Local News Items Highlight Visitors and Events
Mrs Henry Fisher of Lene or township voted down the statewide prohibition resolution. Albert Isebardt returned to Middlefork after a business visit. Willaglin left for Kankakee Ill to resume work. Panama Canal maintenance costs exceeded receipts from July 1 1914 to March 1 1915. Thomas Clements bought a 1915 Model 5 Overland from Madison Automobile Co. David Ryker and daughter returned to Indianapolis. Lawrence Chandler sprained his arm after falling from a tricycle. J C Collins and family returned to Des Moines. Walter Alexander of Winci Food Co. returned to Indianapolis. Mrs Samuel Steigerwald sprained her wrist but is improving. George Torrance purchased locust posts, returning to Shelbyville. Frank Hill and son Charles traveled in a 1915 Buick, agent at Holton. Lehigh Valley Railroad president says nearly $1,000,000 in contracts will be awarded. Dry April weather worries tobacco growers as beds fail to sprout. irrigation and replanting underway. Mrs Frank P Vail left for Hamilton to attend Miss Elizabeth Pfau’s wedding. Edgar B Bishop funeral held at Canaan church. Mrs Elizabeth Trow and Jennie Johnson to Washington for Daughters of the American Revolution meeting. others follow. Charles Hall of Louisville, grandson of Mrs Frank Funk, won $400 for best coffee sales in The Atlantis and Pacific Tea Co contest. 1174 pounds sold by him across 700 stores. Mrs Funk is sister to Mesers Peter and Joseph Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ryker
Indianapolis
Lawrence
William Chandler
J. C. Collins
Rachel Collins
Third Street
Des Moines
Walter Alexander
Winci Food Co
Indianapolia
East Main Street
Samuel Steigerwald
George ‘L'Orrance
Shelbyville
Charlotte Torrance
Frank Hill
Holton
Charles
Hill
Holton and
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Wilson
Edgar B. Bishop
Canaan
Madison
Boyer
Mesdames
Elizabeth Trow
Jennie Johnson
Washington, D. C
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Trow
John Paul
Johnson
W. O. Lewis
Emily McLaughlin
Madisonville
Washington
Charles Hall
Louisville
Frank Funk
Atlantis and Pacific Tea Co
United States
Funk
Peter and
Joseph Smith
Arbor Day Program and Local Car Sales Notes
Arbor Day program held at City High School featured talks on history and purpose, forestry preservation, and readings. Local auto dealers Demaree & Hill report several Ford touring car sales to customers including W. H. Merrill and Nathan Horton, plus trips to Cincinnati for more vehicles. several property transfers recorded in Lancaster township and West Main, Front Street, and Walnut Street areas with prices cited.
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the City High School
Homer Janve
James Sallinder
Jas
Demaree & Hill
Ford Automobile
George W. Frank
Late Jones
West Main Street
Frank Ebb Et al
Viola Turner
Front Street
Mary Maurer
Emma Holwager
North Walnut Street
Phillip Kramer
Rosa B. Kramer
West Third Street
Rebecca R. French
Perry A. Graston
Lancaster Tp
Tax Payment Notice and Community News Digest
Notice to taxpayers warns May 34 as last day for Spring tax payments with a 10 percent penalty after due date. Edw. Jeffries, Treasurer of Jefferson County, urges early payment to avoid crowding. The Herald covers Liberty Bell exhibition, a New York Central freight robbery, local school district debate participants, and staff moves and travels including William Wetzel, Orba Alexander, and Conductor E. J. Dalton with notes on career changes and honors.
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Jeffries
Jefferson County
Philadelphia
New York Central
Buffalo
Villa at Celaya Battle Figures Change Widely
Two days of fighting at Celaya left Villa's forces reported as 6,000 killed and 8,000 captured with many cannon by Care headquarters while Obregon reported 14,000 killed wounded or prisoners. Villa commanded the retreat northward amid uncertain dispatches from his headquarters.
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el Paso
Villa
Celaya
Care 1Aoza
Washington
Moose Lodge to appeal Alabama court judgment in Kinney death case
Council Jones representing the Supreme Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose announced an appeal of a $15,000 Alabama court judgment. The ruling concerns the death of Donald Kinney during Lodge ceremonies in Birmingham. Kinney was a former Hoosier.
