Local notes from Madison and surrounding towns
A midsummer snapshot reports busy bricklayers on T. J. Francisco’s new building at East and Main, Ball opens a grocery at Third and Jefferson, and various civic and church movements. Town events include a Reynard Hunting Club dance, a court yard sighting, and civic notices from Republican and Democratic committees. Multiple obituaries, transfers, and arrivals outline community life and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Francisco
Main
Robert Ball
Third and
Jefferson Streets
PENSION PAYMENTS AND FAIR NOTES IN INDIANA
The pension payroll closed at 10 o clock completing a four and a quarter day payout. Mail payments totaled 53719 and over the counter 4595 making 60314 recipients. 2267736 dollars distributed. 6621 remain to be paid to well to do pensioners who will collect later. The weekly office balance was reported in one hour. Hon S W D Dunyan will present his Crystal Spring Holstein cattle herd at the fair with records and prizes. The Jefferson County Fair will feature glass jars for culinary exhibits and a large dairy display with an extractor demonstration. Weather is forecast to turn warm and stormy mid month with more rain in late August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensley
Indiana
United States
Indianapolis News
S. W. D. Dunyan
Johnson County
Mercides
Breeders’ Gazette Co
Chicago
de Veries
Dungan
Haigh
Jefferson County Fair Association
B. F. Havens
Agricultural Department
Claude Matthews
State Board of Agriculture
Beech Grove
J. R. Ritchie
Cresswell
Ind
Max Liverlight
Union Railway Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Madison
Indianapolis Sentinel
George Bartron
Milton
Rev. Buchanan
Milton Free Press
George
Bartlett
Free Press
Falls City
Marie Sappington
Jean Kirk
Jean Graham
Charles Alling
The
Herald
Edward J. Bowman
Bowman
William Kief
Mulberry Street
Bunker Hill
Cohen
Local notes from Madison and county life
Many brief items report jail detentions and a severe drunkenness case, a pensioner death near Wilkinson, home improvements, a dance at the Zoo hall, cottage prayer meetings at Acton, and old settlers gatherings. Additional items mention weather aiding crops, a murder inquiry, fines for street fighting, and a proposed merger of cities between Louisville and Jeffersonville in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoo
Henry Sherlock
Madison
C.w. Tinsley
Acton Camp Ground
Graham
Carmel Church
Indiana
East End
Elkhart
Board of Pension Examiners
Twin City Express Boosts Burlington Route to Minnesota
The Twin City Express opens May 30 leaving St. Louis daily at 10:00 a.m. with Pullman Palace Sleepers and elegant dining cars. Fastest service between St. Louis and the Twin Cities with new comforts, scenic appeal and Northern tourist appeal cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
St. Louis
Twin Cities
Hudson River
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Torrance
Western Fire Company No. 3
Charley Wright
Kentucky
Reynard Hunting Club
Bersch’s Grove
Court House
Columbus
John Watson
Wagner
Pat Noon
Marshal Benschiler
J. H. Jackson
Ebenezer Church
Colored Methodist Church
Anderson
Pythias
Benjamin Wingam
Hunter's Bottom
Moffett’s Cemetery
Jessie Sutherland
Robert Sutherland
Hanover
Cleveland
Stevenson
Harrison
Reid
A.P. Clemons
Fischer & Richert
Tom Hoffman
Maurice Herbst
Frank Schneider
Church Street
Third Street
Schneider
Lafayette Times
Columbus Times
James E. Lewis
Edwin R. Lewis
Geo. F. Renton
Hamakua
Sandwich Islands
Matthews
Jeanette Cochrane
Carmel
Taylor
Josie Scott
Caledonia
J. L. Aten
Milroy
Woman’s Missionary Society
United Presbyterian Church
Dr. Barnard
Copeland Wise
Orin Marshall
H.T. Johnson
Orange County
J. C. Gray
Ripley County
M. A. Sweeney
Dubois
J. C. Sims
Dearborn
J. H. Pemberton
Marion Callahan
Nelson Bowman
Mary L. Hatcher
Westport
Catlettsburg
Hicks
Mack McGuire
Maria Hall
Wilkinson
Isaac Bolander
South East Street
Vernon
North Vernon
Chesterton
Better World
James White
Vevay
Niagara Falls
Messrs
Smith
Davidson
Smock
Roth
Meyer
Brooksburg
W. N. Brown
Graham Road
McQuinn
Joe Bowman
Nic Zapp
John Eckert
Clarksville
Howard Park
New Albany
Jeffersonville
William T. Shockley
Morris Cohen
Florence Gillam
John Davis
Holfax
Buchanan
Scott Arbuckle
Evans
Phillips
Worcester
Scott County
Edward Loftus
Barron
Barton
Depot Street
Dickinson
Bartons
Miss Arbuckle
Manford
Arbuchle
Loftus
J. W. O'Neill
Morgan
Twin City Express
Minneapoliis
St. Paul
Northeast
Madison Gaslight Company
Brush Electric Company
W. &. Jacobs
Fort Wayne Electric Company
Fort Wayne
C. L. Oles
Enoch Ledrow
Shoals
Arno Schmidt
Sun Amere
Horuef
Madison Brewing CO
Geo
Diederich’s
Main St
N. T. Drake & CO
West Main Street
Pmadison
Rogers & Cowlams
Commercial Bank
Brooklyn
Wells
Fargo Express Company
American Express Co
United States Express Co
Dunn & Co
New York
Cody & CO
DeKalb Avenue
Augus&why
Indianapolis Business University
Highes
Wiesel
Ecard
Osborn
Fropitor
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