Madison Herald items mix social notes and local sales
The Madison Herald reports on local movements and social updates including travelers William Turner and Eugene Iddings leaving Madison for Chicago and North Vernon, Sister Augustine and others arriving to oversee St Marys lot, real estate sales by George Mayfield, and a broken arm accident involving Miss Chandler.
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William Turner
Chicago
Eugene Iddings
Hhe
North Vernon
Mr. Iddings
Post Office
Hr. McLelland
Baylor Spratt and Son
James McCauley
Evansville
Mary Lehnert
Marta Harman
Maywood
Indimajeatts
Kite Lehnert
East Second Street
Augustin
Petrassite Teresa
Marietta
Louisville
St. Mary’s
Louievale
Hisse Gerdes
Clem F. Gerdes
Baltimore Street
Waite
Service
Rosswine
Ottie
George T. Mayfield
Yester Hiy
Hash Turner
Hanover
Wm. Terrick
Mayfield
Geo. W. Davis
Anna L. Eaglin
Else Chandler
Buffalo
N. Y
Akron
City Council Special Session Revolves Around Madison Lighting Pact
Madison Indiana held a special city council session with Mayor White presiding to discuss a proposed ten year contract for street lighting and public area illumination. The Madison Commercial Club advised against proceeding with a street railway lighting contract, citing cost and regulatory concerns, and recommended a five year term instead.
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White
Madison
Commercial Club
Bad
Coimmon Coun
Madison Commercial Club
Public Service
Indiana
Tegel
Madisomias
Tiny
Wol Mather
Vater Caniiiaer
Woc
Reta
Ookotunate
Fod Scott
Ph Nyeasse
Ota Pakersony
Marytead
Meo
Reorti
Wiheoh
Cotloarcal Club
Mero Desparee
Doras Ag
Chey
Ty Michson
Meadooon Boght & Radway Company
Madison Light & Railway Company
Common Council
James M. Demaree
Demaree
Nichols
Eckert
Oliver
Noel Feuerstein
Feuerstin
Funeral of Matthias Wilt in Indianapolis
Funeral from St Patrick's Church North Madison conducted by Rev Charles Gordon. Burial in North Madison Catholic cemetery with pallbearers John Steinberger John Augustin Joseph O'Sullivan John Hoffman George McFadden Wendel Jacobs.
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Matthias Wilt
Indianapolis
St. Patrick's Church
North Madison
Charles Gordon
North Madison Catholic Cemetery
Messrs
John Steinberger
John Augustin
Joseph O'Sullivan
John Hoffman
George McFadden
Wendel Jacobs
Death of Child at Camp Taylor After Illness and Pneumonia
Roxy, youngest daughter of Private Robert Lee Driscoll, dies after a lingering illness and pneumonia at Camp Taylor. The child passed away at ten o'clock at night and is currently at the camp burial arrangements pending.
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Cilitter
Roxy
Robert Lee Driscoll
Camp Taylor
Madison Social News and Local Military Draft Notes
Madison daily notes arrivals from Cincinnati and Indianapolis visits by local residents. Recruiting changes in Trimble Kentucky and Carroll County affect white and colored troops. Births, travel, and family reunions persist as William Hoffmann reports overseas, and chemist David Cox returns to Kenvil. A Jefferson County Teachers Institute begins, and undertaker Vail ships two sets of remains to Terre Haute.
