Homes and Exams Amid Hanover News and Fire
Miss Mary Fitcher returns from Akron to visit her nephew James Robertson and family. Saturday January 2hth marks the first regular teachers examination for high school students seeking advance credits. Workmen begin clearing debris from the Hanover College Science Hall ruins after New Year’s fire. A flue fire at the Judkins home near the college caused excitement but caused no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fitcher
Akron
Ohio
James Robertson
Science Hall
Hanover College
Frank Judkins
Hanover
Walnut Street Fire Company elects officers for term
At the regular Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4 meeting, officers were elected for the ensuing term. President Albert Gi. Winter. Vice President Nicholas Schultz Jr. Secretary Joan Kalb. Treasurer Frank J. Schram. Chief Peter Hoagland. Assistant Chief Chris Breitenback. 1st Hose Director Nick Schulte. 2nd Hose Breester Henry Koob er. 1st Pipeman Frank Voelker. 2nd Pipeman Edward Johann Messenger Henry Dohinn. Trustees William Ketz, William Bersch, Frank Voelker elected for one year. all other officers six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4
Albert Gi. Winter
Nicholas Schultz
Joan Kalb
Frank J. Schram
Peter Hoagland
Chis, Breitenback
Nick Schulte
Henry Kooeber
Frank Voelker
Lward
Johann Messenger
Henry Dohinn
Willian [Ketz
Walliam Bersch
Munths
Police chief returns deserter to military authorities
Chief of Police Jones led Private Clarence Ash to Camp Taylor to be turned over to military authorities after Ash had deserted the army and evaded for weeks. Jones earns a $50 reward. his son Corporal Daniel Jones accompanied him to Louisville. The text notes a fundraising drive in Jefferson County for Armenian relief with various local officers named and a large, unclear total mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willim Jones
Clarence Ashby
Camp Taylor
Miltary
Ashby
Madison
Shor T Muonroe
Jones
Minitary
Louisville
Daniel Jones
Battery F
Bernard Koehler Dies After Lingering Illness In Madison
Bernard John Koehler died at 6:15 this morning at his mother's home on Walnut Street after a five year illness. Born in Madison he was 35 turning 36 next April and a son of Anna Koehler and the late Jacob Koehler. He worked on the railroad and as a loom repairer at the Eagle cotton mill and was a member of St Mary's Church. He leaves his mother and several brothers and sisters. Meanwhile, the will of Thomas L. Taylor of Saluda township was probated granting his widow Harriett L. Taylor life use of land with later bequests toTaylor children. The court approved direct payment of certain funds to minor heirs of Richard L. Ford of Smyrna township who signed over their shares to their mother Melissa B. Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard John Koehler
Anna Koehler
North
Walnut Street
Koehler
Madison
Jacob Koehler
St Mary's Church
Eagle Cotton
Ele
Thomas L. Taylor
Saluda Township
Emerson Lemen
Fle
Harriett L. Taylor
John M. Taylor
Nellie J. Montgomey
Irvin T. Taylor
Fred QO. Taylor
Prudence E. Neighbart
Bernice
Laura
Charlie Ford
C. Willoughby
Commisky
George Green
East Street
James Brown
Cincinnati
Winnie Brown
M. B. Iddings
Hanover
Clifton Fords
Reece Bowton
Benjamin Lamson
St. Louis
W. W. Lamson
River Road
Lamb
Thomas Yater
George Yater
Isaiah Irwin
Della Brooks Hicks
Homer
Calouol
W. J. Brooks
Cragmont Street
Elmer Ferguson
Camp Taylor
Columbus
Linda Ferguson
Charles Gordon
St. Anthony’s Church
China
St. Patrick's Church
North Madison
Madison Notes and Arrivals Inform Local Readers
Local briefs recount visits and returns of residents from Logansport Richmond and Indianapolis. Includes deaths illness and travels of numerous individuals with dates and places such as Carmel Church Trimble county Ky and Terre Haute.
