Madison News Roundup Highlights Local Moves and Events
Madison notes list residents visiting relatives and moving to new homes. Hoffstadt visits from New York. Mrs Hoffman travels to Memphis. Toole family visits from Denver. John Shannon relocates to live with sister Eliza Ennis. Local deaths, weddings, and society updates accompany property transfers and court news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kailen Hoffman
Memphis
Tenn
Mary Stremple
Qagaad
Samuel Brooks
Edward Welsh
John Toole
Leo
Denver, Col
Charles Anger
Hast Street
J J Hearne Dies At Madison At 7 After Long Illness
J J Hearne aged 7 died at his home on south Depot Street last evening at 6 o clock after a nearly three year illness. He moved to Madison with his family from Owenton Kentucky where he ran a harness business. He was highly regarded for his Christian character. Surviving are his widow four children Megars Whit Roy and Mrs B F Longdale and three step children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hearne
South Depot Street
Mr. Hearne
Madison
Owenton
B. Walker
Megars. Whit and
Roy
B. F. Longedale
Ilence, Ky
Our Minister's Honeymoon at the Talented Targus Show
A Saturday evening performance of the musical comedy Our Minister's Honeymoon by the young people of Targus delighted a large audience. The cast delivered strong singing and acting led by Miss Mary Samples and Miss Sylvia Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Targus
Satureday
Aga Church
Mary Samples
Mis
Sylvia Barnes
Miss Mary
Sarah Jane
Floyd Holloway
Sally Ann
Wilmer Dickey
Miss Sadie Bares
la Verna Dickey
Misa Anna Barns
Mia
Pearl Reed
Charles Buttorff
Helen
Ethel Davidson
Fern Eldridge
Lalia Horn
Mary
Nellie Robison
Stella Warner
Henry Harn
P. Master
Curtis Warner
Jim Samples
Samples
Doc. McKeand
Karl Homer
City Council Grants Franchise for Distillery Switch
In a special session at city hall councilors gave final reading to an ordinance granting a franchise to the Pennsylvania Line to construct a switch on East Front Street between East and Church streets. The Susquehanna Distilling Company will use the line to handle grain. Mayor Harper absent. Mr. Johnson presided. The measure passed unanimously and the council adjourned.
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Pennsylvania Line
East Front Street
East
Church Streets
Susquemac Distilling Company
Harper
Johnson
Syracuse Lodge Confers Knight Rank at Meeting
Nearly one hundred Knights attended the Syracuse Lodge K P meeting last night to confer the third rank Knight on five candidates Megara G Nelson Wyman Wendell Jacobs James Jacoba Clarence Otter and O H Corey A buffet luncheon of pickles fish and other sandwiches followed the ceremony and a smoker concluded the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifty Falla Camp
Knights of
Pythias
Syracuse Lodge
K.P
Megara
G. Nelson Wyman
Wendell Jacobs
James Jacoba
Clarence Otter
O. H. Corey
May Prove Fatal Kidney Trouble Warns Madison Claim
A Madison Indiana resident recounts backache and swelling from kidney issues. After using Doan's Kidney Pills her symptoms eased and she endorses the remedy. Sold by dealers nationwide. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name-Dean's- and take no other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Aole
United States
Dean
Lords Cowdray and Carden Shape British Mexico Policy
The article links Lord Cowdray a major European financier and Sir Lionel Carden the British ambassador to Mexico to the British stance on President Huerta and Wilson. It notes Cowdray’s oil holdings in Mexico and Liberal campaign funding. It suggests fear of US intervention and conflict with Rockefeller oil interests influencing British policy.
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Lord Cowdray
Europe
Mexico
Lionel Carden
Wilson
Huerta
Liberal Party
Funda
England
United States
Rockefeller
PROMINENT PEOPLE North Vernon Obituaries
John Bernard Miller banker and capitalist aged sixty five died at his home after gall stone removal operation. Survived by wife and seven children. Funeral at St Marys church with burial in St Marys cemetery. Mrs Ermina Criustead aged fifty six died yesterday at her son's home from complications of diseases. Services Saturday with burial at Bueh Creek cemetery near Butlerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vernon
John Bernard Miller
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Ermina C. Criustead
Bueh Creek
Butlerville
Weather Summary for November by Mise Cooperider
Temperature highs reached 75 degrees on the 22nd with a low of 17 on the 5th. The month recorded 9 clear days, 6 partly cloudy days, and 15 cloudy days. Precipitation totaled .66 inches.
In Loving Remembrance of William J. Grimsley
A memorial verse marking one year since William J. Grimsley's death on December 1 1912. The poem laments loss, recalls faith and hope, and expresses the family's wish to meet again beyond the sky. Written by his wife and daughter for The Herald.
