Madison News Briefs From December 1920
Madison Indiana notes report George C. Gertz arriving by noon train to see relatives. Thomas Wiedemann returns to Montgomery Alabama after visiting with wife and relatives here, tied to Buffalo Bill shows. Mrs. Susan Mier heads home amid sister’s paralysis at Brooksburg road. Robert Schoolcraft sustains a minor hand injury at Hampton Cracker, thumb nail pulled. M. C. Garber returns from Washington DC after National Rivers and Harbors Association meeting. Mayor James White also departs Washington for Richmond Virginia to visit relatives, returning early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jilin
George C. Gertz
Indiana
Thos. F. Wiedemann
Montgomery
Als
Susan Mier
North Vernon
Calvin Monroe
Brooksburg Road
Monroe
Hampton Cracker Company
Robert Schoolcraft
Washington, D. C
National Rivers and Harbors Association
Madison
James White
Washington
Richmond
Local Probate and Divorce Notices From Smyrna Area
Late yesterday the Madi son Safe Deposit & Trust Co was appointed administrator of the estate of the late Miss Annie Johnson. Andrew Stevens was named guardian of William Russel Vaughn and Jessie A Vaughn, grandchildren of Agnes Vaughn. A petition by Emerson Lemen for Frank D Spann to sell Liberty bonds to settle the estate of Alice Rector was granted in Judge Griffiths vacation chamber. Henry Gibson sues Georgia Gibson for divorce. Edward Ford seeks divorce from Stella M Ford. Ford, a Smyrna township farmer aged 56, says his wife left him on Thanksgiving day and returned to Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Annie Johnson
Andrew Stevens
William Russel Vaughn
Jessie A. Vaughn
Agnes Vaughn
Griffith
Emerson Lemen
Frank D. Spann
Alice Rector
Liberty Bonds
Henry Gibson
Presbyterian Avenue
Georgia Gibson
Emerson Semen
Edward Ford
Stella M. Ford
Ford
Smyrna Township
Indianapoli
Indianapolis
Electric Shoe Repairing Shop Opens in Town
Messrs. Martin and Louis Krue open a modern electric shoe repair shop at 319 West Main Street. They will start operations Monday using the Goodyear system learned in Indianapolis and promise rapid, scientifically up to date service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Martin
Louis Krue
West Main Street
Goodyear
Indianapolis
Funeral services for Mrs Rachel Sponsel Held at Home
Funeral services for Mrs Rachel Sponsel were conducted at her East Second Street home at ten this morning with Dr W S Rader of Trinity Church in charge. The sorrowful gathering honored her memory with many floral tributes as family and friends paid last respects. She is laid to rest beside her husband in Greenbrier Cemetery near Kent. pallbearers and family members acted as bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Sponsel
East Second Street
W. S. Rader
Trinity Church
Beria
Greenbrier
ceme‘Saez
Kent
Great Be
Pall Bear
Angee
Cravens Named to Indiana School Study Committee
Indianapolis December 11 Governor McCray announced that Senator Joseph M Cravens of Madison will join the committee to study the Indiana school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
McCray
Joseph M. Cravens
Madison
Bank installs latest burglar alarm system in city
The First National Bank at Main and West streets receives the newest hold-up and burglary alarm system from Safety Burglar Alarm Co of Grand Rapids. Two factory representatives begin installation today for several days. A gong on the exterior will sound during a burglary and push buttons will be placed inside for quick access during a hold-up. The system is touted as the latest on the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Main
Wests Streets
Safety
Death of Little Claudine Strong in St Paul
Mr and Mrs John W Brandon receive a telegram from Robert Strong announcing the sudden death of their granddaughter Claudine Strong at age one. She died at the family home in St Paul Minnesota at 3 o clock this morning. The funeral is set for Monday morning at 8 in St Paul with burial there. The child leaves parents grandparents and a six year old brother John Robert Strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Brandon
Robert Strong
Claudine Strong
St. Paul
Minn
Phillipine Brandon
Madison December 13 Egg Prices Drop to 62 Cents
Wholesale dealers quote eggs at 62 cents, down 12 cents from prior levels. Miscellaneous local notes report travels to Indianapolis for medical consultations, burials from Craymont to Terre Haute and New Albany, a New Albany widow’s death, and a paternity arrest in Brooksburg with January court bond.