Death of Mrs. William E. Dehler in Terre Haute
Telegram announces the death of Mrs. William E. Dehler at her Terre Haute home after a long illness. Born in Madison to the late Peter and Mrs. Beerck, she was educated at St Marys parish school and leaves a husband, four children, four sisters and four brothers. Funeral is planned in Terre Haute next Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Dehler
William E. Dehler
Terre Haute
Peter Beerck
St. Mary's Parochtl School
Madison
Dehler
C. Gi. Hunger
Anthony Hodapp
Cincinnati
Margaret
Carne
William Beerck
This City
Shelbyville
Charles Berck
Indianapolis
Lou Beerck
Chicago
Private Michael Barrett Returns From War
Private Michael Barrett of the 124th Field Artillery 33d Division arrived home from Camp Sherman Ohio for a soldiers celebration. He was wounded in France on September 7 and had been overseas. Barrett previously served with Company I and Battery E before transfer to the 131st Division and reached New York New Year Eve before Camp Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Barrrett
124Th Field Artillery
Barrett
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Co. I
131 Division
France
New York
Weekly Tobacco Report on Madison Market
Weekly report covers sales week ending January 18 with totals for Snook Farmers Planters Peoples and overall figures. It lists weekly and year to date numbers, compares to prior week, and notes an average price around 26.46. A recipe aside mentions chilling slaw with chopped celery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Snook
Death of Mrs. John Otter in Vevay
A telephone message reports the death of Mrs. John Otter at her Vevay home from pneumonia after influenza. She was 76, a noted Switzerland county resident with friends in Madison. Survived by her husband who is blind and son Clarence Otter of this city. Funeral will be in Vevay tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Otter
Vevay
Death of Mrs. Isabelle Sutherland in New York
Mrs. Isabelle Sutherland, former North Madison resident and trained nurse, died in a New York hospital yesterday at about 35. Her remains may not be brought home. neighbors and friends in North Madison mourn her passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dolhhover
North Madison
Isabelle Sutherland
New York
Sutherland
Widow Julia F. Smith Dies After Long Illness at 89
Mrs. Julia F. Smith widow of Dr. E. M. Smith died at 10 45 P M at the home of her son F I Smith of Hanging Rock farm She had lived in North Madison with her daughter for twenty five years Her daughter Miss Emma F. Smith died eleven days earlier Two sons survive F H Smith of Indianapolis and F I Smith A member of North Madison Baptist church she was in her 90th year and a highly respected resident of the community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia F. Smith
E. M. Smith
F. I. Smith
Hanging Rock Farm
Emma F. Smith
F. H. Smith
Indianapolis
Madison
North Madison
Funeral for Bernard Koehler Held at St Mary's
The funeral of Bernard John Koehler was held at St Marys Church at 9 this morning with a Requiem High Mass celebrated by Rev Charles Bilger. Interment followed at St Josephs Cemetery on Walnut Street, with pallbearers Leo Schroeder William Crawford Charles Bersch Nicholas Understeller John King Clifford Grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard John Koehler
St. Mary's Church
Charles Bilger
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
North Walnut Street
Messrs
Leo Schroeder
William Crawford
Charles Bersch
Nicholas Understeller
John King
Clifford Grace
Mrs Melvin Spotts Dies in Indianapolis After Illness
Mrs. Melvin Spotts died at her home in Indianapolis last Friday after a brief illness with influenza pneumonia. The funeral was held in Indianapolis today. Besides her husband she is survived by two children. John Spotts, father and brother of the husband, traveled to attend the funeral. Mrs. Spotts had many friends in Madison who will mourn her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Spotts
Indianapolis
Spotts
Greenwell
Spots
John
Death of Mrs Adelia Demaree at Madison home
Mrs Adelia Demaree aged 50 died yesterday afternoon at 3 oclock in the room of Miss Addie Moore on East Main street after a long tuberculosis illness. Her maiden name was Rowlison and she lived in Brooksburg before moving to Madison eight years ago. She belonged to Trinity church and left many friends to mourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelia Demaree
Addie Moore
East Main Street
Fred. Watson
Camp Taylor
O. K. Watson
Indianapolis
Adelia Demarce
J. W. Turner
Trinity
Harwich Port: Gateway for Passage and War Prep
Harwich, a busy east coast English seaport, served as a key embarkation point for travelers to Amsterdam Rotterdam and beyond. The town perched on Beacon Hill overlooking the Stour estuary, balancing peaceful passenger and merchant traffic with strong coastal defenses at Harwich and Shotley Point showing its strategic role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harwich
England
Britain
Europe
Porkstane
Hook of Holland
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Ant Werp
Esbjerg
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Beacon Hill
Stour
Suffolk
Shotley Point
Two Army Cooks Claimed Jerusalem’s Keys in Comic Tale
Maj Allan Burgoyne recounts at the Royal Graphic Society how two British cooks in wartime Jerusalem were sent for salad and were given the city’s keys by Arabs with wild gesticulations. The scene, playful and absurd, recalls Gilbert and Sullivan in tone. One cook asks how to handle the “blinkin’ elty.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Allenby
Allan Burgoyne
Royal Photographic Society
Gilbert and Sullivan
Blinkin' Elty
Record of Historical Estimates and Trivia
The remarks note a 900 ton total for all circulating gold coins, cite kerosene’s first light use in 1826, mention creamed potatoes with cheese as a dish, and claim a world sheep census around 450 million.
