Madison and Tantary Small Town Notes of Local Events
A garbled late 19th century page records residents and places around Madison and Tantary including names such as Albert William Koshib Josephine Matt and Morparet Lea. Mentions of Gia Hodley and Jeffersonville hint at local movements and community concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Evernsty
Wiliam Koshib
Des Josephine Matt
Moss Prene Guihodley
Morparet
Lea
Wes Street
Jefersonville
Hayeon
Jennings County
Sean
Dacate
Patent Medaia S
Tobacco Market Shows Mixed Results Amid Weather Delays
WoT Shenk & Co and the Peoples House sold 36.9 thousand pounds at 24.50 and 20,315 pounds at 64.2. The general market held a healthy tone with better mid grades but sales suspended due to bad weather and shipping bottlenecks. Planters Warehouse and Farmers Warehouse reported solid sales with notable prices. Red Cross tobacco donations raised 29.67. Next sale likely set for next week once deliveries resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wot Snook & Co
Peoples House
Red Cross
Peepees House
M. O. Perkinson
Milton
Scott & Carver
Brooksbury
Bo MeeCh Hand
Madison
Madison News Briefs Reach Across Town and Beyond
Local items report A C Greiner couple heading to Pittsburgh to build a new home, the death of Charles A Mousty and his remains sent to DePauw Indiana, Mrs E Powell and Uncle Nerval Verry returning from Chicago, Louis Krue birthday honors, Edward Lauer recovering from illness, Red Cross Lake Division dispatches 119000 knitted items including 24000 sweaters and 240 helmets to Camp Taylor, Thekla Lucht 83rd birthday feast hosted by Jacob Luceht, Charles and Mer Parry Lemen birthday observances, North Madison station train delay and rerouting due to a blown cylinder head with the hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Greiner
Pittsburgh
Charles A. Mousty
Cragmont
DePauw
Ind
Vail
EE. Powell
Nerval Verry
Chicago
Louis
Louis Krue
East Second Street
Edward A. Lauer
Mulberry Street
Lauer
Lake Division
American Red Cross
Lake Territory
Camp Taylor
Thekla Lucht
Walnut Street
Jacob Luceht
Jefferson Street
Charles Lemen
Mer Parry Lemen
Charles Lemon
North Broadway
Herald
North Madison
Crganie
Junior Red Cross urged for every school pupil enrollment
President Wilson and the National Board push a one hundred percent Junior Red Cross in schools. Children are taught to align with adults in supporting the war effort. Eggleston and Lower Seminary may need aid to enroll all pupils, so a voluntary subscription fund is started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Red Cross
Wilson
National Board of the American Red Cross
America
Red Cross
Eggpleston
Lower Seminary
Eggleston School
Miss Anna Hosts Card Party At North Walnut Street
Miss Anna entertained guests at her home on North Walnut Street last night for a lively card party. Prizes awarded for top scores included first prize to Mrs. Robert Davis, second to Miss Josephine Schafer, and third to Mrs. Andrew Schneider. Democratic maxims follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
North Walnut Street
Robert Davis
Josephine Schafer
Andrew Schneid
Jealousy Motive in Madison Woman’s Murder
Charles Born stabbed 22 year old Annie B. Connell to death at the northeast corner of Second and Jefferson Streets in Madison. Born then cut his wrist and forearm before surrendering to Sheriff Monroe. Coroner’s verdict cites a fatal throat wound from the knife used in the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Charles Born
Annie B. Connell
Second
Jefferson Streets
Connell
Jesse Stockdale
Jefferson Street
Stockdale
Strong
Main Street
Born
Second and
Second Street
Jefferson
Eaglin
Floyd Eaglin
John Slattery
Monroe
A. Turner
Church Street
Church
Henning
Hanover
Taff
Annie B. Stoner
James Stoner
Ira Hebner
James Connell
Dolly
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Griffith
Annieb. Connell
Born Wall
Death of Mrs John Gerrety in Nashville prompts Madison burial plan
Mrs John Gerrety, aunt of Mrs Julius Schmidt Sr, died in Nashville Tennessee. Survived by two daughters Mamie and Nellie and son Michael in Cuba, with two Madison sisters also named. Remains to be brought to Madison for burial after arrival in Nashville. Also notes community war era defense and welfare updates and a coal delivery policy from Indiana federal officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Schmidt
