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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text appears as a dated local notice with scattered names and minimal readable facts. No coherent event details or clear entities emerge beyond scattered references to people and places, offering little substantive summary material.
Fragmentary text mentions several individuals including Peter Graley Charles Chapin Thomas Gavin John S McCluire Ellison McGuire and S E Haigh. The passage appears theatrical or civic in tone with stray references to ads and conduct.
The article reports the death of Oliver F. Watson at his office in the county courthouse. Witnesses describe a sudden collapse and attempts by colleagues to revive him. Relatives and township officials mourn his passing as inquiries begin into the circumstances.
Miss Gladys Cox and Miss Ruth Green travel to Indianapolis for appointments and jobs. Many residents, including Harold Hammel and Joe Johnston, attend events and travels across Indiana. Laurant A. Douglass obtains a divorce. Local obituaries, estate actions, and court decisions surface from Madison and Vigo County areas.
Veterans gathered for the annual reunion at city hall in Indianapolis. Absent president HH Wrick, Vice President James O Chatntin presided. Mortuary list showed several members died since the last meeting, with names including Williamson Baxter, David Lindsen, Mo Watson, and others. The gathering featured a school tea, honors for St. Mary’s, and dancing into the evening. A pasted note from Cllr included a legislative aside, and a political quip closed the report: The biggest coward is the man who is afraid of hard work.
Fragmentary obituary notice references John T. Willis and residents from Sumpter and Trimble counties. Mentions a widow and two children, a Dr. Darekett family, Mrs. Mary Ciectey, and Phe dunmeralb. Cemetery at Moffett's in Druin bh county.
Henry Ponsedieta Housefield, a well known local farmer, died this morning at Kioga Daughters Hospital after a illness of three weeks. He leaves a widow and four small children Ad, Acees, Chear and oe, plus parents Mr and Mrs Willan Hestreda and a sister Miss Gar trendy. Relatives and community mourn the loss and plan funeral arrangements.
The article quotes a Kentucky pharmacist promoting Mentholized Arcine as a highly effective hay fever remedy. He claims 99 percent effectiveness and low cost, and suggests gargling and nasal spray can prevent or lessen attacks. Readers are urged to ask local druggists to prepare a pint of the solution.
The fragmentary text provides limited readable details and names, offering no clear event or outcome. Without stronger nouns or dates the item remains ambiguous and cannot be decisively summarized into concrete actions or identities.
An ad touts Bio-Feren as a quick remedy for nerves and fatigue. It claims two tablets after meals and one at night for seven days boost energy, ambition, and mental clarity with a money back guarantee if not doubled energy.
The readable text describes a dated event in a local venue with unclear details. It lists a few names and a possible price or value but lacks complete context.
An old advertisement lists Mumphreys Homeopathic Remedies for fevers congestions and inflammations. worms colic coughs and wheezing. headaches dyspepsia and stomach weakness. croup laryngitis and rheumatic fever. whooping cough asthma kidney and urinary issues. grippe and influenza. The remedies are offered by Eppmphreys Homeopathic across George William Street and Asa Streets in New York.
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