Local Weddings and Burial Sentences in Madison
George Dewey Sampson and Eve lyn Wels of this county wed in the Judge's room at the Court House at 2 pm. Corporal John H. Burnside and Miss Cecil F. Paxdon of Scott county marry at 3 pm at Rev. J. W Moody's residence on West Main. George C. Vail & Sons ship Ernest Laycock's body to Terre Haute for burial. Miss Marie Louise Robinson leaves for Indianapolis to start insurance work. She will live in Indianapolis but visit Madison often.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dewey Sampson
Evelyn Wels
S. R. McAlpin
John H. Burnside
Cecil F. Paxdon
Scott County
J. W Moody
West Main Street
George C. Vail & Sons
Ernest Laycock
Terre Haute
Court News Milestone in Smyrna partition sale and name change
In Smyrna township, 80 acres part of the Ford heirs sale was approved to widow Malissa E. Ford for $2,000. Emer son Lemen served as heirs’ attorney. Demaree and Maddox Co. request to rename to J. P. Maddox Co. was granted. Harman Smith trial on venue change slated January 27 before Special Judge Curtis Marshall. Other details cover Clark county creamery dispute with lawyers from New Albany. Grand Jury discharged after reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Ford
Smyrna Township
Malissa E. Ford
Emerson Lemen
Demaree & Maddox Co
J. P. Maddox Company
New Albany
Griffith
Bachman Post G A R Elect Officers for Ensuing Term
Bachman Post G A R met in Attorney H H Cope's office and elected officers for the year. Commander J W Bishop Senior Vice Commander Charles W Calloway Junior Vice Commander William Dietz Chaplain A D Vanosdol Officer of the Day C P Richardson Quartermaster John Chapman Adjutant William Smith Delegates to the State Encampment Daniel Grebe Edward Phillips
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachman Post
G. A.R
H. H. Cope
J. W. Bishop
Charles W. Calloway
William Dietz
A. D. Vanosdol
C. P. Richardson
John Chapman
William Smith
Daniel Grebe
Edward Phillips
Death of Miss Emma Smith at 69 in North Madison
Miss Emma S. Smith, aged 69, died at 4 30 this morning at her brother Frank S. Smiths home on Hanging Rock road after a lingering illness. A resident of North Madison for years she had many friends. She belonged to the North Madison Baptist Church and is survived by her mother Mrs T M Smith and two brothers S H Smith of Indianapolis and Frank I Smith who lived with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma S. Smith
Frank S. Smith
Hanging Rock Road
Miss Smith
North Madison
Indianapolis
Frank I. Smith
Florence Logan Jones
Walter G. Jones
Louisville
Cave Hill Cemetery
Jones
Madison
Mill Street
Harry Kyle
Union Lodge Elects Officers for Current Year
Union Lodge No. 2 F. and A. M. at its last meeting elected officers for the year including George W. Augustin W M, Charles C. Gray S W, John Schofield J W, Louis P. Scheik Secretary, S M Strader Treasurer, Melvin W. Blackard S D, Herbert L. Lyon J D, stewards John A. Naill and Howard H. Spaulding, trustees R L Ireland R F Stanton Fred Glass S M Strader Charles Geile T M Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Lodge No. 2
George W. Augustin
W. M
Charles C. Gray
W. John Schofield
R. F. Stanton
Fred Glass
S. M. Strader
Charles Geile
T. M. Reed
Death of Milton Township resident O H Tevis at 70
O H Tevis a longtime Milton Township resident died at his river road home near Morris Chapel at 1 a m after months of declining health. He was about 70, born in Milton, survived by wife Florida Armstrong, son Rocke Tevis and daughter Vernive Weber of Hilton Township, and his father Tillotson Tevis. He leaves a sister Mrs Bruce Osot and nephew John W Tevis. He belonged to Morris Chapel M E Church and was a reputable farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Tevis
Milton Township
Hes
River Road
Morris Chapel
Tevis
Jefferson
Switzerland
Benjima Pevis
Qocmerly
Florida Armstrong
Ro Cce Tevis
Vernive Weber
Hilton Township
Tillotson Tevis
Bruce Osot
Switzerlandounty
Lamb
John W. Tevis
Morris ‘Hhapel M.E. Church
Grand Jury Report Highlights Jail Conditions And Indictments
The grand jury reports four days of session with 28 indictments and urges federal follow up on liquor law violations. They fault the county jail and poor farm conditions, noting sanitation and heating issues at the county building. Florence Logan Jones of Louisville dies aged 63. funeral at Cave Hill with ties to Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Marion Griffith
Jude
Circuit Court
United States
Claude Kennedy
Foreman
W. PT. Heath
Frank Latimore
Harley Warman
Casper Krum
Jeptha W. Storm
Hall's Catarrh Cure Reward Notice and Endorsement
One hundred dollars reward offered for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. JF Cheney & Co of Toledo advertise cure and claim F D Cheney vetted for fifteen years as honorable and able to meet obligations. National Bank of Commerce Toledo endorses. Cure taken internally to blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents. sold by all druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. d. Cheney
National Bank of Commerce
Marriage license issued to Edmon Tilley and Bessie Branham
Clerk Prewatt issued a marriage license this morning to Edmon Tilley of the county and Bessie Branham of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk Prewatt
Edmon Tilley
Bessie Branham
First Champlain and St Lawrence locomotive’s troubled debut
The first locomotive for the Champlain and St Lawrence railway arrived from Europe with an engineer allied to treason, who disappeared from public view. Moonlit trial runs failed to move the Kitten, horses replaced it, and a U.S. engineer later declared the engine ready after fueling. The engine then reached about 20 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champlain & St. Lawrence
Europe
St. Johns
United States
Tessig
Prout
Railways of
Canada
Elusive Happiness and the Value of Work
The text argues happiness is not required yet can be found by faith and daily effort. It suggests joy appears in small acts like reading, singing, sewing, and work itself, which heals disillusionment. It notes pretending dreams may come true but emphasizes practical labor as cure.
