Madison notes and marriages fill holiday town report
In Madison on December 22 Charles and Ina Copple of Hanover rest on the morning train for Middlesters. The Pennsylvania Railroad paid employees in gold yesterday. Several licenses to wed are issued or reported and many locals travel for Christmas visits. Mrs. McLelland plans Chicago trip with her son. Josie Works of Indianapolis visits relatives. J. K. Simmon of North Vernon returns home. W. Davidson and Cravens expected tonight. William Tague seeks adoption of two Ashby children amid recovery of his wife.
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Charles
Ina Copple
Hanover
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Carolyn Hargan
Randolph- Macon
Lynchburg
Jacob Rensehler
Cincinnati
Frederick Rensehler
Noble Reed
This County
Crystal Campbell
Scott County
William Cochran
R. W. Cochran
Cornwall-on-the-Huson
Cassius Ammons
Maggie Lutz
Graham Township
Sheriff McKay
Greencastle
Andrew Roll
Indiana State Farm
Raymond Wyne
Ruth Ford
This
James F. Hyatt
Versailles
Mildred Vivian Stucker
Kent
Orville Heath
Cornelia Joyce
Milton Township
William ©. MccLeland
Chicago
FE. W. Newton
Phillips McLelland
Harry Dorsey
West Third Street
Mr. Sinmon
Madison
W. R. Davidson
Chris R. Cravens
New York
Indianapolis
Davidson
HL. H. Love
Drusilla Sage
William Tague
Sulzer & Bear
Circuit Court
Ethel Ashby
Ernest Ashby
No. 2 Fire Co Elects New Officers for Term
No. 2 Fire Co officers elected for the ensuing term include President William Wenzler Vice President Thomas Clark Chief Director Wm McDermott Secretary George C Geile Treasurer Harry Hargan Chief Engineer C R Johnson Jr First Pipesman Joe Stewart Second Pipesman Robert Peddie First Hose Director Charles Renschler Second Hose Director John Mersdorf Messenger Frank Whedin Trustees for one year S M Strader J K Weyer C R Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 2 Fire Co
William Wenzler
Thomas Clark
Wm. McDermott
George C. Geile
Harry Hargan
C. R. Johnson Jr
Joe Stewart
Robert Peddie
Charles Renschler
John Mersdorf
Frank Whedin
S. M. Strader
J. K. Weyer
C. R. Richardson
Christmas Gifts From Los Angeles Sister
Mr and Mrs Charles Hoffman received two gifts from Mrs Annie Moore of Los Angeles California for Christmas The Mrs Hoffman gift is a Japanese linen table set with a cloth and twelve napkins The design shows birds and cherry trees in bloom in dark and light blues The colors are said to resist fading Mr Hoffmans gift is a cel led playing cards set with California scenes on the fronts and card corners marked with values and trump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hoffman
Fargest
Mr. Hoffman
Annie Moore
Los Angeles
Cal
Hoffman
California
Former Resident Elizabeth Tarpy Schulten Dies in Louisville
Mrs Elizabeth Tarpy Schulten 32 wife of Mexis I Schulten wholesale boot dealer died at 2307 Cherokee Parkway shortly after 2 PM from heart disease contracted Monday She was born in Indianapolis and was survived by husband Alexis d Schulten her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas W Farpy and three children Funeral plans not yet set Cited from Louisville Courier Journal.
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Elizabeth Tarpy Schulten
Mexis I. Schulten
Cherokee Parkway
Schulten
Elizabeth Tarpy
Indianapolis
Alexis d.Schulten
Thomas W. Farpy
A. J. Schulten
Tarpy
Elizabeth Schulten
Louisville Courier Journal
Ladies Pomona Degree Team Honored in Indiana Span
At the State Meeting in Columbus Indiana the Jefferson Pomona Grange No. 22 unit from Jefferson County received high praise for its first ever ladies Pomona degree team. Kent Antioch and Stony Point Granges contributed members and their costume and degree work were acclaimed as the best in the state. Eagle Springs Grange drill followed the ceremony.
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Columbus
Ind
Jefferson Pomona Grange No
Jefferson County
Eagle Springs Grange
Pomona
United States
Kent
Antioch
Stony Point Granges
Eagle Spring Grange
Jefferson Pomona Grange No. 22
Loyal Daughters Celebrate Christmas at Mrs. Craig’s Home
The Loyal Daughters of the Christian church Sunday School met at North Broadway home of teacher Mrs. Will H. Craig on December 21. The evening included music and a reading on Christmas followed by a surprise candy fruit treat for all attendees.
