Madison a Busy Holiday Season and Local News
Mrs Howard W Powell visits Cincinnati for a brief trip. Indianapolis residents Mr and Mrs Charles Siegel visit Madison for the holidays. Miss Mabel Swaney arrives from Tennessee to stay with Mrs Louisa Swaney. Madison merchants report bright holiday stocks aiding shopping. Real estate transfers include T B Robertson selling west Third Street property to Louis C Wolf for 1500 and Mrs John Saylor farm selling to Cleveland Colbert for 2500. The Milton to Lexington star route via Madison resumes after coal shortages. Mrs Stephen Barton’s funeral held at East Street residence and Pleasant Ridge church services. Dr W W Lagan informed that Miss Ludwig case will enter local legal appearance per National Red Cross request. Madison high school hosts Christmas parties with numbered gift exchanges. Haymakers’ Association trains tramps in haying and corn husking. Carl Bloom leads, notable music by Dad Klein. New class to be initiated January 7 1920.
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T.B. Robertson
West Third Street
Louis C. Wolf
Benj. F. Wells
County Auditors’ Association
Indianapolis
Charles Dibler
John Saylor
Madison
Cleveland Colbert
Ogle & Ford Real Estate Agency
Star Route
Milton
Lexington
Ind
Stephen Barton
East
Martin Wade
Judge Bear
Miss Ludwig
Juniata Haymakers’ Association
J. Howard Goebel
Robert G. Langsdale
Albert Jackson
Charles Jackson
Carl Bloom
Sito
Gas House
End of World Hype Cited As Misinterpretation And Fort Wayne Church Purchase
Belief that December seventeenth would end the world arose from six planets lining up and affecting the sun. Experts note gravity follows inverse square law and distance. The phenomenon is notable for visible planetary proximity not risk of apocalypse. Ft. Wayne reports the first Methodist Episcopal church buying the Melching homestead for $12,000 adjoining its western property.
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Ft. Wayne
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Melching
Bishop Advocate Adverts Shaping Church Campaign
The notice outlines church advertising aims tied to a bishop’s advocacy. It discusses press participation, public services, and promotion of religious education amid civic outreach, urging support for broader dissemination of church activities and duties.
Treaty Friends Press Desperate Move to Break Deadlock
Washington scene as the treaty supporters rush to end the stalemate. The Foreign Relations Committee plans a session tomorrow to push for a separate cost promise and, if needed, seek support for the Knox resolution. Ratification without the league covenant remains a potential fallback.
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Washington
Representative Olney Urges End of Demobilization at White House
President receives Olney who asks for demobilization to finish and whisky stock to be released before the constitutional amendment takes effect so owners can dispose of their holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Olney
White House
Army
Ber ger seeks re election after espionage ruling in Wisconsin race
Victor Berger Socialist seeks a special election to fill a vacated Milwaukee seat opposing Henry Kodens tad Republican Fusionist after being barred from Congress for alleged espionage law violations. The excerpt also rails at patent medicine claims and political vanity.
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Milwaukee
Victor Berger
Congress
Henry Kodenstad
Local residents take trains for holidays and visits
Mrs. George T. Mayfield leaves for Columbus to visit relatives. Mr. Charles Soisson arrives from Indianapolis to visit friends. Mrs. Ella Price heads to St. Louis after visiting Mrs. Jessie Genter. Prof. R. F. Souter departs for Cincinnati for holidays. Mrs. Ella Dunn returns to Richmond after visiting the Donnelly family. Mr. William J. Wenzler travels to Cleveland to spend Christmas with his son. Miss Harnitt and Oxford College students plan holiday visits. Newborn Mildred Lorane Kasper in Indianapolis. Mr. J. Levy Snyder leaves Madison for Louisville for holidays. Master John Mersdorff and sister Amy head to Indianapolis then Washington, D. C., for visits. Judge J. W. Turner presides at wedding of William Loyd and Ida Boaardman in Jefferson County. Judge Griffith travels to Jeffersonville as special judge, busy with county affairs. Mrs. John Nestor learns of nephew Gilbert Seider’s marriage to Rosalia Strain in Madison. Hon. Clarence E. Custer, Democrat candidate for Congress, touring the Fourth District from Columbus to Vevay.
