Madison Madison County News Roundup Christmas visits and obituaries
Madison Indiana December 16 1920 Readers note Christmas arrivals and departures of residents visiting relatives in nearby towns. Births births include Evelyn Marie to Mr and Mrs Arthur Norris of Fulton. Obituaries tell of William A T Rague and John D Murphy former Madison residents buried in Bloomington and Terre Haute. The Eagle Cotton Mills Co. funds a four week Christmas bonus for employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Madaline Laidley
Chicago
Arthur Norris
Fulton
Evelyn Marie
Jane Bray
Switzerland County
Shelbyville
Howard Kremer
Indianapolis
Charles Niklaus
Sterling
Inl
Jacob Hart
Christmas Weddings in Milton and Indianapolis
Ivan J. Richmond and Zadsh L. Chandler, both of Milton, Ky, received a marriage license from Clerk Nichols and were married by Rev. E A Shulz in the clerk’s office. Gilbert Jenkins and Helen L. Spicer were granted licenses. the couple wed at Rev. Shulz’s residence on West Third Street. William Peake and Louise M. Meurath, both of Indianapolis, obtained licenses this afternoon. they plan to marry in the city tomorrow. A baby’s brain grows more in the first year than in all its remaining years.
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Ivan J. Richmond
Zadsh L. Chandler
Milton
Nichols
E A. Shulz
Gilbert Jenkins
Madison Light & Railway Company
Helen L. Spicer
John Spicer
Travels Afoot in East Africa Specimens and Prehistoric Implements
A fragmented account describes Mr Pascoe's specimens including tools dating to 2000 BC and photographs of ceremonies, some cannibalistic, with notes referencing dangers. The text blends tangled OCR remnants about Mary, Paylund, and locations near Victoria Nyanza and the great lakes, hinting at exploration and ethnographic challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pascoe
Geta
Mary
Mary Dan
St Marys School Presents Christmas Entertainment
The pupils performed a holiday program in the school hall on East Second Street featuring Christmas Bells I’d Like to be a Santa Claus December The Christmas Spirit Christmas Everywhere December Christmas Items Dialogue Christmas Comes but Once a Year Xmas Acrostics Riddle A Santa Claus Strike At the close Miss Vivian Magers received a diploma after completing a commercial course at St Marys school.
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St. Mary's School
East Second Street
Vivian Magers
St. Mary’s School
Madison Lively Christmas Notes and Local Marital News
Miss Arena Ryberg leaves for Mt Summit Indiana. Mr and Mrs E T Welch depart for Louisville after visiting Kasper. Laura Frances born to George Richards in Madison. J A Culbertson travels to Kansas City for Phi Gamma Delta convention. Bucknell to Nebraska with his mother. Walter Luckett and Ota Jones wed after obtaining license. Christmas offerings aid Indianapolis diocese totaling 265 at St Marys and 293 at St Michaels in Madison.
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Arena Ryberg
Mt. Summit
Ind
E. T. Welch
Louisville
M. A. Kasper
Adelaide Almond
Lovantville
E. J. Scott
George Richards
Mulberry Street
Laura Frances
A. M. Stewart
Martha
Lucille
Losantville
Madison and Vicinity
J. A. Culbertson
Hanover
Kansas City
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
C. E. Bucknell
Nebraska
Bucknell
Walter A. Luckett
Ota J. Jones
Trimble County
Nichols
Frances Eades
Indianapolis
Madison
St. Mary's Church
St. Michael's Church
Property Transfers at Hanover and Main Street Deal
Mary Niesse conveyed business property at 123 East Main Street to William Niesse for 4000 dollars. Conrad Heck occupies the property. Charles P. Tull sold property in Hanover to Henry Bentz and wife for 1200 dollars.
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Mary Niesse
William Niesse
East Main Street
Conrad Heck
Charles P. Tull
Henry Bentz
Hanover
Juries Drawn for January Term in Jefferson Circuit Court
Jury commissioners EJ Scott and George M Schwab drew grand, petit, and reserve juries for the January term to be convened by Judge Griffith. Names include Peter Willick Charles R Vallee Henry Lapp Irvin Shockley Piward Field and more with members from city Monroe Madison Smyrna and other towns. Reserves list John Martin John W Driggs Ira Fisher William C U Fleming Henry Rousch and others.
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EJ. Scott
George M. Schwab
Nichols
Jefferson Circuit Court
Wll
Griffith
Grand
Peter Willick
Charles R Vallee
Monroe
Henry Lapp
Lancaster
Irvin Shockley
Piward Field
Smyrna
Charles Kahn
Pett
Albert Athey
Harry Hargan
Ira Keel
Madison
Clem Stewart
Republican
George Hastarder
Symrna
Otis Lawler
Graham
George H. Waltz
Wm. T. Harley
William H. Rahe
City
Thomas G. Francisco
Louis Kloppfer
Sara
Irvin E. Jones
Shelby
John Martin
Milton
John W. Driggs
Ira Fisher
William CU
Fleming
Henry Rousch
Charles 8
Woodtl
John Barnes
Abel Wyatt
Millard F. Polk
Fred Crafton
Saluda
Ennis
Frank M. Kenworthy
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertisement offer
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a $100 reward for incurable catarrh cases. It claims 35 years of use, blood-borne relief, and improved health after short treatment, urging readers to start now and request free testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, with a 75 cent price.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Miss Lydia Reynolds Dies Quietly at Home in Madison
Miss Lydia Reynolds a long time schoolteacher in this city and county was found dead in her bed at the Crawford residence on West Third Street around 1 pm. The 70 year old resident who had lived in Madison all her life taught at several schools most recently at North Madison before retiring two years ago. She was a Baptist church member and is survived by a sister in New York and several nephews and nieces in Franklin Ind. All have been notified by telegraph.
