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The Madison Herald announces weekly edition details with subscription price 81.00 for two years in advance. Ad references office at East Main Street Madison Indiana and date September 2 11S.
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
2
The Madison Herald announces weekly edition details with subscription price 81.00 for two years in advance. Ad references office at East Main Street Madison Indiana and date September 2 11S.
Fragmentary obituary items from Madison mention a funeral for Stew art and references to Mrs blass ing tram tes e her sister VP Miss Feiz leaving for an inn and days away in Penn. Additional scrawled notes cite family members and a board discussion surrounding arrangements.
Mrs Elizabeth Cecelia Weber died after a weeklong illness at the home of her brother in Pawnee City Nebraska aged 74. She leaves a husband Louis Weber and children among a large family including five sisters and several brothers. Funeral plans expected in the Lutheran church with attendance from relatives and local officials.
The notice announces the Hebron Fall Festival on October 17 to aid the Red Cross. It also lists several local items: Private Fred Peddie arriving home overseas, marriage licenses issued to Wo Schrether and Wallice, and Margueson and Pearcer in Jefferson County. Also mentioned are school events, a moving tram at Purdue, and staff changes at Columbus public schools and Notre Dame visits.
Hunter on West Main Street receives a letter from Be Joon Private Clarence Panter of Company B Watch Machine Gun Battalion. Panter, long mourned dead since August 5, writes from the trenches in France, sending news and gratitude for daily papers. Local war notes and a police pursuit are briefly mentioned amid his cheerful tone.
A flood of obituary notices from Fort Wayne and nearby communities recalls the death of several residents. Private Liuater of Madison is noted in a military context. Charles Peters Meotiter, a druggist and civic leader of Fort Wayne, is mourned along with a widow and three children. Services and funeral arrangements are listed for Wayne area figures as the community contemplates loss.
Clarence Skidmore died at 7:00 PM at his grandparents home on West Main Street after six months in hospital care. He was among Jefferson County’s early registrants sent to Camp Wayne in Kentucky. Funeral services were held at his West Main Street residence with burial in Springdale Cemetery. The Liberty Loan push notes a shift in desks once used by a German propagandist now repurposed by the Liberty Loan Organization for the Fourth Liberty Loan starting September 28.
Historical note hints at wartime propaganda urging financial support emphasizing victory. The fragment suggests a slogan framing money as essential to win the war rather than a mere donation. It underscores public mobilization through economic support during conflict.
The Central Governing Board appoints a Jefferson County representative for mobilization and enrollment in the Volunteer Medical Service Corps. Dr ROW Cochran named county rep. Casper Krebs to manage local store transition after acquiring J Spielbach & Co. Metropolis. Grace Graves attends Louisville funeral.
The September crop condition survey shows total wheat production around 1.9 billion bushels with mixed changes across regions. Corn and other staples show varying yields while a newly described submarine safety concept appears in Popular Mechanics.
Miss Alene Oliver left for Oxford Ohio to attend college this winter. Bernard Scudder of Vevay left for Pope North Dakota to attend school. Linda Clements departed for Osford Ohio to reenter Cisford College for the winter. Ethel Mummert and Dora Stegner of Cincinnati are guests of Mrs. Doretta Gylander in the city. Clyde Griffith and Gerald Scudder of Vevay depart for Lafayette to attend Purdue this fall and winter. Bark Drake of this city left Camp for Chicago Columbus and is now stationed at Camp Sherman.
A woman recalls being told to keep food clean by discarding old items daily. The next day the mistress spots odd remains in the yard and questions a helper who claims she threw away the leftovers as instructed. The exchange highlights household duties and consequences.
A Scientific American report describes an automatic electro plating system that handles up to 100000 doorknobs or metal parts daily. It uses a 50 foot oval series of tanks with an endless chain and suspended racks moved through dipping solutions. The entire process averages about one hour.
The funeral for Francis Silas Marean Chatard bishop of Indiana will be held at SS Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis with Cardinal James Gibbons among expected attendees. The service includes a solemn requiem mass, a burial in the cathedral crypt, and attendance by around twenty bishops and numerous priests.
Advice on seed sanitation for wheat to prevent stinking smut includes formaldehyde-water mixtures, proper drying, and handling guidelines. Emphasis on not overexposing seed, disinfecting equipment, and storing treated grain. Also brief local notices include a fatal fire, a political trip, and church representatives attending a district meeting.
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