Local notes from Madison August arrivals and events
Miss Marie Layton leaves on the 7 o’clock train for Valley City Missouri. Miss Eather Morrow and Miss Mabel Stockdale travel to Indianapolis to visit the late aunt Mrs Charles Stockdale. Frieda Lotz mourns the loss of her fox terrier Dotty poisoned by a dog. Helen Murdock returns to Kokomo. George McBride departs as Aerie of Reaglea delegate to Baltimore for the national meeting. Mrs J M Jackson and two daughters go to Kokomo. Doctors Brown and O Neal depart for Indianapolis to bring home O Neal’s typhoid fever stricken son. Wherdore McCauley buys the store at Canaan from Elmer J Ralston via Spencer Fleming. Funeral for John N Blake held at Pisgah church with many mourners. Barn of Holiday Haneel destroyed by fire. J W Cochran seeks inquest into death of Charles Henry Neal after wife shooting. October court term planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Layton
Valley City
Eather Morrow
Mabel Stockdale
Indianapolis
Ter
Charles Stockdale
Mises Frieda Lotz
Dotty
Helen Murdock
John Legerwood
Kokomo
J. M. Jackson
A. F. Douglas
J. 8. Brown
Mra. W. T. O'Neal
Ghent
Mra. O'Neal
John N. Blake
Pisgah Church
Court House
Holiday Haneel
Hangel
James Depuety
Jefferson County
B.S. Roeberta
J. W. Cochran
Charles Henry Neal
Aurede
Hanover
Large hog injures farmer after wagon spill in Osgood
Alfred Lewis of near Brookaburg was thrown from a wagon when a heat distressed hog charged forward on Main Street near the Gebest hotel. He was bruised but walked into the Gebest and later to Denny sanatorium where doctors found no serious injury. The hog, valued at 40 dollars, died later. In a separate note from Osgood, John Ashcraft shot his wife then killed himself. she is in serious condition. Jealousy is suspected. A health ad closes the piece promising Electric Bitters with a testimonial from Mrs. Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York.
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Alfred Lewis
Brookaburg
Main Street
Ciebent
Lewis
Gebest
Denny Sanatorium
Osgood
Ind
John Ashcraft
Harper's Drug Store
Wentworth
Parris
Russia
Wenteworth
Dirk
Denath
Wenpworth
Statement by Walter Dowell Clears Name of Wrongful Imputation
Walter Dowell of Company F First Indiana Infantry dies after being shot by Provost Sergeant Ball near a camp. Dowell claimed he bought a bottle of whisky for Serjt Carr at the depot, faced pursuit and gunfire, with Carr’s role clarified by a careful investigation. The record notes Dowell’s conduct, associations, and the supporting testimony of family, a conductor, and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Dowell
Co. F. 1St Insty
Indiana National Guard
Indianapolis
Lowell
George Hill
Walter Cowell
Hal Drake
William Alexander
Charles Alexander
Co. IF
Arthur Care
Madison
Carr
Dowell
C. K E. Levis
Edison Ave
Harrison
Captain Perry
Co. H. 2d Iafty
Sergt
Edwie Ball
Sergt. Ball
Ball
Co. F
Co. H. Indianapolis
Brgade
Sergt. Carr
Now
Co. Fo
Wiliam C. Baverson
Bat Regiment
Harry HO Cope
Co. FB
Woolrords
Tifty
Weekes McLean migratory bird law takes effect October
A sweeping federal migratory bird law goes into force in October. It divides the country into northern and southern zones to protect birds, sets seasonal limits by class, bans spring shooting and night-time hunting, and generally provides at least 80 open days for hunting waterfowl during peak abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Coneros Willyro
Fishermen Fined for Hand Fishing at Lake Wa wasee
Richmond officials and local anglers faced penalties after two men from Richmond were arrested for fishing without a license at Lake Wa wasee. W. S. Starr and J. M. Collie were tried by Justice Howard in Syracuse and each fined 32 dollars and 50 cents on two charges. The case marks one of the first enforceable actions under the new hand fishing law, following an earlier Geneva, Indiana ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rh. Smith
Eastern Hospital For the Insane
Richmond
W. S. Starr
J. M. Collie
Lake Wawasee
Justice of the Peace
Howard
Syracuse
George W. Miles
Fisheries and Game
Geneva
Ind
Anderson Pence
Miles
Indianapolis News
Paris Landmark Haunts a Hidden Chamber Mystery
Wentworth, visiting Paris during a czarist visit, enters a hotel room that hides a sealed chamber. He finds a dead woman on a bed and a trapdoor in the floor, then discovers a concealed passage leading to a sewer. Authorities note the room dates to Louis XV and ties to private revenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Setion
Ile
Wentworth
Uight
Historical Society
Louis XV
Wedding causes family row and disinheritance plan
The article reports a marital dispute over attendance at a wedding dinner. A father threatens to cut his sons and daughter from his will if they do not attend. The ceremony occurred at a Justice of the Peace venue with little attendance. The family plans a around the world trip for the groom and family, delaying inheritance actions.
Trout Eater Likes Pet Trout in Estes Park Tale
Estes Park, Cole USuntes reports a pet speckled trout recovering from illness and thriving in captivity. The fish, about eleven inches long, is described as gentle and affectionate, enjoying stroking and attention from its owner and striking playfully when petted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes Park
Cole
Pheasants Foster Mother Replaced by Farm Bird
In a rural incident near Richwood and Harry Landers a foster mother pheasant hatches chicks after finding eggs in a grainfield. The original hen abandons the nest when a machine passes, leaving Landers to seek a more ordinary bird to raise the young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Landers
Richwood
Ste
Landers
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Aerie of
Raglea
Baltimore
Order
Wherdore McCauley
Canaan
Elmer J. Ralston
Spencer & Fleming
Ripley County
ADV
H. C. Woolford
Paris
Relsiter
Grant
Bride
Ran Diego
Cal
California
Dave Tan
Torent
Stora
Phervard
Sydney
Australia
Cape
Africa
Cape Country
Buenos Aires
Sim Pecta
Girant
Che
General Grant
Ameren Diese
Asoohathon
GANT
Trout
Bunbeam
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