Town Notes of North Madison and Surroundings
Births and visits listed from North Madison with relatives in Chicago Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Notices include soldiers, funerals, and family travel. a local anecdote praises George Borden for supporting war efforts and links to broader statistics on feeble mindedness and draft rejections in the era.
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Army and Navy
George Borden
Goldsboro
N. C
United States Army
France
Welcome Home Battery War Heroes Plan Jefferson County Event
A meeting called by William Ogden, chair of the Jefferson County Council of Defense, convened in Attorney Curtis Marshall's office to plan a home-coming for Battery D artillerymen. About 2 to 3 dozen veterans from Madison and nearby counties are invited, with committees named for executive, finance, publicity and parade duties.
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William Ogden
Jefferson County Councill
Curtis Marshall
Bothdth Field Artillery
Deanen
Woolford
Madison
France
Camp Merritt
Nou Thess
Wil Tee
Benjamin Harrison
Fedan Ton Hs
Ines Saapedis
Martison
Afrsen County
Win Opden
W. H. Miller
A.D. Vanosdol
Edward M. Prenatt
Harvey Jo Zearing
Walter Caplinger
I. L. Stern
W. O H. Miller
Moh. Cochrane
Chas. G. Dickerson
George EF. Denny
Jefferson County
North Madison
Harry H.cope
Fort Bliss
Thas
Cope
Madson
Hlatesburg
Miss
Texas
Mrs Mary Louise Robinson Retires From Military Business
Mrs Mary Louise Robinson retires after leading the military business of New York Machinery Company on East Main Street. Miss Griffiths succeeds her, to operate the firm and its Indianapolis Madison representation. Robinson joins Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance in Springfield as head of the women's department and will serve Indianapolis and Madison.
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William Noide
Newport
Shelley Noble
Bertha
Ithel Wooius
Oye Hi Tives
Hanover
Thaneville
Florence Jose
Indianapolis
Custya
J.D. Holledas
Greorge
Chicago
Guy Palenwoo
Hate Glass
Hlanover
Fort Sheridan
New York Machinery
Coen
Griffith
Wao
Canee
Bersanes
Madicca
QR Robinson Ds
Sears Ag
Mdsnee Tisceath Et
Kedemom
Betas
Whrerebs
Osermsdee
Robinson
Massachusetts Mutual Lote Insaurance Company
Sprimquest
Mass
Pietoner Peast Co
Indanapoli and
Madison
Bila So Grito
New York Mechinery Company
Odners
Messrs
Dosept Drossette
Loren Locunore
DeRossette & Larimore
Test of Time Proves Dean's Kidney Pills Effective
Mrs. McKay of Madison testifies that after using Dean's Kidney Pills the backache kidney weakness and swelling disappeared and never returned. The ad urges readers to demand Dean's Kidney Pills at 60c and cites Foster Milburn Co. as manufacturer. A separate note reports a commission recommending moving Indiana's Reformatory to Jeffersonville.
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John BE. MehKay
Tio W. Third Street
Madison
Mikay
Dean
Mrs. McKay
Down
War tale and local business reopen in Madison
Fragmented report describes a battle scene with casualties at St. Mithiel and a Chaplain Jenny aiding a successful attack on enemy machines. It also notes DeRossette and Loren Locunore planning a new garage business, DeRossette & Larimore, with updated equipment, while Madison schools resume after influenza closures.
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Soarty
Ray Baye
Veo
Sen
St. Mithiel
Wri
Jenny Bes
Woman Wins Corporal Rank Amid War Service
A woman who fought alongside her husband is honored for attaining the rank of corporal. The account highlights her frontline service, endurance, and the recognition she earned, marking a significant moment in her wartime duties.
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Owen
Sia
voNawre
Local changes as residents return from holiday travel
Madison notices list residents departing for Cincinnati Indianapolis and Chicago for holidays. Several soldiers arrive home from Camp Taylor Fort Riley and Rahway while local hospital care expands with five new Red Cross patients.
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The
Red Cross Hospital
North Madison
Madison
Lingerie Painted as Art Gallery Idea in New York
The New York Times envisions lingerie painted with master designs and scenic backgrounds to showcase art on garments. It suggests bold motifs like Washington Crossing the Delaware and The Battle of Waterloo, touting painting as a new lifeline for struggling artists amid wartime art taxation debates.
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Steel
Washington
Delaware
Maine
California
Nagerle
New York Times
Mayor White Court Hears Eaglin Liquor Case
James Eaglin fined 50 dollars and costs 80 in Mayor White court for unlawfully bringing liquor into the State. Fine stayed. Alleged to have carried several cases of whiskey from Louisville to Madison on the steamer Hazel Rice a week ago last Saturday night. Wet goods ordered destroyed.
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White
James Eaglin
Louisville
Madison
Explosives Dumped At Sea From South Amboy
Washington reports that by order of the railroad administration hundreds of thousands of pounds of TNT picric acid and other high explosives belonging to the French and Italian governments are towed out to sea and dumped thirty five miles from Scotland Neck lightship. The 228 car loads had been parked near Wilmington Delaware awaiting transport. Some material remains aboard ships but most will be disposed of by Monday.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
South Amboy
N. J
Scotland Neck
Wilmington
Del
Liberty Sweepstakes 600 Mile Race Set for May 31
Indianapolis announces the Allied Liberty Sweepstakes will run 600 miles at the speedway on May 31 with a $50,000 purse. Foreign entries from Italy France England and Belgium expected, including Fiat and Sunbeam cars and drivers such as Guyot Crossman Porporato and Scales.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway
Miami
Florida
England
France
Iaiy
Belgium
United States
W. F. Bradley
Paris
Fiat
Sunbeam
Albert Guyot
Crossman
Guyot
van Raalte
Porporato
Chicago Speedway
Turin
Italy
Jack Scales
Fagnano
Bordeaux
America
Wool Scarcity Seen Persisting Postwar
Douglas Isperson in Eversbedy's argues wool will stay scarce even after peace as armies require rehabbing khaki. He notes depleted Germany and global markets strain wool and shoddy supplies, with virgin wool and shoddy both in short supply and the average life of a wool pound greatly reduced by war.
