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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
3
The Madison weekly edition, priced at one dollar, is issued by Deraille Company. The notice lists the publication’s address on Main Street in Madison and provides the price and mailing details for annual subscriptions.
Pocket manual for mephonine administration and disease treatment promises practical medical guidance. Claims to provide valuable information and invites readers to request a free book from Humphreys Biomeopathic Medicine Co in New York.
In Peru Indiana on the Williams Mussellman farm a black walnut tree reportedly bears two kinds of nuts. One type has half the kernel size and a taint bell while the other is the regular walnut. David Teel observed hogs avoid the inner nuts while eating those on the outer side of the tree.
William Taylor, a ten year old boy, fatally shoots his five year old sibling during a play war at the family home on the country farm. The father, startled, left a loaded gun in a corner. returning, he finds the baby dead and the boy with a smoking weapon, claiming it was only play. The Taylors previously lived in New Concord.
Richard M. Milburn cautions that appointive officers serving on party state committees must resign under the new primary law. The ruling covers all levels except county attorney, reshaping the Indiana Democratic State Committee with eight to ten members affected. Several named committee members face removal while others may retain seats as vacancies await selection next March under the new law.
Wovius Leg Amputation described for Rosie the Hill Abanach hen to adapt to a wooden leg. The leg stump was treated with skin pulled over the end and tied, alcohol used to numb prior to operation, no anaesthetic given. The operation succeeded, stump healing, and Rosie appears healthy. owner Allesbach plans a small wooden leg and attachment. Brazil Henry Kentschar farmer near Patricksburg gored by cow Tuesday, serious injury.
A chicken hatched at Mrs. Joe Ash's home in Lamb has four fully developed legs. The extra pair sprouts from a half circular hump on its back and curves over the rump drawing automobile parties from miles around to view the odd bird.
A May 8 thunderstorm in Bedford Indiana struck the barn of farmer John Clampitt, setting it ablaze and killing four horses. Two cows escaped, their hides singed.
Greensburg Indiana May 3 John Hornung a local business man owns three acres of alfalfa at town edge. County farm agents say the crop is the tallest in the state. The stand reaches 18 to 28 inches high and the first cutting is expected to yield at least two tons per acre.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio claiming no mercury and internal action. It warns about harmful mercury in other remedies and urges purchasers to seek the genuine product. The notice closes with a druggist sale claim and a mention of Hall's Family Pills for constipation. In a separate line a Clinton Italian named John Rozso pleaded guilty to operating a blind tiger in Clinton.
Virginia reevaluates a decade old secret engagement to Andrew. She plans a year for his return, then learns he came back with his wife. Arthur Bridges supports her honesty and faces the emotional turn as news arrives from Mrs. Ward and the hotel.
Lorine Rogers sues Joanie Wa for divorce in Jefferson Circuit Court Madison Indiana. Complaint filed April 26 1915 notes defendant’s residence unknown and warns she must answer by the next term failing which default may be entered. Clerk Sealy EDW. M. Prenatt attorneys Sulzer & Bear. apr2ywot
The Hoosne tunnel at North Adams Mass once claimed America’s longest at four and three quarters miles. The Reger pass tunnel on the Canadian Pacific Rocky Mountain division now under construction is about five miles long and will likely become the new record holder.
The article explains that boils and carbuncles arise from streptococcal infection and can spread via blood vessels. It stresses immediate medical treatment at first signs to prevent tissue destruction, bone deformity, and systemic infection that could be life threatening.
Lexington Kentucky May 3 A suit filed Tuesday by Valliedingham of this city Ver Ponte of Texas and CGisorpe Wolfendi Boone County claims mismanagement fraud and failure to pay dividends at Burley Vobasen Company. They say stock value has declined and the company wrongfully diverted funds to banks and a Strater Bros factory. They seek dissolution and sale of assets among stockholders.
Farmers in Grahamton and Garnettsville report severe loss from a Sunday hailstorm. Oats and wheat are ruined and orchards stripped. roads blocked and early crops cut to the ground. Telephone service was crippled delaying word of the disaster. The damage is described as very great and discouraging.
Cambridge City Indiana May 5. Although she was deaf and blind Miss Elizabeth Sawyer missed church only six times in fifty seven years of Presbyterian Sunday school. She said she attended for inspiration and for influence on others. The body was taken to New Hampshire for burial.
Promoters claim ADV Health product Harp'reus boosts vitality and digestion with a nightly dose of Dr Kin Mig Lito Pi'l. The ad warns of aging and poor movement without the product and urges readers to buy tonight for full, free vowel movement and improved well being.
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