Divorce notice in Jefferson County Circuit Court
In the Jefferson Circuit Court May Term 1915 Lorine Rogers sues Janie Rogers for divorce. On April 26 1915 the complaint and affidavit of a witness were filed. Janie Rogers is a necessary party with unknown residence. She must appear by June 15 1915 or judgment will be rendered. Witnessed at Madison Indiana. Clerk EDW M PRENATT seal. apr 29w3t
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State of
Indiana
Ode
Jefferson County
Jefferson Circuit Court
Lorine Rogers
Janie Rogers
Madison
M. Prenatt
Sulzer & Bear
Births Marriages and Local Notices from Madison Area
A collection of brief items: a baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Mat Fei der in Madison. engagements and a license to wed George Leo Schafer and Bertha Paulen Geyman. local elections with Elkhart wets winning by 108. travels and visits of residents. a river search for Nellie Wooten Gray. medical transfers. funeral attendances. wartime postal policy for prisoners of war. the Sultana disaster anniversary. various travel and family notices. property sale to Harry Lemen. imminent relocation of the Glaes family to Indianapolis.
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Mat Feider
Goldie Thornton
Mayme
Elizabeth Hanna
California
George Leo Schafer
Bertha Paulen Geyman
Elkhart
Thelma Lucht
Indianapolis
William Lucht
Post Office Department
United States
Europe
Sultana
Memphis
Harry L. Vail
Joe
Robert Long Hospital
Daniel Blasingham
Thomas Wolf
South East Street
Stewart Blasingham
Kron Prior Wilhelm
Newport News
Fiance Schemes Fatal Shot in Connecticut Engagement
Arthur Hearn Cowl, 22, of New York and grandson of dry goods merchant James A. Hearn, dies from a gunshot in Stratford Connecticut after his supposed fiancee Miss Emily Wheeler triggers a concealed revolver with a ribbon during a staged engagement. The tragedy follows his Bermuda trip to recover from a nervous breakdown.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Arthur Hearn Cowl
New York
James A. Hearn
Emily Wheeler
Cowl
Arthur DeForest Wheeler
Stratford
Miss Wheeler
Bermuda
Third Drive for Calais Is Stopped In Belgian Front
London reports the Kaiser's third drive for Calais halted and Ypres attacks repulsed. Allies offensive toward S Julien north east of Ypres. French retake Heras on the Ypres canal. Luzerne recaptured after a four day battle. Belgian towns bombarded. 25 000 German losses alleged. seven Belgian towns under fire by British aviators.
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London
Calais
Ypres
S. Julien
Heras
Luzerne
Amsterdam
Boessinghe
Roosevelt admits he delayed Vice Presidency choice in 1900
In Syracuse on April 27 Roosevelt testified under cross examination that he did not accept the 1900 Republican Vice Presidential nomination until consulting Platt the boss. He said he did not follow Platt's advice for the Vice Presidency and aimed to run again for New York Governor. Correspondence and conferences showed Platt as his adviser during his term as Vice President and President.
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Syracuse
Barnum
Barnes
Roosevelt
Platt
New York
Explosion at Dam Project Kills Seven in New York
A premature blast of twelve sticks of dynamite 100 feet beneath ground at the New Kenzico Dam construction site near Valhalla, White Plains leaves seven Italians dead and eleven injured.
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New York
White Plains
N. Y
Kenzico Dam
Valhalla
Parole Granted in Iron Workers Dynamite Case
Washington reports the Attorney General granted parole to Henry W. Legleightner who is serving a three year term at Leavenworth for connection with the irons workers dynamite conspiracy. Parole was denied to John T. Butler, another dynamiter serving six years.
