This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
2
Madison residents welcome relatives from Indianapolis Terre Haute and Cincinnati for Christmas. Local students and professors return home while the Eagle Cotton Mills gifts workers flour. A school board decision appoints Eliza B. Sheldon as grammar school principal. The noon mail brings record bags and gifts for friends and kin.
Eight members of Battery FE 139th Field Artillery, formerly Co. 1 4th Indiana Infantry, stationed at Camp Shelby Mississippi, arrived home at 2 AM to spend Christmas with relatives. The men rode an interurban from Louisville to Scottsburg and an auto to Madison, amid reveille by Trumpeter Steigerwald and bugle calls as each reached home. Only five days furloughs were allowed after a box draw, leaving eight Madison and Jefferson county men still in the group. Government inspections, wool uniforms, and photo sessions occurred last week, hinting at possible deployment to France, though no move is anticipated by the Madison unit.
The Madison city council met with all members and Mayor Crozier. A $500 warrant for Madison Public Library Association was approved on full stock assessment. An ordinance of $400 for bond interest payments was passed unanimously. Various bills for Streets, Water, Fire, Markets, and Miscellaneous items were approved. The Mayor was authorized to sign a new injunction bond for the Johnson Contract case. The meeting adjourned after routine business.
The Indianapolis venue voices pride in a two day war conference led by Former Governor Rateton and French Lieutenant Perigord. Speakers urge broad public involvement, backing President Wilson, and rally Indiana to support soldiers at the front and the war economy at home.
At the Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4 regular meeting last night officers for the ensuing term were elected. President Al G Winter View President Nicholas Shultz Jr Secretary John Kalb Treasurer Frank de Schram Chief Frank Jo Schram Assistant Chief Peter L Hoagland First Ves Director Frank Voe ker Second Hose Director Jacob Lin enweber First Pipesman John Schroeder Second Pipesman Edward Smith Trustees William Dietz Charles schhmidt Frank Sheets Drivers A G Winter Peter Hoagland Henry Johann Witham Schnabel.
A verse by Vincent Kirk contrasts the stingy rich with the neighborly man who helps others. It condemns self serving wealth and praises cheerful giving as God’s measure of fame. The Lazarus parable is invoked to urge compassion for the poor in society.
At a Madison Board of Trustees meeting last night Miss Helen Holzhauer was appointed stenographer to Supt. Long replacing Mrs. Wallace McKeand formerly Miss Mildred Hummel who resigned. Holzhauer previously worked as a stenographer at the P. J. Quinn store, is a Madison High School graduate, and is described as talented and capable.
A wireless message from Maastricht reports a fire at the Krupp Gun Works. The extent of the damage is not yet confirmed and no official statement has been issued.
Indiana editors gather in Indianapolis for the state war conference with Will Hays urging total unity and support for President Wilson and Governor Hardwick in winning the war. He stresses home front peace and wholehearted political backing of the war effort to mobilize public opinion.
A long list of visitors arrives in Madison for Christmas. Families host relatives from Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Detroit, and beyond while locals welcome guests from Boston and Greensboro. The Thomas Graham Co. also gives employees a week's salary as a Christmas gift.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.