Madison Herald Briefs from Madison Indiana Aug 25 1921
Local arrivals and visits include Mrs L S Carr and son Walton of Shelbyville at Dr H P McKeand home. Mrs Henry Karstens travels to Bedford to visit daughter. John Sigler and Eva Fox from Milton Ky visit Washington Ind. John Irish returns home from Indiana after seeing Herman Vaughn and friends. Marriage licenses issued to Harvey H Voris and Julia Hensler. Fred T Reed visits ill father James K Reed, then returns to Indianapolis. Courtland Washer seeks $5000 damages for alleged alienation of wife’s affections against Adrian Whitham in Shelby township.
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Indiana
Herman Vaughn
East Second Street
Fred T. Reed
Indianapolis
James K. Reed
East Main Street
Reed
Sulzer & Bear
Courtland Washer
Circuit Court
Adrian Whitham
Shelby Township
Seiferman Wykoff Wedding Ceremony at St Michael’s
Miss Agnes Seiferman and Mr Charles J Wykoff were married at 8 o clock last night by Rev M L Gutbneck at St Michael s Church parish house. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Joseph Holzhauer. The bride is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Steferman and the groom, son of Mr W C Wykualf, has worked as a Los Angeles street car motorman. They plan to move to Los Angeles in early September after a short wedding trip.
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Agnes Seiferman
Charles J. Wykoff
M. L. Gutbneck
St. Michael's Church Parish House
Joseph Holzhauer
Andrew Steferman
W. C. Wykualf
Los Angeles
California
New York
Baby Hercules of Somerville Shows Unusual Strength
An eight month old baby, Barry LeFleur of Somerville, Massachusetts, astonishes with exceptional chin-up and arm development. Reportedly able to perform feats beyond typical infants, he weighs 18 pounds and headlines local interest in athletic infant development.
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Somerville
Mas.s
Hercules
Barry LeFleur
Hee
Harry
Lobby and lobbyists in political vocabulary history
A historical note explains the term lobby from the fdftia lobia meaning portico and anteroom. It traces how lobbyists are the people who frequent such spaces to influence legislators in the United States.
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Legin
United States
Madison Township Farmers Elect Officers at Open Meeting
The Madison Township Farmers Federation drew about 200 people for an open meeting and social at North Madison High School. Jos Flint was elected President with Nicholas Rousch as Vice President McKim Copeland Secretary and Mr Ringwall Treasurer. The group plans monthly meetings and heard talks on federation goals. Refreshments included ice cream cake and watermelon.
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Federation
North Madison High School
Madison
Jos. Flint
Nicholas Rousch
McKim Copeland
Ringwall
State Fair Builds New Exhibition Hall And Structures
The Indiana State Fair commissions a major building program featuring a brick cement structure with glass skylights and enhanced electrical lighting. The new show pavilion, art hall, and expanded agricultural and livestock buildings will create larger, more elaborate exhibits and attract larger crowds.
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Allon
Indiana Wound of Agriculture
Four Big Night Shows On State Fair Program
The Indiana Fair offers four big night shows that week featuring the hippo drome in the coliseum with livestock parades and concerts by Purdue University band, Murat Temple chanters, aerial acrobats, vaudeville acts, riding and roping, auto polo, and a Dardanelles war spectacle on the racetrack infield. The auto show fills the Manufacturers building with new cars for 1922, plus Johnny Jones shows with a large band delivering midway performances day and night.
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Indiana Fair
Purdue University
Murat Temple
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Johnny Jones
Nine-year-old Fort Worth girl foils burglar at family home
Rose Breedlove, a child from Alba near Fort Worth, stopped a burglar with her father's pistol after he looted silverware. She hid then confronted him in the dining room, chased him in her nightgown, and kept him from fleeing until he escaped. The girl, exhausted by the heroics, wants no more publicity.
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Tex
Rose Breedlove
Alba
Phon
Rose
They Escape Jonah's Fate Amid Whale Near New York
A dramatic scene at Midland Beach Staten Island features a 18 foot whale near shore. George Rene watefimano and White Lane attempt to herd and kill the whale with a shotgun and butcher knife, while crew members claim the animal resisted and was wounded as it thrashed in shallow water.
