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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
8
A Madison Herald item recalls a pre election Republican claim that cheap Canadian and Argentine wheat would flood the U S market. It notes government estimates of 966 000 000 bushels and questions where the promised flood and cheap core rhetoric have gone as exports in ten months of 1915 reached 41 206 476 bushels.
Local items report travel for a funeral in Pleasureville attended by families from Milton R E Worley B G Holecaw and others. Miss Lula Welch attends Teachers Institute in Bedford. Reverend Pilo to lead Pleasant View Church on Sunday. Miss Ethel Wood plans Oklahoma visit. Iota Stewart Ruth Long visit Canaan Indiana. Mrs Lesa Lizd returns from Indianapolis. Pryor Hill open with Prof Chester Huff. Mrs Richard Averitt visits sister B Q Holslaw. Roba Perkinson cares for brother Jesse Perkinson in Madison.
Clyde France aged nineteen of the New Carlisle team is in critical condition at Holy Family hospital in Laporte Indiana after being struck on the head by a ball. The ball hit during a Sunday afternoon game as France slid home, rupturing a blood vessel.
James Clasby aged forty five was shot through the right lung during a street quarrel by Walter Norman fifty. Clasby was taken to city hospital with a hemorrhage and the bullet lodged in his back. Norman fled and remains at large. Both men work at the Ohio Falls Iron Works.
Peter J. Leahy broke the world standing long jump record by three inches to 38 feet 9 inches and surpassed the standing hop, step and jump mark with a 33 foot one inch effort in Chicago.
Madison August 14 local notes record Miss Minnie Hanna returning to Vincennes. Mr and Mrs John W Tevis back from a short vacation. Mrs Hattie Wade visiting relatives at Patriot and Rising Sun. Sgt McVes of Indianapolis police visiting family in North Madison. Various others travel for funerals hospital visits and family events. A lawn fete announced at Mt Zion M E Church for Sept 16. Death of President McKinley noted as anniversary.
C J Hisle purchases the farming implement business of C P Richardson on South West Street and takes over with plans to continue the reliable operations and service. Richardson retires after years of steady trade built on honesty and top equipment. Hisle, a capable local businessman, plans to boost the existing enterprise for Madison customers.
Congressman Lincoln Dixoyyy of North Vernon spoke at the Foster family reunion near Foster Indiana. Hiram Foster of Deputy read the family history as about two hundred relatives from Indiana and Kentucky attended. A permanent organization was formed with O M Foster of Seymour named president and F A Foster of Brownstown as secretary and treasurer.
In Vevay Indiana on September 13 a mother, Alsie Abright, lost hold of her 6 month old child as she drove down a steep hill near Rising Sun. The buggy wheels passed over the baby's head resulting in an almost instant death.
The article urges keeping the abdomen warm to prevent diarrhea and indigestion. It advises a warm woolen band around the abdomen, describes a thin white wool bandage, and notes that chilling the bowels worsens digestive issues. It promotes year round use to prevent summer diarrhea.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ernst and their little daughter Dorothy have been guests of the Ernst family and returned on the morning train to Omaha, Nebraska.
In Jefferson County Indiana the Jefferson Circuit Court learns Ina Cronk filed for divorce from John L. Cronk. The defendant is non resident of Indiana and must answer by the October term court in Madison on November 6 1915, or judgment by default will be entered.
Friday a small gathering at Mrs. N J Van Antwerp home marked another life milestone with a noon dinner. Numerous relatives and friends from Marble Corner and nearby towns attended including Abbie Dilk Beatrice Martin Frank Van Antwerp and others. Local news notes follow with visits to Indianapolis Dupont Vernon Madison and Middlefork plus farm improvements and general trade listings.
Daily market notes show steady prices for No 2 red wheat at 1 671 18 No 8 red and No 3 white corn similar through billing with minor variations. Oats hold steady for No 2 white and No 3 mixed while hay shows strong demand for Timothy and Clover varieties.
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