Madison News Highlights From December 14
Local items report multiple Indianapolis passengers, travelers to Mond and Cincinnati for holidays, a Louisville visit, and a Monterey home change. Real estate transfers include Edward Jeffries to Pauline Thorne for 20 acres at Saluda Spur. Divorces filed include Nannie Jenkins versus Robert Jenkins and Daisy Willis versus James Willis. A river-front altercation and a milk standard fine are noted, plus burial duties for Ernest Ashby. Tobacco sales totaled 39,795 pounds at $8.70 average with high and low prices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lewis
Indianapolis
J.C. Wever
Ida Hennessey
William Hudson
White Cove
Monterey
Nathan Stokes
Louisville
Este
Edward Jeffries
Pauline Thorne
Saluda Sp
George Griggs
Henrietta Rogers
Chicago
Funeral of Mrs Eph Brown Pallbearers Named
Funeral services for Mrs Eph Brown were held yesterday at 2 PM from her West Third Street home. Pallbearers were George Bates Charles Layton Harry Blaze Bert Dillinder George Fish and Louis Kenison as the procession moved to the nearby cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eph Brown
West Third Street
George Bates
Charles Layton
Harry Blaze
Bert Dillinder
George Fish
Louis Kenison
Wildey Encampment Elects Officers
Wildey Encampment I O C F last night elected officers led by Chief Patriarch Louis Sulzer and High Priest M R Sulzer. Senior Warden Albert Winter, Scribe C F Gerdes, Treasurer Will C Roth, Junior Warden Charles Winter named in the slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Sulzer
M. R. Sulzer
Albert Winter
C. F. Gerdes
Will C. Roth
Charles Winter
Romance of Forty Five Years Charity Entertainment at Trinity Church
The Ladies Foreign Missionary Society of Trinity Church staged an evening entertainment last night titled The Romance of Forty Five Years. Proceeds celebrated the five year run toward the 1919 foreign missionary jubilee, with ten tables hosting guests and a storyteller guiding a progressive program. Each table featured a hostess, decorator, and storyteller, led by Miss Addie Almond, with refreshments served after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Foreign Missionary Society of Trinity Church
Addie Almond
Mrs Corba Adams Dies After Burns Suffered By Sister
Mrs Ida Adams 23 wife of Corba Adams of Brooksboro road died at Denny sanatorium from burns received last Thursday when her sister Miss Grace Conover sustained similar injuries and died hours later. Survived by husband and parents Aaron and Elsie Conover of Paper mill road and a 15 year old sister. two of her children are dead. Funeral arrangements to be announced. A Trenton woman swallowed a needle last year and it was removed from her foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Adams
Corba Adams
Brooksboro Road
Denny Sanatorium
Grace Conover
Denny
Adams
Aaron Conover
Paper Mill Road
Elsie
Adams Union
Adv. Colds Do Not Leave Willingly Says Remedy Ad
An old advertisement urges taking Dr King s New Discovery for bronchial and lung ailments arising from colds. It claims the remedy relieves sore throats and chest symptoms and promotes quick relief with bottles priced at 50 and 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Iit
Try Mre Austin Bag Pane Cake Pleases All
A quirky menu note promotes Try Mre’s Austin bag pane cake claiming broad appeal for all shoppers. The misspelled item hints at a bakery specialty drawing tentative interest from local pastry lovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Local notes from Madison December update
A roundup of personal moves births and travel including Albert Kahn visiting North Vernon and J T Brittan returning to Columbus. Marriage licenses issued Alfred Jenkins to Virgie Smith. Nine day old death in Depot Street and recovery of Leonard Lanham after a gunshot injury. Page also covers a mayoral sanction of a triennial visit by Jud Walker and a jail release after a disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Calvert
Ryker’s Ridge
Albert Kahn
North Vernon
J. T. Brittan
Hanover
Columbus
L. Ert Slack
U.S
Frank C. Daily
J. B. Klein
Elizabeth Klein
Chicago
Alfred Jenkins
Virgie Smith
I. P. Smith
R. Reeves
Baby
Cincinnati
Reeves
Tennessee
Kenneth D. M Sello
Malcoln Patterson
Oliver Lloyd
Albert Lloyd
Medora
George Burton
Depot St
Springdale
Leonard Lanham
Isaac Slater
Hanover Landing
Denny Sanitarium
Rochester
Minn
Frank P. Vail
Mayo Brothers Sanatorium
J. Fr. Blackard
Jud Walker
New Washington
Madison
Jud
Jenkins
Jack Spratt
Shot-Can Duel Ends In Amputation Near Dupont
A late report details a shotgun duel on Christopher Henry’s farm near the county line between Gamaliel Lockridge and his father-in-law, Christopher Henry. Lockridge lost an arm below the elbow and Henry is seriously wounded, with accounts varying on the extent of his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gam Lockridge
C. C. Henry
Herald
Monroe Township
Gamaliel Lockridge
Christopher
Henry
Lockridge
North Vernon
Big Creek
Dupont
Squires
Lewis
McKay
Madison Tobacco Market Shows Strong Prices Across Grades
The Farmers House reports brisk competition and good demand with better grades up in price while common to medium grades show little change. Buyers compete for supply and growers express satisfaction with prices. In a separate item, Brazil-William Sinko, an Austrian from Diamond, suffered probable fatal injuries at Otter Creek Coal Company mine north of Brazil after slate collapsed overhead Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
William Sinko
Diamond
Otter Creek Coal Company
Walter Olds Withdraws From Senate Run Support for New
Walter Olds of Fort Wayne announces withdrawal from the Republican race for United States senator and pledges support to Harry S. New. The statement shifts the campaign dynamics as Olds ceases his own bid.
