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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
7
notices record multiple local events including births in Madison on September 23, mothers Mr and Mrs Dehter and Mr and Mrs Cole, and a daughter for Berney Stewart. Other brief notes cover train travel, a birthday, a found tailgate, and public affairs. Comings and goings of residents are noted alongside a state board of accounts exam in Hanover.
Squire Stuart disposed of cases from police arrests last night. Charles Dean was fined 81 and costs for intoxication, Bessie Barnes charged with assault and battery 1 dollar and costs, Dan Lyle for intoxication 1 dollar and costs, Robert Burk for intoxication 1 dollar and costs. All failed to pay fines and were jailed. They are colored people.
Mrs Lock Ray was fatally burned when a gas explosion wrecked two rooms of her Greensburg Indiana home early today. She was hurled through a window about 20 feet and suffered severe facial and chest burns.
Mayor Crozier backs Governor Ralston's Disease Prevention Day urging work and study on clean living. The plan emphasizes fresh air, daily tooth brushing, eight hours sleep, proper food and water, rat and fly control, and cleanliness to fight disease, with sunlight as a health ally.
Elmer Hartwell, a Columbus laborer, claimed engagement to a million dollar woman who gave him cars and cash. An insanity charge was filed. he will have a morning hearing in Justice Kennedy's court. He drenched Salvation Army minister Ensign James during attempted services and flooded the jail floor by leaving a faucet open until the sheriff intervened.
Interstate railroads plan fare increases in the near term. Rates set at 24.5 cents per mile with minor variations by route and conditions.
In Rochester Indiana on September 22 horses cows and hogs drank spilled silo juice from the Wideman Brothers farm and became drunk for a day causing trouble for the owners. The article notes a cheap liquor could be made from corn stalk silo juice and mentions a House Rules Committee decision to limit debate on the War Revenue Bill to seven hours with no amendments.
Mary E. Ogden transfers 81 acres to Lane caster for 2500 dollars. Turkish women begin studies in medicine signaling shifting social roles.
Miss Lyland Tevia of Indianapolis visits sister Miss Irene Tevis on Jefferson Street. Mrs. S. M. Duff travels to Kansas City after visiting relatives. Sheriff McKay reports 23 prisoners in county jail. recall of 26 from 1910 election. Registra tion Day set for October 5 with voting eligibility tied to registration. School board awards contract to W. H. Anger for domestic department upgrades at grammar school. Civil suit seeks 3500 damages for trespass over drainage from defendant’s house onto plaintiff’s premises. Local families from Rush County enjoy a Sunday along the Ohio River near Madison.
Many friends in Madison mourn the death of Mrs Minnie Lee Riggleman wife of Charles Riggleman of Indianapolis. She died at her mother Mrs Sarah A Lee's home after months of illness, confined a month. Survived by her husband her mother and one brother Charles Lee of this city. She joined the Christian church and was active in Daughters of Rebekah and Daughters of Pocahontas.
The Republicans of Graham township held a convention this afternoon at Deputy. They named Daniel E. Hartwell as Trustee Charles T. Tobian as Assessor John T. Sparks and Charles P. Cline as Justices of the Peace Otia Lawler and John L. Nowling as Constables John Dunham Max Wright William N Neff and W H Sieving as Road Supervisors Edward Adama Edward Stuart and S W McCurry as Advisory Board.
In Carmel Kentucky several farmers form a stock company and purchase telephone lines east of the Milton and Bedford pike from the Cumberland Company. The new firm will extend service to all farm houses that want it and connect with the Milton exchange for county wide coverage. Too many lazy men pose as mare Ayre.
The twenty third annual State Conference of Charities and Correction will meet in Madison October 17–20, 1914. Professors Moran and Kiplinger lead the planning with chairs and committees for Courts and Prisons, Medical Charities, Rural Life, and more. Delegates, hotels, transportation and a six session program are arranged, with Madison hotels and nearby institutions offering tours and lodging.
The 82d Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regimental Association met at the city hall in annual session. About 125 living veterans listed among attendees from various companies with visitors from other regiments. President Hammell and Secretary-Treasurer Kirk were reelected. next meeting set for the District Encampment. Evening campfire session invited the public.
The Post Master General plans a bill to double rural route pay to 1800 a year per carrier and shrink routes by half, saving 600 for every two routes. A second proposal would end civil service rules and privatize rural routes by contracting them out, with an estimated 20000 saving to the Post Office Department.
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