31 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
1
A raid on a prison craps game uncovered counterfeit half dollars made of babbitt metal and linked to a larger counterfeiting plant inside the penitentiary in Jefferson City Missouri authorities said today.
Residents of Gary Indiana plan an old fashioned ice carnival on New Year’s Day with ice races and winter sports to raise funds for charity. The event emphasizes community spirit and seasonal entertainment.
Prices listed for corn hay oats and livestock categories in Indianapolis market report dated December 26. Includes No 2 red and No 3 white corn futures, hay graded from good to prime, cattle and hog receipts with bid ranges, and bulk weight bands across items. Strong price ranges shown for feed and livestock categories.
In Kellogg Iowa the Ladies Aid of the Christian church picked an acre of Charles Millers corn in two hours, earning 50.40 dollars after 80 cents a bushel plus 6 cents per husked bushel donations. The effort funds the church society.
News Agency dispatches report the Austrian army dissolving with thousands surrendering. Russians hold German forces along the lower Vistula and Pilica rivers as Austrian and German attacks fail. France and Britain plan to occupy Constantinople, while U.S. warning to Britain over shipping is praised in Berlin. The battlefront grimly continues with storms hindering combat. France occupies St George near Nieuport as allies advance in Argonne. A Russian cruiser, not the North Carolina, threatened bombardment amid protests aboard the Askold.
Deputy U S Marshals arrested Frank Kiser Hilton Redman E E Talbott and George Ebrohart in Terre Haute as part of a widening election fraud probe bringing total arrests to one hundred.
Washington reports another cold wave with a forecast drop of about thirty degrees in the upper Mississippi valley. Temperatures may near zero tonight as winds shift to the northwest and blow gale force.
A fierce blizzard hits London and countryside causing many deaths and widespread disruption. Rail traffic is crippled shipping at a standstill and telegraph lines are down as snow renders roads impassable in rural districts.
Congressman Mann of Illinois introduced in the House a bill to create a Tariff Commission. The measure, expected to gain broad Republican support, provides a five member body with each member paid $10,000 annually and the Secretary $6,000. The item closes with a testimonial about Dean’s Ointment curing eczema.
Dr D B Loring brother of Judge Loring of Valparaiso Ind died today. Several local names appear in Christmas and visiting notices including Jesse Perkinson in Milton Ky visiting his father Sam Perkinson, Roba Perkingon accompanying home, Iola and Gladys Stewart with Mrs Otis Green in Middle Fork Ind, Melvin Green and Willie Abbott marriage near Carmel. Mrs Sallie Murphy Pryor Hill School teacher visited Miller s Branch Ky. Alfred Peelman and wife visiting Shelbyville Ind. Mrs Cora Melton listed as sick.
Mrs Nanahc B Widman and daughter Bess shopped in Madison on Monday. J W Hash and Grover Adam were in Versailles on Tuesday. Eugene Wildman and Cleudia Thomas left for Alabama. Lizzie Jordan traveled to Indianapolis to spend Christmas with her parents and relatives. Theodore Donavan visited Dupont Thursday. Rev E W Scarber preached here Sunday morning and night. Jesse Thomas made a business trip to Madison on Wednesday. Prof Harry Dannecker and wife of Sullivan County visit relatives here. Lou and Clarence Adams visiting relatives in Illinois. Mont Manning made a business trip to Dupont Thursday. Chas Adam and wife of Indianapolis spent Christmas with his parents T P Adam and wife. Bert Jordan was in Dupont Wednesday. Bertha Polk and children of Nebraska visiting J W Hash. Ben Johnson and family of Big Creek spent Friday with Nannie B Wildman. Our Sunday school met and elected officers for the coming year with Ed Adams superintendent and Florence Donovan assistant. Mollie Anderson secretary and Annette Stewart assistant secretary. Mrs S G Anderson treasurer. Teachers Lizzie Jordan class No 1 Ina Anderson class No 2 Florence Donovan class No 3 Lizzie Thomas class No 4 Louisa Thomas class No 5 George Willoughby class No 6.
In Cincinnati yesterday Mrs John Elbert died at the family home following the death of her husband in Indianapolis last week after a brief illness. She was 75 and survived by several children. Funeral time not set, expected tomorrow.
A Chambers Journal note describes a fisherfolk village of about 1400. Courtship here is practical and casual rather than formal with a few traditional moments. Mary vows to marry another, and her sister Bella agrees to wed Rim in a brief domestic passage.
Whittier appears in Amesbury as a dark slender bald man with flashing eyes and calm kind nature. He seems injured by politics yet sympathetic and generous, living simple in a cottage amid Yankee Quaker traits. The scene includes a Quaker mother knitting in a back room under a cold sunset.
Extract from J P Oliverta Martins work cites Judge Manganda's will establishing the University of Coimbra. It bans admission to the college of certain groups and prescribes entry for ten pauper thalars and four servants, with age and condition notes.
In Paul Wilstadhs Richard Mans field the actor recalls years of poverty in London. He describes returning to a room, sometimes with a tallow dip, cooking over a fire, and wandering streets at night hoping for a penny to buy baked potatoes to warm his hands and eat.
The Derby obsessed Lord Palmerston for fifty years and rode to the race yearly. On his last visit illness forced him to travel by carriage. As Gladiateur surged ahead the statesman warned that a foreign winner would end his life, and he died within four months.
An old negro minister faced a loud church laugh and paused his sermon. He remarked that the Apostle said laughter is like medicine but reminded the congregation this isn’t a doctor’s office or a pharmacist’s shop.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt notes a daughter with multiple admirers, counting four or five, while she maintains strict neutrality about choosing a favored suitor. The piece highlights family dynamics and social expectations of courtship.
A terse exchange jokes that a poet’s genius sits beside awkward wordplay as vilified craft meets practical tailor wit. The crooked man bent toward misdeed becomes a moral quick bite on character and fate.
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