Madison County Notices and Local Arrivals
County commissioners adjourned to May term. Mrs. Henrietta Meyer of Bromley Kentucky visits daughter in Madison. Marriage licenses issued to Madison Bear and Claudie McKay. Rev A Z Leazenby elected Moore's Hill College president. Miss Mildred Kempf returns home to Detroit. Roscoe Fisher of Brooklyn to wed Jennie McCoy of the county. groom a Brooklyn street car conductor. Mrs. Elias J. Scott travels to Yellow Springs by train for ill sister. George T. Jacobs of Watson Idaho seeks $1000 reward for slayer of Mary Fanny Brockbank. Mrs. Fannie Brookbank’s late husband was twice married. first wife Miss America Willey. Mrs. Belle Milles declared of unsound mind. Cragmont admission sought. Alderman Osgood and Edward McMarlin released on mayoral order and sent from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Meyer
Bromley
Wm. Burris
West Third Street
Prewatt
Madison Bear
Claudie McKay
A. Z.leazenby
Crawfordsville
Moore's Hill College
Seymour
Mildred Kempf
William A. Kirk
Detroit
Mich
Roscoe C. Fisher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jennie McCoy
Elias J. Scott
Yellow Springs
A. M. Stewart
Columbus
Scott
George T. Jacobs
Watson
I. d
Mary Fanny Brockbank
Jeffersonville
Mary W. Niklaus
Mary Quinn
Indianapolis
Frohman
South
Meridian Street
Fannie Brookbank
America Willey
James A. Willey
Squire Stuart
Drs. Cook
Cochran
Turner
Belle Milles
Ryker’s Ridge
Cragmont
Ald
Osgood
Edward McMarlin
Kremer
Alexander
Crozier
Distinguished Red Men visit Juniata Tribe No. 24
Hon. Frank McConaughy, Great Sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men of Indiana, addressed over two hundred Jefferson county Red Men and Milton, Kentucky visitors. Juniata Tribe conferred the Adoption degree on five members and hosted a luncheon after the ceremony. The tribe reports 563 members and strong growth in southern Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McConaughy
Improved Order of Red Men
Indiana
Juniata
Jefferson County
Milton
Tom Finnegan
Glenford Clements
Robert FE. McLaughlin
Arthur Ferguson
Joseph Aice, Jr
Juniata Tribe
Wildey Encampment Confers First Degree On Members
The Wildey Encampment I O O F with large attendance conferred the first degree on Fred C. Denny Samuel Davis and Andrew H. Lytle. A luncheon followed and the Encampment now meets weekly on Tuesdays to confer degrees rather than twice a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Fred C. Denny
Samuel Davis
Andrew H. Lytle
Death of Mrs Martha H Sproul in Dayton Ky
Cincinnati papers announce the death in Dayton Kentucky of Mrs Martha Humphrey Sproul widow of Harry S Sproul at her daughter Mrs Carlton Gibson’s home. The family formerly resided here and will be remembered. Funeral time not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Dayton
Martha Humphrey Sproul
Harry S. Sproul
Carlton Gibson
Court News Highlights in Jefferson Circuit Proceedings
Emerson Lemen filed a petition to pay minor heirs of Lawrence Gordon. A guardian appointment petition for Isabelle Miller was cited. The will of Stephen J. McIntyre was probated with William McIntyre as administrator and guardian. Madison Safe Deposit filed final settlement for Joseph Pender. May Jones vs Ruby Jones ended in divorce with custody to the husband. Court adjourned to next Friday as Judge Griffith departed for Jeffersonville for a related case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Lemen
Robert Gordon
Hester Gordon
Lawrence Gordon
Julian Grebe
Isabelle Miller
Rykers Ridge
Jefferson Circuit
Stephen J. McIntyre
Dupont
William McIntyre
Thos. B. Mereger
Madison Safe Deposit & Trust Co
Joseph Pender
May Jones
Ruby Jones
H. H. Cope
Sulzer & Bear
Griffith
Jeffersonville
Funeral rites for James Tarpy at St Michaels Church
Funeral services for the late James Tarpy were held at St Michaels Church this morning at nine o'clock with Rev Father Mo oL Guth neck presiding. A large number of friends attended to pay last respects, followed by burial in North Madison Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers included Nicholas Lyons, John Tarp, John Keller, Nicholas Kremer, Stephen Durand, William Winters, William Davidson, and Nelson Jaynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tarpy
