Local notes from Madison and vicinity March report
Miss Gertrude Courtney joins Trinity Church with a warm Madison welcome. Weather observer reports 6.5 inches of rain in 1% days, a local record. Charles Martin of Lexington dies at 62. funeral held. Paul Turner, held in jail, feared to be injured after a fall. A large electric clock for the National Branch Bank arrives and undergoes installation amid rain. John R. Bartron, aged and ill, is honored by the Episcopal Ladies Guild with blooming calla lilies. gesture brings gratitude and reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias Cooperwater
Nelson Martin
Lexington
Charles Martin
John Adams
Paul Turner
M. E. Cogley
North Mulberry Street
Dr. Cook
National Branch
John R. Bartron
Episcopal Church
Gene Tleman
Thieves Loot Wm. Kahn Meat Shop During Water Alarm
At 11 pm last night burglars broke a window at the Wm. Kahn meat shop on West Main. They pried open the desk and cash drawer but missed a hidden cigar box containing about 30 dollars in silver and the money in his pocket. Police were notified and no other items were reported stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooked Creek
William Kahn
North Walnut Street
West Main Street
S O’clock
Charles McCauley Dies After Brief Illness
Charles McCauley a respected Manville farmer died this morning after a short illness. He leaves a widow and was a member of Michigan Lodge of Odd Fellows and Wildey Encampment No 2. He was known as a devoted lodge worker with a kind heart. Funeral time not yet decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies McCauley
Manville
McCauley
Michigan Lodge of Odd Fellows
Wildey
Real Estate Transfers Documented in Milton and Scott’s Garden
Real estate transfers show Henry F Bear to Martin Bear for 40 acres in Milton township at 700 dollars. Mary R Pecar and husband to Irene R Tevis for property in Scott’s Garden with private consideration. Irene R Tevis to Mary R Pecar for game property with private consideration. Simeon E Leland as commissioner to John S Cordrey for property in West Madison at 475 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F.bear Eal
Martin Bear
Milton Township
Mary R. Pecar
Irene R. Tevis
Scott's Garden
Simeon E. Leland
John S. Cordrey
West Madison
Flood damage across county due to Crooked Creek surge
Reports from across the county describe washouts and creek overflows after heavy rain. Crooked Creek flooded North Walnut street and the old schoolhouse first floor, with six inches of water at the Schuler residence. Bridges along Clifty Creek suffered major damage, while communication lines and rail traffic were disrupted. A damper on transport remained as crews assessed wrecked bridges, landslides, and restive roadways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooked Creek
Walnut Street
Schuler
Aulenbagh
Dugan Hollow Creek
Drayn
Jefferson Street
Springdale Cemetery
Clifty Creek
Attica Bridge Co
Preasburg
Wirt Road
Madison
Telephone Company
Louisville
Ohio
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Elizabethtown
Madison Ia
North Vernon
Local notes and nuptials from Madison March news
Mrs Bert Francisco arrives from Montgomery to visit her parents Judge and Mrs Hiram Francisco. Hallie Jenkins and Ida M Kidwell wed licensure. Fred Rawlings and Mildred Grace wed license. Mrs Barbara Schad returns from St Meinrads and Louisville. Guardian reports approved for Rebecca Crafton estate. Emerson Lemen attorney. Mrs Charles Gebeart returns from Louisville for blood poisoning treatment. Mr Gebeart improving. Sewing Circle of St Marys Church hosts social and sale with prizes. Bishop Van Burens possible call to Madison pastorate after Easter services. flood delays reply from Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallie T. Jenkins
Ida M. Kidwell
Fred Rawlings
Hanover
Mildred Grace
Barbara Schad
St. Meinrad’s
Ind
Albert
Louisville
Francisco
Rebecca Crafton
Thomas E. Shuck
Sallie Buchanan
Emerson Lemen
Charles L. Gebeat
Mollie Mullen
Peter Willich
Beatrice Kasper
Clarence Willich
Fred Geyman
Christchurch
van Buren
Indianapolis
van Bureno
Porto Rico
Rawlings and Grace Wed in Quiet Broad day Ceremony
