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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
4
Paris reports Italian engineer Louis Rota has devised an electrically driven device that rises 2000 to 3000 feet and can hover or travel faster than 100 mph. The spindle shaped craft, 12 feet long and 2 feet dia, carries 90 pounds and adapts to wind conditions via electromagnetic atmospheric reactions.
The Jefferson County Indiana Board of Commissioners itemized September 1915 allowances including Auditor DIBLER's certification of the complete list. Items cover office expenses, coroner inquests, jail supplies, poor farm costs, orphan home funding, road repairs, bridge work, and miscellaneous services.
In Jeffersonville a Jackson county road dispute over converting a toll pike into a free highway is appealed from the Jacksonville Circuit Court to the Supreme Court. The county sought action via the County Commissioners, with remonstrants arguing county funding and supervision. A remonstrance followed after Circuit Court upheld the petition. transcript incomplete. Clark county toll pikes worn out. contracts to rebuild two pikes awarded, but bond sale may hinge on Supreme Court ruling in the Jackson county case.
Seymour Indiana September 14 Joe Day a constable aided in searching for a thief in a $20.55 theft from Miss Margaret Colburn. suspicion arose after he spent freely. An affidavit for petit larceny followed and Day admitted guilt at arraignment, bound over to the circuit court under a $250 bond.
An old advertisement extols Sloan's Liniment for rheumatism neuralgia and other pains. It asserts pain relief from penetrating the bloodstream restoring warmth and density and urges readers to keep a bottle at home. It markets 260 and 500 sizes with a 1.40 bottle touted as offering six times the value.
The 1915 state teachers pension law goes into effect and the new pension board reports replies from about thirty pension units across the state. Madison is listed among the cities that have signaled interest or already joined under direct supervision of the new system.
The Eggleston schoolhouse in Vevay Indiana, linked to author Edward Eggleston of Hoosier Schoolmaster fame, was partly destroyed by fire. The landmark had stood for over fifty years as a key historical point in Southeastern Indiana and had hosted Eggleston during his schooling.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as mercury free and orally administered from Toledo Ohio. It warns against ineffective remedies and promotes testimonials and Druggists as sellers. It also notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and cites a quip about a generous bequest from a western farmer who left only the earth.
A pillared advertisement touts Dr Ball's Pie Tar Honey as a quick remedy for children's cold and cough. It claims pine loosens mucus, opens airways, and battles throat and lung symptoms. At 260 a bottle, the ad urges parents not to be without it.
The Belgian relief effort remains vast with 60,000 tons of food needed monthly to feed about 1.5 million noncombatants and 2 million Belgian and French people in the occupied zones. NewYork officials warn funding may not hold and progress hinges on Belgian harvests and continued donor support.
Indiana legal notice from Jefferson Circuit Court announces a divorce action in the October term 1915. Defendant John L. Cronk, a non resident, must appear by November 6, 1915 or the complaint will be heard and judgment entered. Clerk Edw M Prenatt signs.
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