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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
2
The city celebrates a deep well pumping station supplying clean cold water for all. Health authorities endorse the supply as pure and abundant, with continued improvements for boiler use and overall community welfare.
The text lists Canadian provinces with disputed area measures and mentions magnetic Porty fue mountains near Scotia where surveys supposedly align within half a mile. It notes surveyors are drawn to these magnetic ranges and some old surveys are claimed accurate.
The readable portion discusses Liberty township resident Nona Pallener scalding injury from a kettle spill with serious injuries. It also notes dry forces and brewery representatives in Ft Wayne planning to close an objectionable Fifth ward saloon when license expires and no remonstrance to keep the ward dry.
Newport girl submits Covington City Hall interior story to Highland Film Company. Joseph Sapier, scenario editor at Ft. Thomas, is impressed and may offer a contract to Mayor George Phillips to star in a forthcoming movie. Kapfer plans the scenario and awaits the mayor's response.
The Vevay Reveille notes a buzzard on the Charlie Dufour farm above Vevay with a bell strapped to its wing. Residents recall a prior string of bell buzzards and debate whether this is the famous return or a new bird recently captured and belled.
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney weakness and related backache. A Madison street cleaner, H. T. Mountjoy, testifies the pills cured headaches and dizziness, with a 50 cent price and Buffalo-based Foster-Milburn Co. as proprietors.
Lawrenceburg Indiana May 7 Augustus W Mueller foreman at the George H Bishop saward edge tool plant reports his two year old Scotch collie has a habit of chewing tobacco and uses a package of scrap tobacco daily to keep from hopping cigar snipes in the gutters The dog was sick months ago and received tobacco juice then recovered Since then it craves tobacco and will leave meat for a chew The dog also enjoys whisky and beer and is described as having a depraved appetite.
A detailed list of payments approved by the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners at the May 1915 session. entries include salaries, per diems, office expenses, road and bridge costs, poor relief, and various miscellaneous disbursements to individuals and firms such as The Herald Co The Courier Co Madison Democrat Madison Light and Fuel Co and others. Auditor C S Dibler certifies the list as a true and complete record of allowances.
Cincinnati bankers say counterfeit $5 notes from series 199 with letters C or D are hard to detect. The fake Indian head design shows a light feather spot and a darker facial area, with more than 200 passed in Dayton and several discovered in Cincinnati after a warning a week ago.
Dr. Howard L. Fisher brother of Walter L. Fisher former Interior Secretary was aboard the Lusitania en route to Europe to help form a British Red Cross hospital unit in Belgium. He cabled from Queenstown that he is safe and well. He was a Hanover Ind. native and Jefferson Medical College graduate, member of the American Medical Association.
An 19th century health notice warns against mercury containing ointments and urges prescriptions from reputable doctors. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo as mercury free and taken internally. Mentions Druggists sell it for 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available. Also notes Hall’s Family Pills for constipation and an upcoming St Joseph class meeting at Grace Reformed Church. Bradley sues Mineral Springs Racing Association for 200 dollars over work on its Porter race track.
An old advertisement touts a pine forest tonic claimed to clear throat and head mucous, marketed as Newnest and Vigor from a health-giving snow forest, promoted by Dr Bell's Pins Tar Honey. Sold by druggists.
A reformer helps a crook named Jones Jones reform then swaps him with Brown Brown the honest man to run a shirt shop. A midnight knock yields the switch back to Jones Jones, a detective misidentifies Brown Brown, and a police blow ends the ruse as the crowd witnesses the comic reversal.
Delia confronts rumors of Howard's engagement to a Akerville girl and writes a bitter letter. He returns with affection, while Delia fears judgment. The misaddressed note ends up in the dead letter office and is destroyed, restoring harmony as Howard calls her angel.
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