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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
4
Jacob Wahl of Vevay visits Madison to see friends. Jack Hendricks to manage the Indianapolis baseball club this season. Miss Mary Barnes returns to Gary to teach after illness. Mrs Bertha Pate leaves for Indianapolis after telegrams stating son Brooks Pate underwent appendicitis surgery.
Robert Yunker was chosen as president of the Commercial Club with W C Roth and Harry E Nichols as vice presidents. Secretary Cope and Treasurer Tevis join the new leadership as the club aims to push Madison’s business progress in the coming year.
E S Roberts as attorney for the Madison Safe Deposit Trust Company trustee for the Madison Brewing Company filed a report of sale listing two parcels of Brewing Company real estate. One lot on Mill Street office space for Edward S. Coyle at 400 dollars and a Walnut Street one story frame for Jack and Luke Crafton at 200 dollars. Virginia Gebest, ward of the court, to Indiana School for Girls at Clearmont. guardian residue notes and court actions. Concerns guardianships and court reports with other probate items and a note on Talley in Cincinnati. The world coffee crop figures are given with America’s share.
Miss Kate V. Johnson a 57 year old foreign missionary of the Christian Church who served 32 years in Japan was found dead at her Madison home on Second Street. Neighbors reported she suffered a brief illness Monday and died suddenly while reading letters. She taught in Madison public schools and had planned to travel to California and possibly Japan before her death. Her pastor reported the death to the Foreign Christian Missionary Society.
The first photo from this country shows Commander Alexander Ramsey engaged to Princess Patricia of Connaught daughter of Canada’s former governor general and king’s cousin. Ramsey served in the Dardanelles campaign with British forces and earned the Distinguished Service Order. Also noted is 1918 farm crop value totaling 14 billion dollars per USDA figures. A quip about a henpecked husband ends the snippet.
Madison residents report travels and visits with Louisville Cincinnati Spencer and Indianapolis tied to funerals, courts and schools. Tobacco sales at Snooks and Phanters houses plus property transfers and a naval furlough highlight community updates.
A local advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonial support from Oheney and partners for fifteen years of honorable business. It promotes internal action and system cleansing priced at 76 cents, with endorsements by the National Bank of Commerce Toledo. An unrelated line asserts a political vote remark.
The remains of Miss Kate V. Johnson died suddenly at her home on Second Street were taken from Vail's chapel to the Christian Church where friends called in tribute before funeral services at 2 PM conducted by Rev J. W. Moody with Rev Plapper assisting. Interment followed at Springdale cemetery with pallbearers named.
A critique traces Ludendorff's methods through a web of propaganda and intelligence tactics. It argues French colonies, anarchist agitation, libels, treason and deceit fueled a broad campaign with aims to corrupt neutrals and trigger rupture in the West.
The bureau of standards undertakes magnetic compass testing for the naval observatories and the joint army and navy board. It aims to standardize tests and outline government procurement actions. A magnetometer form and a rotation test for pivot friction are being developed with several Sand compasses expected soon.
Investigators reveal local Apaches masquerading in Yankee uniforms to blame for multiple terrorist acts while a taboo author warns of trouble when Nietzsche is quoted. The Herald notes Americans are blameless in the Paris crimes.
Bonnette calls attention to the value of a strap to aid soldiers during marching. The article describes how plantar support relieves strain, aids toe push, and facilitates mobility while worn straps press under the feet.
The text evokes a bleak scene of a war torn Germany with dust and rust and ruined streets. It recalls fragments of poetry and memories of German cities, leaders, and civilians amid destruction, with references to Cratiawad and Gretinans, and a sense of wartime gloom permeating the narrative.
A fragment describes crowds of foreigners in New York in uniform, with soldiers from different nations passing landmarks like Thirty-fourth Street and Park Avenue near notable hotels. A Hindoo, Hindu, and Mek resemble saluting and exchanging quick gestures as they move past a taxicab stand, reflecting wartime atmospherics and mixed identities.
Fragmentary antiquated rhetoric reviews Kaiser Wilhetue and British leadership. The text mockingly claims a delusional confidence in understanding the British people and predicting apologists among British leaders.
In Buck-Many papers readers are asked for ideas on what to do with Bill Hohenzollern. A suggested plan proposes making him view himself as others perceive him.
A fragment from the Herald recalls a person who mocked gas attacks as nothing, saying he read people’s gas meters before enlisting. The exchange suggests a wartime mindset and humor amid conflict.
An advertisement touts Vioporets as a grand health builder claiming to restore buoyant health and strong nerves in women. The copy warns against products lacking real benefit and urges readers to try the remedy within two weeks, noting dramatic improvements for tired, low-spirited customers.
Senator Nes introduced a bill for compulsory military training for men aged 18 to 26 in the Senate this afternoon. The measure aims to require service and was referred to the Military Affairs Committee for study by the general staff.
Report says the leader of a Reds faction was killed in Berlin while attempting to escape from guards. The item notes ten of the twenty buildings at the Rockaway Beach naval air station burned by a mysterious fire, with no damage estimate yet from naval officials.
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