Madison area social and court notices shift through town
In Madison on January 21 Henry T. Rowlett married Grace B. Morgan of Trimble County. The day’s society notes list visitors from Milton Ohio Cincinnati and Wellington Kansas, court sale reports and multiple funerals. Military and church announcements close with local arrivals and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Rowlett
Grace B. Morgan
Trimble County
Jeffersonville
Louis Detmer
Louis Frederick
Milton
Charles Schram
Miamisburg
Ohio
Nicholas Schram
Potash Boom Ends as War Profits Dry Up in Nebraska Fields
Nebraska potash fortunes rose during wartime as sand hills produced potash at high prices. After the war, supply and price declines hit farmers and investors hard, with Edison-like wealth reported for several Omaha and Wisconsin figures who benefited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
California
Sand Hills
America
Germany
Europe
Death of Mrs. Edward Spillman in Kentucky
Mrs. Edward Spillman died at her home in Hunter's Bottom Kentucky on Sunday noon at age 50. She was born Stella Riegel of this city before marriage. Ill health persisted for years and funeral and burial were held in Carrollton. Many friends here regret her passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Spillman
Hunter’s Bottom
Carrollton
Stella Riegel
Knitting for Soldiers in Saint Paul Club
Since August a small hand power machine in the Minnesota club barber shop at St. Paul has helped W. P. Curtis and Mrs. H. H. Winkel knit woolen socks for soldiers. About 350 pairs have been made and mostly sent through the D A R branch of the Red Cross. Curtis’s son Arthur W. Curtis is in France and Winkel’s husband is with the Park Battery on the western front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Club
St. Paul, Minn
W. P. Curtis
West Summit Avenue
HH. L. Winkel
King Street
Red Cross
Curtis
Arthur W. Curtis
France
Chateau-Thierry
Winkel
Camp Wadsworth
Park Battery
Third Corps Artillery
Kidney Pills Promoted By Mrs Oakley In 1900s Ad and Farm Sales
An old advertisement touts Joan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co in Buffalo NY, claiming kidney relief and back strength. The Ogle Ford real estate agency lists recent farm sales in Jackson Creek Indian Creek area including 65 acres to Ab Howard for 2000, 55 acres to Frank Leive for 315,500, 66 acres to R R Morgan for 31,100, 32 acres to Matt Rohrman and Mike Lineweber for 9,150, 32 acres to Mike Lieneweber for 2,500, and 23,800 for Henry Underwood's farm near Canaan Ripley Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nab Oakley
Wodcut Street
Dean
Harper's
Joan
Ogle & Ford Real Estate
Lannie Cole
Indian Creek
Ab Howard
Mort Thompkins
Pleasant
Frank Leive
Charles Stewart
China
Indian Wire
Juck Creek
R. R. Morgan
Milton
Charles Rey
New Marion
Matt Rohrman
Mike Lineweber
Samuel Grosman
Mike Lieneweber
Charles Rea
Henry Underwood
Canaan
Ripley County
David Tingle
Indiana
Ogle & Ford Agency
Underwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madison Herald
Lana Matter
Madison, Ind
Police Jones
Jefferson
Asicre
Turkey
United States
Jefferson County
Prof
Homer Long
J. W. Cornett
Cty
Jos. K. Colgate
Elmer E. Scott
C. G. Dickerson
Mrs. Caplinger
R. B. Moffett
Georgine Yunker
H. H Stodg
Feakers’ Bureau
Lieut. H. H
Berlin
Bricele Creek
Col
A Bernard J. i
Ehler
Court News
George W. Miles
Logansport
Richmond
Peter Forthofer
Jacob Forthofer
Harold Schultz
Brookville
Ind
Melissa Pierce
Chagmont
Cowpersville
Schneider
Anna Ansecheik
Philip Birch
John Cabbell Miller
Cleveland
Milton Hunt
W. J. Miller
Clement Hunger
G. Hunger
St. Meinrad’s
St. Meinrad’s College
Henry T. Ash
Indianapoli
Carmel Church
Haigh
Albert Herbergen
Pauley
Robert Pauley
Verre Haute
J. E. Logan
U.S. S
Arizona
W.W. Logan
Harry Jasper Straub
Lancaster Township
Nora May Boardman
Smyrna
Prewatt
Griffith
Fret V. Sauer
Cedar Cliff
Hher
Eugene Sauer
Ryker's Ridge Cemetery
H. Hunger
North Vernon
Henry Hunger
Hayden
Medleon
Michael Barrett
Weekly Tobacco Report
Frank I. Smith
General Allenby
Julia P. Smith
F. J. Smith
Hanging Rock Road
Bayless Cemetery
S. R. McAlpin
Harry Smith
Wellington
Kansas
Smith
Clifford Zoeller
139Th Field Artillery
Grant Zoeller
Park Ave
Sergt. Zoeller
Marcella
Laura Jean Ralston
John W. Bishop
Third
Jefferson Streets
Caledonia
Vail
Nellie Ralston
Nebraska Fields
Nebraska Potash Toen
Congress
Aianir
Tetaveen
Toe Diggings
South Africa
Aiza Bark
Clark Denny
Onaha
Marti
Sand Hill
Krause
Wisconsin
Onatin
Hig
Joan White & CO
Louisville, KY
Princess Yolando
Yolanda
Glaccn
Italy
Mes Woaisen
Rome
Tinetatel
Piet Lady
Mali
Mary Herald Koys
Madison Aeonoe
Ceed Dean
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