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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
2
A 1900s editorial warns that racing on public streets is dangerous as enthusiasts push near passes and close shaves. It argues speed contests belong to enclosed tracks to protect other travelers and prevent deadly accidents on ordinary highways.
Madison residents report back pain and kidney trouble relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Baumer of 115 N Jefferson St says several doses improved her condition. other family members benefited as well. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
Two more arrests were made in the Indianapolis police drive against baseball pool sales. Robert Hamilton aged 35 was charged with manufacturing a lottery and Charles E McGinnis aged 12 with operating a lottery. Both were released on bonds and scheduled for a police court hearing Monday. Police allege Hamilton employed ten girls at his home to fill lottery slips. Roy McDaniels was arrested Friday on charges of manufacturing and operating a lottery.
Health officials in Indianapolis issue an order aligning Indiana enforcement with federal rules on labeling and preservation. Food sold interstate in original packaging may use sodium benzoate or sulfur dioxide, provided preservatives are clearly listed. Endorsed by Barnard, Cortelyou, Wilson, and Straus.
Memorial Day services were held at Fairmount cemetery with members from the North Madison Lodge of Odd Fellows and the Daughters of Rebekah marching from their hall. Leslie Bear led the ritual and hymns as graves marked with small flags were covered with flowers. Officers for both groups were named, and the grounds looked especially neat after recent rains, under manager Wilbur Cornett.
Frank Rueton a 37 year old blind Ft Branch man and Dora Hill a 50 year old blind Louisville woman are jailed in Princeton Ind awaiting trial Monday for wife desertion. Rueton says their relation is business and they sing on the street to earn money.
The conservation commission notes promising results from the first practical oyster farming experiment at the Soul-Sigha estate. Old shells sown on Lake Cadlad’s bottom allowed spat to attach, with oysters growing rapidly and showing rich flavor and saline taste after nine months.
A Philadelphia Record quip notes the phrase perfect duck of a doctor and warns against calling him a quack to avoid misperceptions. The cartoonish exchange highlights linguistic play about medical reputation and public opinion.
The Richmond Times Dispatch notes Massachusetts currently counts six living former governors. The item comments on political history and the region's gubernatorial lineage.
The city council meets with all members and Mayor Crozier presiding. W B Ray resigns as city engineer and his letter is read for record. A bid from C H Rousch & Co. for Milton Street bridge material is discussed and referred to Public Works. May balances are reported and annual park funding approved.
The West Madison Church Sunday school event filled the neat auditorium with flowers and attendees, featuring choir selections, solos by Frank Benson and Clyde Blackard, a lesson review, and reports. The pageant praised the church as a community moral force, noting twenty one years of steady leadership under Superintendent J F Hammill and a well staffed Sunday school.
The Raymond & Scholl general store in Henryville Indiana burned early today. The loss to contents is estimated at 12000 with 5000 insured. the second floor housed the Odd Fellows and Red Men lodges. The building carried limited insurance and was owned by Mrs. John Scholl and the Odd Fellows.
Willis Wolfe age 24 was shot and killed by Thomas Gouge town marshal of Newpoint yesterday evening in Greensburg. Gouge had just delivered two prisoners to the jail and the men were considered friends with no known quarrel. The shooting happened at the same location where eight years earlier two Land brothers died in a saloon fight. Wolfe was single Gouge is married with eight children.
In Carrollton Kentucky the special two day sale on the Carrollton loose leaf tobacco market closed with the Burley House selling 144 620 pounds at an average price of 10 02. Season totals reached 11 624 800 pounds. The report also notes China yearly exports 8 000 leopard skin and Finland exporting 33 000 tons of paper pulp in the first half of 1914.
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