Local Notes from Madison County and Surrounding Areas
William Clark and Ella Faulconer obtained licenses to wed. Ward Joyce and Ida Vernon also licensed. Democrats of Owen county praised Cleveland and Stevenson. A Jackson county doctor suffered a strange malady expelling a small lizard. New postal cards to aid international mail go on sale for four cents. Several marriages occurred in Madison including William M. Thom and Mary C. Hamilton, and Daniel S. Pearson with Emma G. Brinkworth. A 160 acre Tillford farm sold for $2,200. The Twenty second Indiana Regiment Association plans a Jeffersonville meeting. A bicycle trip to Dayton features a writer’s reading. A convict named Jesse Barker escaped from the penitentiary. Fires, injuries, and a mysterious river death also appear in dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hrwstp
Madison Steam Bakery
Ward Joyce
Ida Vernon
Dry Fork
Milton Township
Owen County
Cleveland
Stevenson
Daniel S. Pearson
Emma G. Brinkworth
West Madison
Tillford
Republican Township
Jacob Schneider
Hanover Township
Twenty-second Indiana Regimental Association
Jeffersonville
Madison
D. W. Moffatt
First Presbyterian Church
Fort Wayne
Kent
Robert Cravens
Swarmstedt
Marcus R. Sulzer
Vincennes
Gregory Debando
Agnes Truville
A. R. Beach
North Madison
Herman Rave
Dayton
Western Association of Writers
Jesse Barker
John Winkel
Louisville
Jeffersonsville
A. J. Mullen, Jr
Notre Dame University
South Bend
A. M
Mullen
Michigan City News
Lebanon
Andrew Steinhardt
Ind
Steinhardt
Andrew
Fire destroys pump house boiler at Louisville and Nashville railroad
The boiler in the pump house belonging to the Louisville and Nashville railroad exploded at 8 30 tonight tearing the building apart and scalding engineer J N Ratcliff who was inside He is badly burned and physicians fear for his recovery The company faces about 1000 in losses A White Co lumber dealers of Louisville assigned to James Stewart to cover creditors A Charlestown Indiana man Charles Bottorff is sought for arson after the Goodwin school house was burned investigators suspect an incendiary and Bottorff reportedly confessed to the act He is said to be feeble minded Lane's Family Medicine is advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Slusser
Indiana
Kentucky and Indiana
Louisville Times
Courier-Journal
LaGrange
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
J. N. Ratcliff
Ratcliff
A. White & Co
James Stewart
Charles Bottorff
Charlestown
Clark County
Ind
Goodwin
John Bottorff
Frank White
June 23 Highlights and Local Notices
June 23 items report scarce binding twine for farmers and a jail release. News covers a Fort Wayne convention return, a new colt, a club disbanding, lodge moves, licenses to wed, a near fatal horse incident, and multiple accidents. Also notes mass meeting dates, delegates chosen, a scaffold fall, an absconder seeking funds, a quiet wedding voyage, and the death of Mrs Glauber with local obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Jones
Fort Wayne
Robert Quail
Pilot Wood
Syracuse Lodge
K. of P
Niklaus
Red Men’s Hall
Woman in distress after alleged improper police pressure
A Herald report describes Mrs Ross ill with fear and reporting two constables Bruno Cole and James Courtney pressured her to appear at Squire Allen's office to pay a fine for assault. The article notes prior fines for Mrs Ross and Mrs James and a Bates girl fined for prostitution, with readers urged that officers show judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Ross
Main Street
Jefferson
Squire Allen
East First Street
Walnut
Bates
Mrs. Ross
Bruno Cole
James Courtney
Scottish voyage notes from Glasgow to Edinburgh
John Adams reports a steamship trip to Androssa with views of the Irish coast and Paddy’s mile-stone. He describes Glasgow’s coal and iron boom, streetcars, prices for goods, and rail/under-city excavations, then tours the Trossachs and Edinburg before heading to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Androssa
Paddy
St. Patrick
Arann
Glascow
Pittsburg
Scotland
Belfast
America
Queen's Park
Board of Trade
St. Mungo
Trossacs
Clyde
Baloch Pier
Inversmaid
Rob Roy
Ben Lohmond
Edinburg
Walter Scott
Jennie
Athens
Ireland
England
London
John Adams
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with reward offer
The ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co as proprietors and cites endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin with Toledo, Ohio wholesalers. The cure is taken internally and priced at 75 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney &C
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Ohio
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Junidr&wim
Excursion Tickets to Washington for League Meeting
Excursion tickets to Washington D C will be sold July 16 and 17 from main Pennsylvania Lines stations at greatly reduced round trip rates. Tickets are good to return until July 24 for the League of American Wheelmen meeting. July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
League of American Wheelmen
Pennsylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Clark
Ella Faulconer
Marx
City
Sam Herin
W. W. Snyder
Seymour
E. M. Booth
Jackson County
William M. Thom
Mary C. Hamilton
Mary Cleveland
Bethlehem
Martin Hall
Tyree Harris
Garlinghouse
Fred Meuser
D. Weatherford, Jr
S. D. Weatherford, Jr
Wagner
Jefferson Street
Weatherford
Nicholas Harper
Mr. Weatherford
George Eckstein
Gillam Graves
West Fifth
New Albany
Ohio River
Mnan
Lane
William P. D.sweazey
Cordie B. Hess
George Thompson
New Washington
Press Lewis
McCormick
Reapers
Democratic Legislative League
Lake Maxinkuckee
A.J. Steinhardt
Catholic Knights of America
Logansport
Joe Anger
Tom
Fillmore Street
South East Street
John Nicholson
Sellersburg
Wm. M. Fleming
A. M. Barton
Hege
Sidney
Emma G.brinkworth
Cc. W. Tinsley
Twain
Epimpvure
Editor Herald
Gloria
Oxford
ARNO
Schmidt
Horuff
Icall AT
Geo
Diederich’s
Main St
Madison, Ind
Rogers & Cowlams
Madison Brewing CO
Bryant
Stratton Business College
Louisvill
N. T. Drake & CO
West Main Street
Indianapolis Business University
Covti Pasens
Setrietly Business &Choolin
Ene Ates
Ieee & Osborn
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