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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
2
Weekly edition from Madison Indiana reports local notices and community items for Enon PUBLISHED by The Herald Company with limited readable content. The fragment indicates a standard town news roundup and public notices typical of era.
Birth announces Jessie Louise to Mr and Mrs Fred Phillips on West Third Street. Marriage license issued to Frederick Clements and Mae Dullinder. Mrs Martha Godman leaves for Warsaw Kentucky. George Roe of Paris Tennessee and John Roe of Jacksonville Florida visit Oliver Roe. Congressman John S Benham named to committees on public lands railways canals roads and expenditures on public buildings. Joseph Elston fined five dollars for public intoxication after arrest on Jefferson Street. Mr and Mrs Joseph Rusk depart for Indianapolis. Rusk served as cook with the 18th Engineers in France for 13 months and was mustered out May 0th at Camp Sherman. Sergt John Shaughnessy arrives home after eight months in France with the 84th division. saluted by friends. son of Mrs Mary Shaughnessy.
The wedding spans three days with lively entertainments and rituals. The bridegroom is cheered with powder and shaved, then outfitted anew while friends hold candles. The bride rides to church the day after the feast and the couple are formally bound with gold chains.
The French government proposes building a 400 mile sacred road from the coast of Flanders to Alsace. It would trace the line where armies faced each other for three years and pass through forests housing the graves of fallen soldiers, honoring their sacrifices.
The Young Ladies' Sodality of St Marys Church held a card party at the school hall on east Second street last night. Prizes awarded included Ladies first Miss Josephine Roeder, Ladies second Miss Elizabeth Voelker, Gentlemen first Mr An Schaneider, Gentlemen second Mr William Goepee.
John Paul Chapter D A R held its May session with Mrs M C Garber pausing year’s work. Officers retained and new bylaws amendments noted. Regent Gaylord Crozier shared Continental Congress report from Washington. A new flag for John Paul Park was approved for installation soon.
Fourteen month old Nancy the baby fox travels with Sergeant Jack Beyon in the Aviation Advanced Bombing Corps of the First Army. She has dodged shells and bullets, visited Paris London and New York, and is bound for California as a much travelled war mascot.
Mrs. Sarah Lanham wife of Robert M. Lanham of south Walnut street died at age 65 66 after weeks of treatment for bowel cancer at King's Daughters Hospital She was born on Ryker's Ridge and lived in the county and city all her life A Manville Christian Church member she leaves husband two sons Sanford Lanham Columbus Ohio and Samuel Lanham Minneapolis Minnesota and two daughters Mrs George Keller Flat Rock and Mrs Herbert McLaughlin Oilings Montana both surviving relations emphasize her family and community ties.
The death of 76 year old John Malick, a Deputy merchant and Civil War veteran, occurred at his daughter's home. He leaves two sons Ralph of Scott County and Earl of Seymour, and his daughter Mrs. Robertson. Also reported are the marriage of Harry Griffin to Glenna Snead in Indianapolis and the burial of Alfred Scott from Cragmont to New Albany. The world uses nearly 2,000,000,000 lead pencils annually.
Jules Goux, hopeful of France in the Indianapolis Liberty Sweep Stakes on May 31, blends racing talent with sharp business sense. While in America he negotiates to acquire the French agency for a light American car, a truck, a farm tractor, and a sewing machine. He asserts the French market could absorb over 160,000 American sewing machines annually.
H B Dickson urges early registration for the Methodist Centenary celebration in Columbus from June 20 to July 18. Individual fee is 5 dollars, family 10 dollars, covering daily grounds admission and housing committee services. Early registration ensures better services and accommodations for attendees.
Ida McCauley transfers 20 acres in Milton township to E M McCauley for $1. Peter Metzger and wife sell property in Hanover town to Hessie M Peak with private consideration. Carl Fister and wife convey 4 acres in Graham township to Albert Fisher for $1. Cacelia Newbald transfers acres in Graham township to James Newbold.
Bob Ellison seeks a girl named Maggie Rose Flynn at a Boston debutante event and finds a match in Maggie Wayne of Boston. The encounter leads to a marriage plan as Bob learns the two names refer to the same woman and confesses his intent to his mother.
The article notes cinemas in Moravia Liberia's house of representatives with the president present, Arctic Sweden at Haparansa, and Tahiti with three cinemas. It highlights the global reach of the movies the South Sea Islander even selling his shirt or girdle for a ticket, showing the craze’s reach and impact.
The ancient craft of glass blowing spans 4,000 years before Christ with depictions on Mastaba of Tib tombs showing a blower at a furnace. The art, including making vases beads ornaments and bottles, appears well established in that era and region, mirroring present techniques.
The Birmingham Age Herald reports a gray haired office worker scoffs at sympathy. He asserts life is good and reveals in a burst of confidence that at sixty he has the best paying job he ever had.
A fragmented essay argues how seer dream informs emotion beyond vision linking sight to mood. It discusses senses, perception, and the relation of feeling to external objects with references to scientific writing and poetic imagery.
In a faded prose reminiscence, Mary and Martin revisit Leighton to find a transformed town. Homes and schools vanish behind factory growth as Mary reflects that home is where love is, and she and Martin re embrace, hopeful yet changed by time.
A fragmentary natural scene describes a fox sparrow sparing a grebe and a junco nearby. The text follows a fox sparrow on travels with other small birds, noting watchful interactions and a lone bill of feed while a persistent birdpipes an attenuated tune.
A compact Japanese village sits eight miles from Santa Monica where residents live as in Nippon Their daily life includes native dress food and weekend events with geisha tea and local wrestling displays attracting visitors from nearby areas.
The 1797 presidency of John Adams faced harsh press attacks. His administration used the sedition law of 1798 to suppress dissent, sparking a four year conflict that ended with public support for the papers and the 1800 victory of Thomas Jefferson.
A wry aside in a column notes De Smythe’s efforts to trace his ancestors are suspended and jokes that some ancestors might also be suspended, reflecting light humor about genealogy research.
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