Mr. Frederick Rawlings and Miss Mildred Grace were quietly married at 8 last evening by Rev. F. P. Smith at his Broadway residence. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Grace, hails from Kokomo Indiana where the couple will reside. Friends extend best wishes for a long, happy life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Rawlings
Mildred Grace
F. P. Smith
Broadway
Fred Grace
Kokomo
Ind
The
Herald
Death of Henry Dietz Former Madisonian in Cincinnati
A message announces the death of Henry Dietz in Cincinnati. He was about 75, a former well known Madisonian and brother of Valentine and William Dietz. He suffered a stroke several days ago. Surviving is a son living in the West. wife predeceased him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Henry Dietz
Messrs
Valentine
William Dietz
Mr. Dietz
Adams Express appoints new local agent in Madison
Samuel Hill resigns as local agent and is succeeded by O H Cory from Cambridge City who arrived Monday night and took charge yesterday. Cory has led Cambridge City office for three years and will move his family to Madison soon. Hill plans to focus on teaming and remain in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hill
Adams Express Company
O. H. Cory
Cambridge City
Cory
Madison
Hill
Heavy rainfall record reported by Madison weather observer
Mise Cooperider, local U. S. weather observer, records rainfall since Monday at 8.55 inches. This is the heaviest rainfall since the weather bureau began in Madison. An inch of rain on one acre weighs 60 tons, and 510 tons covered every acre in the area since Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Cooperider
U. S
Weather Bureau
Madison
Thie
Mrs Frances Davidson dies after appendectomy in Brady
Mrs Frances Davidson, formerly Miss Frances Tisdale of Brady, Tex, died in Brady after an appendectomy. Her husband William Davidson and her parents survive. private services will be held at Fairmount with Bishop Van Buren officiating. The body will return from Brady for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Tex
William Davidson
Davidson
Fairmount
Bishop van Buren
Indianapolis
Frances Tisdale
William R. Davidson
Elks Elected Officers and Flood Relief Committee Formed
At the Madison Lodge of Elks regular meeting officers were elected and a flood relief committee appointed to plan aid for Madison. A social session followed with a banquet while Mr. W A Wunderlich served as toast master. The relief committee meets at 1 pm at Attorney T B Met Gregor’s office to map actions and inspect flooded districts. Members include Howard Graham R Johnson Jr LT Bo McGregor Robert Yunker David Johnson Edward Lauer Joseph Schofield W A Wunderlich. Officers named: Exalted Ruler H W Graham Leading Knight Glenn Ferry Lecturing Knight Robert Yonker Loyal Knight Robert Swan Chaplain Herbert Lyon Secretary C R Johnson Jr Treasurer L P Scheik Tyler Shott McGuire Trustees George Patton Joseph Schofield James White Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Lodge of Elks
Madison
W. A. Wunderlich
Madsen
T. B. Metregor
Meesra
Howard Graham
R. Johnson, Jr
Bo. McGregor
Robert Yunker
David Johnson
Edward Lauer
Joseph Schofield
H. W. Graham
Glenn Ferry
Robert Yonker
Robert Swan
Herbert Lyon
C. R. Johnson, Jr
L. P. Scheik
Tyler—Shott McGuire
George Patton
James White
Edwin Stewart Dies At 53 A Respected Farmer Near Canaan
Edwin Stewart aged 53 a prominent farmer near Canaan died Tuesday night. He will be buried Friday at 1 p m in Canaan with funeral services by Rev. Marshall. He leaves a wife and one daughter Mrs William Wolf of home. He was brother in law of Mr and Mrs Robert Manville and had many Madison friends who mourn his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Stewart
Canaan
Marshall
Tte
William Wolf
Robert Manville
Madison
Mansaw Tulday
Poral
Dowell
Kentucky
Louecinda
Cinemonty
Pouisville
Iay
Indianapolia
Louisville
Indianapolis
Greensboro
Maden
Obo
Indiana
Mira
George Bolen
Ft. Wayne
St. Joseph
St. Marye
Coeur
Hoerty
Gieorre Frechthug
Dayton
Frechthug
Fince
Ler
J.J. Rapp
Miss Morie
Ste
J. Sh. Aten
Haimuton
Frankard Jons Smith
Hamilton
Morris Street
Columbus
Court News: Guilty Plea In Minors Pool Case