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Washington
Henry W. Legleightner
Leavenworth
Irons Workers
John T. Butler
Impeachment Appeal Filed in Terre Haute Circuit Court
Attorneys for Donn Roberts have filed an appeal from impeachment proceedings in the Terre Haute circuit court. Various property transfers are listed, with Laneaster Monroe townships and Monroe township figures. Tax estimates project over 80 million dollars in income taxes for individuals and corporations. The California battleship will feature electric driving machinery, a first for any nation. Hazel town in Calloway county suffered a $50,000 fire loss with $35,000 insured. Reginald Bradbury, who killed his wife, wrote from Lebanon Junction, saying the shot was accidental, then vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Donn Roberts
Circuit Court
Hazel
Calloway County
Reginald Bradbury
Louisville
Lebanon Junction
Governor Deploys Militia Over Lynching Threat in Virginia
Richmond on April 27 reports the governor ordered two militia companies to protect Tom Coles a Black man accused of assaulting a white girl amid threats of lynching by Mecklenburg County citizens.
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Richmond
Virginia
Tom Coles
Mecklenburg County
Italian Ambassadors Summoned by Rome Over War Attitude
Rome reports Italian ambassadors to Berlin Paris Vienna and London have been summoned to Rome amid rumors of a grand council to decide Italy's war posture. Relatives of P E McCleary in El Paso Texas were told the American reporter once condemned by Carranza was released after arrest and departed Vera Cruz.
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Rome
Berlin
Paris
Vienna
London
Italy
P. E. McCleary
el Paso
Tex
Carranza
Vera Crus
Hanover township boys urged to enter corn growing contest
The Farmers' Institute of Hanover township invites boys aged fourteen to eighteen to compete for a five dollar prize by growing the largest corn crop on one acre. Entries due by May 15, seeds chosen at own expense, planting May 5 to May 25, weigh by November 25, with samples and results recorded at Grange Hall. Charles W. Schreiber chairs.
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Hanover Township
Farmers’ Institute Organization
Grange Hall
Charles W. Schreiber
Death of John Bunny Ends Madison Chautauqua Run
The death of John Bunny ends his Madison Chautauqua appearance slated for August 25, 1915. Bunny, a famed Vitagraph star, had recently left films to perform on stage under a Chicago managers association contract reportedly worth $1000 a week. Also mentioned is Mrs. Dormand Brossardt visiting her mother, Mrs. Nancy Monroe in Indianapolis.
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John Bunny
Madison Chautauqua
Bunny
Vitagraph Co
Chautauqua
Ascociation of
Chicago
Dormand Brossardt
Indianapolis
Nancy Monroe
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Jay Cooke
William Beckett
Jacksonville
Florida
Nellie Wooten Gray
Ohio River
Clarence Ward
Kentucky
Fort Ritner
Iod
Vail
Red Cross
Hugh Starkey
Calloway’s
Denny Sanitarium
Hattie Robertson
Cragmont
Louissville
Schneider
Albert Smith
Bennington, Ind
John Hardacre
William Smith
Baker
Vernon
William Berech
B. F. Donnelly
Smith Boler
James Clark
Donnelly
Harry Lemen
Will Glaes
East Third Street
Glaes
George Glase
Anlectrical Company
Connecticut
Dugger State Bank
Ypres Ree
Belgias
Luttoe
Rotterdam
Constantinople
Vin
Uated Luzine
King
Sullivan
Edward J. King
State Bank
Dugger
Ind
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Hays
Canada
Grimaby
Recolo
North Sea
Alsace
Noordam
Jane Adame
Bosphorus
Gallipoli
Enos
Copenhagen
Budapest
Hungary
Boss Platt
Lauran T. Findley
Martin M. Pritchard
Lanecaster
Monroe
Michael
Margaret Carroll
Peter Carroll
Internal Revenue Collection
Treasury Department
New York Navy Yard
Busse
Cragmont Employes
E. P. Busse
Funkhouser
Edw. J. Meyer
Edw
J. Meyer
Emerson
C. A. Stanton
Shohists
Pearl Packing House
Calyv HS
Cus Yunker
Prop
F. W. Pfortner
S. Jefferson Street
Mies Claudine Boyer
Cincinnati
EER
J. J. Hertz
Mulberry Street
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