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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
3
In Madison area news a list of local events includes missing and recovered shipwreck tolls after the Kanawha disaster with eight dead and seven still missing. Other items note town plant asset distribution and a name change for a North Vernon company. Local actions cover funerals, injuries, and a tobacco shipment valued at $342.
Mr. Benjamin Angelback traveled to Cincinnati yesterday to attend his mother Mrs. Catherine Angelback's funeral widow of August Angelback. Burial expected tomorrow as five daughters and two sons remain. Mrs. Angelback lived in Cincinnati with her children since her husband’s death twenty years ago.
George W Miles and Cope become managers of the Madison and Wilmington Heights Realty Co, formed to handle real estate management and city promotion. Miles, long in the county, profiled for Willmington Heights site planning in 1912, notes high local esteem, growing land values, and a call for public cooperation to boost real estate confidence and city improvements.
Local observers reported a bright meteor in the Ohio Valley area, seen in Madison as a succession of flashes before six. Weather notes show a rise from 39 at 5 AM to 70 by 8 AM amid unusually warm conditions. a telegram claimed the meteor fell in northern Kentucky.
Representative Buchanan of Illinois yesterday failed to push a resolution for the Judiciary Committee to begin an immediate inquiry into the impeachment charges against United States Attorney Marshall of New York.
Court reconvened after adjournment as Judge Griffith returned from Indianapolis. Cases include Thompson et al. conversion dispute over a tobacco crop at Snook & Co warehouse, W E Longley fire marshal appeal over the old hay press barn at Dupont, and Gilliland versus Gilliland for divorce. Also Harkins heirs payout, McGregor estate real estate sales, and assault indictments against Lockridge and Henry.
Mrs A H Lytle returns from visiting in Anderson. Real estate transfer records Nathan C Horton and wife to John M M Taylor for 78.95 acres in Saluda at 1095 dollars. J Andrew Cole hospitalized with double pneumonia. Mrs John Porter and Mrs Martha Rice visiting sister Mrs John McCauley in Madison. Henry A Klein and wife from Cincinnati to stay with I L Stern through Sunday. Frank Wymond dies in Louisville at 69 from Bright's disease. funeral in Aurora with brother Capt. Chas A Wymond traveling for funeral. Tobacco market sells 62 000 pounds at 10 03 average. high 41 50. receipts large. buoyant market. Mrs Susan A McCoy 81 dies. buried in Salem after services in Carrollton Kentucky.
Ex Sheriff Frank McKay and his son LeClae acquire the local Chevrolet agency from Oliver Wonaaa after a deal in Indianapolis. They open a safes store-room and garage in the Richert block and plan active campaigns to sell Chevrolets in the city and county. Several machines are on hand with more on order to establish a first class auto agency.
St Patrick's church in North Madison elects trustees for 1916 John Hoffman Mark Crawley Michael Requet William Lehman Also top officers include Men’s Society Edgar Ringwald George Schaefer Altar Society Mrs John Augustine and Mrs Louis Rohrman Picnic Committee Joseph Augustine Louis Geiler Mrs Mark Crawley and Mrs Nicholas Hertz.
Everett McCammon and wife transfer 60 acres in Re publican township to Schuyler A. Whitsett for 1000 dollars. Andrew P. Sample and wife transfer 124 310 acres in Milton township to John W. Carlisle and wife for 2770 dollars. Florence L. Calvert and husband transfer 3674 acres in Madison township to Benjamin Ashley and wife for private consideration.
Two people died and three were injured when a collision on the Northwestern road at Allis avenue Milwaukee was caused by automatic signals freezing in extreme cold. Indianapolis reports A C Law of Morocco Ind was named to the State Democratic Committee for the Tenth District succeeding C J Murphy.
Charles R. Johnson, Sr., a prominent Madison citizen and founder of the Johnson foundry and Johnson Contract Company, died at the Denny sanitarium after weeks of illness. A longtime public servant and community leader, he built up the city water pumping contract and local electrical and rail projects, chaired fire and public works efforts, and led Beech Grove Park fairs with his son. He leaves a widow and three children.
The funeral for the late George C. Forse was held at St Marys Church at 9 am. Father Bilger celebrated a Requiem High Mass and Rev Bilger led the burial service. Joseph Hertz sang Face to Face, with many floral tributes and mourners in attendance including St Peters Society and Reynard Hunting Club members. Burial followed at St Josephs Cemetery with pallbearers George Knoebel Henry Kahn William Voelker John Hans Henry G Schneider Edward Dihammer George Johann Charles Morehead.
In Georgetown Kentucky a meteor portion reportedly rests in a ravine about a mile from town near Codys Mill. T K Skinner who was stunned by an electrical shock when the meteor fell describes a house sized fragment and a near miss as the Elkhorn river swelled making the impact point hard to reach. Neighbor Mrs John Lewis Thomas says the meteor seemed to pass so close she could have touched it with a pole.
Rev. Owens preached on God’s X-ray revealing hidden sin, citing Adam Cain Elisha’s servant Achan Judas Ananias and Sapphira. He warned unbelief as the greatest sin and urged repentance through Christ or facing punishment, praising Owens’s engaging, illustrative style. Southern California iron ore deposits noted.
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