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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1915
Page
7
Madison notes a busy day with residents traveling to Indianapolis and North Vernon, visits to relatives, and business appointments. Mentions include Wirt visitors, Studebaker car sale, a garage project, a knee injury, and regional scare on gamebird crops. Also reports a council resignation, a successor elected, and a fatal bean accident.
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret J Stevens were set for 2 PM Sunday at the Methodist church in North Madison with Rev Hartley officiating. Burial followed at Fairmount cemetery.
The Loyal Men of the Christian church staged a charming evening for Sunday school pupils with a varied program. Highlights included a duet by Robert Richards and Mr Jenkins, a quartet, a school-reenactment, a debate featuring Miss Isabella Winslow, and a class song written by Rev. J Moody. The lecture room was beautifully set with candles, autumn flowers, and a three-sided table arrangement. refreshments followed as guests praised the event.
Merare Howard Powell E J Matthews Louis Layton and W M Snyder depart by morning train for Hindaustic falls near Loogootee for a ten day fishing trip. Corporal Blaine Jordan will head subsistence and they bring a large supply of minnows for emergencies. The party will lodge near the falls where bass fishing is reported good this year.
Funeral services for Misa Marga Barrett were held at 9 this morning at St Michael s church largely attended by friends. Burial followed in North Madison Catholic cemetery with Father Guthneck officiating. Pall bearers included Thomas Clark William Horuff Patrick Lowry John Downey Michael Cavanaugh and William Gentrup.
The remains of Simeon A. Leland arrived by train from Buchannan New York. Funeral services were held at 2 PM at the Hanover Methodist church with many mourners. Rev. George Henderson conducted the house and burial services at Springdale cemetery. Pallbearers were Messia Russell Schlicher Charles Craig Walter Harley Robert Schreiber.
Washington on October 7 reports the 1915 wheat crop at 1,002,029,000 bushels, up 22,700,000 from September. The corn crop is 3,026,159,000 bushels, oats 1,517,478,000, and barley 236,482,000.
The Dupont County Fair on October 15 and 16 draws wide interest in the city and county as residents aim to surpass past efforts. A booster parade showcased strong local effort and unity to attract attendees to the fine livestock show featuring Jefferson county’s best livestock.
The grand jury adjourned late yesterday after four days in session. Seventy three witnesses were examined and eight indictments returned. Local court activity included cases: Hoo F M Griffith of Vevay and Harry Meloy of North Vernon in court, and William H Green vs Emma J Green with a divorce granted on the cross complaint.
The Ohio State Journal notes historians speculate 1916 could lack a proper summer, citing 1816’s frost and snow in June and July. It warns that the heavy wartime explosions might plunge next summer’s heat below zero, urging universal disarmament.
A note in the Geographical Journal reports the British admiralty recommends the name Southern Ocean for the ocean encircling the globe south of Australia Africa and South America. Australia and the Union of South Africa formally adopt the term, noting the arctic continent as its southern boundary and leaving no room for an Antarctic Ocean on the map.
An English paper notes the war driven rise of the American link jointed wire cutter using a double leverage design. It compares favorably to English tools, delivering 560 pounds of cutting force versus about 200, enabling it to cut wire entanglements where English cutters fail.
Lorado Tart installed a pneumatic chisel in his studio to simplify outlining marble statues. The tool allows both hands to guide the work, while finishing remains manual.
The Youth's Companion notes that pacifist ideas have become firmly planted in public consciousness. It argues dictionaries prior to the war did not include the terms but these notions will now be enduring in the language and mind of the people.
A wartime note describes Austria's Skoda Gun as a chief contribution to efficiency. It claims men near an exploding Skoda shell vanish with no fragments found and gun barrels melt from the heat.
The Scientific American urges invention of a superior carton for food and goods that is moisture resistant, uniquely shaped, affordable, and better than present cartons. A Herald reader, Charles J. Hoffman, reports a fiery warehouse blaze at Lurton's in Paris Crossing, started around 10:30 p.m. with a gasoline-tank explosion, causing heavy losses and few insurance recoveries.
The piece warns tight shoes and prolonged standing as causes of foot ailments including flat feet. It explains two remedies: a molded metal arch support inside the shoe, fitted by an expert, and a longer alternative set of exercises plus proper diet rest and fresh air to strengthen foot muscles.
Henry Samara sixteen of 2060 Washington Ave Bronx was sentenced to Elmira reformatory by Judge Malone after a Bellevue hospital report found him thoroughly bad and a danger to the community. He attempted to set fire to the house of refuge in April while employed in its laundry. a prior record includes attacking his stepfather and arson nearby. He was observed at Bellevue after fracturing his skull but the doctor found no link to his alleged moral failing.
After an eleven year romance in West Orange a groom Charles J. Grady and bride Ella M. Enderlin were wed by Reverend Louis Shheld of Pleasantdale. The couple’s witnesses were Clara Enderlin and Herbert Enderlin as they rode on to continue their honeymoon in Grady’s automobile.
New York report says air crews hired by northern sealing companies will locate fur seal herds off the coast and guide vessels through shifting ice. They hope to prevent losses from pack ice and enable targeting larger mature seals amid a restricted kill in the hunted Bering area.
Ashland Wisconsin. Pine timber valued at 820 500 on the Bad River reservation will be shared among 547 Indians including many children. Each recipient receives timber plus title to about eighty acres of land. Government experts say the Chippewa tribe ranks among the richest in America with more than 1 500 000 in vaults from pine sales.
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