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Douglas Isperson
Eversbedy’s
Germany
Espartero the Duke of Vittoria Leads Spanish Politics
Fifty years past Queen Isabella was dethroned and Spain rejected Bourbon rule to establish a constitutional government. Espartero, Duke of Vittoria, repeatedly led the state, guiding succession, suppressing Carlists, and ruling during Isabella II’s minority before resigning in 1856. Born 1792 to a wheelwright, he rose from common soldier to statesman.
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Isabella
Spain
Espartero
Vittoria
Hle
Ino
Psadella
Esportero
Cortes
London
Psog
Christinia
Nur Vues
Hfe Asia
White Light and Eye Fatigue In Lighting Tests
Researchers Ferree and Rand, cited by the American Illuminating Society, compare kerosene lamps and incandescent lamps. They find white light from tungsten lamps reduces eye fatigue, while yellowish light from carbon or kerosene lamps increases strain, and blue bulb tungsten lamps cause the greatest fatigue.
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C. BE. Ferree
J. Rand
American Uhuminiating Society
Chemists Plan Protective Gas Inventions For Workers
Chemists propose gas absorbing masks to shield industrial workers in mines and factories from poison gas. Some invented gases may also disinfect orchards and fight vermin while repelling blights like San Jose scale.
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San Jose
Reichstag Recommends Rural Cottages to Boost Births
The Reichstag backs moving workers from cities to small detached cottages with light, country air, and nutritious food to raise birth rates. It notes many wounded soldiers marry older women and urges clinics to cut infant mortality.
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Reichstag
Chhildren
Port land Yard builds eighty nine frames in time record
A crew of fourteen framers two foremen and four riggers at the Sup ple Ballionhipbuilding yards in Portland Oregon built and placed eighty nine double frames in forty and one half hours. Each frame was bolted with sixty four screws and coated twice with carbolineum before assembly.
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Ghipe
Mrs Lloyd George Aiding Campaign Across Wales
Great Britain's prime minister relied heavily on his wife Mrs David Lloyd George during his recent bid for Parliament. While touring Wales she spoke from her car at several stops, including a large miners meeting at Trehirris.
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Great Britain
David Lloyd George
Wales
Trehirris
One Man Colliery and Singular Rail Line Try Solo Work
A historical note describes a one man coal mine operation and a parallel one man driven railway on the Atlantic system. The miner operates at Hether The Miner conte, Plaawn er works, digging near the surface with limited output and using coal for blocktus. A separate single operator runs a transit line with a car for 16 passengers, built for independent service along the map and tied to freight functions.
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London
Hether
Ull
Buat
Marines Dance Moment Before Departure for France
In Quantica a group of Marines gathered for a night out before heading to France. A popular dancer asked a girl with a full program for one dance, but she declined. A man nearby interjected and insisted on taking the last available dance with the reluctant partner.
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Quantica
Cortain
France
Hoor
Toamoso
Evidently Had Wrong Girl on Street Encounter
A bouncer, annoyed at first, realizes he has bumped into an old acquaintance. He asks about Borem and a former loved one. The friend says Borem visits the girl and plays gramophone records, while she subtly advances the clock by ten minutes to a quarter hour each time.
Sun Lifts Water From Gatun Lake To Record March
Popular Mechanics reports a new March record for evaporation from Gatun Lake in the canal zone. The sun drew 3,245,000,000 cubic feet of water in 31 days, about 1,218 cubic feet per second, surpassing the Gatun hydroelectric pen stocks by one cubic foot per second and linking to a 4,081,000 kilowatt hours energy loss due to evaporation.
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Gatun Lake
Canal Zone
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Gatun
British air raid hits Constantinople again
Reported raids by British airmen strike Constantinople for a second time. News notes widespread disruption as casualties and damage are tallied while schooling declines in Turkey with about half the population unable to read or write.
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Constantinople
Turkey
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Madison Herald
Herald Company
Madison, Ind
Mro
Matthew Hoffman
Louis Sulzer
Relate Tives
Edna Cre, Or
Phayton
Shanie Schwab
Walnut Street
Joba Hargiaige
Craymont
Uadertaker Haigh
Cragmont
North Mass
Mion
Joos
Jomes Stuart
Anita
Casics
Davel
Clifford
Plata Apolis
Cle Lewes
Grape
Uy Lewis
Oliver Clee
Lene
Carolyn Iar
Liergan
Ian Monticello
Gieorge
Lsstra
London Bottom
Towson
Bo Suter
Victor Wheeler
Henry County
New York
New National Army
Sen Sow Maling
Robert Yunker
Joseph Lo Schofield
Mary Louise Robinson
Misses Griffith
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Goodrich
Ray F Jenny
Husband
Stepa Falica
Rebekah Drake
Cincinnati
Hal Hurlburt
Lyland Tevis
Howard Schofield
Camp Taylor
Edward Huck
Peter Willick
East Fourth Street
Joseph D. Wood
Agnes Graham
Ada Colgate
Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg High School
Thomas J. Graham
Thomas
Virginia Ernst
Jessie Mechem
Greencastle
Depauw
Ruth Donat
Agnes Demaree
Central Business College
Sergt
Ira S. Allison
Rahway
U. S. General Hospital
Edward Gibson, Jr
Fort Riley, Kas
Edward Gubbson
East Second Street
Indianapolis Motor Spedway
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