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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
1
A Madison Herald piece extols the Democratic candidate as a steady, experienced leader who stabilized finance with a currency system, guided tariff reform, and kept peace through international crises. It contrasts him with Republicans, claiming his measured approach and national vision defend liberty and prosperity.
In Sharon Pennsylvania June 23 physicians report Miss Agnes Hines 205 Sharpsville Street ill with smallpox after renovating a living room. The board of health found a prior smallpox case in the dwelling from twenty five years ago. The girl had not been vaccinated.
Advertisement extols Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a quick remedy for children's colds. It claims the pine loosens throat mucous, soothes lungs, opens airways, and combines with honey for a pleasant cough remedy. A 60 cent bottle is marketed as essential for growing families.
Columbus Indiana June 23 special counsel Charles J Orbison for the state board of tax commissioners told Bartholomew county board of review a person may legally deduct tax amounts from mortgage notes annuities and similar obligations taxes are a bona fide indebtedness The state board later reversed this position and declined to allow any deduction The notice was in a letter to Bartholomew county assessor William C Smith from W T Hart of the state board
Smyrna and Busy Bee class members gathered at Miss Edna Gabels home for a strawberry social despite weather. Participants included Ruth and Esther Ritchie Bertha Chines Lena Wilson Lucy Garrett Leytus Mouser Hazel Deputy Ruth Deputy Paul Garret Earl Clines Irwin Deputy and Willing Workers Mary Curtis Aliie Clines Lelia Borcherding Mary Consley Marshall Medland George Steadman Julian Steadman with Mr and Mrs Gideon Consley Pressley Smith Helen Broeherding Master Henry Gabel. The evening featured games and music with Edna Gabel at the piano and Henry Gabel on violin, concluding with the group crowning Miss Edna as a royal entertainer.
Madison resident Mrs. F E D Willick of 725 Mulberry Street recounts dull backache and kidney-related symptoms. She says after using Dean’s Kidney Pills from Rogers’ drug store her pains and swelling disappeared. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Kansas City report describes at Swope park an ostrich egg offered to Prosecutor Lloyd Jacobs to take home for supper. He recalls it fed the family quickly with a taste not far from a chicken egg, though richer, amid humorous family dialogue.
Akron is home to sixty deaf mutes employed by a tire and rubber manufacturer. The policy favors applicants who are strong and capable with good eyesight, and they are often placed in responsible roles. China imports nearly 200 million gallons of kerosene annually.
A University of Kansas chemist report for the civil service commission finds Kansas penitentiary meals exceed the calories needed for inmates. Twenty four foods sampled in December and January show only three below standard with cheese subpar and pepper shells excessive. Bread quality was impaired by poor bake.
H L McCaslin called an elaborate tale the most peculiar statement in Judge White's court. He admitted larceny after claiming ether and medical supplies stole to aid a leg injury from a Bakersfield hospital ordeal two years earlier. He described an addiction arc and pleaded guilty. Judge White handed a sentence of twenty days.
In Aurora a burglar entered a bedroom through a window arousing Mrs Lustie. She fled in her nightgown as her husband chased the intruder out of the house. The one year old baby slept in a cradle until the suspect was found calmly rocking the child.
A Willington White Leghorn hen laid six eggs in one chuckle after a birthday, following an operation by a student. Nearby a Hartford area hen and rooster joined the tale of the so called super chicken as a rooster named Speaker cted a cop duty all afternoon warning cars near a rickety bridge at Boltch Notch.
Powhatan man Robert Noe defeats Gar rett Bartley nine years after a prior foot race and a later fight. Noe had trained to even the score after Bartley previously whipped him. Bartley had relocated, then they met again and clashed.
Advert sees Dr Kings New Discovery as essential for chest and bronchial relief after a cold. Claims neglect leads to dangerous bronchial complications and urges readers to buy bottles priced at 500 and 1. Herald promotion notes tested by all ages.
John McMahon a 65 year old former longshoreman and rancher arrived in St Paul last December with $1100 from selling his Bowman North Carolina ranch. After a robbery left him with $400, he met the La Portes who lured him into investing in two fake mummies and a six legged sheep for carnival acts, money spent since.
At New York's Fourteenth Street headlines stand a well dressed woman fainted while shouting about losing two brothers in the war. Police assisted as she convulsed then said her name was Mollie Fogarty though she gave no address. Dr. Louelln diagnosed acute dementia likely triggered by grief.
In Albert Lea Minnesota Hugo Brenner, a young farmer, lost his right eye while cutting a tree. The incident follows two prior Brenner family accidents with eye injuries as William’s mishap during a game left him blind in the left eye and another brother was struck in the right eye by a colt.
Discovery of a hearth stone in Miss Jessica Baer’s East Greene street residence reveals an inscription on its underside for Elizabeth Heise who died October 12, 1832 at age forty years and nine months.
Berlin reports German army doctors use granulated sugar on wounds. Dressings are applied after bleeding stops, with sugar renewed every second or third day. Sugar acts as a healing aid, not an antiseptic, and prevents adhesion to flesh.
Prof H L Huber of Hanover College marries Miss Florence Priest daughter of Rev R M Priest at the bride’s home in Southport. They arrived in Madison on Saturday evening and will reside in Hanover. The couple has many Madison friends who wish them happiness. Two thirds of the world corn is grown in the United States.
Delegates totaling 123 attended the district meeting of six counties Jefferson Ripley Decatur Switzerland Dearborn and Ohio Rev J W Turner delivered the principal address District officers were elected including George H Murphy D D as District Superintendent Welby C Monroe as District President Rose Richmond as First Vice President Adw I Lyon Jr as Second Vice President Pearl Simmett as Third Vice President Hazel Horulf as Fourth Vice President Cora Trindel as Secretary Frank R Benson as Treasurer and Mrs Louisa Gary as Junior Superintendent
Washington June 24 Thomas Taggart of French Lick and Indianapolis newly named United States Senator from Indiana may be commissioned as honorary Colonel in the voluntary army for Mexico service. Senator Tappurt said he plans to organize an Indiana regiment and equip it with his own funds. He says he does not know enough about military affairs to command it but wants to be its father.
Several Siberian rivers run over beds of solid ice while New York reports 50 000 families receiving charity aid.
Chicago June 26 prospects of peace within the Progressive National Committee dimmed after John Parker and twelve friends halted a meeting to allow newspaper men access. The episode followed Roosevelt's letter endorsing Hughes. The halt raised questions about unity and press access at the event.
Petrograd reports Russian troops have crossed the Carpathian mountains into Transylvania and penetrated toward the Hungarian plains. The move marks the most serious Austrian Hungarian blow since the war began and threatens Budapest as the entry opens the way to the plains.
A watchman stopped an attack at a New York post office and federal building. Nine sticks of hazardous material and a dynamite device were found on the first floor before opening. smoke issued from a smoldering wrapper.
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