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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
1
An 1817 Madison Indiana entry notes a boat related matter on East Main Street with date December 20. The fragment references a boat and a matter possibly confusion or misdirection in the notice. The brief item appears in the Madison Herald with annual price and advance rate.
Numerous brief items report illnesses, travels, and local movements. Miss Mary Hersch near Louisville, Trene Goebel of Canaan road at her bedside, Mrs Flossie Estell visiting Cincinnati friends, and several residents returning home from trips. Military train updates include aviation section entry and officers assigned to Port Arthur and San Antonio. A young worker injured at Bear Brothers plant faces recovery.
Miss Mildred Bertha Hummel and Wallace O. McKeand wed in a 7 o clock ceremony at St Michael s church rector Rev Mo Oll Guthneck officiating. Attendants were the bride s brother Albert E Rummel and Miss Margaret Hummel. A wedding dinner followed at the bride s parents home on East Fourth Street then a reception. The couple plan a quick move to join the Arlington corps and depart for Toledo on the afternoon train, as friends note.
The December meeting of John Paul Chapter Do A R was held yesterday afternoon on Third and Poplar streets. The parlors were decorated with paraset tas flags and red candies in silver holders. Attendance was low due to extreme cold but the gathering was enjoyable with Mrs Barber singing and Mrs Rea giving a Christmas read.
The text presents a highly garbled OCR passage with random names, phrases, and disjointed sentences. It lacks coherent events or identifiable news items to summarize into a clear story.
The document recounts a domestic scene in the Bowser home with Mrs Bowser blaming Mr Bowser for misplacing clothing chores. Mr Bowser complains about missing shirt buttons and socks while boasting of removable metal buttons. The quarrel escalates as Mrs Bowser urges him to delegate laundry duties and warns about inviting his mother.
The 60 head of cattle and hogs aboard the Royal were sold to decal people and cattle buyers since maintaining them on the boat was impractical and owners declined to rail them. About 50 passengers witnessed the trip from Carrollton on the Oliva with three hours to cross due to slow headway from freezing river. The Ohio River at Henderson Ky is frozen for the first time in 23 years and the city wharf boat sank Monday night, likely a total loss.
A fragment from a Chicago News item frames a classroom exchange about grammar and gender of the word phonograph. The pupil responds with masculine and feminine hints, reflecting confusion amid a murder context.
A Philadelphia Ledger item presents a playful exchange about an aviator born in Greece to a German father and Welsh mother who, if he fell from 1,000 feet, would land as a Russian. The humorous question underscores language and nationality wordplay.
Jock Robinson, after a jovial spell with bean companions, boarded a street car and soon fell asleep. He awakened when the conductor announced Robinson Street, and he replied that it had not been treated last time. The incident was noted in the Argo nautical column.
In a Stray Stories vignette a wife urges her husband to assist a young woman needing help raising a window. The husband responds with mortification yet compliance, highlighting traditional domestic roles in a railway setting.
A clipped verse style reflection from the Cleveland Plain Dealer describes missed chances and prideful losses. The speaker notes failures to provoke laughter, charm a pretty girl, or own a prized horse, only to recount a fatal tumble as someone else wins.
An evening Arab wedding procession in Algiers draws crowds as the father of the groom leads a sober white-clad group while torches flare red and green and musicians follow. The groom, mounted on a nervous horse, loses stirrups and reins as friends cheer and a comic scene unfolds before the bride and her companions depart for the new home.
An elderly railroad engineer explains the risks of riding near doors or on the sides of cars. He prefers the middle seats for safety, noting the dangers of being near side swipes, potential telescoping, and the comfort of avoiding wheel and truck bumps.
In a New York emporium a young shopper admires robes de nuit on a Hugerie aisle. She asks the price, then inquires about guarantees. The clerk replies with a wry line, Do you guarantee them You can't wear them out.
A Malay gentleman muses that cleanliness defines manners though some cultures eat with their hands. An American guest questions forks, prompting a witty exchange: the Malay defends finger cleanliness while doubting forks. The anecdote highlights cultural differences in etiquette and self-policing of hygiene.
A playful dialogue contrasts Pat and Tirence as Pat questions flight and Terence explains gravitation. The exchange centers on the mystery and power of gravity and how little Pat understands the physics behind flight.
Indiana Governor Goodrich and Republican officials push for civilian Harry Bo Smith to be made brigadier general amid a state office probe. Secretary of War Baker says appointing civilians to field command is unwise, stressing risk to troops and national security.
George W. Braden, athlete director at Camp Meade, has been chosen by the Italian government as physical director of the Italian army. He will head a corps of American instructors in Rome to teach Italian soldiers American athletics to improve conditioning against German and Austrian attacks.
A memorial note marks two months since Mrs Maggie Dewar died with lines praising her as a loving mother. Her children Mattie Bell and Hubert Anderson express grief and seek comfort in faith. A concluding quip about a thief and a shoeman appears as a stray joke.
Louis W. Bellamy at the Farmers' Warehouse calls tobacco growers to twist Burley tobacco, tie and tag with name and address, then forward a box to his son Ned aboard the U S Neptune to be distributed to sailors. He notes the Burley twist is in demand and scarce and promises an acknowledgment from the Jackie who receives the packages.
A letter from W. L. Miles of Kansas City reports he has served as Superintendent of the American Life and Accident Insurance Company for years with his son L. Harley Miles as Vice President and Manager. He mentions his rheumatic wife using crutches and hopes to visit Madison next spring, sending best wishes to friends.
Merry Monarch owned by Purdue University sold for 205 a pound to the American Short horn Breeders Association. The animal weighed 1610 pounds and was donated to the American Red Cross, which resold it to Armour & Co. for 3381 dollars, a record 2.10 a pound.
The Board of Trustees awarded numerous supply contracts on December 11 1917 at Southeastern Hospital including Groceries to Elmer E Scott Co Geiger Fishbach Sprague Warner Co Cereals to Elmer E Scott Co John C Grouch Co Cudahy Packing Co Swift Co Provender to W Trow Co Indianap olis Abattoir Co Arctic Overshoes to C A Stanton s Cons Dry Goods to N Horuff Sons Hardware to VanCamp Hardware Laib Co Lodge Hardware Central Supply Electrical Supplies to Varney Electrical Supply Turpentine to Indianapolis Paint & Color Co Drugs to J E Harper Co Lukin Co Wagons to Chas Fischer. The dispatch also reports President Wilson plans to replace Gen John J Pershing with Gen Thomas H Barry as Commander in Chief in France with Barry to succeed him over there.
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