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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1915
Page
4
A 1916 New York sanitary bureau report notes manure piles near a crowded school district foster fly breeding as temperatures drop. It urges winter precautions to prevent pest buildup and cites the American Medical Association on long-term health benefits of controlling flies.
Lieutenant Jonas H Ingram of Jeffersonville Indiana and five other Atlantic fleet officers were court martialed for violation of naval regulations. Each was found guilty. Ingram was charged with neglect of duty and was reprimanded publicly by Admiral Fletcher, who approved the guilty verdict but disapproved the sentence as inadequate.
Workmen repairing a crossing at Fifth and Washington on the Madison branch of the Pennsylvania railway uncover an old mud sill from the Madison and Indianapolis line built in the 1840s. The sill, buried for about 75 years, remains well preserved though underground, illustrating early railroad construction methods with longitudinal sills and parallel rails.
Evanaville police arrest 20 year old Virgil Wing of Madisonville Kentucky on a torturing charge. In Wing’s pockets were found a large pistol a pair of dice a dagger a bottle of whisky four cartons of cartridges and other items.
At Mt Vernon Indiana on February 23 Enzia Trafford sold 36 Polang China hogs averaging over 100 each totaling 3700 with a Jumbo male fetch 51250. The sale drew buyers nationwide and set an informal dealer record for the breed per Purdue expert. Auctioneer M Isenhower of Martinville handled the sale.
Huntington Indiana reports Ward Frakes aged fifteen son of Nev C A Frakes of Roanoke was shot in the head by Robert Billinghurst, an apprentice at a Roanoke newspaper office who had taunted him. Billinghurst fired through a window after finding a revolver in a type case. Frakes lies in serious condition.
Warmer weather has farmers preparing to break ground. Bible class saw large attendance Tuesday night. Mrs Harr ell visited Friday evening. Ira and George Niesre and Keury returned Sunday from visit with G Foltz family. Mary Voitz hosted games and music Friday night. Sunday School at Middlefork Church every Sunday. Saddie Irvin improving after illness. Roscoe Neal and Mary Polue attended Wirt church. Clarence Suinness joyriding in a Ford near Middlefork. Lily-of-the-Valley appears in notes.
A stable hand at the Lawrenceburg fair ground killed two Texas rattlesnakes after a fybtii incident. Two Boston terriers were killed and the office suffered damage when a cage and circus equipment burned. The blaze left the Gioite oeeron tre interior wrecked and flames controlled with some damage.
Korby Korby Korly may join the International Joint Commission after retiring from US government service March 4. Friends say former Representative James A. Tasney of Minnesota is near also to retire and Korby could be chosen to succeed him. The post pays a salary of 12 500 per year.
A report to Mayor Mitchel shows New York County Sheriff earns a high income since 1905 totaling 492829 in fees plus a 12000 annual salary averaging over 56000 per year. Half the fees go to the sheriff. data cited for a bill to cap compensation. Kickapoo Worm Killer advertised as a candy for children to expel worms with laxative effects.
Mrs W F Cockrell of Del Ray Virginia leaped about 506 feet down the shaft of the Washington Monument yesterday afternoon and died instantly. Colonel W W Harts closed the main doors and summoned the coroner. She left a note citing ill health as the motive. The monument opened in 1888 and had seen deaths before in ten years earlier a painter fell to his death.
Indiana legislature reports progress on flood prevention in fifth class cities and the general appropriation bill advancing in the Senate. The National Guard maintenance fund is increased to 100000 and a new auto speeders jail bill is introduced.
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