St. Michaels Church
Mo Ol. Guthneck
North Madison Catholic
Stephen Durand
William Winters
William Davidson
Nelson Jaynes
Obituary for Thomas J. Owens in Nashville
Thomas J. Owens former Madison city resident died in Nashville after a brief illness at his home. Mrs. Owens learned of the death while at her sister’s bedside in Chicago and traveled to Nashville. funeral and burial were held there yesterday. Owens was known locally as Jeff and remembered by many longtime friends. Mayor Thompson’s Republican aldermanic losses in Chicago’s election are noted as a jolt, with Democrats winning 21 seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Blackard
Madison Lodge
R. of P
Nashville
Tenn
Thomas J. Owens
Jeff
Thompson
Chicago
Madison area notes include visits travels and a fire
Madison residents make many brief trips including Mrs Louis Sulzer and daughter to Louisville Mrs M Ballard to Hope and others to Indianapolis Franklin College baseball schedule shows a April 14 game at Franklin and May 12 at Hanover A local fire on Michigan road caused slight damage and delays due to engine crew absence and horse use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Sulzer
Rachel
Louisville
M. Ballard
Madison
Hope
Columbus
M. W. Garrigus
Henry Buckholz
Brazil
Cragmont
Anna Lee Stitzel
City Hospital
John S. Patton
Vevay
Indianapolis
Dennis Hinds
Fred Klein
Marion
Thomas W. Phillips
Franklin College
Hanover
Franklin
Guy Reynolds
Sallie Thompson
Henry County
Henry Bentai
Clemmie Collins
Carrollton
George Claflin
Madison Machine Co
Cincinnati
Littleford Bros
Charles S. Powell
John Clements
FE. E. Powell
Covington, Ky
John P. Ernst
Michigan Road
Progressive Republican State Convention Chooses Slates
At Indianapolis April 5 the Republican State Convention adopted the platform and endorsed Walter J. Riley and James W. Dunbar as electors at large. James Goodrich was endorsed for governor, with Horace C. Stilwell as permanent chairman. Edgar New won the lieutenant governor nomination on the third ballot, Otto Klauss the auditor on the first, and Harry S. New with James E. Watson were named for the senate long and short terms respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Horace C. Stilwell
Anderson
Z. T. Sweeney
Columbus
James A. Hemenway
William H. Hays
Fred A. Sims
Ed. Toner
Goodrich
Harry S. New
James E. Watson
Senate
Ed. Jackson
Edgar New
Salem
John M. Lewis
Seymour
Lewis
The Pessimist and the Watch Repairer Ignatz Sand
A verse sketch from the Spokane Review features Ignatz Sand, a queer old cusss who finds solace in bad times. He works as a watch repairer and greets misfortune with a grim cheer, turning hard luck into a jesting pastime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignatz Sand
Spokane Review
Checker Challenge Ends In Eight Draws In City Match
The city champion George Austermuhle and Samuel Stevens of Monticello finished eight games with all draws. They plan a rematch starting December 8. Stevens praises the series as one of the most interesting he has played. He notes a prior winter ten man team contest against an Ohio team where he led at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Austermuhle
Samuel Stevens
Monticello
Stevens
Madison
Ohio
Hilton arrest ties Hartford City warrant beatings
E H Hilton was arrested in Indianapolis on a Hartford City warrant charging beating a board bill. Col Roosevelt indicated his 1916 nomination wishes during a Sagamore Hill visit by a prospective delegate. An electrically lighted cross atop a San Francisco steeple is noted in the dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Board Bill
Indianapolis
E. H. Hilton
Col. Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
San Francisco
Monon Train Boiler Explodes Near Bedford Injures Crew
Bedford April 6 Engineer Sis cer of New Albany was severely scalded and Fireman Johnson of Lafayette blown forty feet when the engine boiler of Monon passenger train No 3 exploded a mile east of here this morning. No coaches left the track and the passengers were unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Siscer
