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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
1
President issues proclamation calling Congress to an extraordinary session at noon April 7 to receive executive communications. The message is expected to outline tariff revision but postpone other issues for the regular December session.
President Wilson named Indiana congressman Moss to a seven member committee to study the European agricultural credit system. Moss will sail for Rome on April 24 and stay abroad for several months. Jeffersonville groom Harold S Williams 22 and Louisa Arnett 19 wed and he is jailed after attempting to pass a $1 check on Cameron National Bank. Williams fined five dollars and costs. bride returns to Louisville.
President Wilson, taking up a request from W T Hepner of Lompac California, considers a postmaster appointment for a friend despite his rule against minor offices. Hepner sent a cane with the appeal, which concealed the request when opened. The President referred the matter to the Postmaster General.
A testimonial from H. W. Galusha of Madison Indiana promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as the sole effective remedy for kidney trouble. He describes dizziness, bladder inflammation, nocturnal urination, and painful deposits that faded after using the product. Sold by dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo acts as U S sale agent. Boston to host open air flower shows in 1914.
Omaha reports the worst wind and sleet storm in twenty years halting traffic across Nebraska. No trains moved last night and only one local from Lincoln reached Omaha today as telegraph lines lay down and snow clearing is done by laborers with shovels due to ice and packed snow.
President Wilson will ask Congress for an appropriation to create an Assistant Secretary of Labor. Several analysts are named as potential candidates but no individuals will be considered until Congress authorizes the position.
Mr and Mrs John R Gibbs of Holyoke Mass announce that their seven month old twin girls are attached at the hips yet otherwise normal. Surgeons plan no separation before age six due to risk and uncertain outcome. The twins differ in habits and eating times, one sleeping while the other plays and they do not share feeding times.
In Baltimore southeast water front crowds photograph and watch Hermann known as Slim a seven foot four inch deckhand from Missouri. He avoids day trips to dodge kids and uses a gas light to drink a beer over it while weighing 260 pounds. He rarely gets angry and enjoys friendly help from acquaintances.
The Herald publishes the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane annual report for the year ending September 30 1912. It lists enrolled patients 1017 at year end with 900 plus daily averages and notes 97 deaths plus 120 discharges including 30 recoveries and 36 improvements. Walter Wunderlich chief clerk commends the book’s clear tables and the hospital’s economical administration.
Sioux leader Hollow Horn Bear, who took part in the clash with George Custer’s forces, died at Providence Hospital from pneumonia developed after a cold during the inaugural parade.
President Wilson received a letter from Richard B. Olney declining the Ambassadorship to the Court of St. James due to age. The exchange marks Olney’s refusal with thanks for the honor.
J Franklin Guthrie sold his 416 acre farm known as the Frederick farm four miles northeast of Shelbyville on the Christiansburg pike to D T Viers of Milton Trimble county for about $60,000. The sale averaged $115 per acre and the land lies in the Mulberry neighborhood noted as one of Shelby county's best producing tracts. Colorado ore output for 1912 exceeded $4,270,000 while U S kerosene production in 1912 reached 220,000,000 gallons.
Atchison Kansas March 14 Clinton Smith received a divorce from Elizabeth Smith after she vanished following a May 21 1910 claim she went out to look at a comet and study astronomy. He testified burglars later looted an East Side pawnshop vault, tunneling from an adjoining building to steal diamonds and securities valued at 250000.
An advertisement touts Delicious brown cakes made with Mrs. Austin's Bag Pane cake Flour available from all grocers. In a separate statistic note, the Russian empire shows an estimated population of 176 million.
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