Madison Herald notices and local updates from April 1918
Miss Sophia Rich visits Madison relatives. Dick Lacey acquitted of Albert Kaufman killing in Trimble Circuit Court. Obituaries: Calvin Scott 82 of Carroll County Ky. Rachel Ira 70 shipped to Bedford Ind. Leo Wolf recovering after second operation. Coal mines face car shortages and layoffs. Fuel Administration urged action. Injury to N P Wingham leads to finger amputation. Lieut W R Turner sails for Chicago. connected to Gopher unit at Great Lakes. Mrs Jack Greenwood treated after dog bite reveals hydrophobia. Trimble Democrat
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Sophia Rich
Indianapolis
John Tmerer
Dick Lacey
Albert Kaufman
Trimble
Mary Wiles
Seymour
H. H. Wiles
Trimble County
Calvin Scott
Carroll County
Ghent
Rachel Ira
Cragmont
Bedford
Ind
Vail
Leo Wolf
King’s Daughter’s Hospital
N. P. Wingham
Michigan Road
Geo. E. Denny
Wingham
Lieut
W. R. Turner
Naval Reserve Corps
Chicago
Brooksbury
Turner
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Jack Greenwood
Madison
Lieut John L Niesse Back From France
Telegram reports Lieut John L Niesse returning to New York from France after serving with the 1st Regiment U S Engineers since last September He will instruct troops at a training camp and plans to remain briefly Relatives learned of his return by wire this afternoon Fire alarm at 2 o clock on Tad Street caused by a blaze in a frame brick residence Fire Department responded quickly and extinguished the fire which caused no major loss and is covered by insurance
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New York
Otn L. Niesse
U.S. Engineers
France
Laent Niesse
Thia
Setun
M. M. Stithey
Tad Street
Liberty bonds urged by travel salesmen group
At a meeting of the United Commercial Travelers Association the secretary was told to buy two hundred dollars in Liberty bonds to aid the war effort. The group is made up of forty three local traveling salesmen. In Indianapolis on Saturday the Third District Appeal Board classified Dallas J. Noell and Rhoda Hutsel of Jefferson County as 3-J. Invest your money and divest the.
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United Commercial Travelers Association
Indianapolis
Third District Appeal Board
Dallas J. Noell
Rhoda Hutsel
Jefferson County
Death of Beatrice Dunwoodie at King's Daughters Hospital
Miss Beatrice Dunwoodie aged 17 of Vevay died at King's Daughters Hospital after an appendectomy. She was a Vevay High School student, member of Vevay Baptist Church, and survived by her parents and two younger brothers. Funeral arrangements were made with Undertaker Schneider with relatives accompanying the body.
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Vevay High School
King's Daughters’ Hospital
Beatrice Dunwoodie
King's Daughters Hospital
Madison
Vevay
Death announced for Mrs Ida May Raisor at Manville home
Mrs Ida May Raisor died at the family home in Manville at eight last night after a long illness with lung trouble. She was in her 37th year, born in Dayton Ohio, married January 23 1906. Survived by husband and her Wright parents of Muncie, two brothers George Wright of Muncie and John Wright of Denver, Colorado, and sister Mrs Drusie Sheets of Toledo. Local draft board notified of several service changes including John Wesley Server for signal corps at Fort Leavenworth and Glenn D Vernon joining emergency fleet with a Philadelphia shipyard. Dead are Henry Bates and Frank Lester Burnside registered locally.
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Ida May Raisor
George Raisor
Manville
Raisor
Dayton
Ohio
Walter Wright
Muncie
George Wright
John Wright
Denver
Col
John Wesley Server
Signal Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Glenn D Vernon
Agertour International Shipbuilding Corporation
Plog Island
Philadelphia
WF. Bates
Af Blocher
Henry Bates
Frank Lester Burnside
John W. Burnside
Kent
Salem
Draft Call Advances As Indiana Quota Is Set
Madison April 15 a new draft call is issued with Indiana quota 442. Nellie Caswell visits Middlefork. Mrs Daniel Grebe travels to Indianapolis to see her son Oscar. Claimed marriage licenses issued for Clifford Fe. Ball and Helen McDavis. O Ward and Mary Clapp. James Layton discharged from Camp Taylor for disability and returns home. Family travel to Indianapolis for Joseph M. Taylor funeral. Carl Niesse enlists at Camp Shelby. R Lewis Stern returns from Purdue. to work with Hercules Powder Co in New Jersey.
