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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
4
Madison August 24 notices urge voter registration while detailing travel by residents from Washington D C to Indiana and Kentucky. The Win Po Chyle agency reports the sale of the 58 acre Phat ley farm near Madison for 4700 dollars. Several locals arrive or depart for visits in Louisville Indianapolis and Chattanooga with family updates and church roles.
Governor Goodrich appointed Miss Helen Lauer to represent Jefferson County at the sixth annual Mississippi Valley Conference on Tuberculosis in Saint Louis at the Planters Hotel on October 24. The conference gathers speakers of national reputation from eighteen states and will be notably influenced by wartime considerations.
President sent to the Senate today the nomination of J B Lawler as postmaster for Madison. Mary Ochs, of north Walnut street, suffered severe bruises after falling down cellar steps yesterday. Several other injuries occurred including two broken ribs, but she rests well and is hoped to recover soon.
Miss Louella Anna Botts and Ortis Dale Weaver, a popular Madison couple, were married last night at 9 by Rev. James Crutchfield in Carrollton Methodist parsonage. They returned to Madison and stay at the Broadway Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stephenson of 22 East First Street report four sons in the services. Gale and William have seen overseas action. William, the youngest, has been wounded four times. Zack serves with Camp Sherman bound for France on the 20th. Clarence is stationed near Woolworth Beach Oregon with the spruce pine division. Chase, Zack, William, and Clarence have long service records with 12, 10, 6 months, and 6 months respectively. All four are volunteers.
A 1910s era poem by Maggie Robinson on young volunteers from Fillmore Street, honoring their sacrifice for the flag. It notes families waiting at home and hopes for the return of brave boys as Old Glory continues to wave. The piece reflects wartime sentiment and maternal longing for service members overseas.
The piece recalls Persia’s 1907 division into Russian and British spheres and the forced exit of Morgan Shuster, noting a new Russian stance nullifying the agreement and seeking to aid Turkish and British troops. It argues imperialism’s rules have changed post Brest-Litovsk and Petrograd, while California irrigation and New Zealand tourism show evolving global trends.
Madison notes August 30 reports Mr Hisle Crazy of Muncie visiting Mr C Else and Mr M Grobmiver nominated again for Carrolton Wy postmaster. Mrs W Paillem and daughter Alice visit Cincinnati and Aurora. Louise Bimerting returns home to Pekin after visiting Madison friends. Forrest Haphes of Patriot listed among war casualties. Betty Francisca recovering at Soldiers Home Lafayette. George Weales and Laide Baglin wed in Brooklyn. Frank Stephanus Dro and Peter Stephanus announce overseas arrival. Andrew Sele to Proand well Ohio for nitrate plant work. Nannie Wagner and family return from visiting relatives. Mrs Bowelley reports son Private Doe Kelley wounded but not seriously. in hospital in France. Jacob Harrry 2h Cope to Port Bayourd for duty after furlough. Mrs Predright Watts to Leeds and then Galen with Mer and Dasper Force. Frank McCarty of Akron visits Madison. a successful young businessman. Gunners Mates Will Nunnelly and Richard Conway head to Great Lakes Training Station for service. Alice Peddie leaves for Nitro West Virginia to join federal hospital duty as Red Cross nurse.
Chicago reports that during a wartime meeting at Fort Sheridan officials from midwest colleges will confer with army chiefs to plan wartime control of all colleges universities and grammar schools. London notes 8000 to 9000 Metropolitan police on strike as the count grows.
Miss Allene Ryker reported a coal pile fire in the basement at Ryker Ridge High School. Trustee Manville Dave Buchanan and Prof. Pender left for the scene with chemical solution after contact with Superintendent Pender. Indiana coal smoulders and was thought to be under control by afternoon.
Edward Gebest of 5250 Walnut Madison Path was beaten and robbed early Thursday near Second and York streets Newport Kentucky. He was hospitalized in Dayton with a severe head wound and unconsciousness after two robbers fled toward the river. Detectives and bystanders aided him and reports say valuables were taken but no plunder recovered.
A Russian wireless dispatch reported the population of Liev is starving as unrest grows in Ukraine. It also says severe fighting occurred between White Guard and Bolsheviks at Moscow, with one band of White Guards captured.
Three men Frank Cirden Oscar Trump and Martin Trump perished when their automobile skidded into a creek near Columbus Indiana today. Sheriffs in nearby Kentucky counties search for Cy Smiths son a Camp Tyler deserter who vanished after a furlough episode. St Paul lists 200 war plants Oklahoma reports 138 highway bridges California records 2 377 549 inhabitants.
A lively gathering at Papelar street home honored Miss Gavitt whose long tenure as supervisor of telephone operators ends this week Miss Grasitt and Miss Glauber praised for steady service and Miss Hoffstadt named to succeed in clerical duties The farewell included a reading of appreciation and a dessert reception with many former operators and staff in attendance
Report from Washington notes among staff officers that German resistance on the west front could collapse within a few days if Allied gains continue. The item emphasizes ongoing rapid advances and the influence of favorable military momentum.
A German retreat is described as a painful failure by the leading paper. General Foch is noted as unlikely to push the Rhine crossing, while commentary questions German resistance and the overall strategic impact of the retreat.
The item lists county officials such as Treasurer Royth Dawson Recorder Charles Of McBride Surveyor William EO Werning Jr Assessor Ulysses EO Buchanan and Commissioners Albert Lb Banta George Gabel with Madison Township trustee Robert El Manville and assessor George McKay In a separate report a German officer shot ten men who panicked near Canadian attacks and were about to surrender Montana population noted as 376.
Readable lines show a debated affection for land and a plan referenced as a garden project in Sacramento. The fragment hints at possible tensions over use of space and local appetite for development.
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