Local News Briefs From Madison Area and Surrounding Openings
Birth announcements from Madison and surrounding towns note baptisms and arrivals including a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davidson of Fairmount and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Emm of Wenona. Travel reports show residents boarding trains to Indianapolis Louisville Franklin and Anderson. A flood wall debate centers on City rather than Government construction per a War Department report. The Moon Railway Mail Pay Bill advances removing post office staff from civil service. A divorce suit Jacob Taylor vs Annie Taylor cites cruel treatment filed by Emerson Lemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Davidson
Fairmount
Susie Wilkerson
Scipio
Jennings County
Alfred Handlen
Brooksburg
Indianapolis
Thomas Litson
Kent
Ronald Riddle
Ryker’s Ridge
Clara King
Louisville
S.H. Snyder
Eleanor
Patriot
Franklin
Mee
Cecelia Hinds
Switserland
Anderson
Clarence Hinds
Jacob Kang
Mias Helen
Elmer Emm
Wenona
Ill
Emm
Emma Baier
Guy Dearth
Norbert
H. G. Schneider
Walnut Street
Frank Nichola
Charles
J. D. Totten
Dupont
Chautauqua
Abram Romack
Nolan
Hancock County
Monroe Township
Wiliam Wilkins
Ohio River
War Department
Moon Railway
Louis Anger
Amall
Louise
Dayton
Ohio
Anger
Elizabeth Rice
Jacob Lucht
Mary
William Lucht
Charles Lucht
W. C. Pryor
Lagrange
Kentucky
Mary Pryor
Milton
Sam Strother
Pryor
Jacob Taylor
Annie Taylor
Emerson Lemen
German farmer William Borcherding dies at 72
William Borcherding aged 72 a well known German farmer of the upper Clifty neighborhood died at 3 this morning after about a week of illness. He was native of Germany and came to this county as a young man. He married Indiana Mouser and is survived by nine children six daughters Mrs George Black Wirt Mrs Varrie Runyan Danville Mrs Hugh Cravens Indianapolis Mrs Nettie Cravens Cincinnati Mrs Russell Fewall Clifty and Latlie a son. Funeral at his house 1 30 Monday afternoon with burial in Springdale cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Borcherding
Clifty
Germany
Indiana Mouser
George Black
Wirt
Varrie Runyan
Danville
Davidson Fradenburg wed in Riverton homemaker ceremony
Mies Cora Fradenburg and Harry M. Davidson, a Riverton business man, were married quietly at 6 30 this morning at the bride's sister home. They left for a wedding trip to Washington and will reside at Palmyra after August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies
Cora Fradenburg
Harry M. Davidson
Riverton
N. J
Harry H. Cope
Melton
Washington, D. C
Mrs Cruzan injured after Chautauqua car incident
Mrs Albert Cruzan of Muncie visiting her brothers on West Main street was thrown from a Chautauqua car as it started suddenly. She suffered bruises and shock but no bone injuries and remained under a doctor’s care. Funeral for Joseph N Gans set for tomorrow at the Canaan M E Church with burial in the church cemetery. A drunken attacker struck Henry Shannon. no identity found. A jury found for Anna Burton in suit over work on ground. Barnes to pay costs of 320.15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Cruzan
Muncie
Mesare
Charles and Welby Monroe
West Main Street
Welby Monroe
Joseph N. Gans
North Madison
John Barnes, Sr
Zeaveing
Thornton Roberts
Barnes
Harry Lemen
Madison News Gathers Local Visits and Funeral Plans
Madison August 10 Miss Katie and Margaret Mullen arrive home from Watt to Yellow Stone Park Mr U S Berry of Bethlehem receives appointment as Postmaster Chauncey Scott returns from New Orleans Indiana and national figures attend Mrs Wilson's funeral John Wooley dies at Hanover aged Civil War veteran Elks Concert Band departs for Rising Sun celebration with Governor Ralston and Albert Beveridge among speakers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missea
Katie
Margaret Mullen
Watt
Yellow Stone Park
Chauncey Scott
New Orleans
Elks
Rising Sun
Ind
Weber
Cincinnati
Samuel Ralston
Albert J. Beveridge
Expenditures and Tax Levies for Milton Township 1914
The Milton township Trustee Edwin M. Stanton outlines the 1915 expenditures and tax levies to be voted at the Advisory Board meeting on September 1 1914. Totals show expenditures 6016.23 with 85 cents per hundred dollars tax. net taxable property 467605 dollars after credits. polls 219. Local and road taxes include 25 20 and 18 2 cents per hundred respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Township
Jefferson County
Edwin M. Stanton
Death by Own Action Miss Caroline Crawford