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Lydia Reynolds
James Crawford
West Third Street
Miss Reynolds
Crawford
North Madison
Baptist Church
Franklin
Ind
Death notices for John Rousch and Francis Gibbs
John Rousch a longtime resident died at 72. He leaves six children including Mrs Sage Mrs Levi Miss Gertrude Frank Jack and Charles. Funeral at 2 pm with pallbearers named. Francis Marion Gibbs Civil War veteran retired farmer died at 85 at 619 West Second Street. He never married and was a Salt Lake frontier traveler and Mason. Burial in Jennings County beside parents.
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Francis Marion Giibs
Ida Crozier
West Second Street
Golden Valley
S. C
Spruce M. Gibbs
Salt Lake City
Utah
Masonic Order
Gibbs
Den
Jennings County
Christmas Travel and Local Property Sale Report
Madison notes show residents returning home for Christmas and visiting relatives in Indiana and nearby states. Curtis Marshall sold an 80 acre Wallace farm in Monroe township to Albert M. Thompson for 2360 dollars, with E S Roberts attorney.
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J. W. Rankin
Bradford
Louisville
Charles Eckert
Cincinnati
Mr. Eckert
J. Horton Barber
Indianapolis
W. A. Barber
John Shaughnessy
Terre Haute
Ira Hofman
Chicago
George D. Demaree
Walter Schneider
Luisville
Harry Child
Schneider
Walter
Market quotes for poultry eggs butter and hay grain
The notice lists wholesale prices for live poultry eggs butter fowls turkeys geese ducks guinea fowl and butter fat from Gray-Vonau men Co. It also shows wholesale prices for Timothy hay clover alfalfa hay wheat straw oat straw rye straw and corn per bushel with ranges. A final unrelated line notes the halibut as the largest of the flatfish family.
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Cesccce
Esso Serseneses
Gray-Vonaumen Co
Timothy Hayton
Mrs Lucy Lazenby Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Lucy Lazenby 55 died at midnight Christmas night at her home near Main Street after a brief illness not seen as serious until late. She leaves a husband, two sons, and a daughter and was a member of West Madison M E Church. Also note railroads say no rate raise is to be sought.
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Lucy Lazenby
Main Street
West Madison M. E. Church
Armed Girl Rout Hazer Row At Waukegan High
A high school clash between sophomores and freshmen at Waukegan School escalated into a gun battle. Carl Ambrose fired at Theodore Liex, injuring him, before Nett Dobson grabbed the weapon. Ambrose was beaten unconscious as two masked youths fled after two shots rang out.
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Chicago
Waukegan High School
Hazers
Carl Ambrose
Theodore Liex
Nett Dbckson
Wireless telephones for Shanghai firemen
Shanghai firefighters will soon use wireless telephones mirroring major city practice. The system aims to keep the fire department in constant contact with crews during blazes, improving coordination and response.
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Shanghai
Seven-Ounce Hen Stirs Oregon City Poultry Fame
Eugene Kitzmiller, seven, is likely owner of the smallest hen in Oregon. The black breasted red game weighs seven ounces and is six months old, strutting beside Rhode Island reds in the yard of his parents in Oregon City.
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Oregon City
Eugene Kitzmiller
E. P. Kitzmiller
Oregon
Rhode Island
Death after accidental discharge during kiss
Cincinnati police investigate the death of Robert Gilb a 22 year old former soldier who says his revolver fired by accident while he kissed his sweetheart Clara Stuminaki at a picture show. He had carried the gun for protection returning from her home and she handed it to him moments before the discharge.
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Cincinnati
Robert Gilb
Clara Stuminaki
Gib
Congo Tribes Use Distinct Dialects and Brazil Eagle Feeds
A Washington dispatch notes Senator Harding shifts away from League foes and signals possible Senate breach. The Congo tribes each maintain their own dialects while the Brazilian herpy eagle is said to feed exclusively on monkeys.
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Congo
Brazil
Washington
Harding
League
Senate
China to Have New Money Plan
A New York report outlines China's upcoming currency reform affecting foreign banks, detailing the long dominance of silver taels and local cash or chop dollars, the heavy commissions on currency exchanges, and the role of compradores in bank transactions. It notes the high costs of travelling with dollars and the de facto disability of taels in daily use.
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New York
China
Hongkong
Shanghai
Foochow
Amoy
Swatow
Anand
Amay
London
Endora Kansas shows crime motif rare in Eudora tale
In Eudora Kansas a 1900 bank robbery marks the only time crime revisited the town, while local lore describes a council that paved streets, merged roles for the city marshal and grave digger, and a modernizing era in a 650 population town with electric lighting and asphalt streets.
Scituate Shore Yields Large Fish After Tide Influx
Scituate Massachusetts residents report catching many fish without nets as high tides pushed enormous schools ashore. The beaches were lined with dead and dying fish after the tidal event left thousands scattered along the shore.
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Scituate
Mass
Shoe Prices Rise Prompt New Purchase in El Dorado
A farmer from Chelsea northeast of El Dorado recalls buying shoes 23 years ago and recently buying a new pair, noting price increases since the previous purchase. The fragment suggests local market changes and consumer concern about shoe costs.
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el Dorado
Kan
D. C
Hamilton
Chelsea
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