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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
2
Fragmentary newspaper notice dated March 16 1916 lists a subscription price of 1.00 a year and an advance payment detail for a desk order or office matter. The readable items show a mimeographed line about post office administration.
In juvenile court Judge Griffith convicts John Sturgeon of a delinquency charge tied to married life with Oma Barton Sturgeon. He is fined 50 dollars plus costs and sentenced to four months at the penal farm, with a warning that future cohabitation could be felony. Sheriff Heady will escort him to the farm for six months.
An old advertisement warns against mercury tonics and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It asserts internal action on the blood and mucous surfaces and notes authentic versions sold by B Y Cheney Co with testimonials available. Bottles priced at 75 cents, with physicians recommended for serious cases.
About 900 delegates and nearly 1 000 visitors are expected for the state's King's Daughters annual convention in Evansville March 29 30 31. The meeting will discuss the proposed mothers pension act. Welcome addresses will be given by Mayor Benjamin Besse Rev Paul Pfeiffer and Miss Daisy Miller. Mrs E J Scott state president will report the year's work. Speakers include Mrs M Steele Terre Haute Missusan Brecken shire Boston and Miss Jennie Greenwood St Louis. An informal reception is planned Wednesday night.
Benedict Knaub, 73, dies at home in North Vernon after a long illness. A respected horticulture authority and Jennings County’s tallest man, he stood about seven feet tall. Survived by widow, one daughter, one sister and four brothers. Funeral at St. Mary’s Church with burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Also, Mrs. Anna McKinsey, 87, dies in Indianapolis and is buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery beside her daughter’s home burial.
Washington reports Farmers Bulletin 717 Wood for Young Children by Caroline L Hunt under C F Langworthy outlines simple practical foods for ages 3 to 6. It emphasizes daily inclusion of foods from five groups and notes bowel health, recommending coarse grains and mildly acidic fruits when fruit supplies are abundant.
A comic tale follows Mr Bowser who hides his wallet in many spots fearing his wife will steal it. A chase ensues after he loses the wallet and suspects a burglary. The wallet is found in an old coat after a ragman capture, ending with a threatened divorce and a gate repair.
A Nutley doctor cannot locate a head trouble in a joke about medical misalignment. The doctor suggests consulting a wheelwright, a quip echoed by the Indianapolis Star.
A London Mall cartoon caption shows a rheumatic patient lamenting pain to a cheerful doctor who replies that without limbs the patient would suffer more, highlighting comic relief in medical misfortune.
A poem about a wise man who chops down a tree and then reuses the wood with steadfast effort. The verse describes his strong work ethic and the scene of felling and splitting the tree. It captures a rural or small town mood with simple, didactic imagery.
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