. He enlisted at Franklin in Co J of the 70th Indiana Infantry, served under ex President Benjamin Harrison, was wounded at Resaca, treated at Madison hospitals, and dug graves for fallen soldiers at the government cemetery near Fairmount.
Daniel Neal a 50 year old former tiverman died suddenly at the county house after a week there. Conner Henning held an inquest and ruled epilepsy as the cause. Neal, a Trimble county native, lived in Madison and worked on steamboats for years. His funeral arrangements are being made after his remains were taken to Trimble county. Mrs Rufus Davis and daughter Gertrude, who had been visiting Dayton, Ohio, left for their home in Wirt.
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Fragmentary OCR yields garbled voices about hair tonic and jail scenes with scattered phrases. The readable bits reference vibes and a mis-ordered dialogue, offering little coherent events or names to anchor a clear news item.
An unclear OCR passage contains garbled phrases about age, youth, and social themes. It references various names and terms like Windis, Ute, Peenty Ghd Ulathy, and Doty tet Ans vet Vouk, but compositional coherence is lost and readable facts are minimal.
Mrs. Baker of Mont doa reports a pest used as feed for birds and cane birds. The insect known as texebria obscurus Po Medeter, a large black beetle, infests canaries and mice causing significant losses. The pest has drawn attention from the state department of agriculture for control.
Autopsy on a hog found it died unexpectedly near Columbus from appendicitis. Dr. A A Trotter led the examination revealing the cause of death.
President Thorne Nos resumes topseteh riding cadence as he tours Cred, Potomec, and the Virginda hills, returning to the countryside with a steady pace and strong presence.
Washington December four power agreement pledges Great Britain Japan United States and France to respect each other in Pacific holdings and arbitrate differences. The accord has been formally approved and may be signed tonight or tomorrow according to relable reports.
Chester Stamps of Ft Wayne and four companions narrowly escaped injury when their car overturned in Marion. Stamps was badly bruised. The article notes the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane 1920 1921 budget of 367 207 and 1919 1920 budget of 326 933 with maintenance driven increases receipts rising to 26 250 from 18 031.
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