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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
3
The Herald Company publishes a weekly edition promoting the federal reserve act as a government controlled credit system and praising the parcel post and postal savings expansion. It also endorses a nonpartisan tariff study commission and pledges support for platform proposals from St Louis.
Washington reports President Wilson will vet 80 percent of Progressive votes at the next election. Democratic leaders say a White House conference today set the stage for Progressives to align with Wilson on welfare and Americanism planks. Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Turkey, is expected to chair the campaign committee.
Frank Benninger a Milton farmer lives three miles south of town and reports a strawberry crop with specimens measuring five inches in circumference. The fruit is described as large and perfect, representative of the entire harvest. The note also contains unrelated medical ad copy about Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Dedication ceremony in Nancy Hanks park Spencer county honors Sarah Lincoln Grigsby sister of Abraham Lincoln. Governor candidate substitute Fred Van Nuys speaks. crowd attends from Spencer and adjoining counties. Monument is plain granite with wild rose design and inscription of Sarah Lincoln Grigsby 1807 1828.
Isiah Axe of Boise owns a carved laurel wood pipe found on the Culpeper battlefield in Virginia in 1862. The pipe bears Yorktown 76 and an American eagle with a skull and crossbones, silver mounted, and the number 2862 in the banner. It is said to be 140 years old.
In Sellwood a streetcar carrying forty high school girls, stenographers, and other women halted in chaos when two mice boarded. Screaming filled the car as passengers climbed onto seats and tried to flee. After five minutes two men captured the mice and the car resumed.
Indianapolis dispatches report William H. Dye urging Roosevelt to accept the Progressive nomination while he may instead back Hughes. Indiana progressives oppose Hughes and Fairbanks, expect Roosevelt to lead progressives separately from Republicans, and anticipate voting for the Democratic ticket if no progressive option appears. The piece notes shifts since 1912 and 1914 and cites resistance to party dictation and a preference for Lord St. Louis platform aligned reform.
In Chicago Helen Keller shares views on marriage and love. She argues women must be economically free before ideal matrimony and that the state should support child upkeep, while a husband proposes vital measures and a wife disposes. She praises self made men like Mark Twain and emphasizes family lineage and patriotism.
The article notes John D. Rockefeller Jr., stating I am a Republican but my first loyalty is to church and then party. It contrasts public stance with party alignment and promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as a cold remedy suited for adults and children, urging readers to buy.
Albany education official argues spelling can be learned quickly. Wheelock asserts three months of persistent effort enables an average person to spell well, outlining groups of words and methods to master difficult spellings, with a statewide spelling bee planned for September on the Syracuse state fair grounds.
An old remedy claims meat can irritate kidneys and cause back pain. It recommends Jad Salts, four ounces in water daily, for a few days to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder issues.
Constipation upsets the system and causes illnesses. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea claims to drive out constipation, regulate bowels, and purify the system. Available as tea or tablets at Peters' drug store for 35c.
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