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Luther Ligon
John B. Selleck
Janet
Edna Mcilasson
Cincinnati
Boone County
Kentucky
Henry Mcilasson
Sergi. Cramer
Indianapolis
Louis Berger
Martin Hoffstadt
Harold
Akron
Ohio
Hoffstadt
Etta
Juliet Hoffstadt
East Main Street
Theresa Ackerman
Huntington
W. Va
Victoria Forse
North East Street
John M. Dittgen, Jr
John J
Clara Marie
J.J. Dittgen
Madisonville
George A. Dittgen
David Wolf
Brushy Fork
Eckert
Undertaker Vail
Sarah Wright
Cragmont
Terre Haute
David Spots
Vail
Louis Rivaud
Sidney E. Hoffman
Scranton
Record Time for Ford Touring Cars Arrives in City
Messrs Penn Maddox and Peter I Hoagland set a record by driving two Ford touring cars from Detroit to the local Ford garage arriving at 7 pm. They departed Detroit Saturday at 10 am and paused in Napoleon Ohio for the night departing 5 am yesterday covering 251 miles in 14 hours. Detroit to Madison is 356 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Penn Maddox
Peter I. Hoagland
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Napoleon
Ohio
Madison
Funeral of Winfield Scott Willhoite at First Baptist
The funeral for Winfield Scott Willhoite was held at 2 PM yesterday at First Baptist Church with Rev. W. T. Seburn of North Madison leading services. Interment followed at Springdale cemetery with pallbearers Albert T. McLaughlin Joseph Sherman Fletcher Spaulding Curtis Marshall George Augustin Byron Mouser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Scott Willhoite
First Baptist Church
W. T. Seburn
North Madison
Springdale Cemetery
Messrs
Albert T. McLaughlin
Joseph Sherman
Fletcher Spaulding
Curtis Marshall
George Augustin
Byron Mouser
Madison Figures and Civic Notes Show War Effort
Madison residents report military moves, hospital stays and travels of local figures. Senator Guthrie returns from Indianapolis, Daniel Wilson enlists for Camp Garber, and Edward Gallagher overseas news cheers locals. Also noted are War Saving Stamps gains and Red Cross nurse Mary Shipman’s overseas arrival.
Surprise Wedding Telegrams Reach Madison Friends
Telegrams announced the marriage of Miss Neva Denny and Mr Charlies Hughes. The ceremony occurred yesterday in Ashland Kentucky. The bride is the daughter of Dr and Mrs George F Denny and the groom the son of Mr and Mrs E W Hughes. Friends extend wishes for happiness.
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Neva Denny
Charlies Hughes
Ashland
Madison
George F. Denny
E. W. Hughes
King's Daughters' Hospital Offers Free Draft Fitness Services
The State Conscription Agent requests hospital aid to make draft registrants fit for service. King's Daughters' Hospital in this city is offered as a remedial facility in group B. This fourth district option covers minor operations to qualify registrants for military duty.
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King's Daughters’ Hospital
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Beef Restrictions Recalled By Food Administration
The Food Administration lifts the earlier limits on beef served in public eating places to one meal per day and home allowances of bone beef one and a half pounds and clear beef one and a quarter pounds weekly. Markets are asked not to handle cattle over 475 pounds as heavy beef is needed for export.
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Food Administration
Fevers and Ailments From Old Medical List
A historic catalog lists numerous ailments and symptoms such as fever under feverish terms, headaches, coughs, bronchitis, dyspepsia, weak stomach, diarrhea, rheumatism, ulcers, and kidney or urinary issues. It segmented conditions by numbered entries with varied spellings and names.
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Grip
Grippe
la Grippe
County War Activities Highlight Jefferson County Honey Trade
Last year Jefferson County beekeepers shipped six tons of strained honey abroad while local consumption is encouraged. County Agent Doddridge will share beekeeper names with inquirers. call Madison 41. The County Council of Defense seeks to honor fallen soldiers with mourning bands and asks mothers of deceased county servicemen to submit names and addresses. W W Crozier notes rye from Rev F W Thomas’s Shawnee farm stands tall at 5 feet 3 inches with large grain, reflecting Thomas’s agricultural success.
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Jedverson Co
Jefferson County
Blfl Doddridge
Doddridge
Madison 41
County Council of Defense
Wilson
Womiun
National Council of Defense
Council of Defense
Masonic Temple
Madison
W. W. Crozier
F. W. Thomas
Shawnee
Wyoming
Thomas
Mysterious pains blamed on kidneys in Madison ad
Mrs. E. D. Willick of 725 N Mulberry Jt reports dull back pain and kidney discomfort with swelling and dizziness. After using Dean's Kidney Pills from Rogers' drug store her kidney issues subsided. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY notes.
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Dean
Madison
E. D. Willick
N. Mulberry Jt
Rogers’ Drug Store
Mickel Family Plans Portsmouth Visit
Mr and Mrs George Mickel and daughter Mildred will leave tomorrow for an extended visit with relatives and friends at Portsmouth Ohio returning early September to allow Mildred to resume her studies at Madison high school.