Funeral for Clifford Lee Held at Residence
Clifford Lee’s funeral was held at 1 pm yesterday at the west Third street residence with Rev H A Blake of the Christian church delivering comfort. A quartet sang Saved by Grace and God be With You Till We Meet Again as pallbearers Jesse Dunn Leroy Peck Marwin Easton Jay Easton Ethel Evans Noble Evans assisted at interment in Springdale cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Lee
West Third Street
H. A. Blake
Christian Church
W. A. Barber
Frances Lanham
Maud Lanham
F. J. Vail
Springdale Cemetery
Messrs
Infant son of Mr and Mrs David Noble dies
Sincere sympathy from friends in Indianapolis to Mr and Mrs David Noble on the loss of their infant son William J born Saturday morning died the same day. Remains arrived on last night’s train with Mrs Thomas Lilly, funeral held at Schneider Undertaking Parlors at ten this morning. Burial in Springdale cemetery. Mrs Noble formerly Miss Juniata Schmidt, daughter of Mr William Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Noble
Indianapolis
William J
Thomas Lilly
Schneider Undertaking
Springdale Cemetery
Noble
Juniata Schmidt
William Schmidt
Federal Road certified funds total 111,875
Certification lists federal road allocations from Milton to Louisville to the Kentucky Highway Commission. Bedford Bank 42892 Milton Bank 34720 Madison Banks 13506 Trimble County 20758. 25 percent required yields a total of 111875.
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Milton
Louisville
Kentucky Highway Commission
Bedford Bank
Milton Bank
Madison Banks
Trimble County
Death of Samuel Cochran in Indianapolis
Samuel Cochran died at 8 Sunday morning in Indianapolis aged 47. He was born in Madison and lived there before moving to Indianapolis about 20 years ago. Survived by sisters Mrs J P Brown Miss Mary Cochran of Indianapolis and brother Alec Cochran also of Indianapolis. Fergus Cochran predeceased. Funeral at 722 Lexington Ave Madison and interment at Springdale Cemetery with Red Men in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Samuel Cochran
Mr. Cochran
Fergus
Catherine Cochran
Madison
Goodyear Tire Company
Cochran
J. P. Brown
Mary Cochan
Alec Cochran
Lexington Avenue
At & O'Clock
Mary Cochran
Fergus Cchran
John
Springdale Cemetery
Great Asiatic Expedition Aims to Find Missing Link
A joint expedition by the American Museum of Natural History, American Asiatic Association and Asia Magazine plans a five year search in central Asia for the fossil record linking humans to apes. Led by Roy Chapman Andrews, it expects to yield major fossils and rich collections for New York and advance Chinese natural history study with cross border cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Museum of Natural History
American Asiatic Association
Asia Magazine
Central Asia
Roy Chapman Andrews
Far East
Willard Straight
Messrs. TP. Morgan
George F. Baker
Childs Frick
W. A. Harriman
Charles L. Bernheimer
Eugene Dubois
Java
Germany
Heidelberg
Europe
England
Asia
Astan
Rain
Peking
China
Mongolia
British Museum of London
J. G. Andersson
Chinese Republic
Andersson
Yunnan
Kweichow
Rzechuan
Andrews
Ife
Alwass
Tibet
Gobi Desert
Gobi
New York Zoological Park
Desert
Manchuria
Amur
Bengal
Central
Lestern Asia
Clifty Falls Poem and Police Booze News
A poem titled Clifty Falls describes a brook’s mood and a cliff leap. A federal judge rules confiscated whisky must be destroyed by means other than officers swallowing it. New York hospitals receive radium loans from a bank. Arabian desert natives neither smoke nor drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Philadelphia
New York
D Annunzio and Italian Adriatic Ambition
A London Times correspondent from Flume outlines D Annunzio's push for Adriatic supremacy. He seeks to extend Italy eastward to control Trieste Fiume and Dalmatia, argue for Albania and Montenegro suzerainty, and portrays Fiume as essential to a broader Italian imperial project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adriatic
Fiume
Santo Margherita
D’annunzio
London Times
Flume
Gabriele D'Annunzio
D'Annunzio
Italy
Jugo- Slavia
Dy Annunzio
D'Andunzio
Gorizia
Gradisca
Istria
Carniola
Croatia
Quarnero
Vexica
Cherso
Dalmatia
Albania
Montenegro
Trieste
Zara
Sebenico
Spatanto
Cattaro
Jugo Slavia
Mittel-Europa
Danzig
Constantinople
St. Peter
Europe
Leibach
Vienna
Benin
Orient Express
London
Germany
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Austrian
Hungary
Russia
Ukraine
Transylvania
Romania
Jugo-Slavia
Bulgaria
Austria
Roumania
Heir Patton Aims for Jail Life And $60,000 Estate
Robert W. Patton, famed for seeking jail time, may receive half of a $60,000 estate after sisters and an attorney traced him from Seward to Concordia and Chester Nebraska. Officials say the will requires his Lincoln appearance by January 1, 2081 or forfeit rights. He contemplates accepting the fortune or continuing his jail quest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Patton
Concordia
Kaw
Patton
Seward
Neb
Chester
Lincoln
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Southeastern Hospital
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Leroy Peck
Marwin Easton
Jay Easton
Ethel Evans
Noble Evans
Madisonian
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Moros
Lisos
Orient
Clifty Falls
Mother Nature
Marie Snyder
Venice
Juglo- Slavia
Roumaoia
Ialy
Adria
Ty Annunzio
D'Annnunzio
toAnnunzio
Mille
Cavigia
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