Madison 3 April News Roundup Highlights Local Moves
Local residents travel to Indianapolis for visits and family events. Birth announced for Mary Louise Curtis. Public figures and race officials named for Dixie highway route. Tobacco market report shows 58 000 pounds sold at 3 42 on average top 317. National bank examination notes improving business conditions. Hospital report on Christina Hassfurder recovery. German reply to sinking claim and war casualty/expense figures cited. Bachelor Girls dance at Pythian hall draws about 30 couples with live music.
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Mee Adoo
National Bank
Maine
Avanti
Rome
Pythian Hall
Nodler
Benson and
Huck
Wells Progress at Water Works Reach 35 Feet
Work on the water works deep wells advances with 35 feet reached on the active bore. The project adds two new wells beside the existing two year old one as gravel yields well and river conditions may permit later connection work if weather stays favorable.
Taylor and Scharf marry in Aurora Indiana
Mr Charles F Taylor and Miss Johanna Scharf wed on April 6 in Aurora Indiana. He is son of Noah Taylor of this city and she daughter of a wealthy Aurora merchant. They plan to live in Aurora to run a grocery business. He worked with brother in law Frances Brown for Singer Sewing Machine Co this past winter. Telephones coming to Tripoli.
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Charles F. Taylor
Johanna Scharf
Aurora, Ind
Taylor
Noah Taylor
Miss Scharf
Aurora Ind
Aurora
Frances Brown
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Playlets staged at Willi lach Hall by Frisiz Scott Circle
Three short plays presented under The Frisiz Scott Circle of The King's Daughters drew a full audience at Wil lach Hall last evening. The program included Saint Cecelia His Secretary and Press Curlings with a musical interlude and an announced repeat of the shows tonight and tomorrow in Miltes, Kentucky.
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Willach Hall
Frisiz Scott Circle
Miltes
Saint Cecelia
Presa
Pauline Phelps
Marion Short
Alice Hamilton
Mary Leland
Millicent Jordan
Margaret Berech
Biblical Assertion Sparks Hat Fashion Debate in Evansville
A reader challenges modern head coverings as flower pot style hats, noting a man’s comment on a photograph taken at the D A R park fountain where an iron cap blocked the water shut off. Evanaville reports the 82 year old David James Mackey, pioneer railroad president, died after two weeks in a sanitarium following a leg amputation for gangrene.
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D. A. R. Park
Evanaville
David James Mackey
Indiana
Greenhut Company Placed In Receiver Hands In Friendly Proceedings
New York April 9 The J B Greenhut Company dry goods with 6 million dollar capital and 6 million dollar sinking fund bonds has been placed in the hands of a receiver at the Monmouth Securities Company's application. The firm did 14 million dollars in business last year and the receivership is friendly to conserve the agenda. The banking department suffered a run after the Siegel Company failure. Samuel Myers attorney for 100 creditors says claims total nearly 1 million dollars and liabilities are about 12 million with assets around 6 million excluding real estate.
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New York
J. B. Greenhut Company
Monmouth Securities Company
Siegel
Samuel Myers
Greenhut Co
German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich interned at Norfolk
German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich is interned at the Norfolk navy yard. The Secretary of the Navy orders the ship under Admiral Beatty’s jurisdiction and designates it as the crew’s home with other liberties left to Beatty.
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Norfolk Navy Yard
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Hitel
Admiral Beatty
Admairal Beatty
Winters Webster Tie Knot in Carrollton
Mrs Anna D Webster of Carrollton Kentucky and Colevin J Winters of Portland Indiana wed at the bride's Sycamore street home.
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Carrollton, Ky
Anna D. Webster
This City
Colevin J. Winters
Portland, Ind
Sycamore Street
Test Case Dismissal Hits Indiana Stamp Law Challenge
A federal court dismissed the test case challenging Indiana trading stamp law because the Kentucky company filing the suit did not meet the state foreign corporation requirements. A similar suit is expected from another company.
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Indiana
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Apr
Othe Kentucky
Local Briefs From Indiana and Nearby Areas
Indiana Jeffersonville Browder four year old burns after playing with matches in a neighbor yard Mrs E B Youmans aided by placing her hand over his mouth to stop inhalation of flames. Washington George Wilson Civil War veteran run over by neighbor in a road accident leaving him in critical condition though injuries not serious. Washington Eagles buy Hayes property Fourth and Van Tress streets with plans for a $30000 new home. Renesalaer Optica elections held in Keener township and Wheatfield May 1 Wet spots in Jasper county.
