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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
5
The Agricultural Bureau lists Fifty Worst Weeds in the United States. A farm family rakes and fights weeds at home while gardeners and laborers shoulder the burden of removal on large fields. The report notes weeds strip soil, hinder crops, and threaten spring planting, with whiteweed singled out as a major crop thief.
Carrollton announces a June wedding between Russell O Neal Dufour of New York to Miss Betty Watson of Atlanta Georgia. The groom is a son of Chas J Dufour a noted musician. the bride is daughter of the late Mabel Watson of Alabama. Also married at St. Pauls Landing were Philip Conner and Miss Nebie King, daughter of Melvin King of Carrollton.
Greensburg Indiana June 9 five young women from Madison were chosen at the district Epworth League session to consecrate their lives to church service. The five are Myrtle Shook Napoleon Hattie Robertson Vernon Elizabeth Randall Aurora Madge Pound Aurora and Hazel Huff Aurora. Officers include W C Monroe Madison president Christine North Rising Sun oral vice president and rising sun chosen as next convention site.
United States Census Bureau reports 60,320 negroes in Indiana 2.2 percent of state population. Marion County holds 23,206. statewide 23,133 negroes are religious communicants. Illiteracy among 21 plus years is 16 percent for men and 18.7 percent for 10+ across genders. Divorce records show counts in Indianapolis and other cities.
Bryan born 1860 in Salem Illinois. Attended Illinois College valedictorian. Omaha reporter 1880s. Served in Congress 1891 to 1895. Democratic nominee for Senate 1891. Editor Omaha World Herald 1894 95. Delivered Cross of Gold speech 1896. Presidential nominee 1896 1900 1908. World tour 1905 06. Large New York reception 1906. Secretary of State under Wilson 1913 to 1916.
Sixteen month old Donald Turner, son of Mr and Mrs O P Turner, fell fourteen feet from a second story window in Columbus Indiana. He was unconscious on impact but soon regained consciousness and is reported unhurt apart from a few bruises by a local physician.
Thousands suffer from coughs and colds due to delay. The ad claims Dr Kings Now Discovery eases symptoms, clears the head and helps breathing, urging immediate use and purchase at any drug store.
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment to treat rheumatic pains and swollen joints. It claims quick relief with surface application and a money back promise, noting a large user base and low price. It also mentions a British campaign to provide free dog biscuits for sailors' dogs and calls for contributions.
A Popular Mechanics description details the aecroscope, a tall inverted pendulum amusement device at the Panama Pacific Exposition. The 250 foot high arm lifts a car for 118 passengers and two attendants, then swings in a spiral ascent with a steadily narrowing diameter.
A Rain Alarm designed for open windows warns sleepers of approaching rain by sounding a buzzer inside a wooden box placed on a windowsill. When the first drops fall, a battery powered switch activates the buzzer and a tiny light shows the window affected, helping occupants locate the source quickly.
A three inch steel cable reportedly surpassed all strength records with a 751000 pound test. Weighing 15.7 pounds per foot, it will form the hoisting cable for a Cuban mine, produced in lengths of 3000 feet with a hemp center and six strands of nineteen wires each.
The world ski jumping record moved from the United States to Norway. Ragnar Omtveedt of Chicago set 166 feet at Trondwood Miles but was surpassed by Ainhle Omnndsen of Christian in a recent jump of 177 feet on the Mker Ski club slope, a steep Norwegian slide designed to claim the record.
The Tevpthin tlg displays three white crescents with five pointed stars between the horns on a red field. It replaces the former national flag, which bore a six pointed star differentiating it from Turkish symbolism.
A nine foot high clock completed in Switzerland is crafted entirely from straw and willow, with straw chimes formed through a rye celal process to produce a ringing tone. The project took thirty months to complete and contains no metal components.
Iford Mua dox Hueffer states in London Outlook that only four tailors’ cutters in the world can produce satisfactory trousers and these four are all based in the administrative county of London.
The case of Charles Becker moves to the United States Supreme Court, delaying his execution. Reports say Becker refuses clemency and may reveal graft in New York if his sentence is commuted, while prosecutors say no confession will alter justice. Whitman’s role in Becker’s convictions is noted, with Governor Whitman yet to state clemency plans. Deputy Warden Johnson reports Becker’s health improving and renewed exercise in the death house. Founding Lost Forty Years reports a bikini wedding ring found in Indiana after forty years.
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