Costs of a Car and Chauffeur Standstill Joke
Mabel outlines car and chauffeur expenses totaling several thousand dollars annually. The old man quips that the total comes to a standstill, ending with a humorous exchange about the bill and its seriousness.
Germany Abandons Human Hair for Substitutes
Trade reports indicate Germany produces artificial and substitute hair, with human hair imports from China long halted. The surrogate hair is described as a silk substitute, initially silk hair was used but forbidden, and dolls use glass hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ecommerce
Resports
China
Center of many legends about the Dome of the Rock
The piece surveys the Dome of the Rock near Jerusalem as a pivotal sacred site in Muslim tradition. It notes its claimed sacred rock, ties to Noah and Jacob, and debates whether it marks Solomon’s Temple or Christ’s tomb. It praises the octagonal Shrine of Omar while distinguishing its true status. Mohammedan worship remains undisturbed by Christian authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Mecca
Mohammed
Heaven
Jacob
Gabriel
Tong
Taj Mahal
Omar
Local notes record births travels court cases and school funds
Jan 9 Madison items report a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Charles Kasper. travelers Mr W Q Scott and Glenn head to Indianapolis. Mrs Mayme Gordon hosts Mrs Gordon in Madison. Thomas McKenna returns to Piqua. Hattie Carter sues for divorce and child maintenance. St Marys second team tops Boy Scouts in basketball. Seaman Emmett Wells leaves for Oklahoma. Fred Watson visits after Army discharge. Sister Catherine leaves St Michael's to teach in Haubstadt with Kate Rowan. Circuit Court sets Feb 10 trial date in Sever estate case. Letter from Harry de Lewens shifts to Dallas Texas. Red Cross funds to buy library books for county schools.
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Marcella Louise
Charles N. Kasper
W.Q. Scott
Glenn
Ryker’s Ridge
Indianapoli
Robert G. Gordon
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mayme Gordon
East Second Street
Thomas McKenna
Piqua
Ohio
Hattie Carter
Taylor Carter
Sulzer & Bear
Wallard Hall
St. Mary's
Boy Scouts
Seaman Emmett Wells
Wilmer 2D. Wells
Saluda
U.S. S. Oklahoma
Fred Watson
Camp Taylor
O. F. Watson
Catherine
St. Michael's School
Haubstadt
Vanderburg
New Albany
Kate Rowan
Sinvena Sever
Sever
Curtis Marshall
Poe
Bear
Tfarry de Lweens
Weekly Herald
Sawyer
Texas
Dallas
Union Pro T Company
Mar Pvens Gnany Onmuenads
Death of Roy G Deputy from influenza and pneumonia
Roy G Deputy aged 28 died yesterday afternoon at his parents home three miles east of Jeffersonville on the Plank road after illness from influenza and pneumonia. The family, from Hanover Indiana, will bury him there. His sister Eula Deputy, teaching in Colfax Indiana, was briefly ill but is convalescent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvah Deputy
Jeffersonville
Plank Road
Roy G. Deputy
Hanover
Ind
Eula Deputy
Colfax
Courier- Journal
Singer Office Sees Manager Resignation at Madison Branch
Jesse Lory resigned as manager of Singer Machine Company's Madison office on East Main Street today. With no replacement named yet, Ersneis Brown of Aurora, formerly of Madison, will oversee the office temporarily. Lory plans to relocate with his family likely to another city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Lory
Singer Machine Company
Madison
East Main Street
Ersneis Brown
Aurora
Lory
Election of Officers in Ladies Society at Christian Church
At a meeting held yesterday afternoon at Mrs. William J. Schmidt's residence the Ladies Society of the Christian Church re elected officers for the coming year President Mrs. Louis Esenhardt Vice President Mrs. Samuel Lowe Treasurer Mrs. Louis Feuerstin and Secretary Mrs. George Hoffman In related news statistics cited by the Fire Marshals Association of North America in New York yesterday show the U S fire toll annually at 15000 lives and 250000000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Society of the Christian Church
William J. Schmidt
Louis Esenhardt
Samuel Lowe
Louis Feuerstin
George Hoffman
United States
Fire Marshals’ Association of North America
New York
Enthusiastic Meeting of Jefferson County Hist Society
The Jefferson County Historical Society held a spirited meeting at Commercial Canty. Vice-president Hon. Mk Sulzer led as speakers honored Ton Joseph A Marshall life and character with a reading by Miss Nora Schwab and an essay by din at college age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Logan
Bilger
Homer Long
Mary Wyatt
Fragmented Text on Eyebrows and Vitality Concepts
The passage muses on eyebrow prominence as a sign of character and vitality, noting debates about aesthetic and physical endurance. It contrasts strong, drooping brows with intense expressions and suggests brows reflect inner drive and social cues in a dated, speculative tone.
