Scrambled OCR Brief Covering Local Election Clip
An OCR fragment notes a local political item with names and party references. It mentions a candidate or group and a broad note about a vote or event, but the readable details are limited and unclear.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
4
An OCR fragment notes a local political item with names and party references. It mentions a candidate or group and a broad note about a vote or event, but the readable details are limited and unclear.
Fragmentary OCR text references a business matter in Care Rout en Kentucky. No clear names, dates, or outcomes are readable.
The Grand Jury convened to consider the shooting of a prisoner by a sergeant named Ball as the Attorney General advised on civil versus military court jurisdiction. Officials debated whether a military or civil court should handle the case and when proceedings must start, with Governor Ratcliffe awaiting the legal decision and the prisoner held at the Second Regiment guard house until a resolution. The text also notes a funeral in Madison for Walter Dowell and related family attendance.
Jefferson Circuit Court commissioner offers at public sale on premises in Jefferson County Indiana a tract in the southwest quarter of section 3 township 9 north range 1 west near Barberville. Terms: half cash now, balance in nine months. note at six percent secured by mortgage. taxes for 1904. Benjamin McGregor commissioner.
The Indiana state fair opens September 8 with record prizes across livestock and crops. Draft horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and horticulture offer substantial awards, including gold medals and silver cups, as organizers expand the poultry house to accommodate more birds and visitors.
Township expenditures 800 and township tax 1 cent per dollar. School district expenditures 500 and tax 1 cent per dollar. Special school expenditures 204 and tax 1 cent per dollar. Road tax expenditures 797.7 and tax 2 cents per dollar. Additional road tax 6000 and tax 10 cents per dollar. Poor expenditures 1500 and tax 1 cent per dollar. Total expenditures 8000 and total tax 25 cents per dollar. Net taxable property 342.70 dollars. Signed AWO SEUINNED, dated July 28, 1916.
Market notes show weak demand for No 2 red wheat and other grains with spots in rotation. Reports mention hay steady and oats steady with activity in futures and receipts, while cattle and hog futures show varied price movements amid noted weekly receipts and feed demand.
A scanned price sheet lists buying and selling prices for flour wheat oats corn hay and seeds, plus live poultry and eggs. It includes chicken and turkey prices by weight and class, goose and duck figures, and wool and cheese quotes from local suppliers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.