Madison Daily Weekly Edition Reports Local News and Events
The Madison based weekly edition notes Overseas enlistment orders issued for the 4th Division at Camp Sherman. Obituaries record Ora Anda Sims's remains sent to Bloomington. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. James Jeffries in Clifty and Mrs. Malachi Murray leaving for Indianapolis. A marriage license is granted to James Hartles Dean and Julia Sarah Williams. A land sale contract is filed, conveying 11 acres near Telegraph Hill for $9,000 with possession by March 1, 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Bersch
Edwin
James
Jeffries
Virginia
Jamestown
Gen. Hale
Camp Sherman
Indiana
Kentucky
Ora Anda Sims
Cragmont
Bloomington
Vail
Gertrude Stillhammer
John Stillhammer
West Main Street
James Hartles Dean
Julia Sarah Williams
Clark County
Liguire Stuart
Ray
Thomas Roberts
Brooksburg
Brooksbury
Kimerson Lemen
Otis Fo Bucknell
Frank IL. Thielman, Jr
Trimble County
Madison
Telegraph Hill
Two More Boys Over There
Relatives report Private LeClair McKay from Jeffers county has arrived overseas with the local quota sent to Camp Taylor in April. Howard Jones, son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Jones, attached to the 44th Field Artillery Co has also reached overseas after volunteering and training at Purdue University starting April 25. Friends wish them luck in the war’s duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeClair McKay
Frank McKay
Jeffers County
Camp Taylor
Daniel Jones
Howard
44Th Piew Artillery Co
Jones
Purdue University
Draft Board Reclassifies Men to 1-A and Schedules Examinations
The local draft board reclassified Glenn Sherman Howard Weir Gordon James E Tarpy Thomas L Drake Ross Demar ee and Orville Turner to 1-A. They are called for physical examinations next Tuesday July 9. Louis Monroe Walp 1918 registrant will also be examined at game time. Gilbert A Winkle was examined and rejected. Discharges were received for R M Schnaitzer from Camp Taylor Ky and Larrel McIntyre from Camp Sherman Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Sherman
Howard Weir Gordon
James E. Tarpy
Thomas L. Drake
Ross Demaree
Orville Turner
Louis Monroe Walp
Gilbert A. Winkle
R. M. Schnaitzer
Camp Taylor
Larrel McIntyre
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Miss Lucy Hughes Engaged to Wed
Announcement of Miss Lucy Woodfill Hughes daughter of Mr and Mrs E W Hughes of this city and Edward A Hughes of Farm Virginia with a planned wedding August 7 at the home of relatives in Cumberland County Wa The couple are parts of community ties and friends extend good wishes for the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Woodfill Hughes
Edi
E. W. Hughes
Edward A. Hughes
Farm Virginia
Reousins
H. C. Heli
Cumberland County
Igbes
Historic Madison flood leaves Crooked Creek in flood surge
Madison endured the heaviest rainfall since the 1903 flood as Crooked Creek overflowed, flooding homes along Aglenbusch to Walnut and Jefferson streets. The deluge damaged crops, gardens, and outbuildings, with thousands of dollars in losses. Authorities urged relief for affected residents and ensured drinking water supply amid evacuations and cleanup efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Aglenbusch Avenue
Walnut Street
Schuler
Jefferson Street
Sehuiers
Hood
North East
Peter Kimmel
John Williams
Sering Street
Davis Farm
Brooksbury Road
Joseph Smith
John King
Crooked Creek
Willick
Reynard Hunting Club
Hitch
Kirby Buchanan
Jefferson and
Mitton Streets
East Second Street
Harrison — Street
Volga
Malick
Asbury Fisher
Brookburg
Ryker’s
Trinity Chime
Broadway
Graham Spore
North West Street
Mrs Cora Decker Bott Dies After Illness
Mrs Cora Decker Bott 79 passed away after months of cancer and dropsy at home on First Street. She was treated at St Vincent Hospital Indianapolis with radium but did not improve. A member of St Marys Church she lived a quiet life. Survived by two sisters and two brothers Mrs Winnie Schoenfield Lima Ohio Mrs Jennie McClure Lima Ohio Oscar Decker Rush County Indiana Ora Decker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Decker Bou
