Madison 1844 to 1860 A Portrait of the City and Its Press
A historical sketch of Madison Indiana before the Civil War describes a 5,000 resident town with the Madison and Washington House hotels, a two story court house and jail, and a short list of early businesses. It notes editors and owners of the Courier Banner Madisonian and Daily Tribune, prominent judges and lawyers, and outlines fates of leading figures including Hendricks, Crittenden, and Hillis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Aladison Hotel
Washington House
Creo. D. Pitzhugh
Indianapolis
Enoch D. Withers
Court House
Curt Bunee
Bramwelldke Potiajes
Dew Goods
Josepo
Leepers
Kahner Aid Courier
Pho
Bavid
Dune
Davy Jones
Toda Due.littie
Doolittle
Couver
Jones
John Kk. Cravens
Svnouam W.rail
Loulesile
Duties
Wesley Woolies
Minlus Stapp
Visi
W. H. Keyt
Aed
Samuel PF. Anddonntyvington
Courier
Mt. Co
Gare Ber
Milteum Greve
John G. Sering
Vor
Madison Daily Tribune
Tribune
Sering
Gregg Res
New Albanny
Madisonian
Molla Doolittle
Robert Sproule
Scott
Ward
Oregon
Nevae
Bar of
Larshail
Indiana
Sullivan
Glass
Stevens
Dunn
King
Troxell
Chapmano
Markley
Elba
Wm. Hendrickses
Abram Iendrickses
John Abram
Abram W
Hillises
Wm. CG
John
Hull
Thom
Crittenden
Walker
Shaw
Pitcher
J. Y. Allison
Marshall
Sheets
Chicago
Bright
United States
Monumental City
Hendrickses
John Abram Hendricks
Pea Ridge
Abram W. Hendricks
Tjndianapolis
Washington City
Wm C. Hillis
Missouri
John 3. Hillis
Hull and
Chom
Bar-Legged Dance Camp Plans Stir Chicago Society
Miss Portia Mansfield Swett and Miss Charlotte Perry depart to open a terpsichorean camp near Eldora Colorado. About fifty girls will learn dances in nature inspired garb while husbands ponder joining. initial robes described as near-naked and minimalist.
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Chicago
Eldora
Colo
Portia Mansfield Swett
Krimbark Avenue
Charlotte Perry
Plana
Mount Parnassus
Miss Sweet
Obituary of Mrs Priscilla Gaines of Carrollton Ky
Mrs Priscilla Gaines aged eighty three widow of Dr F H Gaines longtime physician in Kentucky died at 7 45 this morning in Carrollton Her first husband John Fisher of Louisville once a wealthy merchant died in 1903 She later married Dr Gaines and moved to Carrollton Sherman G Gaines of the Union National Bank Louisville is a stepson Her sister Mrs Joseph Wiggington of Louisville survives Her church membership included the First Christian in Louisville and later the local Christian church in Carrollton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Priscilla Gaines
F. H. Gains
Kentucky
John Fisher
Louisville
Gaines
Sherman G. Gaines
Union National Bank
Joseph Wiggington
First Christian Church
The
Christian Church
Dentist Seeks Poisoner’s Death in Dog Beating Case
Rochester Indiana April 21 Perry Heath a Rochester dentist reports his eleven year old collie was among a dozen dogs poisoned last week. He published a newspaper article wishing the poisoner die by the same method but endure longer torment. A hundred dollar reward was offered for the culprit. The poisoner used trychnine smeared on candy. The act endangers children. Constipation causes headache in digestion dizziness and drowsiness. Dean's Regulats 25 cents a box.
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Rochester
Ind
Perry Heath
Attempt on life of Mrs Flynn and daughter near Louisa
A report from Louisa, Kentucky, says Mrs Mary Flynn and her seventeen year old daughter Rosa were fired upon as they returned from a barn. Rosa was shot twice with buckshot in the right breast and hind, while Mrs Flynn was wounded, and the mother was not hurt. Doctors say Rosa will recover.
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Lexington
Louisa
Mary Flynn
Rosa Flynn
Fallsburg
Lexington banker Head goes on trial for embezzlement
The trial of Joe S. Head former cashier of the Citizen's Banking and Trust Co Ashland opened in Boyd Circuit Court Ashland. Head is charged with embezzlement and making false entries in nine counts indicted last September. Judge Emmett Dickson of Paris defends Head. The bank failed for twenty thousand dollars.
