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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
1
A fragmented civic critique questions a leader named Billy Bryan and discusses pay, a national manufacturers association, and public support. It hints at payments, tours, and public reception amid seasonal sentiment and business concerns.
The readable text is garbled and does not contain a coherent event, names, or locations to summarize into a newspaper-style card.
Madison, July, discusses questions of authority and ethics in public service. References to state roles, republican leaders, and political dynamics raise concerns about legitimacy and accountability in government.
The report details B F Bower of New Washington advocating a kidney remedy to treat backache and strains. It notes his promotional letters and a reference to Doan’s Kidney Pills as a suggested treatment, with mentions of Madison and various local names and claims of success.
The White House announced President Wilson will not recognize the Huerta government under any circumstances. He cites its days numbered and says no instructions from Ambassador Wilson will change the decision. A U S gunboat or battleship may be sent to the Mexican frontier at the consul’s request to protect Americans and property.
Mulhall describes fear of a possible movement and pressure from officials to name sources. Chairman Sines suggests Madivil had no ties to the National Manufacturers or the Republican Committee as President Vanc believes Mulhall was urged to call Sims a damp coward. Suning says he did not know he was being interviewed.
In Asslake Indiana on July 2 Mrs Frank Strasburger wife of a wealthy plumber and president was probably fatally shot by stepson Martin Strasburger 21 who then used the same weapon to kill himself The motive remains a mystery. The father found the body after an early morning walk. The stepmother had rebuked the youth for living a fast life. He had recently travelled from Chicago with his father’s former wife.
A. P. Beatty, sixty, longtime county representative in the legislature, died suddenly at midnight from heart neuralgia after a few hours' visit. Bryan cancels lecture dates to address the Mexican question.
A report by Phenrs Sayer shows married men commit fewer crimes and receive longer sentences than unmarried men. It notes large numbers of married women convicted, with grand larceny and burglary as frequent offenses, and overall prison terms rising since 1904.
A Cambridge Mass scientist at Harvard Medical School conducts secret neuropathology experiments to read the brain of the late Dr Maurice Howe Richardson. He believes thoughts leave lines in the brain and hopes to locate them to guide surgical correction of brain defects.
In Reno County Kansas workers are hired to thin thick apple trees to protect fruit from breaking under weight. The scene notes orchard labor and effort to prevent damage to ripe fruit as harvest season proceeds. A separate local item mentions a dog in Walla Walla stopping a court case after catching a mouse, with officials resuming proceedings.
In Sonth Norwalk Conn Mabel Gajever Dent nine four year old daughter and her brother Victor were injured when a rooster grabbed Mabel by the arm and dragged her to a grate as she collected eggs. Victor, attempting to rescue her, was attacked and suffered serious facial and eye injuries. Neighbors aided as the rooster was killed and carried to the river.
A garbled OCR passage references a court case or arbitration involving individuals named Charles, East, and Chi ko with mentions of a person named Arthur Hal and a figure Tate. The text is heavily corrupted, with distorted names and impromptu phrases, mentioning September and a legal or ceremonial context.
A broad coalition in Alabama proposes ending the convict leasing system that funds coal mining and lumber industries. The plan, backed by Frank and Willie of Birmingham and state leaders, aims to replace harsh inmate labor with reforms in education and prison oversight amid widespread reform talk.
Riceard England, age 12, threw rocks into a quarry near a Lebanon play scene. One rock struck a dynamite cap causing an explosion that killed him at the site.
A Madison market page lists prices for poultry grain and seeds, flour, eggs and live poultry, with hogs and cattle notables. It records hay buying prices for timothy mixed clover and straw, grain buying prices for oats and corn, seed selling prices for Timothy and Clover, and coal prices. It notes a $55,000 blaze in Rushville that damaged the Masonic Temple four stores and a residence, and ends with a subscription prompt for The Herald.
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