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Madison Weekly Herald

Location

Madison, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1915

Page

5

Indianapolis Election Fraud Charges Stir Public Debate

The Evanville newspaper comments on alleged election irregularities in Indianapolis linked to Mayor Taggart and officials. It notes five of 127 suspects missing, seven pleaded guilty, and two jailed figures linked to forgery and a workhouse term. It mocks the case as farcical and raises questions about mayoral involvement. The item also includes brief notes on Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil and a meteorite strike near China plus a shaving stunt in an airplane.

Evanaville Courier Thomas Taggart Taggart Delevan Smith Indianapolis Belle Perrott Marion County Land of the Shades James Lee Nelson Hughes Earl Clifford Bell Court of Justice Capitol

Milton Lodge to Install New Officers in Pythian Meeting

Milton Ky July 15 At a regular Milton Lodge Knights of Pythias session officers for the new term were elected Chancellor Commander Harvey M Hampton Vice Chancellor George I Owen Prelate J J Morrison Keeper of Records and Seals Charlies Butler M of F T M Wood M of E Milton R Smyser M of W Sheila Chandler Inner Guard Jack Strother Outer Guard Edward Spillman Trustee James Strother Newly elected officers will be installed next Tuesday night.

Milton, Ky Milton Lodge Knights of Pythias Harvey M. Hampton George I. Owen J. J. Morrison Charlies Butler T. M. Wood Milton R Smyser Sheila Chandler Jack Strother Edward Spillman James Strother

World’s fastest trotting stallion Tom Patch buried in silence

Seven thousand spectators watched as Tom Patch, famed as the half mile track’s fastest trotting stallion, was buried yesterday in Youngstown Ohio. The horse had just set a 2 08 heat in Tuesday’s 2 14 trot and died from acute indigestion. Owner W H Boyd of Toronto refused Tommy Murphy’s $6500 offer after the race.

Youngstown Tom Patch Patch W. H. Boyd Toronto Tommy Murphy Boyd

Dog’s warning saves Kelso farmer from sunstroke accident

Lawrenceburg July 14 The howl of a collie likely saved Theodore VaughheIt of Kelso township by drawing Mrs Waughbert to a ravine where she found him unconscious across a cradle with a deep gash in his right arm. Doctors say he is seriously ill but expected to recover.

Lawrenceburg Theodore Vaughheit Kelso Township

Regimental Reunions Planned for Scottsburg

A reunion of four Indiana Civil War regiments Jeffersonville and Clark County members the Twentysecond Thirty-eighth Sixty-sixth and Eighty-first is planned for Thursday and Friday August 19 and 20 Scottsburg will host last year the Eighty-first favored Scottsburg for 1915 gatherings Each regimental association will hold a business meeting in addition to the reunion.

Indiana Jeffersonville Clark County Scottsburg Eighty-first Jeff. Newe

Burdock Blood Bittern Tonic Promises Strength and Digestion

An old time patent remedy claims to boost strength aid appetite and digestion promote sound sleep and overall happiness. It markets Burdock Blood Bittern as a family system tonic priced at $1.

Holt Schooled in Bomb Making

New evidence shows Frank Holt who shot J Pierpont Morgan and then killed himself in Lincoln jail stored explosives on Long Island. He rented a bungalow near Central Park with alias Totten and tested bombs and firearms, leaving a trail of acid damaged pencils and match heads at the site.

Morgan Capitol Bomb New York Frank Holt J. Pierpont Morgan Mincoln N. Y Long Island Central Park Syosset Glen Cove Ilolt Totten Tie Washington McCahill Mr. Morgan Richard Russell Russell Louis Ott Ott Hendricks Pines Arnold Brooklyn Capitol

Conflicting Front Moves and Dialog on War and Duty

A compact critique surveys shifting front lines in Europe and civil war era references, noting unreliable casualty stats from official reports while mocking Mexican politics and diplomacy. It cites Red Cross typhoid victory in Servia and laments grade crossing dangers amid wartime debates.

Infal lible memory system to forgetful fellows

A brisk critique of memory methods aimed at those who resist recall. The piece playfully questions whether a perfect system exists for people who prefer to forget and explores common flaws in self improvement traps.

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