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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
4
Local notices report the Richwood distillery began a six month reorganization. Other items include marriages, travel plans for Christmas holidays, and local social notes. The Warsaw Independent and Madison brief items mention visitors, licensed marriages, and a 49th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Calloway.
Real estate transfer shows James B. Marshall and wife selling 10 acres in Smyrna township to Marietter Creighton et al for 50 dollars. House committee completes provision to remove Assistant Post Masters from civil service. Third Assistant Postmaster General urges repeal to open post offices on Sundays. Vice President Marshall signs a contract with a Chicago bureau to lecture after Congress. Indiana Congressmen expect a Kentuckian to replace Capt. Dorsey as Steamboat Inspector. The Currency Bill passes the Senate 54 to 34 and goes to a conference committee.
In Jefferson Circuit Court 1914 Jan term Mary Kalb and others sue James Yonker John Yonker Bertha Geyman for partition of real estate and will construction. James Yonker a non resident is summoned to appear Feb 9 1914 in Madison Indiana.
Frederick Scheser aged 35, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Scheser, died at the family home on South Jefferson Street at 12:15 PM after several weeks of illness from pneumonia complicated by typhoid fever. A member of Co. F, 1st Infantry, he served in the National Guard two years and belonged to Madison Aerie of Eagles and St. Mary’s Church. Survived by parents, two sisters Mrs. Jacob Lucht and Mrs. Harry Drake, and three brothers Andrew, Joseph, and William. his mother collapsed after his death, and the family received enduring support from friends.
At the No. 4 Fire Co meeting last night officers were elected including President Andrew Jacobs and Chief Frank J. Schram. Other officers named were Vice President Adam Kalb Secretary John Kalb Treasurer and Assistant Chief Al G Winter. Directors and pipesmen were listed with Frank Sheets and Charles Born among them A Christmas gift of twenty dollars was voted for each member.
Soliciting committees aim to raise 20000 dollars for a new King's Daughters hospital. Attendance was large and progress strong. about 11000 has been collected. Officials believe the remaining 9000 can be quickly secured through earnest effort after the holidays. canvass will resume soon.
Funeral services were held at two o'clock this afternoon at the late home on West Fleet Street. Rev. Thompson of Trinity church led the rites. Burial followed at Springdale Cemetery. Pallbearers from Middleton & Wymond Coal Co included Mesere Nicholas Lyons, C. A. Wymond, Charles King, George Lloyd, Henry Merrett, and Charlie King.
City council with Mayor Harper votes to raise city engineer pay to five dollars per eight hour day and amends salaries for four years. A special session will address drainage complaints from Mill street due to Springdale cemetery expansion, and a dispute over encroachment on Mill street. A related sewer tap, weights and measures report, and multiple paid bills are noted as the meeting adjourns to January morning.
The Jennings County Poultry association opened its exhibition in North Vernon featuring over 175 birds. Judging Wednesday followed the American Standard of Perfection with W. H. Hollis as president and S. K. Lupton as superintendent among the listed officers.
County Auditor Taff sold 325000 of Jefferson county bridge bonds at the court house for J F Wild Co of Indianapolis at par plus accrued interest and 1250.50 premium. Bonds of 625 denomination 4 percent interest run twenty years. Other bids came from Madison Safe Deposit Trust Co and Reed Elliott Harrison. Premium on the sale totaled 5 percent of value. A stray line about a woman's jumping distance appears but is not related to the bond sale.
Madison reports include students and faculty home for holidays from DePauw and Illinois University, travel to Indianapolis and Nashville for events, marriages and legal notices, a civil war veteran burial, a farm partition suit, and a Christmas program at Kent Baptist Church.
Samuel P. Conley, 70, recently appointed store keeper at the Richwood distillery near Milton Kentucky, drowned in Camp Creek after slipping from a road and rolling to the creek bed at night. He and his wife had just arrived in Madison and he walked toward the distillery carrying a lantern. his body was found this morning. Conley, a Civil War veteran of the 69th Ohio Infantry, had served in revenue service for years.
Miss Julia Kern daughter of Senator John W. Kern and Mrs Kern marries Dr. George Bo Pawson of Roanoke at the Kern mountain home near Ebolias Virginia. Only family members attend. Dr Pawson, a leading Roanoke physician, and his bride will honeymoon before settling in Roanoke.
After a weeklong walkout, General Manager John Finch and a workers’ committee reached an accord. The packing department restarted with a small crew and will grow to about twenty by tomorrow. Full operation hinges on receiving more orders by year start, boosting local business and employment advances in Madison.
December gathering at Mrs Webster B Ray’s residence featured holiday decorations and an informal program. Miss Lucy Hughes spoke on last year’s Municipal Christmas tree in a New York park and D A R chapters plan to place a tree in University Park in memory of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks. Blanche Matthews read A Christmas Carol, the flag salute closed the program, and refreshments followed.
Report from the Indiana State Board of Health cites 275 deaths in September due to the white plague. Among the victims 132 were male and 143 female, with 22 married men aged 18 to 40 leaving 39 fatherless children under two. Forty married women in the same age group left 71 motherless children under 12, totaling 110 orphans and 251 homes affected.
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