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Christaan Church Sunday School
Will H. Craig
North Broadway
Craig
Mrs Elizabeth Abbott Hosts Mrs How ard Powell in Jeffersonville
Mrs Elizabeth Abbott of Pearl Street entertains guest Mrs How ard Powell of Madison in Jeffersonville. Soda water siphons are filled through the spout.
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Elizabeth Abbott
Pearl Street
Howard Powell
Madison
Jeffersonville
Indianapolis case tied to 15 year old disappearance
Detroit police report a Black man confessed to a serious case involving Carrie Selvage sister of a wealthy Indianapolis man. The grave robbers led by Rufus Cantrell terrorized the city fifteen years ago. The body was never recovered though gang members hinted at knowledge of her passing after imprisoning her in a cellar on Indiana avenue.
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Indianapolis
Detroit
Carrie Selvage
Rufus Cantrell
Indiana Avenue
Tam
Owas
Tay
Varias
Ealle Jale
Ridinn
Seng
Gay
Eave
WIE Finds Body of Husband in Yard
Frankfort reports Mrs Pearl Robertson of Michigantown found her husband dead in the yard with a shotgun between his knees. He died by his own hand due to financial difficulties.
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Frankfort
Pearl Robertson
Michigantown
Funeral for Frank Taft Held at New Bethel Church
Funeral services for Frank Taft of Graham township were held yesterday afternoon at New Bethel Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Taft died Monday after a long illness with lung trouble. He was 36 and survived by his widow and four children. He was a respected farmer known across the western region.
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Frank Taft
Graham Township
New Bethel
Church
Mr. Taft
South
Messrs
A.M. Taff
Jd. O. Taff
Mixed 1913 items highlight crime contracts and local honors
Mrs Minnie Schmidtz faces arrest after her daughter Gertrude, 17, was strangled in bed with a necktie, while other notes report a stove explosion injuring a Ky man’s mustache, a Hot Springs honeymoon gathering with President Wilson expected, and paroled Terre Haute election conspirators. Also listed are tobacco market results, hotel lawsuits settled, and Hoosier Casualty reward for agent William McLain.
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Cincinnati
Minnie Schmidtz
Gertrude
George Schmidtz
Hot Springs
Wilson
April Fool Fable Turns Dark In Spirit Photography Tale
Jefferson Dean plans a bold April Fool joke to ruin his rival Sam Freeman by faking a marriage proposal to Alice Chase. The scheme collapses into a broader tale of life, death, and a wife’s presumed scientific legacy as experiments in spirit photography reveal a single blurred image of his departed spouse.
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Jefferson Dean
Dean
Alice Chase
Sam Freeman
Snima Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Miss Chase
Mr. Dean
Bob Waters
Bob
Jefferson
My. Waters
Bobby
Sam
Alice
Baldheaded men rarely end up in insane asylums says Wisconsin doctor
Dr. Robert B. Clark of Mourne Wisconsin, after examining hundreds of patients, claims baldheaded men are rarely insane. He asserts from his lifelong study that only one insane patient he saw was baldheaded, noting his observations from asylums nationwide.
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Wisconsin
Wis
Robert B. Clark
Dr. Clark
Pioneer Tragedy Inscription Found in Spearfish Mountains
The state museum received a sandstone tablet found by Louis Theos in March 1887 above Spearfish. It records seven settlers arriving in 1833, names De La Compt Ezra Kind GQ Wood E Brown R Kent William King and Indian Crow. It ends with Ezra Kind describing his pursuit by Indians after gold in June 1834. He reports losing his gun and food while Indians hunted him.
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Ind
High Hill
Corvallis man to drown diamonds for estate
J F Yates of Corvallis Ore will receive 6000 from the estate of Ernest W Arnold of Benton county Ore if he throws four diamond rings from Arnold's deceased mother into the Pacific one mile off Yaquina bay. Arnold's will filed for probate designates Yates executor and requires a tombstone over the mother’s grave. The will dated May 17 1915 leaves jewelry to niece Marie White of Ruston La. The reasons for the bequest are unknown.
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Oakland
J. IF. Yates
Corvallis
Ore
Ernest W. Arnold
Benton County
Arnold
Pacific
Yaquina Bay
Yates
Marie White
Ruston
Indicted Figures Tied to Anti Neutrality Plots
Intimated in New York on December 22 six to ten persons are named in indictments likely to be returned today. The alleged activities center on anti neutrality plots with some figures connected to Labor's Peace Council.
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Labor Peace Council
New York
Labor
Peace Council
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Chicago University
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Bert Porter
Brooksburg
Glenn Sherman
Perry E. Bear
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Willard New
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E. S. Roberts
William CL. McLain
Hoosier Casualty Co
C. H. Brackett
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Ebersole
N. T. Drake
Masonic
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Homeo, Medicine Company
William Street, New York
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
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