William Bott
East First Street
St Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis
St. Mary’s Church
Winnie Schoenfield
Jennings County
Jennie McClure
Lima
Ohio
Oscar Decker
Rush County
Ind
Ora Decker
Miss Effie Herndon Weds Harlane Little in Indianapolis
Miss Effie Herndon daughter of Mrs. Ella Herndon of this city married Harlane Little of Indianapolis on Saturday. The ceremony took place in the Baldwin Block wedding parlor in the Capital City. The couple will reside in Chillicothe Ohio where Mr. Little will serve as a military police officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Herndon
Ella Herndon
Indianapolis
Harlane Little
Baldwin Block
Mrs. Little
Chillicothe, O
Mr. Little
Pearce Accepts Call as Pastor at Second Presbyterian
Rev G W Pearce of Bicknell Ind accepts the church call extended at a congregational meeting to become pastor of the Second Presbyterian church. He will begin his pastorate September 1. The remainder notes a few sayings and a mantel clock combined with a savings bank. A defective stomach keeps many awake versus a guilty conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Pearce
Bicknell, Ind
Second Presbyterian Church
Pearce
Madison News Summary of Visits Deaths and Arrivals
Local notices report Private Curtis Verndon arriving overseas by card to Mrs. Ella Herndon in Madison. Several residents incur injuries or travel, including Tina Furnish who sprained an ankle, and Miss Alice Jensen departing for Chicago. Obituaries note Miss Anna Clark’s cousin, and Charles Sprague dying at Cragmont aged 59, with Portha Opal Copeland and Mrs. Lloyd Copeland's child also noted. Daniel F. E. Lattimore died in Washington from paralysis while serving in the Surgeon Generals office. Mary A. Lattimore suffered a stroke and died. (Names, places, and relationships reflect local Blackford Bartholomew Moravian area.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stanton
R. F. Stanton
Granville
Ohio
Mr. Stanton
First Baptist Church
Mary Carrigh
St. Louis
Anna Clark
North Madison
Charles Sprague
Cragmont
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Portha Opal Copeland
Douhter
Lloyd Copeland
Logansport
Vail
Hebron
Daniel FE. Lattimore
Vernon
Washington
Surgeon Generals
Qordock
Mary A. Lattmore
Daniel Alp
Somme
Wathii
Runaway Wagon Incident Ends Near Disaster
Mr John Schendrap a well known farmer near Tanover was adjusting a seat when it slipped and spooked the horse causing a runaway toward Steinhardt's grocery. The wagon struck a coal oil tank spilling about 66 to 70 gallons and Mr Schmidslap aged about 65 was dragged under the wagon but escaped with minor bruises and scratches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinhardt
Schmidlip
Schmidslap
Local Draft Board News Reports Qualification for Exemption
Irvin Selig of Jefferson county has been examined and qualified for military service by the exemption board at St. Joe Michigan. Provisions allow remediable registrants to be sent to a hospital for free treatment if they cannot afford it. Registrants seeking this treatment should apply to the local board. A list shows hospitals including all large Indianapolis hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Selig
Jefferson County
St. Joe
Michigan
Indianapolis
Selected Men Leave for Training in Syracuse
Louis Connor and Campbell Pratt reported to the exemption board and left for Syracuse New York to train as guards and firemen at ports of embarkation. They are Jefferson county s first called for limited service. Robert Lee Driskell departed Camp Taylor with the Madison quota following a relative s death furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Connor
Campbell Pratt
Syracuse
New York
Jefferson County
Robert Lee Driskell
Camp Taylor
Madison
Classified Accidents Breakdown Shows Travel Losses
From 100000 classified incidents, 29726 involve travel or transportation related causes. Data outlines distribution by type, highlighting travel accidents as a significant portion of the total.