Heating and construction notes from distant homes and farms
A fragment covers Korean house building, floor layouts, and heating practices with a trench chimney system. It shifts to a USDA diagram showing crop aid values by state led by Iowa and Texas, then notes a Boston animal hospital adding a dental department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Carefus
Staawoor
Boston
Microrene and ICABINET: Unclear archival note
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Microrene and ICABINET with scattered phrases about oath tapping wages and a tepid coffee, lacking coherent events or clear identities.
Fragmentary OCR Note Offers Odd Phrases Noting Aged Terms
A garbled OCR fragment lists scattered words and phrases about maps, pencils, people, and a sedan. The text mixes names and objects with unclear context, yielding no coherent event or report.
Sayings of Publius Syrus Fragment Record
Fragmentary text presents sayings attributed to Publius Syrus with garbled, incomplete lines. The passage mentions a wife and a journey, a carriage, and references to characters or names such as Mass and Tar. The readable content is fragmented and not a coherent narrative.
Government troops attack Sparticides at Silesian station in Berlin
In Berlin government troops with air support bombed and attacked Sparticides at the Silesian railway station, killing sixty five. The report from Copenhagen cites casualties as the clashes continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
WEEN
Copenhagen
Silesian
Entitled Italy Territorial Claims at Peace Conference
Washington Paris and Tokyo likely to oppose Italy s territorial claims at the peace conference. The issue was foregrounded as leaders met with President Wilson and Premier Orlando to discuss the matter amid broader postwar diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
England
Japan
Italy
Lwoa
Wilson
Orlance
Storm sinks Australian destroyers near Cape Basisterre
Ferrol Spain January 10 Two Australian destroyers that sailed from the British navel base at Malta are missing. A warship reported receiving a call for help from an ag battling merchant ship off Cape Basisterre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferrol
Spain
Malta
Ag Nnerian
Cape Basisterre
British steamship Northumbria sinks after mine off Middlesborough
The British steamship Northumbria, sailing from Baltimore, struck a mine off Middlesborough and sank today. Some survivors are reported, but several lives are believed lost in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Northumbria
Baltimore
Middlesborough
Paderewski Among Leaders in Polish Invasion Bold Standoff
Berlin dispatch reports pianist Paderewski, cited as a leader of the Polish invasion force in Eastern Prussia, briefly besieged at Lazor hotel in Posen while German rifle fire damaged curtains. Also notes Theodore Roosevelt estate valued around $500,000 left to Mrs Roosevelt. Sinn Fein constitution purportedly published asserting Irish republic already claimed and noncompliance by Parliament.
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Berlin
Jan Paderewski
Prussia
Na Lazor
Posen
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Sinn Fein
Ireland
London
la Republic
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Marie Louise Robinson
Mrs. Robinson
Court News
Emma Smith
Union Lodge
Electa Officera
Iogenes
H. Tevis
Grand Jury
Teo [Adictmenta
Mabel
Falee
Holy Land
Jumer Red Cross
Red Cross
Othe
Roy G
Singer Office
The
Jefferson County Historical Society
Werner Terabig
Gideon
Bhoek
Korea
Center of Agricultural Production
Plitieis
Department of Agriculture
Texius
Olja
Nebraska
Fudignisa
Kictsas
RTH
Akons
Aive
Chad
Deak
Oak
Publius Syrus
Maxfig
Patheher Ison
Mavina Par
Gilad
Tsoe Tg
eMbbrtiaed
Harn
Sherp
Rene
John White & CO
Louisville, Ky
Gost
Paderewski
Russia
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