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Indiana
Nellie Caswell
Middlefork
Daniel Grebe
Pleasan Ridge
Indianapolis
Oscar Grebe
Thomas Stuart
Jesse Dunn
Clifford FE. Ball
Helen Mc Davis
Scott County
Durin O. Ward
Mary Clapp
Joseph Marshall Powell
Trimble County
James Layton
Camp Taylor
Jefferson County
Jas. J. Sering
George Lloyd
Carl Niesse
Charles J. Niesse
R. Lewis Stern
Lod. Stern
Lafayette
Purdue University
Herules Powder Company
New Jersey
Stern
German Secrets Published Strain Prince Lichnowsky Trust
Prince Lichnowsky former German ambassador to Britain has published pre war negotiations and diplomatic secrets. His disclosures cast Germany in a harmful light and have earned him disfavor among German powers. A call to buy Liberty Bonds urges more support over more blood.
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Prince Charles Lichnowsky
Great Britain
Germany
Telegraph chief operator Joseph M. Taylor dies in Indianapolis
Joseph Morris Taylor 64 longtime Western Union chief operator at Indianapolis dies at his Winston Apartments home after a three day illness pneumonia listed as cause. Born May 12 1850 in Madison Indiana he joined Western Union in 1874 and rose to chief operator in Indianapolis. Survived by no children and former wife. funeral Tuesday at Flanner Buchanan Chapel Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Morris Taylor
Western Union Telegraph Company
Winston Apartments
North Knois Street
Mr.Taylor
Madison
Ind
Western Union
Indianapolis
SAS
Taylor
United States
Flanner & Buchanan Chapel
Crown Hill Cemetery
Deaths of Mrs Marietta Klein and Thomas Carr
Mrs Marietta Klein 54 died Sunday morning at 115 Poplar street after a brief pneumonia illness. She is survived by four children and husband Henry W Klein. funeral at First Presbyterian Church with interment in Springdale Cemetery. Thomas Carr, son-in-law of Oliver F Watson, died in Pontiach Michigan at age 27 after a brief pneumonia illness. burial in Equality Illinois. Watsons travel to Equality for services.
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Marietta Klein
Henry W. Klein
Poplar Street
Trimble County
Marietta Eaglin
Henry W
Paducah
Madison
Oliver F. Watson
Thomas Carr
Pontiach
Mich
Florence Watson
Equality
Mrs. Watson
Twelve Principles of Personal Virtue and Growth
An item listing enduring values such as time, perseverance, work, simplicity, character, kindness, example, duty, economy, patience, talent, and originality. It frames moral maxims as keys to personal development and successful living.
John Balph dies after pneumonia and brain trouble
John Balph longtime garden farmer dies at his Canaan road home at 6 30 this morning after pneumonia and subsequent brain trouble. Born in Missouri in 1852 he moved to this county as a youth and lived here most of his life. He married Mary Lott and left five children Frank Balph Harry Balph and Ollie Balph with the widow surviving along with three other children in Seattle Arvada and this city. He belonged to the Second Presbyterian Church and was known as a quiet man with many friends.
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John Balph
Canaan Road
Frank
Harry
Arzada
Col
Ollie
Seattle
Wash
Ralph
Second Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Mary Meuser Badorf Dies in Detroit Pneumonia
Former Madisonian Mrs. Mary Meuser Badorf died of pneumonia in Detroit Michigan on April 12. She was a former Madisonian who recently visited relatives here three weeks ago. Her funeral was held in Indianapolis this afternoon. George Meuser and Misses Gusta and Elizabeth Dietz traveled to Indianapolis to attend.
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George Meuser
Gusta
Elizabeth Dietz
Indianapolis
Mary Meuser Badorf
Detroit
Mich
Badorf
Eight Names Added to St Michael's Service Flag
Eight names were added to the St Michael's church service flag including Albert Johann Vincent Nugent Joseph Schram Joseph Brennan Edward Leiferman Leo Anger Harry Hunger and Erwin Herin. Erwin Herin, son of Mrs Ella Herin of Washington DC, maintained church ties and requested his name on the flag though living away from Madison for years.