State v Jeptha Mayfield ends with guilty plea for allowing a minor to play pool. Fine set at five dollars plus costs. Elmira Kidwell and others vs George M Tandy and others for trespass slated for trial April 15. Hargans suit to quiet title on notice of default. Action against Hargan and Johnson executors abated and dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeptha Mayfield
Elmira
Madisonians Triage News Amid Flooded River Fallout
Madison residents face slow communication as telegraph and telephone lines struggle to reach Indianapolis and Louisville. Fears grow for families in flooded Indianapolis and Hamilton areas while travelers and relief efforts pivot toward Columbus and nearby towns. Many locals have relatives in Indianapolis and await scattered updates on missing loved ones.
Fears For Anger and Schram Families In Ohio Flood
Relatives and friends fear for Mr and Mrs Louis Anger and child in Dayton and for Mr Charles Schram and family in Miamisburg as the state endures severe flood damage and loss of life at both locations. Anger is a National Cash Register employee. Schram runs a bakery. Additionally James Parsons, a fireman at Yunker Ice plant, crushed two toes when a heavy ice case fell from an improperly rigged crane. Dr Denny treated the injury and there is hope the toes can be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Anger
Dayton
Ohio
Charles Schram
Miamisburg
Mr. Anger
Martin Anger
National Cash Register Co
Miss Pearl Rice
Mr.Schram
Misamisburg
Nicholas Schram
Yunker
James Parsons
Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley Dies in Mentone at 83
London reports the death of Viscount Garnet Wolseley aged eighty three at Mentone France. A veteran of the Burmese and Cheman wars the Ashantee campaign Lucknow defense and the Red River expedition he held top posts including Commander in Chief in Egypt and served as Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards and Royal Canadian Regiment. He was also an author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Viscount Garnet Joseph Wolseley
Yvearn Old
Mentone
France
Royal Horse Coilards
Royal Insh Regiment
Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry
Lucknow
Alambagh
T'arliasment
Red River
Egypt
Veranda Hotel Fire Tied to Possible Murder in Rockport
Evansville report says the Veranda Hotel in Rockport Indiana burned early Monday to cover the suspected murder of Theodore Frank. Frank, believed killed in the blaze, was cremated in the flames. Townspeople say he would have escaped if alive when the fire began, and gamblers at Rockport had threatened him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Veranda
Rockport
Refugee Mothers as Stork Pauses in Dayton Hall
In Dayton Ohio on March 25 three women refugees from the flood district became mothers in the hall of the National Cash Register building. The arrival of the stork pauses for weather and wind alike as the newsroom reports this civilian birth at a city relief site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cash Register
Dayton
National Cash Register
Lewis Elected U.S. Senator for Long Term in Illinois
Springfield March 26 James Hamilton Lewis Democrat was today elected United States Senator for the long term. He had been a candidate for governor in 1908 and will join the Senate from Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
James Hamilton Lewis
United States
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all its stages, a constitutional disease. The remedy is taken internally and claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 reward for any failure to cure. Address F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio for testimonials. sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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West Third Street
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Charles McCauley
Bert Francisco
Montgomery, Ala
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Rawlings
Grace
Madisonian
Adams Express
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Texas
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Madisonians
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Garnet J. Wolseley
Stork
J. Ham, Lewis
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