New Albany
Johnson
Lafayette
Monon
Here
District Chairmen list with 12th postponed and re elected
A district chairmen roster shows Benjamin Bosse Evansville first and John Cravens Blomton second with ten more leaders including Bomar Taylor Jasper Charles Wagner Columbus Arthur Hamrick Greencastle Walter Chambers New Castle Bernard Korbly Indianapolis William Kunkle Bluffton W R Dunham Kempton Herman Lehman Crownpoint Frank Butler Peru E A Gast Warsaw. The twelfth district is postponed sixty days and E A Gast is re elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Bosse
Evansville
John W. Cravens
Bloomton
Bomar Taylor
Jasper
Charles W. Wagner
Columbus
Arthur J. Hamrick
Greencastle
Walter S. Chambers
Newcastle
Bernard Korbly
Indianapolis
William A. Kunkle
Bluffton
W. R. Dunham
Kempton
Herman’ J. Lehman
Crownpoint
Frank D. Butler
Peru
E. A. Gast
Warsaw
Madison Commercial Club weighs modern fire equipment demo
At a special meeting in Madison the Commercial Club debated funding a paid fire department and considered joining two fire companies to upgrade gear. Fire engine manufacturer J. A. Thomas offered a free demonstration with a modern chemical engine, contingent on a combustible display. A ten day report deadline was set for a joint plan including No. 2 Fire Company and the City Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Madison
Dam
A. C. Greiner
S. E. Haigh
No. 2 Fire Company
E. E. Scott
Crozier
Messrs. J. J. Kasper
T. B. McGregor
W. H. Miller
J. A. Thomas
Columbus
Thomas
James E. Crozier
Edward Eckert
Charles Hentz
C. A. Wymond
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Ohio River Valley Improvement Association
Thomas Walter Phillips dies after five week illness
Thomas Walter Phillips born December 5 1876 in Covington Kentucky died April 1 1916 after a five week illness aged 39 years 9 months and 26 days. He leaves a large family including wife Myrtle Watson and three children Carlton Mildred and Helen with siblings and parents noted. Funeral April 8 1916 at First United Brothers Church Marion Indiana. Interment in Odd Fellows cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Walter Phillips
George Phillips
Covington
Kentucky
Fred Klein
Dennis Hinda
Robert
Benjamin
Edward
William
Bert
Otto
George
Madison
Indiana
Jane Phillips
Myrtle Watson
Marion Indiana
Carlton
Mildred
Helen
Marion
Baptist Church
Central Christian Church
First
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Otterbein Society of Men
Thomas Phillips
First United Brothers Church
George M. Myers
Thessalonians
Odd Fellows
Bear and McKay Couple Tie Quiet Brooksburg Wedding
Mr Madison Bear and Miss Clau die McKay, a Brooksburg pair who recently secured a marriage license, were married at 2:30 PM yesterday at the home of Mr and Mrs John Jenkins on East Third Street by Rev Broadwell of Grace Church. Emma Bear, the groom’s aunt, accompanied them. they will reside in Brooksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Bear
Claudie McKay
Brooksburg
John Jenkins
East Third Street
Broadwell
Grace Church
Emma Bear
Real Estate Transfers and First Aid Camp Listed
Real estate transfer: Philena C Solomon and husband convey property in the city to Minnie Blasdel for 1050 dollars. A military encampment for women to learn first aid work will be held in San Francisco the ver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philena C. Solomon
Minnie Blasdel
San Francisco Thiever
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Martha H. Sproul
Oaxaca
Court News
St. Michael's Church
Nashville, Tenn
ADV
Woggins
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Agnes Gallagher
Chas. Willoughby
North Mulberry Street
Helton
Ind
Susan Waterfield
West Main Street
Frankfort
James FE. Roberts
Republican State Convention
Hemingway
Hays
Sims
Tower
Walter J. Riley
James W. Dunbar
Krauss
Otto Klauss
Klauss
Makepeace
Brown
Lebanon
Eigth
Austermuhle
Hilton
The
Bear-McKay
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