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Newspaper
Indiana Madison Courier
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1900
Page
4
The Madison Courier from South Madison Indiana dated June 5 1800 presents a single associated free newspaper edition for public reading. It reflects local notices and community items typical of early American print culture with period language and layout.
Forecast issued for the region through 8 am tomorrow. Indiana should be generally fair tonight and Wednesday with possible showers in the extreme south. Ohio expected to be fair in the north with showers in the south tonight and Wednesday. Kentucky to have local rain tonight and Wednesday.
Court reconvenes tomorrow morning. Attendants and visitors include F W Martin back from Cincinnati M A J Larrimore of Brookburg George Hardesty of Campbellsburg Kentucky and several others traveling to Indianapolis Chicago and Louisville. Excursions to Louisville offered 50c round trip. Local notices mention school board vacancy portrait of a railroad magnate and upcoming barber shop services.
S.S. Moffett and Son announce a new stock of parasols and umbrellas and invite customers to view the selection. The note emphasizes attractive goods and personal invitation from the firm.
Local arrivals to Hanover include Judge A C Voris and several officials from Indiana and Kentucky visiting the city. Other items note millinery bargains, a wedding at Ryker's Ridge, a fire company committee, and court and community notices.
Alumni and visitors gather for commencement activities at Hanover. The Baccalaureate sermon by President Fisher centers on the future of the Kingdom of Heaven. Dr. Hunter of Indianapolis delivers an address for the Young Christian Associations. The Tennis Tournament ends with Adams and Burger winning the Silver Cup. Professor Coulter speaks on The Elements of Power. Tuesday schedules Class Day, Trustees, Alumni meeting, banquet, and literary society addresses.
You will have no difficulty in choosing your SHIRT WAIST if you visit our store. We daily add new numbers to our collection, giving you the newest and latest things. The assortment grows and makes selecting easier. Rapid selling is explained by prettiness and very reasonable prices. Welcome to inspect them.
An Indianapolis dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer reports the capture of Edward Ruthven, alias James Flick, 28, a reputed burglar who killed Patrolman John Shipp in Cleveland. Ruthven resisted in a city rooming house, was wounded by Gerber’s bullet, overpowered after a struggle, and is recovering at City Hospital under guard.
Complete line of misses and childrens ready to wear in percales lawns dimities. Sizes 4 to 12 years. All neatly made and trimmed at about the price of the materials.
N Horuff and Sons reports Robert Cravens of Madison Indiana visiting West Baden last week in his thirty year pattern. Cravens recalls early days when the hotel housed 125 guests and served summer travelers from Mitchell. He praises West Baden as a leading American health and pleasure resort. Additional items mention Mrs Effie Huntington and Miss Agnes Carriett heading to North Vernon for a birthday picnic and Mr George C Armstrong of McCormick Harvesting Co visiting Indianapolis friend Grant Forshee. Frank Faulconer travels to Greenwood for work.
June reports show mixed moves as Curoneo and Omomnati list higher hogs and steady cattle, with lambs up slightly. Cincinnati notes quiet wheat, firmer corn, stable rye and eggs. Chicago grants modest wheat and corn, with pork and lards steady. totals reflect broad commodity activity and price shifts.
At noon today F L Dubach esq of Hannibal Missouri and his daughter Mrs George Dubach and niece Mrs J D Fette arrived in Madison. They will stay at the Madison Hotel a day or two and hope to meet old friends. Dubach, once a Madison resident, remains loyal to the hometown and has long read Tur CouriEn.
A special dispatch reports the frigate Bartford has sailed from San Francisco to Newport News and will be sent to Europe to train its crew for possible regular warship duty. The Bartford is to join a European squadron of training ships led by the flagship, with the Dixie Buffalo Essex and Lancaster also aboard. Washington notes a plan to use a Civil War monitor as a target for rapid fire tests by Admiral Farquhar, following the Majestic and Belle Isle experiments that revealed the effectiveness of shelling a hull without a crew aboard.
Our June Selling features women’s muslin underwear cut full from the best muslins and trimmed with lace tucks and embroidery. Corset covers 130 to 75c gowns 39c to 1.50 skirts 50c to 1.50 chemises 50c to 75c.
Captain George A. Zinn, longtime head of the United States Engineers in Louisville directing Ohio River improvements, will be ordered to Manila after two years of work.
An old time advertisement announces Crescent Bicycles with price points of 25 and 35 dollars. It promotes Foot Pampe special price 38 and lists bells, lanterns, cement tire tape and other items at low prices under Edward J. Meyer.
Seymour Indiana June 4 Worth Holmes a barber died by his own hand at his boarding house shortly after noon today He took ten grains of morphine and placed a chloroform saturated pillow on his face He was 40 years old thrice married with a first wife divorced and a third wife consulting an attorney for divorce proceedings He leaves three children.
At today’s Board of Commissioners meeting the following bids were accepted for the County Asylum: Beef Wm. Kaba. Repairing Shoes Fred Gaumer. Mowing Machine OC P Richards. Coal Middleton & Wymond. Groceries James Hargan Co. Dry Goods R Hoffstadt & Son. Clothing L Bears Sons. Flour and Shipstuff W Trow Co. Garden and Field Seeds R B Craig.
Robert Bradley, a self confessed counterfeiter, collapsed and died from heart disease as he was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary by Judge De Haven in the U S District Court in San Francisco.
The War Department reports Captain Godfrey of the Twenty second Infantry and Private Perry Ethridge of Company A were killed in action near San Miguel de Mayumo Luzon at 7 a m on June 3 during the engagement.
Investigation reveals C F W Neely planned a simple postal theft scheme. He split receipts, pocketing half and remitting the other half. The acting posts head Bristow estimates total thefts between 80 000 and 100 000 dollars, plus a 411 000 surcharge. Former Posts Director Rathbone remains effectively detained.
Republicans pin hopes on electing a Judge to the Kentucky Court of Appeals to purge Goebel influence. They argue a Republican judge from the 3,000 majority district would gain a majority on the Appeals Bench and end wholesale Republican arrests and incarcerations tied to Goebel.
The Madison Post Office lists uncalled items including Laptea Lier B Mise Hasel Blatch Mrs S Q Qottrill Cilarea E Wateron and Gunrisuan s List. Postmaster O Ganpar notes these names as remaining unclaimed items.
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