Local Social Notes From Madison July 30
A parade of visitors and residents in Madison includes George Schumann riding to Milan, John Knebel heading to Logansport for a short stay, and Helen Louise Klein visiting Indianapolis. The Misses Fillmore from Cincinnati return with Kate V. Johnson hosting, while Marie Shanks heads home to Rushville after visiting her uncle. The Memel family from Cincinnati visit Elmer Scott, and Angela and Catherine Gilmartin from Terre Haute stay with the Peters at Broadway. Hugh Love visits the Cravens in Fairmount while Morris Frohman from Columbus visits John Miller’s family on West Main Street. Mrs Schram and daughter Marcella travel to Miamisburg to see Charles Schram. R. Eaverson moves his jewelry business within Madison. Sergeant Lyman Faulconer of Battery BKFs Field Artillery spends leave with his father at 704 West Main. Dock McGuire arrives from Pittsburgh to visit family. he serves as steward on the Homer Smith excursion steamer. Charles Dietz of Louisville visits old friends as his daughter Lula Dietz secures a Falls City school position. George Al Distel leaves for Hopewell Virginia to work in a munition plant and play in a factory league with a three-parmes weekly contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schumann
Kent Road
Milan
John Knebel
Logansport
Helen Louise Klein
Indianapolis
Fillmore
Cincinnati
Kate V. Johnson
Marie Shanks
Rushville
Albert Shanks
Edwin Memel
Morris Frohman
Columbus
Madison
John Miller
West Main Street
Nicholas Schram
Marcella
Miamisburg
Ohio
William Faulconer
Alva “Dock" McGuire
Pittsburgh
Homer Smith
Charles Dietz
Louisville
Dietz
Lula Dietz
Falls City
George al Distel
Hopewell
Sugar Ration Cut and New Per Capita Limit Fixed
Federal Food Administrator Nicholas Harper follows Dr. Barnard in cutting sugar supplies after August 1. Retail grocers face a 50 percent reduction in allotments and individuals are limited to one half pound per week. Industries must track every pound, with strict penalties for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Harper
Jefferson County
H. F. Barnard
Barnard
Food Administration
Harper
Toanda Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Camp Taylor Expansion
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for a case of Ostarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The text praises F. J. Cheney and Company of Toledo and notes the product costs 75 cents. A separate military notice states Camp Taylor will expand to 20 000 students and 9 000 enlisted personnel, with Stithton camp also enlarged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Fr. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Uri
National Bank of Commeroe
O. Hall
Price
al Draggista
Camp Taylor
Stithton
Furniture Shortage Strains Germany After War
Germany faces a furniture shortage as demand outstrips supply. Secondhand prices rise sharply with chairs up from 50 cents to five dollars and beds from five to thirty dollars. Proposals include limiting secondhand sales, while new furniture makers plan four percent above cost on installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lkely
Patten's Pond Trial Reveals Teaching Insects Complex Commands
John W. Coghlin demonstrates that insects can be trained to follow human-like directions. He observes marching neuroptera or marching ants, about the size of June bugs, thriving in India and South Africa and found in Maine via transported colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Coghlin
Pittsburgh Press
India
South Africa
Maine
Coghlin
Patten’s Pond
National Prayer Days in Early U S History
The passage lists several presidential proclamations designating days of prayer from 1798 under John Adams through 1814 under James Madison and onward, tied to moments of war, peace, or national mourning including Lincoln, Garfield's burial, and Wilson's 1814 Peace Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John Adams
France
Algiers
Madison
Lincoln
Arthur
Garfield
Wilson
Shoveling Out Gas in Trenches
A Scientific American description explains how American soldiers in France use a shovel with a scoop to lift and vent poisonous gas from trenches and dugouts. The method aims to dilute fumes by flinging them over parapets, allowing safer breathing as air resets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Not Dangerous in the West a Week with Cowboys
A reporter recalls a week spent among tough cowboys at a camp who often rode hard and drank. The feared men were cowboys who fired plates and rode branches at breakneck speed. The director’s handling of the crowd eased the narrator’s nerves. The piece ends with a quip on the average man’s view of economy.
Indiana nursing schools in reserve training drive cited
Among 35 Indiana nursing schools for Student Nurse Reserve training are King’s Daughters Hospital and Denny’s Hospital in this city. The Detroit post office now has thirty women mail carriers in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
King’s Daughter's Hospital
Denny’s Hospital
Detroit
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Madison Herald
the Herald Company
Reenni
Offee
East Main Mtreat
Draft Board Notes
Lucy W. Hughes
Cora Decker Bott
Herndon-Little
Rev. Pearce
Curtis Verndon
Tina Furnish
Madison Street
Alice Jensen
Chicago
Robert Thomas
Thomas
Dale Golden
Anderson
Harry Baum
Ruth Baum
Local Draft Board News
Need Furniture
Germany
Herman L. Conter
Decatur
William M. Jones
Fairmount
J.B. McCarthy
Kempton
Evan I. Stotsenburgh
New Albany
Bamuflil. Callaway
Monticello
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Willis A. Fox
Angola
Edward Barrett
Plainfield
Supreme Court
Joan GC. Menuty
Martinsville
James J. Moran
Portland
Milton Bd. Hottell
Salem
Hugh Wickens of
Greensburg
Caldwell
Winchester
Edwin F. McCabe
Williamsport
Democrat County
Lincoln Dixon
Harvey J. Zearing
Joseph M. Cravens
Samuel B. Wells
Joan H. Cummiskey
Roy TH. Dawson
Charles O. McBride
John F.odd
James O. Tape
William HL. Werning, JR
Ulysses E. Buchanan
Albert L. Banta
George J. Gabel
Andrew W. Blake
William H. Horuff
Harry Underwood
Madison Township
Robert E. Manville
George McKay
Army
U. S. Navy
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