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Jeffersonville
Mangus Browder
Robert Browder
E. B. Youmans
Washington
George Wilson
Wilson
Washington Aerie of Eagles
Hayes
Iast Fourth
van Tress Streets
Renesalaer
Optica
Keener Township
Wheatfield
Jasper County
Notable deaths and legal actions across cities in April
Reports from Washington Milwaukee Chicago Kokomo Indianapolis detail the deaths of Red Cross surgeon Menest P Magruder and Christopher Paulos, indictments against ex Senator Lorimer, a $600 settlement in Tipton, a bank levy case, boxboard funding charges, and a receivership bid for Anchor Life Insurance as liabilities exceed assets.
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Washington
Menest. P. Magruder
Red Cross
Servia
Chicago
Connor
William Lorimer
United States
Lasalle Street Trust Savings Bank
Kokomo
Indiana
Gilbert D. Day
Lafayette
Novelist Driver of Ambulance in Paris War Effort
American novelist Henry Sydnor Harrison trains in French and motorcar driving in London and Paris to join the war effort. He aims to transport wounded soldiers in Paris ambulances and hopes to reach the front. Harrison, author of Queed and V. V. Eyes, was born in Sewanee Tennessee in 1880.
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Paris
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Iforrison
London
New York
Harrison
Sewanee, Tenn
Mrs Austins Bag Pancake Mix Delights Breakfast
A grocer advertisement promotes Mrs Austin's Bag Pancake Mix as light delicious cakes for breakfast available in stores. The copy highlights ease of preparation and appealing texture to entice shoppers.
The Little God The Little God
Philippa and Richard chase a future in law and art while love bonds them through trials. A stagnant annuity and hidden sacrifices test their marriage until a buried truth surfaces and reconciles their life, ending with a hopeful portrait of shared devotion.
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Phiilpps
Voles
Richard Warose
Philippa
Cupid
Richard Harmon
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Madison
Vill White
Tdianapolis
Bon
Henry Schontcraft, Jr
G. H. Stapp
Wirt
Misa Frieda Schwab
Mra. E. Cook
Mra
WP. B. Bear
G. H. Holsclaw
Osgood
Race Berocs
Wylie R. Curtis
Mary Louiae
F. J. Dalton
Willam J. Griffith
I. M. Griffith
Wells- Fargo Express Co
San Francisco
Cal
Charles Brown
South Bend
Anna Dorsey
Plymouth
Fanny Brown
George Hammel
Indiansapolis
Wm. Shockley
West Street
Shockley
Grov
Ralston
Thomaa Taggart
Carl H. Fisher
Florida
Christina Hassfurder
North Madison
Kings Daughters Hospital
Vail
E. C. Cook
State Department
William P. Frye
Taylor-Scharf
Ind
Tripoli
Emma Scott
Laura Carew
Helen Busse
Doris Palmer
Carriy Moffitt
Bridget O'Brien
Mollie Bach
Cecelia Jeffries
Elect— Frieda Schelke
Betty
Cecelia
Irene Dana
Phillip Dumont
Dana Vail
Jeffries
June
Albert S. Murieson
Marator
Clyde W. Blackard
Mrs. Marster
Helen Jane Lyland
Bell Boy
James K. Weber
Fareell
Blanche Garber
Banger
Nell Doolan
Corinthia Fanshawe
Anna Harper
General Mitchener
War Office
Dazzler
Garden of Love
Pitter Patt
Tipperary
Laura Back
June Lory
Sabina Nichols
Charles Nichols
Fred Genter
Wilard Hall
Prinz Eitel
Winters
Webster
Indianatems
Hoosterdam
Dchuss
Ryan
Tipton
Apri
Ira O'Banion
John O. Behymer
Behymer
Milwaukee
Christopher Paulos
Indianapolls
Auditor of State
Supreme Court
Anchor Life Insurance Company
Henry Sydnor Harriason
Philippx
Richard
Ito
Armad
Philippi
Richard Aad
Phil
Dickie
Efe
Lfe
Herald
Pippa
Lila
Paiuppa
Trust Company
Ter
Fle
Harmon
Lim
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