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George Rene Watefimano
Midland Beach
Staten
New York
Mar
Wavelworth
Saroening
White Lane
Sega Band
Bechel
Lane
Jonah
Pat Datek
Leopard Loose Aboard Ocean Ship Inspires Panic
A leopard escaped its edge on the Granite State liner after the forward deck incident, causing excitement among passengers and crew aboard the ship from Cal enya India. It was captured after being confined to the officers mess and caged. The ship carried a large wild animal collection valued at over 200000 dollars to be distributed to American zoos and film studios.
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San Francisco
Granite State
Calenya
India
Stern
Fietion
Free Poiric Acid to Farmers Through Federal Program
The U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Roads distributes Poiric Acid at no cost to farmers nationwide. Indiana receives 24000 pounds. Total per pound cost, excluding express, runs about 8 cents, plus packaging and handling charges. Orders require cash with Federated Marketing Service, forwarded to Washington. Farmers should inquire at county agents for details.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
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Sparta
Wisconsin
Federated Marketing Service
Indianapolis
Jefferson County
Federated Service
Washington
Mrs J E Armstrong and daughter return to Chicago
Mrs J E Armstrong and her young daughter Audrey travelled from here to Chicago on the morning train after visiting relatives and friends in the area.
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J. E. Armstrong
Audrey
Chicago
Madison August News Roundup of Trips and Local Incidents
Madison residents report travel to Indianapolis Cincinnati Muncie and Los Angeles as George Porter Henry Meyer William Harding and others head to destinations. A marriage license is issued to William Raffayl and Jennie Lee Simpson. Clarence Rutledge, 19, suffers serious injuries after a fall from a horse near Lost Fork Milton township. Dr. George E. Denny treats him.
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Clarence Rutledge
Lost Fork
Milton Township
George E. Denny
Death of Alonzo Hoagland in Jeffersonville at 71
Relatives in Madison were notified of the death of Alonzo Hoagland age 71 who died at 6 o'clock last evening at the home of his daughter Mrs. Benjamin Smith in Jeffersonville after six weeks with Bright's disease. He leaves two daughters Mrs. Smith of Jeffersonville and Mrs. Walter Diederick of Houston, Texas, plus a sister Mrs. Charles Ames of Madison who will attend the funeral Saturday at 2 30 p.m. in Jeffersonville. Granddaughter Mrs. Edward Johann also traveled to be present.
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Alonzo Hoagland
Benjamin Smith
Jeffersonville
Bright
Hoagland
Smith
Walter Diederick
Houston
Texas
Charles Ames
Edward Johann
Eiffel Tower Builder Portrait With Swasey at Dinner
Rare photograph shows Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel tower's builder, on the tower during a dinner he hosted for wireless engineers from the United States. He is pictured shaking hands with Mr. Swasey, president of the Wireless Engineers of America, at left.
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Paris
Wireless Engineers
United States
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Mr. Swasey
The
Wireless Engineers of America
Sun Engine Near Cairo in Meads Egypt Description
A sun engine operated at Mead near Cairo uses five 206 foot boilers and five channel shaped mirrors. Its best run yielded 1442 pounds of steam per hour at about 16 psi.
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Mead
Cairo
Egypt
Tax Board Meets Over Three County Road Bonds
President John C. Brown and secretary William C. Harris heard remonstrances against bonds to finance Pelsor road Smyrna Dow road Milton and Shelby Brittenback road Republican Hanover under three mile and county unit laws. Local voters favored road construction in votes taken during the hearing. Brown and Harris planned an on site inspection of the Dow road after adjournment.
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John C. Brown
State Board of Tax Commissioners
William C. Harris
Court House
Pelsor Road
Smyrna
Three Mile Road
Milton
Shelby
Republican
Hanover
V. K. Officer
Jeptha Storms
Shelby Township
C. E. Irwin
Monroe
Judge Bear
Curtis Marshall
Sulzer & Bear
Brown
Mr. Harris
James Miles
Charles E. Irwin
Dibler
Mr. Dibler
Dow Road
Sudden death ends life of Mrs. Louisa McCord
Mrs. Louisa H. McCord, widow of Hiram McCord, died suddenly at 6pm yesterday at her son William McCord’s home on East Second Street after a noon heart attack. A former Madison resident visiting Seymour, she would have been 82 in August. Survived by three sons William Harvey and A F, two daughters Anna Adams and Lula Dorsey, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was active in Trinity M E Church in Madison and later the Seymour Methodist Church.