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Lexington
Joe S. Head
Citizen’s Banking & Trust Co
Ashland
Boyd
Head
Kentucky
Emmett Dickson
Paris
Cow Rampage Spooks Evansville Hat Store
A cow being driven from a steamboat charged into a wholesale hat shop on First Street causing chaos by knocking over boxes and displays. Clerks chased with brooms and chairs but the animal escaped through a rear window and fled unharmed.
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Evaneville
Ind
First Street
Belief in evolution challenged by Dr. Lyman Abbott
Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of the Outlook, told the Congregational Club at the Hotel LaSalle that belief in human evolution is not incompatible with Christianity. He argued Genesis is not literally true and that the six thousand year old world concept should be discarded along with original sin.
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Chicago
Lyman Abbott
The
Outlook
Congregational Club
Hotel Lasalle
Abbott
Carrollton High School to Hold Commencement May 21
Carrollton Ky April 21 The Carrollton High School commencement is set for May 21 at night. Graduates listed include Misees KNa Mundy Rameey Helen Gar riot Allie Wood and Grace Kipping. The funeral for Mrs Priscilla Gaines will be at Ghent Christian church Friday at 2 pm conducted by Rev W J Love. Mrs Gaines died Wednesday and will lie in state for three days per her wishes.
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Carrollton
Carrollton High School
Misees Kna Mundy Rameey
Helen Garriot
Allie Wood
Grace Kipping
Priscilla Gaines
Ghent Christian Church
W. J. Love
Mayflick
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Coughs and Grippe
Mrs. David Moor of Saginaw Alabama praises Dr King’s New Discovery for curing a fifteen year cough in her husband and an eight year cough in her son. The ad promises complete relief for hacking coughs and la grippe with a money back guarantee. Price 60 cents and one dollar at all druggists.
Hundred Years of Faithful Sowing in the Church
A Rev Irvin I St John poem chronicles a century of church work in Southern Indiana from Corydon to Madison and beyond. It honors early pastors and lay leaders like Dickey Creasy Blythe Martino Crawford Crowe and Little Bevan Steele and calls for continued church expansion and education.
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Irving I. St. John
Newton, N. J
Washington
Bethlehem
Salem
Corydon
Madison
Jefferson
Dickey
Creasy
Blythe
Martino
Crawford
Crowe
Bevan
Steele
Gale
Noted House Where Wiley Poison Squad Was Formed
Hanover Ind April 20 The old Brandt house where Dr Harvey W Wiley lived as a student at Hanover College and conceived the idea of a Federal pure food law has been torn down to make room for a new dwelling. The dilapidated structure was known as the leaning tower and hosted the early poison squad experiments.
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Hanover
Ind
Brandt
Harvey W. Wiley
Wiley
Hanover College
Love and Jealousy Shape a Young Woman’s Choice
In a lunar garden drama Miss Maybrick and Jane Carew clash over John Staunton as Cousin Alex pressures affection, while Staunton’s true identity as an author emerges. Jane wrestles with love, class, and the lure of a new life as Staunton proves himself.
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Jang Carew
Miss Maybrick
Madge
Jane
John Staunton
Tie
Maybrick
Janie
Staunton
Alex
Alex Tamblin
Ilamblin
Sfere
Hamblin
Miss Carew
Submarine David and its Brave Confederate Crew
The Confederate navy held the only wartime submarine to sink a vessel. William Stevens notes some officers called submarine warfare cowardly, yet eight volunteers aboard the David rowed the propeller shaft by hand. The captain steered at the wheel as a spar torpedo was set and launched from the forward nose.
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David
William
Stevens
Housatonic
Professor Stevens
Imitation Carving Gains Use for Wood Panels
A new method creates carved wood appearances by pressing a veneer over a soft batter of wood pulp sawdust and resin. The die patterned press applies heavy pressure producing an apparently carved panel.
British gun and powder firms plan expansions postwar
The London Economist notes manufacturers extend plants in England to meet wartime demand. They foresee an armed peace after victory and warn postwar markets may leave these firms as white elephants despite their bullish outlook.
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England
London Economist
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Adison
Eldore
Colorado
Carrolton
Aga
Evanaville
Presbyteria
la Belle Riviere
Dr. Wiley
True
Mary Wood
Herald
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