John Gerrety
Nashville
Tenn
Madison
Gerrety
Mamie
Nellie
Michael
Cuba
William McLaughlin
North East Street
Thomas Mullen
North Walnut Street
Ice Covered River and Local Craft Reach Whitish Run
The river broke at noon and ice is running out at about three miles an hour while shore ice about 50 feet extends to protect harbor craft. Island Queen and parts of Princess tied-up craft pass Madison, and towboat EuGene Dana Smith reaches shore below Brooksburg. A poem by Walt Mason laments meatless days and mocks wartime hunger with cheerful sarcasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Carrollton
Brooksburg
Eugene Dana Smith
Little Indian Kentucky Creek
Prief
Walt Mason
Notice on Alien Enemy Registration Ordered in City
The Department of Justice requires all male aliens over 14 from enemy nations to register in Indianapolis from February 4 to February 9, 1918. Chief of Police Samuel Sauley will oversee registration at City Hall to ensure compliance, with detention for noncompliance during the war. The notice closes with a local quip about greatness and fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
U. S
Indiana
United States
Sauley
German Empire
Austria- Hungary
Samuel Sauley
Strive To Have Healthy Skin
A fragmentary note discusses skin care and healthy routines. It mentions general advice about keeping skin smooth and moisturized, with scattered phrases that imply daily habits and self care. The readable text lacks clear names or concrete events.
Methods to Suppress Strikes in Germany Spark Unrest
Amsterdam February 1 Field Marstitl Hindenburg leads Germanys strike crackdown using ruthless military methods. Across borders labor unrest grows with Baltic port leaders jailed and workers ordered back. Government reports 800000 to 2000000 idle as strikers resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Marstitl Hindenburg
Germany
Baltic
Americans barred from leaving Belgium by German governor
Five Americans engaged in relief work were refused permission to depart Belgium by the German governor general. The action appears retaliatory as Germans were not allowed to leave the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Washington
Becuse
United States
Death toll from French expedition shocks Washington
Eleven Americans in France are confirmed dead after noon. One soldier Private Floyd McKinney of Whistler Ohio was killed by gunshots. Nine men died of natural causes and another man from a fractured skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
Floyd McKinney
Whistler
Ohio
Attempted assassination of Lenin reported from Petrograd
A Petrograd dispatch says another attempt failed to assassinate Bolshevik Premier Nicholai Lenin. In Paris a German air raid Wednesday night left forty five dead and two hundred six injured, according to today’s announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nicholai Lenine
Petrograd
Paris
Fragmentary Medical List From Historic OCR Page
A damaged OCR passage lists various ailments with associated numbers and prices, including fevers, worms, croup, rheumatism, piles, catarrh, whooping cough, and other conditions. The fragment references terms like fever, rheumatism, and whooping cough with scattered numbers and unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cali
Ceoup
Rheamatisen
Gop
Ceelpree
York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tantary
Defenditt
Messrs
Chudes Ho Anger
Bernard Jones
Denier Denes
Michael Barrer
Battery BF
Mata Cield Neuleryvy
Camisheley
Tattie Tien
Moss
Jen
Tobaccy Market
Wot Shenk & Co
the Peoples House
Bullock
Thos
Nashville, Tenn
Women's Section Council Defense
State Council of Defense
Indiome League For Women
Goodrich
Department of Women’s
Anne Studebaker Carlisle
War Council
Carlisle
Jefferson County
Human Welfare League
Commercial Club
John Dahlem
Jefferson County All Right
Garfield
Indianapolis News
Evans Woolen
Federal
Newt Dare of
Waren
Nichola Lenine
Huief
Sale Deposit & Llusive
Oneposiis
Leading Trust Company
John W. Tevis
Pres
J. W. Cornett
Hey Fost
W. H L. Miller
H. L. Lyon
Sec
John Clements
Treas
First National Bank
Madison Insurance
J K. Wever
Bee'y
New York City
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