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Anderson
Council Jones
Supreme Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose
Alabama
Donald Kinney
Birmingham
Kinney
Contract Signed for $65 Million War Materials
New York April 16 The American Locomotive Co closed a contract worth 65 million dollars for war materials led by shrapnel for Russia. Loco motive stock rose 19 points on the stock exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Locomotive Co
Russia
Stock Exchange
Madison Girl Miss Margaret Henry Nominated in Beauty Contest
Miss Margaret Henry of Madison and Fairfield is nominated for the Louisville Evening Post Beauty Contest tied to a Panama Exposition trip. The contest is limited to Kentucky business employees and closes May 10. Coupons worth ten votes, or 25 on Mondays, appear on the Post’s second page and must be filed within ten days of each coupon date. Local supporters urged Madison subscribers to collect and send voting coupons through The Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Henry
Fairfield
Nelson County
H. McKenna Distilling Co
Louisville Evening Post
Panama Exposition
Kentucky
Henry
Post
Joseph Henry
Madison
Herald
Bowser Gets a Scare Bowser Gets a Scare
A humor item by M. Quad from 1916 follows Bowser through a frightful mishap and comic misadventure, typical of McClure Syndicate humor pages. The piece sketches a tense moment turned silly, highlighting Bowser's luck and the era's lighthearted urban wit.
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M. Quad
The
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Bowser Home Stock Piles Quack Cures and Protests
A Bowser mansion closet holds a vast cache of spring tonics winter plasters fall remedies and daily cures for ailments from coughs to pneumonia. Mrs Bowser protests while Bowser claims there are over 2 000 000 doctors in the country and asserts exhaustive knowledge of the medical field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bowser
Bowser
New York
Bowser's Spring Root Tonic Ordeal
In a household comedy, Mr Bowser distrusts doctors and drug stores. He departs to brew a root tonic using burdock, sarsaparilla and other plants, then secretly pours two quarts of dark liquid, adding whisky as he strains it, sparking a domestic quarrel.
Tonic jealousy and a row over spring remedies
Mr Bowser crafts a home tonic and womanly stubbornness leads to a night of mischief and fear of hydrophobia from a confusing mix of bottles. A comical dispute ends with a threatened lawsuit and a sly hint of legal action.
Henry I and the talking wood tale on a voyage
A fragment from Boy's Life presents a back-and-forth exchange about a man turned to wood and a girl who regains speech after entering a bicycle shop. The dialogue mixes fantasy and humor as Henry and John riff on improbable transformations aboard a vessel.
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Henry
John
Little Raymond Probes Cows Diet and Milk Question
A child asks how cows eat and drink and still produce milk posing a playful riddle about feeding and milking. His mother explains cows eat grass and drink water while distinguishing milk production.
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Raymond
Washington Post
Pressed His Suits
A comic caption notes a man emerging in a room with a suit and a witty exchange about a press agent, reflecting light humor from the Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mask
Pennsylvania Punch Bowl
Two Paths to Fortune and Misfortune
A moral vignette contrasts two men one educated and methodical who failed and fell behind while another self taught and bold succeeds becoming notable, while the second man ends up in jail.
Former Senator Nelson Aldrich Dies at 74 in New Jersey
Nelson W. Aldrich former senator from Rhode Island aged 74 died suddenly at his New Jersey home this morning after years of declining health. His passing came following a stroke of apoplexy yesterday and an earlier bout of indigestion.
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New York
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Indiana items report and local notes
Fort Wayne veteran 85 dies by hanging in a barn after illness and wife’s death. Elkhart county child Joshea-Mary Shaum dies from clothing catching fire while playing with matches. Jeffersonville drivers fear tacks on streets used by Jitneys. Rochester seeks deputy game warden for Lake Manitou and Tippecanoe River fishing issue.
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Ft. Wayne
William Bixler
Joshea—Mary
Isaiah Shaum
Near Southwest
Elkhart County
Jeffersonville
Rochester
Lake Manitou
Tippecanoe River
Illicit Distilleries Seized Across States, Rugby School Founding
The Internal Revenue Review reports about 10 000 illicit distilleries detected and seized in the southern states over four years while only sixty two were found in other states. Rugby School was founded and endowed in 1567.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celeht
The
Union
Internal Revenue Review
Rugby School
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Madelo
IL 16
Henry Fisher
Lene
Or Township
Florida
Uate
Albert Isebardt
Middlefork
Mr. Willaglin
Kankakee, Ills
Panama Canal
Thomas Clements
Madison Automos Biie Ca
Frank P. Vail
Hamilton
Elizabeth Pfau
Dr. Keller
Dayton
Miss Pfau
Tyres
Vevay
Jane Scearce
Helen Prots
Charlotte Pleasants
St ‘Ents
Scearce
William Wetzel
Dr. Green
School of Pharamacy
Indiana State Board of Pharmacy
Wetzel
Orba Alexander
Richmond
Adams Express Co
Charles Alexander
Newport News
Norfolk
Norfolk, Va
Navy Yards
North Dakota
E. J. Dalton
Madison-Richmond
Pennsylvania
Mr. Dalton
Gee Villa
Order of Moose
Brigat Madison
Red Cross Ball
New Jersey
Indiana
Licit Distilleries
N. T. Drake
Masoxiec
Zenatal Heart
Mapison
Islemain
Madison Investment CB
Indiana Title Association
Makers of
Madison, Ind
Humphreys
William St
D. Swift & CO
Seventh St
Washington, D.C
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