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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR shows an old notice stamped Bastogne and dated October 25. It mentions a matter related to a local office on Main Street and seems to be an in advance billing or subscription notice. Details are incomplete.
President Wilson designates Thursday November 25 as Thanksgiving Day praising the nation’s peace while Europe remains at war. He notes unity with great nations, national prosperity, and duties of charity, urging nationwide prayer and worship. The proclamation is signed by Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of State Robert Lansing.
Police coroner and relatives hunt movements of Mollie Kasper before death near Hanna road crossing two miles from city. She was believed killed by a freight train around five am. Body found at daybreak warm with skull crushed. Husband Jacob Kasper later identified her. Brothers Edward and Joseph Roeder and sister Mrs. V. J. Hertz survive. Indianapolis News.
Richmond Terre Haute October 21 The invitation to hold next year’s State D A R conference was accepted at the closing session of the fifteenth annual conference. Mrs Frederick Bates of Richmond was chosen State Secretary. Officers elected include Mrs Henry A Beck regent, Miss Emma Donnell vice regent, Mrs Otto Rott state treasurer, Mrs William G Clark state historian, Mrs Frank Felter state auditor, and Mrs KE C Atkins state chaplin.
Miss Florence Mann of Louisville credits Tanlac with ending her nervous exhaustion and debility. She describes improved energy appetite sleep and nerves after months of illness and ineffective remedies. The Tanlac advertisement notes relief benefits and local Madison sale at Rogeore Drug Store.
A humorous domestic tale features Mr Bowser learning his wife Mrs Bowser can teach him more about everyday science and farming than he expects. After a storm of questions about weather, crops, and household repairs, he exits in defeat. A druggist jokes that Mrs Bowser outsmarted him, urging him to return home and read up on last year’s cabbage.
Franklin hosts vast Masonic ceremony for the corner stone of a six building home begun July 14. Cost near 3200,000 with Eastern Star support raising over 31,000. Albert Saxton, 36, killed at Wolcottville by a G R I train. Harold Edwards injured when buggy struck by a car carrying four men who fled.
A playful exchange features a young author reciting a fake animal tale to an editor. The woodchuck’s soft laugh prompts a wry remark about a likely woodchuckle in the Buffalo News tone.
A Baltimore American snippet records a man asking why he should not have a doctor reduce facial swelling, replying fearfully that the doctor might “put it in the bill.” The short exchange reflects concerns over medical costs and perceived charges.
A fragment describes a blushesome scene with a man kissing a woman and a line about officers and men on submarines receiving extra pay. The text blends a narrative moment with an abrupt shift to pay commentary, implying contrasting sources or notes within the same clipping.
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