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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
1
Petrograd reports Dvinsk under siege with forty two centimeter guns and aerial bombardment. Civilians flee as Russian defenses hold the fortress on the Dvina line amid broader troop movements toward Minsk and Vilna.
Mrs Hilda Bradshaw returns to her parents from Plainfield with relatives joining her. Several neighbors visit and sick relations are noted. Visits include Mr and Mrs David Maddox to Streader to see Mrs Losey, and Miss Mary Mayfield staying with Mitton Mayfield in Culumbua.
Bedford Kentucky stockholders at a mass meeting adopt a resolution opposing the Burley Tobacco Company plan to move three barns from Trimble County. A 25 member committee is appointed to prevent removal and to take necessary actions on premises to block the plan. The note cites concerns over company secrecy, finances, salaries, and loss of value to local growers and stockholders.
Marble Corner items list numerous residents visiting relatives and traveling to Madison, Seymour, Indianapolis, and other towns. A Madison Madison County court action seeks to quiet title on 120 acres in Jefferson County with unknown heirs named and a November 13, 1915 hearing set.
Washington reports a possible half to one billion dollar loan to cover global damage claims. Luis Cabrera, Carranza finance minister, is said to have assurances in exchange for recognition and an embargo on rivals, aiming to shift influence from French British and German interests in Mexico.
Indianapolis Sept 21 Governor Ralston will withhold approval or disapproval of the court martial verdict acquitting Sergeant Edwin C Ball in the Dowell manslaughter case until late this week or early next. Ball killed Private Walter Dowell during an attempted escape after arrest by a provost guard in July 1913. Ralston as commander in chief of the Indiana National Guard holds power to set aside the verdict and has the full transcript before him.
New York SEPT 21 reports say Count Von Bernstorff denied claims that American correspondent James Archibald carried dispatches abroad in a gold headed cane. Archibald refused further comment pending charge review in Washington. The ad notes Red Cross Ball Blue cleaning product as well.
A brief note touts a product named Mrs. Austin's Bag Pan Panacea promising cures to please grocers. The line hints at a novelty item or patent cure in a lighthearted advertisement style.
William Bruner testified that voters registered in the tenth precinct thirteenth ward were allegedly fictitious. He described forty vacant lots and missing numbers among registrants, with the morning devoted to the issue and an interpreter needed for witnesses from the foreign district.
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