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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1915
Page
7
Madison August 28 brief items list residents visiting relatives and traveling to Cincinnati Ashville N C Jeffersonville Winchester and Louisville. Local marriages and a suspended sentence are noted along with several family and visit notices and a final settlement in the James W. Robinson estate.
Police search for three men described as two young small wearing capes and one larger older with straw hat after a Grayford house was broken into and an elderly man beaten and robbed. The trio were seen at Monroe Bros. on West Main Street this morning buying tobacco with stolen silver, then headed toward Hanover toward Louisville.
Governor Samuel M. Ralston designates Monday September 6 1915 as Labor Day in Indiana urging state and local offices to close and urging citizens to observe the holiday by pausing work. The proclamation extols labor as a blessing and links frugality honesty and unity to national prosperity.
The report notes Peter Hertz dr of East Main Street guards a giant pumpkin vine, claiming a hundred foot potential span with only five pumpkins about 25 feet apart and the size of a peach basket. Also, Raymond Kahn injured when a ladder collapsed striking his mouth on a sausage machine, Dr Cook stitching the wound and finger injury expected to delay work. The text ends with an odd line about salmon being the swiftest fish for short distances.
Madison November 30 items list residents traveling to Cambridge City Cincinnati and Indianapolis with visits and relocations. Marriage licenses issued to Joseph Sallender and Agnes Peak. New births, moving to Madison, and Chautauqua attendance noted along with a stolen bicycle recovered and awaiting ownership proof. Sheriff reports an escaped prisoner from the Indian doctor case. Smyrna Township Sunday School convention announced for September 2 with local speakers.
Friends mourn the death of Miss Henrietta Pearl McKenna at her Depot Street home from carbolic acid poisoning in a personal crisis. The 29 or 30 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph McKenna left a note of despondency and died after being found unconscious by her mother on Saturday afternoon. Coroner Henning ruled death caused by carbolic acid poisoning in a personal crisis. Survived by parents, sister Mildred, and brothers Charles and Harold. Mr McKenna is a retired taker. Community sympathy goes to the family.
Master Edward Jones, 1 year old son of Mr and Mrs Wm Jones, was shot in the right breast by an accidental 22 caliber rifle discharge while hunting on a hill. He recovered rapidly and was cared for at home before Dr Totten took over treatment.
Mrs. W. M. Singer died at her home near Mt. Byrd Church in Trimble County Kentucky after a long illness. In her 91st year she leaves her husband and four children including Mrs. Harvey McIntyre Mrs. W. R. Wilson Mrs. Westcott James Singer and George Singer and many grandchildren. She was a Baptist and well respected in the community. Washington officials note a suspected plot to destroy US munitions factories with explosions at Acton Massachusetts and Wilmington Delaware amid other incidents.
In Gary on August 30 officials disclosed an international plot to halt munitions shipments with the discovery of a removed rail on the Wabash line near the Aetna Power mills. The derailed train carrying guncotton could have doomed the plant.
The Chautauqua circuit ends with a robust program headlined by the Albers Odette and a moving lecture on Europe’s storm era. The Riedelhaffer Skibinsky Company offered an outstanding closing concert despite weather, while discussions on war and democracy framed the final days. The season sold strongly with season-ticket interest for next year.
French forces inflicted severe damage to German trenches in the Argonne region during the night. Severe western Russian storms flood rivers, swelling marshes and hindering German movements, with Cossacks gaining advantage in engagements. Submarine activity reports include the British steamer Sir William Stephenson sunk after 48 hours. The Arabic and other submarine reports remain unconfirmed by official channels.
Washington reports a border deadline along the Rio Grande with most U S troops at Texas City to quell banditry. Mexican bandits would be killed on sight while an embargo blocks munitions to Mexico. The administration backs a provisional president chosen by a peace conference to pressure Carranza and dampen rival factions.
Washington reports Zapata accepts Secretary Lansing and Latin American proposals. Gary note: U S joins Kayser murder probe as suspect arrested, identity withheld and fingerprints found at the Kayser home. Also a historical aside notes Romans coated their eyes with honey.
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