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Newspaper
Indiana Madison Courier
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1900
Page
4
Madison Indiana June 20 1900 edition notes a local issue. No clear names or events are readable beyond location and date. The fragmentary text limits specifics but indicates a standard newspaper brief from the era.
Weather forecast teletyped from Covington June 20 forecasting conditions through 8 am tomorrow Indiana shows cloudy skies with showers Thursday Kentucky notes partly cloudy tonight and fair in the east with showers in the west Ohio expects fair tonight followed by increasing clouds and warmer conditions on Thursday
Wm Nuttalls welcome a daughter tonight. William Jordan, killer Wad dle, has been paroled. Festivities and trips to Louisville are announced with 50 cent round trips. Pictures at Grand and Opera House tonight. Various local social visits, church services, and business notes fill the day.
S.S. Moffett & Son says they have a very attractive stock of parasols and umbrellas and invite customers to view them.
Thomas Cooney, a renowned bridge builder in Jefferson County, has constructed over twenty five bridges with iron work and stone foundations well preserved. The article contrasts his durable craftsmanship with city bridges over Crooked Creek at Cemetery and Fifth streets, which suffer from neglect and rust.
Frank Spann recovered a wallet with 116 dollars on the Hanover road and notified the Tax Court office. Samuel Holmes, Esq. arrived shortly after to advertise the loss, and his relief at recovering the purse was described as very elated.
Major W. H. Bixby invited bids for an extra dredging plant on the Ohio River this season. Proposals include dredge and three dump scows with prices from C. Jutte & Co. at $120 per day, H. S. Brown at $50, Wm. A. Kirk at $47.50, and Chas. A. Appleton at $55. Tow boat prices are C. Jutte & Co. $120, H. S. Brown $30, Wm. A. Kirk $32.50, Chas. H. Appleton $50.
Races at Beech Grove featured animals owned by Frank Weber Samuel Graham Champ Kahn Patrick Noon and others. A E Boyce formerly with Dr S M Goode visited the latter and returned to Tuscola Illinois where he practices dentistry. Cincinnati whistled for Madison this afternoon at 2 25 and Pittsburgh at 3 35 PM.
Telegram from F M Guirrita to A McGuire reports that the remains of Schooler are not buried at sea and have been ordered sent to Madison Indiana. Expresses sympathy to the family and notes an official letter will be mailed.
C. W. Beckham declares his bid for the Kentucky Democratic nomination for governor, signaling his entry into the state’s political race. He frames his campaign around party principles and governance reform.
Edward J. Meyer advertises Crescent bicycles with a price range of 25 and 35 dollars. Featured items include foot pumps belts cement tires and tape at very low prices, signaling a broad bicycle shop sale event.
Jefferson Circuit Court today adopted unanimous resolutions expressing the bar association’s sense on the death of Hon. A. Korbly. Brief eulogies were given by ex-Judge Allison ex-Judge Friedley Attorney Ford Hon. M. R. Sulzer and Judge Bear. Copies ordered to be spread on record and sent to the family for publication.
A committee expresses sorrow on the death of Indianapolis lawyer Charles A. Korbly. They commend his legal skill, industry, public spirit, and religious faith, noting his influence on state jurisprudence and local enterprise. The resolutions request publication and delivery to his family.
Daily new numbers added to our collection ensure the latest shirts, with a large assortment making selection easy and satisfying. The pretty styles and very reasonable prices explain the brisk sales. Welcome to inspect them.
A complete line of misses and childrens ready to wear dresses in percale lawns and dimities. Dresses are neatly made and trimmed at prices close to material costs. Sizes range from 4 to 12 years.
N Horuff and Sons advertise fast cheap messages through The Courier to reach Madison residents. Pilot Jeff Thomas visited Madison friends after a flight in Cincinnati. Marion Robinson returned from Columbus and called on Counter friends. Lemuel Gray and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary near Farmland. Capt Charles Marsden, once a navigator and 1849 California pioneer, died in Yonkers, New York.
Dispatch reports the Republican convention delays naming McKinley as nominee, deferring decisions until the next day due to ongoing business and scheduling.
A nostalgic verse expresses how a cherished local paper, sent from home, brings the poet near to youth and homey scenes. The speaker values its connection to life’s happier haunts, blue skies, fields, bees, butterflies, birds, and clover, more than distant city newspapers.
Trains leave Madison at 7 A M arrive 11 40 A M. Depart 2 15 P M arrive 6 55 P M. Sunday service arrives 10 40 A M departs 6 00 P M.
Advertises bleached under vests for children and women, colored and white shirt waists, linen collars, silk gloves, vellum belts and buckles, fans, corsets, neckwear, stockings, ribbons, wash dresses and skirts, cooling house wrappers, and new walking and sailor hats. Prices span 2c to $4.00 with many items at reduced or values. Local shoppers invited to browse the assortment and updated stock.
The text outlines Republican positions on pensions for soldiers widows and orphans, civil service efficiency, hiring in Cuba Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines, anti discrimination, road and rural delivery improvements, land reclamation and water control, statehood for New Mexico Arizona and Oklahoma, war debt reduction and tax relief, Isthmian Canal, open door in China, creation of a commerce department, and consular reform. It covers convention proceedings with Fairbanks supporting platform adoption and notes on Senator Platt and Hawaii delegates.
In the Lynch v Lynch case in the Eighth district civil court, Theresa Lynch known as the Queen of Diamonds and her husband John Lynch lived in the same New York City home for 15 years without speaking. He was later placed in a private asylum while she continued running the diamond business and was widely regarded as a widow.
Our assortment offers exquisite patterns and beautiful colors at reasonable prices. The fast colored lawns and dimities come in a wide range of colors and patterns, including Irish dimities and mercerized foulards. An extensive selection of silk finished foulards and lightweight fabrics is available at special prices.
Paris dispatch reports deputies noting France must tread carefully as Russia may seek to profit from China’s unrest. An attaché from the Chinese Legation predicts resistance to foreign troops will collapse and a guardian will arrange affairs with the Empress Dowager stepping down.
Fair circuit extends across Osgood Osaoon North Vernon Madison Franklin Shelbyville Columbus with dates July 31 to September 22. Chas W Gray and F H Naver serve as secretaries for several towns while Charles Downing handles the state fair secretary role.
A meditation on how repeated small actions, like drops of water, thread by thread knitting, knotted gnawing, and pixel like printing, accumulate to form large effects in society. It equates patient effort in work and savings with broader social progress and justice.
Officials believe the man who wrote the anonymous letter from Fort Worth claiming he killed Goebel is jailed in Frankfort Kentucky. He admits Kentucky roots on Gray Street Louisville and acquaintance with Goebel. sheriff investigates after a correspondent locates him.
Division headquarters released the finding that the Treasurer's office in Cuba is in excellent condition. Experts found no basis for reports of extravagance or large salaries, noting that the highest salaries are paid to Cubana and that the office operates soundly.
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