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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
2
In Rockport Indiana on July 22 a mother threw flaming gasoline at her child playing inside. The open can ignited, the mother and child were engulfed in flames, the mother surviving but gravely burned and likely to die.
A Washington dispatch reports Vice President Marshall faces a village feud in Indiana over appointing a local man postmaster. Women accuse his wife of vanity and aim to derail the confirmation to curb her social ascendancy, while the president remains aloof from the dispute.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for weak nervous people offering renewed vigor and appetite. Testimonial from Mrs O Khinevanl of Vestal Center New York claims it restored health. Priced 50 cents and one dollar with Harper’s drug store as distributor. Cancer deaths in the U S cited at 75,000 annually.
Cardinal Gibbons marked his seventh birthday with a Thanksgiving Mass in Baltimore. Only family members attended as he received felicitation cables from the Pope and European rulers.
An attorney for the National Association of Manufacturers says a libel suit for about five hundred thousand dollars will be filed in Philadelphia against North American papers for editorial expressions tied to Marshall charges. Editorial pages of other papers are noted as potential targets.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a political dispute over patronage and national manufacturing policy. References mention Taft Westerington, a Senate inquiry, and accusations that President Berdoof and Nabonaltownderd affected allocations. The text cites March events and tensions between Beveredge and other figures.
Federal pardon board recommends clemency for two former officials connected to a stock manipulation scandal in Washington. The cases involve a former treasurer and another high-ranking figure facing charges related to misuses of public funds and pressure from state authorities.
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association members and guests traveled by special cars from Indianapolis to New Albany for a midsummer gathering on July 6. Speakers included Homer T. Cook and Senator Varline with Mrs. Sander M. Ralston addressing editors about labor and home life.
James W. Dunbar and Charles J. Arnold attend a gathering in Corydon with John Peterson, Anna Louise Korshage, and Margaret Annne Rowe performing. Congressman John Adam delivers an address though Governor Ralston cannot attend. Thousands decorate homes as 500 editors, families, and locals hear welcome remarks and music under the historic Constitution Elm. Visitors head toward Corydon after a grand event.
President Washington reports the pardon of George Woo Nunley who is serving a year in McCracken county Kentucky for presenting a false pension claim. He has served several months and the item notes other local misprints from Logansport Indiana and a fleeting reference to a rose oil industry value and a Manila brewery move.
Six years after admission to the Minnesota State Hospital for the Insane a patient known as JSCOR or J.C.B. may regain memory after brain surgery. Doctors found no skull fracture but suspected brain degeneration. the patient, about 45, has limited speech and can only gesture. He believes he is the son of a naval officer and hints at Baltimore as a home, while initials WG IR appear on his clothing.
In Zanesville Ol Wille witnessed a doubleheader when Miss Cora Bauer aged thirty was struck in the face by a foul ball. The impact split her nose and she fainted after three stitches were needed. She remained at the game but may lose more teeth and face lifelong injury.
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