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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1920
Page
3
The fragment lists the ALLISON HERALD and BLUE HERALD COMPANY OFFICE at 111 East Main Street Madison Indiana with a date of December 16, 1920. It appears as a damaged OCR snippet from a weekly edition containing masthead details and location.
Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Julius Schmidt Jr of W Third street and a son to Mr and Mrs Arthur Menne of Newport Kentucky. Numerous train travelers. marriage license issued to Arthur Matthews and Evaleigh Smith of Clark county. Local officials award stationery contracts. tobacco prices drop sharply. a Carrollton Kentucky meeting yields undisclosed action. Mrs Cecelia Barth of Trimble county dies at King’s Daughters Hospital aged seventy. funeral to be held at Mt Byrd Church. Advert tail includes RAT SNAP rodent killer claim and local distributor.
A quotation from A J Plemphill outlines Germany’s pledge to compensate with manuscripts books and rare objects equal in value to those destroyed at Louvain. The plan excludes rebuilding the library and calls for delivery of specific books proven to have been in the collection. The Louvain authorities have received funds and plan to begin reconstruction work.
A compressed notice notes burglars and rats threaten grain stores, chickens, and eggs. It mentions RAT-SNAP as a practical solution for venting odors and pest control. The fragment hints at products and remedies without clear details.
Rev. D. Edgar Allen has resigned as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Carrollton Kentucky to accept a call to the First Baptist Church at Barboursville Kentucky. He will leave with his family this week for his new field.
The Indiana Legislature visiting committee arrives at North Madison and stays with Dr. J. W. Milligan at Cragmont. They inspect the hospital to assess appropriations for 1921 across all state institutions, then head to Butlerville to visit the feeble minded colony. Officers elected at Janita Tribe No 24 include sachem Fred Grebe and Senior Sagamore Howard W Pavy, with several other posts named and three degrees conferred on local individuals.
Madison reports a winter residence for the Walker couple with the Drake family on west Third street. Clyde C. Scott and Bertha Brett obtain a marriage license in Madison. Mrs. Louis Schafer and son Charles visit Cincinnati relatives. Mrs. Minerva Risk improves at N Walnut street home. Delegates attend Knights of Pythias district meeting in Columbus. Young Ladies Bible Class plans New Year Eve benefit for European starving children with a mass pageant. Mrs. Rachel Sponsel dies at East Second Street home after two weeks illness. she leaves four children.
Word was received today of the death of Solomon J. Bear at 9:30 this morning at the home of his son Rev A L Bear in Riverside California. He was 79, born in Brooksburg and last lived in this city until September. Survived by three sons Rev Alfred L Bear Wilbur S Bear and Rev D C Bear. Funeral at ten Saturday morning at the Riverside home of his son. Mrs Bear died in California about a year ago. He belonged to W Madison M E Church and was a devout Christian.
The I. O. O. F. No. 570 of Kent conveyed the lodge building to Laurel C. Ellison for 400 dollars. Irwin Lodge bought the building he uses as a hardware store from Caroline Nerbst and Victoria DeLeste of Los Angeles, with a private consideration. The property had long housed the Lodge Hardware Company.
WH Barbour of the State University unearthed a prehistoric skeleton near Scotts Bluff Nebraska in Cook's ranch beds. The animal is believed to be more than 200000 years old and will be preserved and sent to the university museum.
Isaac F. Marcosson, American writer on economics, returns to New York after an eight month Central Africa trip. He describes 25 000 miles traveled, living with cannibals and pygmies, and surviving disease risks before catching a cold in New York. He credits letters from King Albert and Lloyd George for aid and recounts meeting Jan Smuts at Cape Town.
Milly Ayew, in a new fall outfit, slips on a wet curbside and narrowly avoids collision with an automobile. A kindly heiress, Helena Bland, aids Milly after the mishap and introduces Milly to a reunion with Alden Renfrew, the former suitor now connected to a matchmaking double wedding with Dayton Bland.
Warren L. Babcock, Detroit Philatelic Society president on military duty in Paris, describes how American collectors face elusive French stamp dealers during World War I. He notes French dealers rarely stock U.S. stamps, focus on French collectors, and how supply of U.S. issues remains scarce in Paris and Bordeaux.
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