Madison News Highlights and Social Notes
In Madison on April 14 Mr and Mrs Faris Carroll of Nabb Indiana entertained visitors and Miss Anna Schriner of Hoboken New Jersey joined local friends. Merrie Griffith and son Frederick from Vevay called on Madison friends. Mrs Fred Hondell of Indianapolis visits her parents on east Second street. The tobacco warehouses’ workers held a large fish banquet at the Farmers warehouse. Mrs A S Hartley and three children depart for Hobbs Indiana where Mr Hartley is assigned to the Methodist church. The Kronenberger home on West Third Street is being repainted light gray with a refined lawn display pleasing the household. Jeffersonville police recovered keys and papers of the murdered recluse Mrs Mary Fanny Brookbank from a sewer, following a prisoner Edward Berry’s tip about a Negro seen nearby. Alex and John Mullen, guests at the Mullen home on Broadway, left for Cincinnati. brother Will Mullen remains very ill in St Louis. Born yesterday afternoon a daughter to Mr and Mrs C Roger Grauman of Milwaukee. Mrs Grauman is Helen Sulzer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Sulzer, whose grandfather pride is noted. The Indiana delegation in the House split on the Rivers and Harbors Bill. Delaware Indiana members voted yea: Dixon, Adair, Cox, Lieb, Wood. Voting nay: Barnhart, Cline, Cullop, Gray, Moores, Mel, Rauch. Morrison was absent.
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Faris Carroll
Nabb Ind
Anna Schriner
Hoboken
N. J
Madison Friends
Merrie Griffith
Frederick
Vevay
Fred Hondell
Indianapolis
Peter Smith
East Second Street
A. S. Hartley
Hobbs
Indiana
Hartley
Kronenberger
West Third Street
Jeffersonville
Mary Fanny Brookbank
Edward Berry
House
Dixon
Adair
Cox
Lieb
Wood
Barnhart
Cline
Cullop
Gray
Moores
Mel
Rauch
Morrison
Roosevelt Gains Backing From New York Tribune
Press dispatches report the New York Tribune, once a foe of Roosevelt, now endorses him for the Republican ticket. George T. Mayfield, a Roosevelt ally in 1912, expects Roosevelt’s nomination and election, though polls next fall may decide. Mayfield also notes possible postmastership changes if Roosevelt wins and that Roosevelt could demand favorable terms.
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New York Tribune
Roosevelt
George T. Mayfield
Tribune
Teddy
Guard the Heart Health Hint Warns of Heart Disease Risk
Director Sam L. Rogers of the bureau of the census cautions that heart disease now surpasses tuberculosis and pneumonia as a leading killer in the United States. He emphasizes improper living habits such as overeating overdrinking overworking and overplaying as major causes and frames heart disease as a personal hygiene issue.
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United States
Sam L. Rogers
Bureau of the Census
Washington
First steel pens go on sale at about forty cents each
A 19th century notice reports the first steel ink pens priced around forty cents per item. The source notes consumer interest and early metal pen adoption in local markets.
City Council Adopts Main and Walnut Street Improvement
The Madison city council held a special session adopting Declaratory Resolution No. 11 for Main street from Broadway to Walnut and Walnut to Cal Brown property. The plan calls for grading, street car track adjustments, and a hearing set for May 5.
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Main and
Walnut Street
Main Street
Side Broadway
Main
Walnut
Cal Brown
Stone School House
Crozier
Nichols
Ford
Walnut Streets
Tennis
Indiana
Counci
Niesse
Holwager
Public Works Committee
How Soldiers Judge Distance By Visual Training
The piece explains how soldiers learn to estimate range for musketry, noting visibility limits on dark and moonlit nights. It gives practical rules using finger widths to gauge 100 yard increments at various distances and outlines standard European and American benchmarks for accuracy and efficiency in distance judging.
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Germany
Austria
France
America
Guardianship Petition Filed for Robert Riley in Circuit Court
Application for guardianship entered in circuit court to manage Robert Riley’s property. Sulzer and Bear represent petitioners. Court adjourned at noon to Monday. Judge Griffith returned to Vevay for Sunday.
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Robert Riley
Sulzer & Bear
Griffith
Vevay
Keller Re-elected President of Indiana Woman's Franchise League
Mrs Amelia R Keller was reelected president of the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana this afternoon with an overwhelming majority in Indianapolis.
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Woman’s Franchise League of
Indiana
Indianapolis
Amelia R. Keller
Parachute Save Near Clermont Lifts Observer From Balloon
A French observer aboard a captive balloon near Clermont in the Argonne region escaped after the balloon was cut adrift by German shells. The balloon rose to 11,000 feet toward German lines, the observer leaped from the basket, and the parachute opened, landing safely about 800 yards inside French lines. He described an initial 150 foot drop as unpleasant, but the descent became gentle with the parachute and lasted about twenty minutes as he continued to observe the ground movements.
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Clermont
Argonne
Real Estate Transfers Vardaman Graham to Morton Buchanan
Real estate transfer records show Vardaman S. Graham and wife selling 74 acres in Monroe Township to Morton Buchanan for $2,000.
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Vardaman S. Graham
Morton Buchanan
Monroe Tp
Mrs Austin's Bag Pancake Delights Breakfast Tables
A readable pastry note highlights Mrs. Austin's Bag Pancake as a delicious light cake option for breakfast. The item is presented as a ready choice for morning meals with appealing texture and taste.
Mexican Women Patriotic Burn Money to Deter Debt
Mexican women issue a press appeal calling for a weekly donation of paper money to be burned in public squares to avoid paying interior debt. Labor unions government employees and families urged to contribute bills jewelry and metal money. The Guild of Leather Workers plans to burn 20000 pesos as part of a nationwide reconstruction effort.
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Republic of Mexico
Guild of Leather Workers
Letter Lost Twice Delays Rhodes Papers For Oxford
Oxford officials report three Rhodes scholarship examination paper sets sent to America. The first disappeared aboard the Ara bic, the second with the Hee perian, while the third set finally arrived safely. The Herald notes the delay and ongoing share of the story.
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Oxford University
America
Herald
British Government to settle prize court cases with American packers
Chandler P. Anderson counsel said the British Government would immediately settle prize court cases involving American packers, totaling between 15 million and 20 million dollars, a significant financial dispute resolution.
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Chandler P. Anderson
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