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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
1
Local Madison items recap social calls visits and family notes. The column lists residents including Mr William Mead and Abra West, mentions visitors from North Madison, and records routine community happenings at home and church with brief personal references.
County Superintendent Werry Pender announces prize tithes for Sacrade graduates destined for World War service. Various systems will be used to reduce friction in graduation ceremonies and ensure orderly proceedings amid wartime demands. Local officials plan adaptable arrangements and public notices to maximize participation and minimize disruption.
The city Democrats name Curt Marcie and Republicans appoint Edward Dalamiger to the new Registration Board. Commissioners, in conjunction with Clerk Prenatt, assume duties formerly held by the election committee under the new registration act. Also notes Percy Watts death and election results for local offices.
Readers learn nautical beliefs and rites said to influence voyages. Tales cover lucky and unlucky signs such as ship beam omens, Friday starts, crossing eyes, and ropes left overboard for safe return. Barber myths claim cures and curses tied to shaving and hair.
A fragment discusses moon influence on farming and plant growth. It cites studies noting moonlight is far too weak to meaningfully affect plant activity, with references to weather data and general solar-lunar comparisons. The piece questions the value of lunar timing for crop preparation and suggests negligible impact.
An efficiency engineer notes that most people must work amid noise and activity. Concentration amid busy environments reduces wasted time and energy, as large businesses resemble beehives of activity with constant duties and multiple tasks.
Henry Merton, Western Star Fire and Insurance general manager, confronts the question of ambition and love as he asks Alice Travers to marry him. Alice, his trusted stenographer, has quietly supported him and his career, and her brother is in college. The couple’s engagement emerges alongside Merton’s reflections on sacrifice and gratitude.
The Pathfrader proclaims the soya bean as a key future food source with many uses. Milk can be produced in powder or liquid form, oil can be hardened into a fat, and the beans themselves yield a nutritious dish when cooked. The pressed pulp serves as excellent livestock feed.
Apply thinned beeswax to floors using a flannel cloth and rub well. The wax is hard and needs turpentine to apply, but turpentine evaporates quickly leaving a durable finish. Parafin wax can substitute though it is less durable.
Hicks tells Mrs Hicks a man fell overboard at sea and vanished. She fears drowning, but Hicks insists the person only sprained an ankle and remains alive. The Herald reports the odd explanation with a dash of humor.
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