13 Feb 1919
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1919
Page
1
A pilot escaped with life after his plane was struck by around 300 bullets. Reports detail his survival and a sequence of wartime and home-front events, including soldiers returning, funerals, and local notices.
In Graham township a sale report shows William E. Roberts, commissioner, certifying the sale of the late George Byfield’s farm to J. Grant Creech for 7500 dollars. The narrative follows Genevieve, her father, and family fleeing to parched desert, living in a bottle house, scraping by amid layoffs, with Spud Higgins remembered as a steady figure, and assets salvaged from a hidden store of gold in glass bottles as they seek a new camp getaway.
A bright eyed Utthe boy in a sailor suit salutes a passing motorcar and recieves sixpence from a lady driver. He explains his father is an undertaker and his motto about politeness. The brief exchange captures a quaint Tit Bits moment with a salty remark on fire safety.
Aunt Gratia Gratia celebrates a late life romance as she marries Stephen, a New York jeweler, in a grand dance where she proclaims joy and retirement to knitting and cats. The ceremony marks a luminous finale to her social tale and signals a bright new chapter with Mr. Stephen.
Margaret frets over a ruby ring as her parents balk at the gift. At the station Aunt Mehitabel arrives to temper the clash, and Charlie presents a ruby ring at graduation, signaling a talismanic hope before departure to Camp Omeda and possible separation.
After influenza doctors urge strengthening the body and brain with a tonic formula Biaderen Rioferen. The ad touts iron lecithin and ginseng like ingredients, recommending two tablets after meals and one at bedtime until recovery, with a money-back guarantee.
Authorities have not resolved the circumstances of Azeele Packwood's death whose body was found in a Palisades cleft overlooking the Hudson. She was daughter of Tampa real estate man George Packwood and worked for the Women's Motor Corp of New York. The death is treated as a possible self-inflicted act. Julius Barnes urged Congress for at least 1 billion dollars to sustain the Government guaranteed wheat price. Apples, dried prunes and raising dare among the cheapest fruits.
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