28 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
1
A compilation of scattered Madison notices includes names like Ada Clinesot Phenats and Floyd Loewe tied to personal events and illnesses. The item also mentions midshipman Dalibo, marriage notices, parish activities, and various social engagements with fragmented details and irregular spellings.
Feb 21 date. Odus Wooiten and Lawrence Harrod appear for voluntary induction. Inductees report to the draft board and then to Camp Taylor. Board mails 200 coronation cards to Provost Marshal General Crowder in Washington. Simultaneous Wheatland bank robbery nets 8500 cash and 700 stamps.
The Eggleston school gathered 376 pupils and generous patrons to support the Junior Red Cross. Teachers thank donors as students contributed and paid membership fees totaling $1260 to aid the cause.
The Fischer building on Jefferson Street is secured to house the Wildisen sub-station and sewing operations for permanent government headquarters. Mr James F Crovier leads the project, relocating from the city bay to the new Jefferson location to support the sewing department and related duties.
Lieut Frank J. Pritchard oversaw the fitting of uniforms for the Madison Militia last night. The Co. K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of Indiana expects delivery by April 1.
A chaotic household tale follows the Van Tynes as they hire a cook whose accordion music unsettles the family. The couple debates divorce or boarding to cope with the servant turmoil and marital strain, ending with fragile domestic plans and a wedding gift.
Nine people died in a blaze that destroyed the Miller farm house near Peabody. Mr and Mrs Miller, three children, and four farm hands perished in the fire on the Boston suburb property.
Austria again closes the Swiss frontier and says more troops are being sent against Italy for a new offensive, Rome reports from Washington dated February 22.
A terse note states a decision by British authorities regarding the Palestine conflict, mentioning a fine and delays connected to the ongoing five war years. It uses unclear transcription but implies punitive action tied to the regional situation.
Terry McGovern, former featherweight world champion, died in a Brooklyn hospital after a long illness. The death was reported from New York on February 2.
Four men were killed in an explosion at Royal colliery mine in Virden Illinois when 28 cases of powder blew up today February 22. The blast caused multiple injuries and prompted an emergency response from local authorities and rescue crews.
Indianapolis February meeting of Republican Chairman Will Hays and Democratic Chairman Greathouse and Grover Goodrich results in plan to join forces for the liberty loan. They will reconvene March 5 to finalize details amid wartime efforts. British women begin entering the shoe repair trade.
In France near Chemin Des Dames a lone American soldier was captured after being found in a shell hole before daybreak. He had become lost while awaiting daylight, marking the first mention in French dispatches of U S troops in that district.
John Wilson Buchanan and Alfred Housefield of Rural Route 9 Madison appeared before the local board for voluntary induction. They will report next Monday evening and depart for Camp Taylor Tuesday morning with Cecil Ruhrabaugh C. E. Scott and Lawrence Harrod, who volunteered earlier.
In Mayor White's court this morning James Earl was bound over to the March term of the circuit court in the sum of $200 to keep the peace on an affidavit sworn to by Lilly Pointer. Failing to give bond he was placed in jail. Earl was arrested yesterday evening by Officer William Jones.
A Montana plan aims to expand a water growing area in the spring season. The quote urges restraint, branding predictions as unrecorded prophecy from a wary source named Wise.
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