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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
6
Matt toon residents report travelers leaving for Indianapolis for jobs or visits. Local carpenters work on sheriff's residence while others move or sell property. Funeral services and obituaries accompany license issuances and D A R meeting notes with testimonies on Revolutionary era lineage.
At the March 4 1916 meeting of the S. E. Hospital board contracts were awarded for groceries dried fruit cereals tobacco coffee cured meats potatoes and more to firms including Elmer E Scott Co W H Robbins Co John B Bright Son John C Grouch Co Franklyn MacVeagh Co Barber Co Morris Co and others Also Senator Kern filed his post primary report declaring no contributions and no expenses in his Senate race.
The Indiana Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis reports 1915 life savings in Indiana valued at 34,680,000 dollars and notes the death rate drop from 17.45 to 14.18 per ten thousand over five years. It estimates 435 lives saved in 1915 and 2,425 fewer sickness cases, with per person value contributions from public health gains.
Roy C Buchanan and wife sell 16431 acres to Charles H Holt and wife for 4500 dollars. Melvin Hughes and wife sell 54 acres in Madison township to Morris K Tudor and wife for 4000 dollars. Martha Scott and others sell 5382 acres in Shelby township to George Heaverline and wife for 1800 dollars. George Heaverline and wife sell a farm in Madison to Lowry H Bear.
Washington report notes death of Indiana Senator Benjamin F. Shively at age 58 after diabetic cancer complications. He died peacefully with family present. funeral set for South Bend. President Wilson sent condolences praising his public service and duty. Shively, born 1857 in St. Joseph County, served in Congress and the Senate from 1884 to 1916, with a career spanning law, teaching, and politics.
Local notes show Moses A. Carney selling a Hanover township farm to Dallas A. Noell for 650 dollars. August H. Wehner sold 1224 acres on Rykers Ridge to Julian L. Grebe for 7.50, with a land transfer filed by Em erson Lemen. The tack factory runs near full capacity with two shifts to meet demand, operating late weekdays. Citizens travel and visit relatives while real estate and court actions appear in region records.
Prof. Woodworth announces the panel for the inter-society contest on March 20 in Hanover College social department. Manuscript judges include Prof. Beck, Rev. Gordon, and Joseph Hanna. delivery judges are Rev. Lower Turner Campbell. Philalethean reps are Miller Averitt Rogers. Union Lib Society reps Hege Gibbs. Prize donated by W. W. Evans of Walton Kentucky.
A blaze destroyed a rooming house for colored people in Indianapolis. Effie Smith and John Wesley were so severely burned that doctors fear they will die.
Miss Kate Noll aged 60 living in Madison Indiana was arrested at the Seventh Street depot on a lunacy charge filed by her nephew J S Seitz of 114 West Barbee Street. She had been adjudged insane in Madison last Friday and fled custody before being found in Louisville where she is held at Jefferson County jail.
Charles Cravens, by attorney John McGregor, files in circuit court for damages after a fall at the Main and Walnut street intersection on Sept 28 1914 injuring his saddle mare Bernice. The mare, about 2 years 5 months old of the Denmark breed, was being trained as a saddle animal when the accident left her permanently unusable.
The French liner Patria with about 1,000 passengers reported an unannounced submarine attack near Tunis. The torpedo narrowly missed the stern and the ship was unarmed.
The ad touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a children's remedy for cold ailments claiming pine loosens throat mucus and opens air passages while honey soothes. The notice notes the product as ideal for growing children and a staple for families. Paragraph ends with report of German shift in Verdun front toward Vaux and heavy artillery fire.
Madison hosts 160 plus Odd Fellows as Grandmaster Macbeth Grand Secretary Leedy and Grand Patriarch Stewart address members. Leedy praises Madison while urging renewed membership drives. visitors depart for Louisville and Salem after a lively gathering and program.
About 80,000 pounds sold on the breaks today with up to noon around 60,000 pounds at an average $10.10. Market shows strength and prices have risen over recent sales. Receipts are thinning as the season nears its end.
Internal revenue receipts for the year show a decided gain and with the optimistic forecast for income tax collections Treasury Department officials believe the Government may have a surplus at the end of the fiscal year.
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