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Charles Soisson
Indianapolis
Ella Price
St. Louis
Jessie Genter
R. F. Souter
Hanover College
Cincinnati
Ella Dunn
Richmond
B. F. Donnelly
North Broadway
William J. Wenzler
Cleveland
Ohio
Clarence
Harnitt
Helen Crozier
Norma Miller
Linda Clements
Oxford College
Oxford
Oscar Kasper
Ind
Mildred Lorane
Kasper
Carrie Lothspeich
J. Levy Snyder
Madison
Louisville
George M. Simpson
John Mersdorff
Amy Mersdorff
Indianapoli
John
Washington, D. C
Frank RR. Selleck
Selleck
Br. J.W. Turner
William Loyd
Ida Boaardman
Jefferson County
F. M. Griffith
Mornity
Jeffersonville
Wto
Griffith
Tuessey
Twiteedhand County Court
John Nestor
East Third Street
Gilbert Seider
Rosalia Strain
St. John’s Parish
Gilbert
The
Herald
Clarence E. Custer
Pourth
Vevay
Custer
Columbus
Attempt on Lord French in Ireland Leaves Civilians Killed
Dublin dispatch reports an assassination attempt on Lord French, commander of British troops in Ireland, as he traveled from the Viceroy’s lodge in Dublin to Ashtown. Several shots were fired. a civilian was killed and a constable wounded. French has led repressive measures against Sinn Fein.
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London
Lord French
Ireland
Dublin
French
Ashtown
Sinn Fein
Five Die in Rail Crash Near Roanoke Water Tank
In Roanoke Virginia five people were killed and ten injured when the Memphis special rear-ended a Norfolk and Western train at a water tank. Miss Dinkins of Newcastle Indiana was seriously injured.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Norfolk and Western
Miss Dinkins
Newcastle
Ind
Wartime Prohibition to Last Until Peace Declared
The decision states wartime prohibition ends only when peace is declared or constitutional prohibition takes effect. President advised the public after a recent meeting that the ban will not be lifted until peace is formally declared or a constitutional change becomes law.
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Washington
Palmer
Oeiters
Conference Outlines Proposals for Industrial Disputes
Washington officials have prepared a program of specific proposals to adjust industrial disputes. The plan, announced for public discussion, emphasizes American guidance and urgent steps, with a tentative public release date set for December and a formal review in January.
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Washinton
Dee
Fae
Industrie
Winch
Americus
District attorney takes case to federal court in Indiana
A note from Washington states the defendant, Prodemek Vannuys of Indianapelis, is sent to the United States District Attorney for the District of Taedie to face charges. The transmission occurred today in the ongoing federal proceedings.
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Washington
Prodemek Vannuys
Indianapelis
United States
Tie Distriet
CAWIPANIN Famous Maestro Dies in Chicago Today
The renowned maestro at the Chicago Grand Opera Company died in Chicago today. Details are unclear as the report is incomplete and difficult to read.
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Chicago
Dee da le Otonte Canpanini
Fade
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Aed
City and County Officials Review Main Street Improvement Estimates
County commissioners and the city council with Mayor White met in the court house to study estimates for Main street improvement under the county unit law. Engineer Karstetter itemized costs for concrete and brick, totaling tens of thousands, with the city to cover any remaining balance under Barrett law. The Public Service Commission authorized Vevay to issue bonds to fund municipal electric plant additions.
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White Telia
Court House
Main Street
Corouverein Club
Rotary Club
Karstetter
Sering Street
Railroad Bridge
West Madison
Walnut
Broadway
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis
City of
Vevay
McKee Prizes Awarded At Madison High Chapel
Edward McKee prizes awarded in Madison High School chapel by Prof. Muncie. First prize $600 to Louis Friederschaft, second $2 to Lola Philips, third $1 to Gertrude Baxter, fourth candy to Catherine Roe. Junior high winners listed with subjects on The Exodus From Madison and Boy Scouts. Real estate transfers noted plus private sales by Harry Lemen Agency. An aphorism closes the piece.
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Madison High School
Edward McKee
Prof
Muncie
Madison
Louis Friederschaft
Lola Philips
Gertrude Baxter
Catherine Roe
McKee
Mala Cn
Coal production tops 1917 average in December report
Washington reports coal output rising to 71.1 percent of normal by December 16, up from 62 percent on December 12 under the railroad administration. Also noted are marriage licenses granted in Hanover to Nelson L. Clemmons and Maude Powers, the death of Mrs Cynthia Kidd Meeks aged 75 in Shelby township, funeral details, and a note on a forest fire fighting gun.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Nelson L. Clemmons
Maude Powers
Hanover
C. L Clemmons
George Evans
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May Housefield
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William W. Page
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Harry Lemen
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