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Holy Angela
Angel
Indiana Observes Honey Day Proclamation By Williams
George W. Williams, secretary of the Indiana Beekeepers Association, designates Monday December 15 as Honey Day in Indiana. Citizens urged to honor bees and clover by tasting Indiana honey and celebrating the pollination and bounty they provide to crops, dairy, and meats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Williams
Indiana Bee Keepers Association of
Indiana
Aml
Chymypus
Treasury: No Need to Restrict Credits on Ac cest of New Bill
Secretary McAdoo says Treasury resources will be available to banks to aid compliance with the pending currency bill when enacted. Banks restricting credits to meet the bill are making a mistake, he declares in a just issued statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Treasury
McAdoo
Cutting Scrap Clarence Vawter Arrested for Assault on Quail
Clarence Simie Vawter was arraigned before Squire Chapman on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill Clarence Quail after a Saturday quarrel at Main and Jefferson. Vawter, 19, failed to post bond and remains in jail pending magisterial actions likely to send the case to circuit court for trial. Quail received three deep slashes from a tomato-peeling knife, answered with fists, and was treated by Dr. Rains with twelve stitches to wounds across the chin temple and above the eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Simie) Vawter
Squire Chapman
Cud
Vanter
Juan
Quail
Vaweter
McKay
Monroe
Nail
Dr. Rains
Pryor and McClure Tie Twenty Year Courtship Knot
After two decades of steady courtship in Milton Kentucky the couple Mr George Pryor and Mrs Otis McClure both from Mt Pleasant neighborhood wed on Wednesday in a local ceremony enduring a long shared path to marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton, Ky
George Pryor
Otis McClure
Mt. Pleasant
Treasury Estimates for 1927 Budget Shown to Conference
Secretary Meeker transmitted to the Conference estimates for the coming year. The calendar totals an appropriation of 1.0 million plus. Increases are requested for all departments except executive, judiciary, pension and public works. The largest rise is for the Pontaffier Department and the greatest cut is in the pension budget.
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Pontaffier
Dr Knabe Murder Case in Shelbyville Ends Trial
The jury in the Pir Craig murder case against Elbert V. Willard and others was completed at noon. Prosecutor Eph. Invan laid out the State's circumstantial case, detailing alleged past acts and the crucial witness statements while dismissing spiritual testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Knabe
Shelbyville
Pier
Pir
Cran
Knabe
Dshe
Elbert V. Willard
Wen
Mastera
Marcua Young
Alfred Arnold
Louis Weinantz
Eibert Wicker
Kimball Barsnea
Martin Goode
Walter Wright
Ralph Swinford
Peery Hurst
Phat Dir Crag
Beer
Raig
State Supreme Court Rules on Right to Block New Constitution
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that state courts had authority to prevent state officials from submitting a new constitution to the people in Washington. This decision clarifies the judicial scope over constitutional proposals and state governance in early 1900s politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Supreme Court
Washington
Congress Ends Extra Session Amid Quiet Start of Regular Session
Washington reports the extra session closed at noon today and the regular session opened with little ceremony. The transition marks a formal end to emergency legislation and the shift to routine congressional work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
President cancels Panama visit. New currency bill threat looms
President Wilson abandons plans to visit the Panama canal zone during the holidays and will forego a vacation until the Senate passes the currency bill before Christmas. In Utah, Ralph Lopez is cornered in a coal mine after killing six men, as authorities move to end his flight. The Teamsters Union of Minneapolis stalls traffic with a general strike starting at midnight, affecting chauffeured services and about 3,000 members.
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Washington
Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
Senate
Plane
Ralph Lopez
Bingham
Utah
Teamsters’ Union of
Souianapolis
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Ie N. H. Hoffstadt
New York City
James Peak
John Whittaker
Charles Fepply
Indianapolis
Gary Wolsey
William Warren
Dillsboro
John C. Shannon
Georgetown
Eliza Ennis
East Street
Myrtle Leland
Blanche Smith
Peoples Loose Leaf
Mra
Josephine Booth
Daniel Booth
Graysville
Hanover
John H. Cardinal
Emerson Lemen
Clements T
Albert I. Stucker
Madison Township
Theodore Brydon
Logan C. Hawkins Heira
James A. Patterson
Milton
Edward H. Adams
John W. Gundon
William Y. Chapin
Monroe Tp
Emma Eversole
Hazard
New York Supreme Court
Daniel H. Tolman
Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
New York
Australia
J J Hearne
Tryue Church
Syracuse
North
Vernon
Herman Baerer
Fairmount
Frank Niesse
Eaat Second Street
F. M. Griffith
Vevay
Belle Dishinger
Tull Dishinger
Earl Cochran
Frances Weinantz
Shelby County
Elva Belcher
Prof. Belcher
Kalamazoo
Mich
Sylvia M. Davia
Thos. B. McGregor
Fulton
M. M. Hoskiss
Prof. Hoskiss
Mesere
Crawford
Covington, Ky
C. N. Crawford
Araminia Dixon
Cragmont
Westport
Schneider
Mesara
C. A. Wymond
M. (. Garber
Jos. M. Cravens
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Rivers
Scotch Thistle Society
Commercial Club
John K. Weyer
Bis Room
Hotel
Jefferson
Ber
Mise Cooperider
William J. Grimsley
The
Herald
Wiil
Treasury
Banks
Clarence Vawter
This City
Clarence Quail
Milton Township
Sec. F
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal
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