Judge Shea Named Ambassador in Major Appointment
Madson Indiana March 16 1916 Judge Shea is appointed ambassador to Calle a popular and wise selection noted by local officials.
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
1
Madson Indiana March 16 1916 Judge Shea is appointed ambassador to Calle a popular and wise selection noted by local officials.
Caleb L. Schmidlap aged 72 of 708 East Chestnut Street Jeffersonville collapsed on Watt Street while walking to his Louisville employer. He was found near George Spellman’s home and died before Dr. Baldwin arrived. Coroner Froman M. Coots will handle the case. He leaves a widow Mrs. Belle Schmidlap. Funeral plans not announced. Jeffersonville News
Will S Thompson reports Indiana senators nominate Judge Joseph H. Shea of Seymour to be minister to Chile replacing Fletcher. The selection honors Shea for his leadership in Indiana politics and Shively’s friendship, seen as a boost for Indiana and the diplomatic service.
Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict sister of Max Eastman editor of The Masses has begun a divorce suit in Chicago seeking no alimony. She asserts she can care for herself and rejects spousal support. Alimony belongs to the dark ages she says.
Ad warns that colds can threaten the bronchial and lung system and urges taking Dr King’s Now Discovery for fast relief. It claims the remedy has been tested and is suitable for both adults and youths, urging readers to obtain a bottle today.
All fifty men assembled are deep dyed Americans able to trace their ancestors back many years. The old fiddlers of Georgia, assembled for years, celebrate their mountain culture, disdain modern music, and keep to fiddle tunes handed down through generations in remote woodlands.
Dr Mary Mills Patrick president of Constantinople College reports wartime activity by students from ten nationalities. Parts of the campus were seized for soldiers housing and trees cut for fuel. Ambassador Morgenthau aided welfare, lectures, and embassy social events. Degree of doctor of laws was awarded to Morgenthau in 1915 with Patrick receiving a royal decoration.
In Seymour Indiana Clay M Everhart fifteen year old son of Riley Everhart escaped injury after a gunman fired twice near him as he walked home from the business district. A bullet skimmed the collar neckband and punctured its outward flaps while the boy was unharmed. police investigate.
Mrs. Fred Klein of Madison reports kidney trouble with backache dizziness and headaches improved after using Down's Kidney Pills from Harper's store. She says the product relieved her back pain and restored kidney function. Price 50 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo distributes the pills.
The Senate approved an $825000 appropriation for three coast guard cutters for New York harbor Pacific coast and Alaska and $240000 for three river steamers to aid flood victims on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The Pacific and Alaska cutters replace the Perry and Tahoma after their sinking on unchartered reefs. The New York cutter will be ice capable.
A prison visitor notes the lack of clocks inside McAlester State Penitentiary and learns inmates manage time by the institution’s time-work schedule announced by electric gangs. The guard explains inmates have all the time they want and follow rings for work, meals, and retirement.
In Petersburg Indiana Pike county jail inmates were allowed to roam nearby fields for hunting as a pleasant diversion. Time drags and some prisoners were given the chance to hunt during the week with parole-like freedom. They returned without violations of their parole.
Robert II Lucas of Chicago wed Ada B Dewey of Milford Iowa, his Verona New Jersey childhood sweetheart, after her first husband died. The couple were married by Rev W G Mubleman, husband of one of Mrs Deweys daughters, in Alden Iowa.
Calvin J. Rehrer age sixty six of Reading Pa died after a violent coughing attack caused a burst blood vessel and fatal hemorrhage before a doctor arrived.
Lodge members and friends report a profitable Madison indoor fair clearing 750. Officers elected for the year include Exalted Ruler Graham Ross and Secretary Guy Richardson. A St Patrick’s Day dance will honor contributors and guests.
Mr and Mrs David Judkins have returned home after a weeklong visit. The couple traveled to see relatives and reported a pleasant trip before resuming their daily routines.
Frank L. Davison files a notice with the city council claiming a $200 claim after his artificial leg broke when he fell on an icy sidewalk on East Seventh Street near John Street. The incident is dated March 9 and reported by St. Pat. The Herald.
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