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St. Michael’s Church
Albert Johann
Vincent Nugent
Joseph Schram
Joseph Brennan
Edward Leiferman
Leo Anger
Harry Hunger
Erwin Herin
Herin
Ella Herin
Washington, D. C
Madison
St. Michael’s
Court News From Jefferson County Courthouse Roster
Admitted to the bar Rev B E Antrobus on motion of Hon M R Sulzer. Foreclosure case Wyne International Building Assn on 296 acre farm. attorneys Bear Feemster Sulzer Bear Cook & Walker. Henley v Henley answer filed. Peoples Trust Co building to be sold at public sale. sale date pending. New trial in Peoples Trust v Lawler overruled. Jorgenson v Hartman quiet title judgment ordered. Emma H Stuart executrix filed final settlement valued 2000. Emerson Lemen represented. Industrial Board compromise in Dewey Green v Nordyke Marmon. Lemen for plaintiff. Gillett granted divorce from Tina Gillett. Greenwood v Elvin Jones minor case: farm 141 acres sold to William Southworth for 85140. Southworth resold portions to William Potter and Edward Adams. Turner v Armand replevin compromised. parties keep their horses. Emerson Lemen and S E Leland involved.
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B. E. Antrobus
Jefferson County
M. R. Sulzer
Wyne International Building Association
P. K. Bear
A. R. Feemster
Sulzer & Bear
Cook & Walker
Greenfield
Virginia Henley
William J. Henley, Jr
S. J. Bear
Peoples Trust Company
Lawler
Otto N. Jorgenson
Horace W. Hartman
Harvey J. Zearing
Emma H. Stuart
Emma J. Brown
Emerson Lemen
Dewey Green
Nordyke & Marmon
Industrial Board
Indianapolis
Harry Lemen
Thomas Gillett
Tina Gillett
Arvenia Greenwood
Elvin Jones
Minor
Madison
Milton
Brooksburg Road
Bee Camp
William Southworth
Carrollton
Mr. Southworth
Bee Camp Creek
William Potter
Edward Adams
Ollie
First submarine crew captured by Americans arrives
Atlantic Port April 16 The first submarine crew captured by Americans arrived on the same ship with Secretary Baker. The voyage was completed in record time, taking five days.
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Baker
Atlantic
International
Presbyterian movers and visitors travel home in Indiana
In Madison on April 16 a string of local residents departed for Indianapolis Mitchell Seymour Columbus and other nearby towns. Families and church members traveled for visits and to attend Presbyterian meetings while others returned after caregiving with relatives and friends.
Liberty Bond slackers reveal credit analyses nationwide
Credit men examining financial statements of firms across the United States find a low share of Liberty Bonds among first and second issue assets. Banking institutions may urge customers, especially borrowers, to invest patriotsically.
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United States
Crude Booths Replace Diners on West Coast Trains
On western Mexican rail lines dining cars are unavailable so crude canvas booths with tables and chairs are set up on station platforms. Trains pause as passengers eat unappetizing fare in the improvised service.
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Mexico
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Schmunk Elected Moderator of Indiana Presbyterian Presbytery
Rev F W Schmunk of Caledonia Ind was chosen moderator of the Indiana presbytery at its spring meeting in Milroy Rush county The fall session will be at Mays Delegates to the next general assembly in Pittsburgh were Rev Fred Elliott and Rev J P Cowan The opening sermon was delivered by Rev Cowan and Rev George L Brown of Indianapolis was elected presbytery clerk for three years
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Rushville
Ind
F.W. Schmunk
Caledonia
Indiana
United Presbyterian Church
Milroy
Rush County
Mays
Fred Elliott
Springhill
J. P. Cowan
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Mr. Cowan
George L. Brown
Presbytery
Doan’s Kidney Pills Advertised By Madison Woman
A Madison testimonial urges readers to use Doan’s Kidney Pills to ease weak kidneys. Eliza J. Iddlings reports relief after taking the remedy, noting dullness, languor and kidney trouble signs improved promptly. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. Adv MADISON WHOLESALE MARKETS
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Doan
Madison
Eliza J. Idldings
W. Second St
Dean
Quotations Live Poultry and Farm Commodities Prices
A fragmented listing of farm prices and commissions for live poultry eggs butter and meats with grain prices and seed sales. Includes beef cattle poultry and seed pricing figures from local suppliers and merchants such as North Madison Creamery and J. Schofield & Son with ranges for oats clover alfalfa timothy and straw.
Indianapolis Market Prices Apr 15 Hog and Cattle Receipts
Indiana market report shows hog receipts around 2 500 with lower tone and best heavies priced 85 18 to 85 18 25. Cattle receipts about 1 500 with steers 11 75 to 16 50 and cows and heifers 12 25 to 13 00. Corn and hay prices steady to firm with No 3 white corn 190 to 195. No 1 timothy hay 27 50 to 28 00.
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