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Louisa H. McCord
William McCord
East Second Street
Madison
Harvey McCord
Anna Adams
Seymour
Lula Dorsey
Hammond
A. F. McCord
Sioux City
Death of Mrs Catherine Kremer in Newport Ky at 81
The Voelker family on east First street receive a telegram announcing the death of Mrs Catherine Kremer widow of Joseph Kremer at their Newport Kentucky home at 5 o clock last evening after a long illness. She was 81 in June and had lived in Madison for many years before moving to Newport about twenty years ago. Many friends in this city mourn her passing. She is survived by several sons and daughters.
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Voelker
East First Street
Catherine Kremer
Joseph Kremer
Newport
Paris Hosts Incoming Visitors At Roughly Half Million
A Boston Trader script notes a remark by O'Brien on flattery and self perception. Paris entertains an average of about 500000 foreign visitors annually, highlighting its status as a major international destination.
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Paris
Soviet Russia builds eastern ties in Moscow style
Moscow dispatch notes a curiously lavish exchange with Near East delegates in Moscow. Turkish legation and other envoys enjoy opulent halls, banquets, and Western attire while Lenin’s government mirrors ancient eastern court pomp in their hospitality and diplomacy.
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Stubby the War Mascot Receives Extra Medal Honors
Stubby the official mascot of the American Expeditionary Forces is awarded another medal by General John J Pershing. The ceremony adds to his long list of decorations including foreign honors and two wound stripes earned in battle while serving with the American forces.
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Mascoet
John Jo Pershing
Humane Education Society
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Phoete
French Air Fleet Proposal Prompts War Ready Cargo Plan
Paris lawmakers debate a bill for a 1000 aircraft fleet to be operated commercially by a government corporation. Deputy Paul Rennazet argues current aviation staff are costly and unproductive while Benazet proposes a national air transport corporation to train aviators, establish postal routes, expand colonies ties, and keep the fleet ready for wartime conversion.
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Chamber of Deputies
Paul Rennazet
M Benazet
Eve and Adam Amid Ozark Chiggers Divorce
Chattanooga Tenn. Mary King Young, 23, was granted a divorce after claiming her husband forced her to imitate Eve while he impersonated Adam on a land tract in the Ozark mountains. The court ruled a leaf did not protect against chiggers.
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Eve
Adam
Ozark Mountains
Mary King Young
Hope Is a Dream Held While Awake
A reflective saying portrays hope as a dream a person envisions while awake, linking aspiration to conscious imagination and ongoing striving. The line suggests inner motivation guiding action rather than passive longing.
Radio controlled battleship Iowa tests mark scientific triumph
Army and Navy officers hailed the radio controlled operation of the battleship Iowa during aerial bombing tests. The Iowa steered from five miles away aboard the battleship Iowa with no crew aboard, demonstrating precision steering and control of fuel, water, and propulsion as a flood of possible future uses in war operations emerged.
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Washington
Iowa
Peutchman
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Llown
Radio Central
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Te Bec
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Twas
Heer Mage Bes
Phoster
Beheadings Sole Diversion In Kiangsu Province
Chinese communities in Suchien Kiangsu Province favor public executions over films or baseball as entertainment. Authorities struggle to curb robber bands and swiftly deal with offenders. Recently 11 robbers were executed with seven under arrest less than 24 hours.
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Suchien
Kiangsu
China
Germany buys large amounts of American rice for beer export
The rice exchange reports Germany is purchasing vast quantities of low grade American rice to brew beer for export to Mexico and Central and South American nations that were previously supplied by U S breweries. One port export reported at 2 506 100 pounds in a single day.
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New Orleans
Rice Exchange
Germany
Mexico
United States Breweries
New Flu Prevention Claim By Dr J A Taylor
London reports a potential influenza preventer from Dr J A Taylor. The British Medical Journal notes a simple iodine tincture with honey placed on the tongue at two to three hour intervals as the proposed method. The passage also includes an unrelated line about women sewing with needles in 1645 and ends abruptly.
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London
J. A. Taylor
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