Miss Caroline E. Crawford aged 65 a housekeeper for Mrs Maria Hoffstadt died by jumping into a cistern on north Jefferson street Coroner Cochran will render a verdict. She had been despondent since her brother William Crawford's death with illness and brooding blamed for the act. Funeral arrangements to be announced from the Hoffstadt residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline E. Crawford
Maria Hoffstadt
Hoffstadt Thame
North
Jefferson Street
Cochran
Cratera
Crawford
Miss Crawford
William Crawford
Phillip Weikel
Louisville
Hoffetadt
Miss Ellen O Hara Obituary
Ellen O Hara aged 22 daughter of Mrs Ellen O Hara died at home on North Elmar after a lingering illness. The bereaved mother and brother John O Hara survive. She was a member of St Michael Church and known for Christian character and bright disposition. The Madison community shares in the sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa
Ellen O’hara
Ellen O'Hara
North Elmar
Madison
St. Michael’s Church
John O’hara
Miss Florence Dietz Weds Ernest White In Quiet Madison County Ceremony
Miss Florence Mary Dietz daughter of Valentine Dietz and Ernest L White river man and former Madisonian married Saturday evening at the brides aunts home on north Jefferson street Rev Boyer officiated. The couple will live in a Coveington suburb and be at home to friends in about two weeks. The bride was an operator at the Madison telephone exchange and the groom is known in river circles as mate of the packet Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Mary Dietz
Valentine Dietz
Ernest L. White
Dietz
North
Jefferson Street
Boyer
White
Coveington
Madison
Kentucky
Comete Picnic Brightens Steinberger Woods
The 27th annual Comet club picnic at Steinberger woods ended in high spirits with a full day of activities. A dinner, a ball game where Consumers defeated the Night Riders, dances featuring both sexes, a wrestling bout The Terrible Turk versus Josinta Samata, and music by the Bersche Winter orchestra kept guests entertained throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comet Club
Steinberger Woods
the Terrible
Turk
Josinta Samata
Bersche Winter Orchestra
Closing Chautauqua Delights With City Talent and Lectures
The final Chautauqua days featured the Elks Band directed by Frank P. Vail and a top tier C Edward Clarke Co concert with Edward Clarke,Rachael Steinman Clarke,Earl Prahl. Dr Ng Poon Chew spoke on China government while Dr Herbert L Willett offered The Changing Orient. Whites Musical Review of Boston closed the program amid praise for Miss Fowler and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Elks
Frank P. Vail
Elke Band
C. Edward Clarke Co
Edward Clarke
Rachael Steinman Clarke
Earl V. Prahl
Ng Poon Chew
Sun Ming
China
America
California
United States
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Mark Twain
Stars and Stripes
Herbert L. Willett
Willett
University of Chicago
Memorial Church of Christ
Chicago
Michigan
Yale
Berlin
Ann Arbor
Orient
Japan
Russia
Austria
France
Germany
Belgium
Whites Musical Review of
Boston
Ethel Bentley
Mary Brooks
Marjorie Clifford
Helen Grant
Clara Kane
May Farber
Blanche Vedder
Jean Fowler
Miss Fowler
John McGregor
Chautauqua Association
Elmer Scott
Elks Band
Donat
McGregor
May wheat hits new seasonal high on Chicago Board
Chicago reports a new seasonal record as May wheat climbs to 11017 on the Board of Trade. In New York, missionary leaders warn war could paralyze Protestant work in Europe Asia and Africa as orders halt many anticipated sailings. A Monroe Louisiana area sees a sixth lynching this week as a Black man is hanged after a white man’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
New York
Europe
Asia
Africa
Monroe
Red Cross
Township budget estimates for 1914-15 public notices
The advisory board meets at School District No. 8 to review township and local expenditures for 1914 15. Total expenditures are listed at 3250 17 with a 90 cent per hundred tax rate and a taxable property value of 369 910 including 143 polls. Oliver P Temperly trustees approval dated August 1 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Jp
Jefferson County
Oliver P. Temperly
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G. W. Cohagan
Guthrie
Okla
George Lyon
Hebron
J Richardson
Hanover
Mrs. Harding
Shelbyville
R. C. Knight
Garland
Margaret Manchester
G. Nelson Wymond
Los Angles
Frank Schram
Agricultural Department
Davidson
Fradenburgh
Merc
Elleworth Flora
U. S. Berry
Bethlehem
Kina
Indiana
Wilson
Marshall
Shively
Dixon
James Garber
Vincent Shepherd
Samuel Thomas
Covington
Thomas
Maud Hillabold
Maud Ryker
J. Wittaker
Indianapolia
Frank Ryker
Clem Walton
Los Angeles
Cal
Walton
Clay Walton
Megara
Henry V. Keller
William C. Niesse
Miasea Clara Jacoby
Mayme Wolf
George N. Ashby
Little Hickman
Shelby
Caroline EE. Crawford
Nowa
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