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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
2
Official notice posted for property or business at 111 East Main Street Madison End on May 11, 1916. Details of action or deadline not fully readable. Readers may consult the local office for precise instructions and dates.
In Toledo on May 2, 200 carpenters began a five room two story house for Miss Emma Plessner pressner now bride of John McCann. The Real Estate Board sponsored the project with labor and materials donated by member firms. An uncle donated the lot. Mayor Milroy spoke as the foundation was completed and moving pictures were taken. Lights and gas were set to be connected at 4 pm and the couple will occupy the home Thursday.
A child sought help at Miss Alice Harkenrider’s home near Fort Wayne after crying that a mother would not talk. Mrs. John Landstofer, 85, was found dead on the floor from heart disease while doing laundry. The five year old daughter was left alone with the body.
Marion Kentucky May 2 Charles Kimsey aged 30 totally blind was forced to shoot and kill a hawk that was disturbing his chickens in the Memphis mines neighborhood. He said he fired from the sound of the hawk’s wings as it lay away. Flo lost his sight in a mine accident.
Lionel Sauerhaber aged 17 was fatally killed today after being caught in the belting at the Ohio Falls Rolling Mill in New Albany Indiana. The accident occurred May 3 and local authorities reported the sudden death at the scene.
Miss Eleanor Bartlett Dale daughter of Henry B. Dale formerly of Sf 1 Claflin & Co. and Charles B. McCarthy Newark Farning News editor wed March 25 at St Bridget's Newark in a surprise ceremony. The bride who contributed to the paper since last November met her groom through social work.
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as penetrating congestion to restore blood flow and banish rheumatic or neuralgic pain. It urges use by anyone with pain and notes 25c and 50c sizes, plus a Burdock Blood Bit Bitters tonic at $1 for overall health and digestion.
Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, advises Young America to be square and truthful, seek education though not essential, and value brains over cash. He says opportunity abounds, profit sharing can settle labor issues, and women should shift to home duties after marriage. He stresses love of work over money and personal snobbery has no place in business.
A Sardinia man PF L Dixon is found to be related to Lincoln Dixon U S representative of North Vernon. Both claim a shared great grandfather who was a Revolutionary soldier with government and family records confirming the link. The resemblance spans looks and political outlook across four generations.
In Fort Wayne Indiana on May 3 Curley Rademaker of Decatur submitted to amputation of a foot. He asked the severed foot be buried with the Decatur family grave and that when the body is laid to rest later the foot remains be buried with it. His son and son-in-law followed these wishes.
A historical advertisement warns that mercury in certain medicines harms senses and urges using Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. The internally taken remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces and to be sold by druggists with testimonials available.
Indianapolis May 4 The superintendent of public instruction George A Greathouse has turned over 5150 24 to the state treasury from manuscript department operations It is proposed to use the surplus to fund the teachers retirement system The 1915 year saw 17749 manuscripts received with many by non teaching applicants and a large rise in licenses for vocational subjects Strong entities include the manuscript department the state treasury and the General Assembly with dates and figures cited
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a satisfactory laxative that releases poisons from the system. It claims accumulated waste causes sickness and describes dizziness spots before the eyes and general malaise as signs to take a dose for relief by morning.
Report shows 60,000,000 coconut trees under cultivation across Ceylon highlighting a major agricultural expansion. Growth spans multiple provinces as farmers increase plantings and harvests.
A brief note in The Herald highlights delicious brown cakes baked using Mrs Austin's Bag Pancake Flour. The item promotes a pantry-friendly recipe angle and brand usage.
An elderly German narrator recounts a century old manuscript detailing a serum to halt aging. He describes using it on Fraulein Bischoff and Adolf Beutner, noting failed effects as aging accelerated rather than slowed. The story ends with Beutner discovering his wife’s advanced age and disappearing. Take The Herald.
Mildred York signed her marriage application as Mildred instead of Millie York, leading to fear of prosecution and temporary derangement. She ingested carbolic acid at home and died within hours, leaving a husband and two children. She was 25 years old.
Cloyce Tucker sixteen son of Mr and Mrs Charles Tucker of Claypool Indiana died four hours after being struck on the head by a horseshoe tossed by Harold Brown fifteen while they played Tucker walked home and collapsed He is survived by five brothers and sisters.
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