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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
4
Fragmented item describes Corporal Feseme Woymer wounded in France and evacuated. Text mentions telegraph, units, and unclear dates, with references to medical care, relatives, and a stationing event. Several illegible phrases render full clarity impossible.
The article details a jumble of names and phrases about a fallow tele data, a court session over claims against the estate of George Stevenson, and a will probated for Cynthia A. Smith. It notes executor John McGregor, guardian Elizabeth Shelton, and attorney Curtis Marshill, with several Shelby township claimants and a Hanover Lyceum Union concert series upcoming. It also mentions Madison connections and a note on military rifle production.
Community items report Flora Adam of Indianapolis visiting Mrs. Joseph Horuff in Madison. Mr. and Mrs. George Lonsdale and son return from Columbus to share family news. Mention of theater improvements at Little Garden Theater closed for modifications. Miss Genevieve Speder visits aunt Mrs. Julius Davis in the West neighborhood. A military notice notes Sergeant Clifford Rothadel connected to a booth for a parade. Local obituaries mention Leonard Chordan, age 84, of a Milton Ky. home, survived by widow and two children. Grain work and government barracks construction referenced at various sites nearby. Private Hal Jones overseas with Battery TP and Captain Manor promoted to Captain in France, part of overseas deployment with New England troops.
Lieutenant Maurice H Knowles commanded a tank at Pannes and helped the allies take seventeen heavy German guns five light machine guns and seventy five prisoners. He did not lose a man and is a University of California graduate.
The body of Charles A Gardner arrived by the Hoon train and was taken to Mr and Mrs George W Gardner on South Jefferson Street for funeral services at 10 A M tomorrow at Fairmount Cemetery. He was years old, married, and survived by parents a brother Cary Gardner of Cispood two sisters Mrs Cary Brinson and Mrs John Van Antwerp. He previously taught at Madison and lived in Indianapolis for several years.
Mrs. Alexander Fewell, a respected Smirrna resident, died yesterday morning after illness. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning with burial at Hopewell Baptist Church cemetery. She is survived by her husband, two sisters Nona Kinnear and Nancy [ilinnott], and two brothers Charles Pamabasad and [unreadable]. She was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church.
At work in the Cacho factory yesterday Harrison Roberts about 50 slipped about two feet and suffered a left elbow dislocation and elbow fracture. He also dislocated his hip and received bruises expected to keep him out for weeks. He lives on West Third Street with a family.
Mary Boone Stapp and husband transfer one third of the Francisco farm at Wirt to Hiram Francisco for 8000 dollars. Charles L. Rutledge sells a Dupont lot to Aaron Johnson for 1050 dollars. Elsworth H. Walker transfers property on Wall Street to Prank Dunn and wife for 500 dollars. The Senate passed a 6000000 Deficiency Bill and sent it to conference. Draft board reports James Hargan inducted into the S A T C at Wisconsin. San Francisco orders mandatory mask wear on streets with fines.
Nurses in Boston and other places received protective gauze against the new influenza. The report notes limited breathability through the gauze and mentions a circuit court settlement in the estate matter of Chemtygre oo Stevenson with multiple parties and bond figures. A guardian was appointed for Elizabethbinsen and a sale of unimproved real estate was approved with a report of sale showing $50. Judge Griffith adjourned court to Monday.
Berlin reports Prime Minister Masmullan advised two options for Germany the honorable peace or total fight to the last man as conveyed by German dispatches from Copenhagen dated October 25.
Paris reports a German directive instructing troops to poison wells in the zone to be evacuated and urging more method and less haste in destroying property. Also noted are brief items about Coxswain James Huntington White leaving for Baltimore after furlough and serving on an armed guard unit. A quip about idle rumors and a fact about the male ostrich close the item.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions ex president Harrison and references a contested event or debate. The text is garbled with numerous broken phrases and lacks coherent details, making precise reconstruction difficult.
A midcentury health advertisement claims weak nervous women can quickly gain vigor and strong nerves using a veterinary tonics and nutrient formulas. The copy touts Pepithon and calcium glycero phosphate products as essential boosters to vitality and bone strength.
A fragmented and cryptic item appears with incomplete phrases and names, offering a truncated glimpse into a wartime or trench themed note. The readable bits suggest homage or tribute, but the exact event and participants remain unclear.
Ex president urges Americans to stand together despite party differences until a final peace is secured. He says the war was begun for freedom and to aid oppressed neighbors, not for greed, and calls for united national effort beyond party lines.
The Marion City edition denounces Judge Coline for discharging the grand jury probing fraud in primaries where he was a nominee. The piece laments erosion of judicial integrity and urges impeachment and retirement to private life to preserve public trust.
A Marion County official announced a halt on poultry shipments after dam and storage limits strain cold facilities. Farmers plan to raise more birds to meet future demand while shelves stay tight. An unrelated herbal remedy ad and dog note appear in the page.
Advertisement for Humphreys Witch Hazel Ointment claiming relief for hemorrhoids itching burning and bleeding. Mentions 25 cents at druggists and a free sample from Humphreys Home Medicine Company in New York City or nearby.
SICK STOCK BOOK on treatment of Hornes Cou Sheep Dogs and other animals sent free. Humphreys Homeopathic Veterinary Medicines 156 William St New York.
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