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New
Indianapolis
Dee
Walter Olds
Fort Wayne
United States
Harry S. New
Bandits Hold Up Southern Railroad Train
Three bandits robbed a Kansas City Southern train near Eagleton Arkansas, forcing the engineer to detach cars, blowing the express and mail car, and making a short dash before disappearing.
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Eagleton
Arkiansis
Kansas City
Pissover No. 1
Aye
Thi Ongineer
Grase
Principal Compares With Record Corn Values This Season
The department of agriculture reports December prices place the total value of corn at nearly 5.57 billion dollars, noting figures align with last season. Regional markets and farm yields influence the national assessment while analysts seek trend indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dee
Department of Coriculture
Todig
Death of Madisonan John Baglan Reported
Word arrived from St. Joseph Michigan of the death of John Baglan a Madisonian aged about 47. Telegrams said his body would reach Madison that night. He left Madison a year ago to work in a button factory and is survived by his wife and sons Charles and Nicholas. The cause of death is not yet known and the family had recently lost a younger son.
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John Baglan
Madisonian
Madison Lodges
St. Joseph
Mich
Red Men
Haymakers
Eagles
Madison Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Madison
Nicholas
Practice. Goaltel Rita Best Antec Ointment and Formula
A garbled adlike excerpt outlines an ointment recipe titled Best Antec with ingredients including castor oil white wax speraniceti and other parts. It claims the prepared mixture yields fast results and notes the formula may be sold by druggists at low cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inet
Jesse
Atellean Medical Association
Paris Crossing Canning Co Dissolves. John Baker Arrested
John Baker formerly from Illinois, an oil-field engineer, was jailed yesterday by Chief Jenkins on intoxication charges. This morning he was fined 1 dollar and costs totaling 1.50 and paid the amount. Baker, described as husky, boasted about challenging the jailer, then allegedly drank again shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Stuart
Joseph Miller
Prestonville
Miller
J. W. Adams
John Baker
Ilinois
Chief Jenkins
Baker
Funeral rites for Mrs Rosalia Forse at St Marys Church
Funeral services for Mrs Rosalia Forse held at 9 this morning at St Marys Church were conducted by Father Bilger. Burial took place in St Josephs cemetery with pallbearers Joseph Wettrick Michael Schneider John Zimmerer Charles Fischer Peter Massing Wendell Voelker among the mourners.
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Rosalia Forse
St. Mary’s Church
Father Bilger
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Joseph Wettrick
Michael Schneider
John Zimmerer
Charles Fischer
Peter Massing
Wendell Voelker
U S Lumber Demand Seen Rising Under Federal Study
A Commerce Department expert predicts strong growth in American lumber and forest products as rail expansion and development increase demand. He notes China’s cautious buying, price manipulation fears, and the need for standardization, trust, and better marketing to expand exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washin Ton
de Ey Lla Hl
Smith
Department of Commerce
de Hood
Lina
Iwonvs
China
eVers
Tenacious 500 Pound Bear Slain Near La Grande
A 500 pound bear killed on Beaver Creek near the La Grande water supply after a stockmen’s group cornered it. The beast, described as unusually large and a menace to sheepmen, resisted before being brought down by twenty bullets.
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la Grande
Beaver Creek
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Graham Ross
Nannie Jenkins
Robert Jenkins
Judge Bear
E. A. Lower
Rev. Lower
John W. Morrow
Richard White
Hf. B. Bishop
Ernest W. Ashby
Vucanas
Kentland
Ind
Michael Reed
Dewey Ashby
Sulzer & Bear
Daisy Willis
James Willis
Willis
Novel Entertainment
The
Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society of
Trinity Church
M.C. Lepper
James FE. Crozier
Redford Callis
N. T. Drake
Lou Rahe
Ida Hitz
W. F. Bunch
Frank Thomas
Ora Sherman
Elias Scott
John Hitz
Anna Sherlock
Lydia Middleton
P. E. Bear
Frank Benson
Adelaide Almond
C. N. Dickerson
Lydia Mankins
Mrs
Deaths
Burns
Trenton
N. J
ADV
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Louis Helin
Eagle Hollow
Helm
Ben Eagleback
Kalb
Walnut Street
Roeder Corner
Fourth
Walnut Streets
Monroe Bros
Madison Tobacco Market
Milton Dharrs
Bentonville
Whee Reebt Jain
Rebenthy Caudakata
St. Joseph, Mich
Goaltel Rita
Paris Crossing
Xmas Shopping
F. W. Pfortner
Jefferson Street
U. S
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