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George Mickel
Miss Mildred
Portsmouth
Ohio
Mildred
Madison High School
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Suffrage Note
One hundred dollar reward offered for catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Cheney, Toledo, endorsers from National Bank of Commerce vouch for his integrity. Cure taken internally, 76 cents per bottle, sold by druggists. testimonials free. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The English suffragette comment notes a perceived peace disruption.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
National Bank of Commerce
Congress Will Not Adjourn Before November Elections
Speaker Clark predicts Congress will stay in session through the November elections amid a jammed agenda including revenue draft and water power bills. Nine fishing schooners were sunk by a German submarine off Georges Bank near Nantucket. A naval scout boat learned of the raid from an auxiliary schooner that carried four survivors. Reuter’s correspondent hails the Chipilly spur advance as a remarkable feat opening a path to a new push. New York Attorney General Merton Ek says affidavits show William Randolph Hearst met with Bolo Pasha and Count von Bernstorff at his home on two or more occasions.
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Congress
Clark
George's Bank
Nantucket
Chipilly Spur
Reuter
Merton Ek
Lewis
New York
William Randolph Hearst
Bolo Pasha
France
Count von Bernstorff
Lt Tyler Cook Bronson among fliers in Chateau Thierry clash
Lieutenant Tyler Cook Bronson, son of Mrs. Melvin A. Bronson, secretary of the National Aeronautic Committee, was among several American fliers who encountered six Richthofen circus Germans during the Chateau Thierry fight. Six Germans were brought down and no American was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler Cook Bronson
Melvin A. Bronson
National Aeronautic Committee
Richthofen Circus
Chateau Thierry
Sloan's Liniment Offers Quick Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as relieving rheumatism and pains by improving blood flow. It claims warmth returns, pain vanishes, and urges readers to buy 25¢, 50¢, or $1 bottles. Also notes Miss Imogene Hawk departing Mechamicsburg Ohio after visiting Miss Vinnie Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Imogene Hawk
Vinnie Gray
Mechamicsburg
Ohio
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the Herald Company
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New York Stock Exchange
Pat
Foster IL
James
Charles Foster
Laeut
Foster L. James
Fort Terry
Howard Bros. Circus
Bloomington
Wim. Graham
Court House
A. J. Sylvester
Lancaster Township
Sheriff Monroe
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Harry Meloy
Noni Vernon
Light & Railway Company
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Mathias Wilt
Edna Hunger
Grace Sauer
F. V. Sauer
A. O. Childs
Kathryn and
Wallace
T. A. Childs
Franklin
Trimble County
Carroll County
David Cox
Military Service
Chickamauga Park
Tenn
Clara Cox
Third
Woolar Streets
Cox
Kenvil
Nood
Hercules Powder Co
David
Herald
The
Brooks
Chautauqua Park
M. L. Guthneck
W. A.guthrie
Dupont
St. Vincent's Hospital
M.D. Wilson
Camp Garber
Soldiers and Citizens
Ernest Hartman
Hanover College
Hartman
Signal Corps
Army
C. R. Johnson, Sr
Ida Gaumer
Nothern Indiana
Todd Peter
N. J
Hercules Powder Company
Edward Gallagher
Denver
Colo
Edward
William A. Donat
Alfred
Ruth
Michigan
Mr. Donat
William Phillips
C. W. Tinsley
Trinity Church
Tinsley
Pittsburg
W. W. Shipman
Ryker
Mary Shipman
Red Cross
Free Hospital Service
Herman L. Conter
Decatur
William M. Jones
Fairmount
J. B. McCarthy
Kempton
Evan B. Stotsenburg
New Albany
Samuel L. Callaway
Monticello
Willis A. Fox
Angola
Edward Barrett
Plainfield
Supreme Court
Jonan C. McNutt
Martinsville
James J. Moran
Portland
Milton B. Hottell
Salem
Hugh Wickens
Greensburg
Caldwell
Winchester
Edwin F. McCabe
Wiliamsport
Dr. Wumphress
Forsalto
Vrugei
Folmptire
Treetro
Medteise
William and
Aun Streets
Jefferson County Council of Defense
Federal Food Administrator
Federal Fuel Administrator
Fire Herald Co
Democrat County
Lincoln Dixon
Harvey J. Zearing
Joseph M. Cravens
Samuel BB. Wells
John H. Cummiskey
Roy H. Dawson
Charles
McBride
John F. Todd
James O. Taff
William H. 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
Igut
Tyler
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