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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
7
Madison people travel for visits and family matters while several deaths and deaths notices occur. Mrs. Mayme McClintock is brought to Madison for burial and a baby Kenneth K Danner dies at home. The Bethany Circle plans to buy a hospital wall picture and a grandchild dies in Archbold Ohio.
Thomas M. Reed transfers to J. Edward Reed an interest in property at the Inn and Second Streets corner. Consideration is private.
Mrs N H Webb aged about 81 died at 4 10 pm following a fall last Tuesday night in which her hip was fractured. A Vernon native born Mc Keehan her husband a Texas physician died about 25 years ago. She served 16 years as a governess at Knightstown Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home and retired to the Drusilla Home. Funeral services were held at the Drusilla Home this afternoon and the body will be taken to Vernon tomorrow morning for burial.
Mrs. Ella Elizabeth Sickle aged 72 wife of Rev Ben Sickle died Wednesday at her St. Joseph Missouri home after cancer surgery. Her daughter Mrs Chise Heimsath and other children survive. Funeral held yesterday at Lutheran Church in St. Joseph.
Judge Francisco ruled that the remonstrators appeal against the City of Madison over the Main street improvement was signed by at least forty percent of property holders, allowing the case to be tried in the circuit court. The opinion, delivered after a lengthy exposition, sets Monday at 9 o clock as the trial time. The gathering drew nearly the entire local bar and drew keen interest for its complex legal questions.
In Squire Nicholes court at Brooksburg the State v Henry Jump charges assault and battery on Stanley Christman with a $1 sympathy against each. Christman faces provocation claim against Jump with $1. Deputy Prosecutor Zearing represents the State.
Berlin reports aviator Roese ter and his pupil died after plunging four hundred feet. The crash adds to a total of 308 aviation fatalities.
Fire alarm at about 6 PM sparked a blaze in the Gebert hotel rear roof likely from a defective kitchen flue. Narrow alleys hindered hose lines, but firefighters and volunteers confined the fire to the roof, saving most guest property and allowing the hotel to remain open with meals served. Loss valued around 1000 to the building, with major damage to the rear roof and water damage throughout.
In Vicksburg Mississippi on August 9 the Lee Line packet Peters Lee struck a barge and sank while backing from the landing at Lake Providence at 7 15 p m. All aboard were rescued and Captain Stapleton reported the vessel and cargo would be a total loss though no blame or wheelman name was disclosed. The Peters Lee, the largest Lee Line steamboat, operated between Vicksburg and Memphis and had only recently replaced the Georgia Lee which earlier struck a snag.
Madison August 11 repairs to the Giebeat Hotel damaged by fire have started. Several locals and visitors arrived home from trips to Niagara Falls Detroit Canada and Chicago. A remonstrance case over Main Street improvements was continued to September 2 in Madison circuit court after a six week Canada trip by the involved parties.
A night ferry boat carried about 30 youths to the first lock on the Kentucky river. Miss Elsie Mersdorf slipped on a rock near the dam, struck her face, and was unconscious for about thirty minutes. A Carrollton doctor arrived within minutes and said the injury would not likely scar. The report notes she is recovering well. Also recorded is a property transfer: Henry D. Banta and wife to W. M. Lamb in Hanover for 180 dollars.
The Madison Chautauqua grounds committee led by James E Croze ter showcases new improvements. Enhanced lighting, a permanent band dressing room, sanitary upgrades, leveled grounds, a 150 car auto park and larger tent capacity aim to support a record crowd of about 500 tenters. A flag pole donated for the auditorium enhances the patriotic display as preparations proceed. The Madison Lumber Company incorporation is also noted with H. H Schirmer, W. F. Bunch, I. L. Lodge as directors.
President Wilson remains confident Huerta will prevent a Mexican crisis as Envoy Lind and Navy actions unfold. Reports from Mexico City note Lind’s two messages and limited hostilities, with Daniels ordering another gunboat to Mexican waters and repairs rushed on the gunboat Nashville for Vera Cruz.
The remains of Mrs Mary Phillips McClintock arrived by mailboat and were taken to her sister Mrs Henry Stucker on the Canaan road. Undertaker Fred Schneidler accompanied the body from Cincinnati. Burial was at Fairmount after 1:30 PM. Charles F Eberhart of Detroit was elected Supreme President of the Social Order of Moose at its eighth annual convention in Detroit. When marigolds do not open it is a sign of rain.
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