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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
2
An old newspaper item notes Thursday events at the North Mateo Grange with speakers on monopolies and county concerns. Farmers and clerical members attend as talks cover open markets and civic issues amid lively community participation.
A correspondent reports a drowning incident near Bedford affecting a 4th district youth in Trimble County amid a planned revival in Madison. Reed of Newcastle, famed tabernacle organizer, will build a 2000-seat tent on Broadway between Kuira Street and Presbyterian Avenue, with a veteran singer leading a large choir.
A lengthy account describes the currency reform speech delivered in the House, noting lawmakers and the business crowd pressed to read the document. It outlines proposed Federal Reserve changes, new currency controls, and aims to create a coordinated system of banks, government boards, and monetary instruments for postwar economy.
Trial of Dr. William Craig in the county court has been postponed. A new start date was not announced, and the case remains pending as officials review recent developments.
A California figure introduced a resolution demanding the release of correspondence and papers tied to District Attorney McNab. The move follows sensational developments after indictments of Maury Diggs and Drew Cavenetti on white slave charges.
Clyde Stratton was convicted of manslaughter for the killing of Captain J C Crowder a banker and was sentenced to fourteen years at Jolief. Stratton had previously robbed a bank at Silvie taking 8000 and beat the banker who died from his injuries. He has prior escapes from Indianapphasi Leavens worth Columbus penitentiary.
In Indianapolis on June 21 the state Board of Medication proposes resolutions directing bidders to exchange books from Haigh Schools with newly acquired texts. The plan also requires families to swap used books currently in possession for new texts paid for by the state.
The president today forwarded a slate of nominations to the Senate including Jean Hathons of Boonmesse as Consul General in Switzerland and John de Joan of Miscur as Bolivia minister. Henry Van Dyke of New Jersey is named minister to the nott orbit Plog, while Ewing of New York is nominated as Commissioner of Patents.
The June wedding of Miss Ethel Wreston Metcormack to Francis McAdoo, son of the Secretary of the Treasury, drew the President, his daughters, Mrs. Wilson with a physician, Vice President Marshall and wife, and Cabinet families.
The Indiana State Sunday schools convention ended in Evansville with officers reelected. President W C Hall of Indianapolis was reappointed and 10 directors named from Muncie Richmond Berne Franklin Corydon and Indianapolis. The next convention will decide the 1915 PiO convention location.
Indianapolis reports that the Sprey Company of New Jersey won a lasting legal victory when a Federal Judge granted a perpetual injunction against Michigan City officials who tried to levy a $15 monthly tax on the green trading stamp system.
A long river tale ends as Selah Pritzker, 45, marries Miss Qoelch Fritzler’s sister Misa Cordesta Pritzler in Madison after a year of letters and a bottle dropped into the Ohio River at Brooksburg. The bride is 20. the groom, a Charleston township trustee, hosted a reception at his remodelled country home.
A Madison Indiana farmer Mr G Camerer testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his long standing backache and urinary troubles after using three boxes. The ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as the proven kidney remedy backed by home testimony and available in all stores from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Five hundred Indiana residents will travel to Gettysburg for the 50th reunion of the battle with regiments from Indiana and Confederate veterans joining. The trip departs Indianapolis June 21 and features a history of Indiana’s role, with survivors and reunions of Blue and Gray. A sale ad for an 88 acre farm near Brooksburg is also noted.
A fragmented account states Mrs Scheiber of Mt Vernon Indiana testified in Memphis as she recoiled after a confrontation with her husband. The report notes she went to a second story apartment occupied by Mrs Mary Howell with intent to confront Howell and unintentionally shot a bystander.
Annie Whitney widow of wholesale shoe merchant and president of the Facility Wood Miles dies at home of her son Roland Whitney in Louisville after a long life of church and charity work. Survived by three sons Roland, J Edward, Boyankh Whitney and daughter Mrs Bushrod W Taylor. Funeral at Second Presbyterian Church with Rev Charles R Henyphell officiating. Burial in Cave Hill Cemetery private.
In Lafayette Indiana special judge Thomas W Field voids a new divorce statute requiring sixty days filing before suit. The ruling concerns an act repealed in 1583 and a divorce is granted to Mrs Alice Frank from Edward W Frank a Purdue Glee Club director and vocalist.
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