14 Nov 1918
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1918
Page
1
Brief readable item notes the Madison Herald weekly edition from The Herald Company. Mentions the publication year and office location on Main Street with emphasis on local newspapers and subscription details.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered names including Golay Watts and a reference to remains and home delivery, with indecipherable phrases about visits, undertaker, and a possible sale. The damaged lines suggest a local notice or obituary fragment without coherent details.
The report covers yesterday's election with Democrats winning one trustee seat and Joseph M. Graveena for joint senator. It notes local results in Madison and Trimble counties, including majorities for Stanley for US Senator, and lists various candidates and pledges, with reference to statewide figures and party outcomes.
A fragmented OCR notice details a Hoosila farmer and a motor truck incident. The garbled text references a local event or legal notice in a community with names and places obscured, signaling a public matter requiring attention or action.
Funeral services for Chant Bondurant were conducted this afternoon at the residemon on West Magatreet. The ceremony featured pallbearers from the Pennsylvania Roadway and a detective from the West Madison Methodist Church, with interment at Springdale Cemetery. The obituary notes Bondurant’s long service and includes a final, unclear statement about an alphabet wager.
A dense field note reports on market factors influencing food prices and supplies. Mentions effects of government action, stabilization efforts, and withholding measures on commodities and winter provisioning. References to committees, universities, and regional distribution impacts appear amid industrial and retail concerns.
Fragmentary text discusses tobacco exports to China and cigarette figures, crude economic notes, and wartime production details. Mentions American cigarettes, exports to China, and butter storage costs. Also references U.S. Food Administration price rules and factory rifle production figures.
An article discusses a private trucking operation in Indiana aiding wartime needs. It explains the creation of a Keruen Bureau to act as a clearinghouse linking shippers, manufacturers, and carriers, aiming to relieve rail bottlenecks by moving short haul freight by motor truck. It highlights benefits of door-to-door service, same-day delivery, and reduced congestion amid coal and steel shortages impacting war production.
A jumbled OCR passage lists names and phrases such as Bebo and Woodrow with stray references to games, players, and events. The text resembles a rough, unreadable sports memo or clipping lost in transcription, offering little coherent detail or context.
Eddie Grant a baseball player for the New York Giants and other league clubs has been killed in action in France. Huntington township saw 818 voters sign the suffrage petition at the polls Tuesday as women braved a chilly day to gather signatures.
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