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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
2
The Madison Herald argues the 1916 Democratic program centers on recall of judicial opinions and support for Wilson. It mocks the Republican platform and urges business leaders to back Wilson, noting tariff, shipping rate changes, and compulsory military service as potential issues.
A compact snippet discusses posture and hygiene, linking slouching to health risks and dirty hands to disease. It notes flies spreading fever, the value of cleanliness, and the idea that health is a natural asset. The U S Public Health Service guards ports against foreign disease.
The colored Odd Fellows of Seymour North Vernon and Madison will hold a district meeting in Seymour next Sunday. The program features Rev. A. M. Hodge pastor of Madison A M E church and D. W. Caine grand master of the colored Maguns of Indiana.
An advertisement warns against mercury containing remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as safe and internal acting. It urges buyers to obtain genuine products and mentions testimonials and Druggists selling at one dollar. It also promotes Dean's Digestive Pills as a mild laxative.
Hanover College Indiana announces gifts to a 250000 endowment fund including 25000 from John H Holiday 500 from W B Brown's Sons and 250 from Stanley Coulter. The seventy third annual commencement features Millis as speaker on The Gospel of Jesus with other addresses by Shelbrede Peak Britan Dowell and Colgate among alumni and class speakers.
A traveler recalls a morning dispute over room numbers at a hotel that leads to a playful chase involving a ring and a letter to Miss Chalmers. After misplacing items and a tense exchange, the narrator helps recover the letter, sparking an unlikelycourtship that ends in marriage and a later confession.
Mrs Josue Burton of near Oni stopped an arrest after learning her husband had attempted suicide during a dispute with Clayton. She drove to Dacsbere to seek arrest but learned of his fatal ingestion of concentrated lye. A physician arrived and she hurried back to save him before death.
In Frankfort Kentucky the court of appeals reverses a jury verdict for J M Tate against Consolidated Coal. Pratt a company employee was kicked by a mule after striking it with a whip as he stooped behind the animal. The court states a mule’s nature makes injuries foreseeable and workers cannot recover for self created danger.
Undersheriff James Betts woke to Peter Turton seeking lodging at the county jail and delivering over 1000 dollars and securities for safekeeping. Turton requested overnight jail stay and agreed to be arraigned in the morning police court. Magistrate Groat waived a fine from the roll overseen by Betts. Also note a curious line about more than 300 fish kinds with audible voices.
Amid plague in southern Europe and cholera among Austrian forces, observers warn of a record harsh winter across the continent. Officials urge vigilance as populations endure mounting health threats and supply concerns.
Mild easy bowel action promoted for Dean's Regulats a modern laxative sold at all stores with a 6c price listed in the advertisement.
In a Columbus lunacy inquest, Virgil P. Cavanaugh, 78, was found of sound mind. He was not committed to an asylum but sent to Marion Soldiers' Home. Witnesses said his distress began after his daughter Minnie Cavanaugh received a prison sentence in Indianapolis.
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