Dry vote in Kokomo and local notices from Madison
Kokomo voters chose dry by 15 in the option contest. Madison reports numerous brief items: births at home on Presbyterian Avenue and in Clark County. licenses to wed Rosa Dean and Howard Dean. Henry Schrieder visiting Indianapolis. train travels and visitors from Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. O’Donovan Rossa's death. new garage by William Lanson. multiple police and sheriff actions. a lunacy inquest into John Robinson after disappearance and return. various visits and travel notes from Madison area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Henry Schrieder
Indianapolis
Rosa Dean
Howard Dean
Clark County
Richard Lemon
Milton
Ralph Peddie
Presbyterian Avenue
Clem Bridges
Jennings County
Cragmont
Marcella Keller
Pittsburgh
Harrison Wylen
Trimble County
Walter Diederich
William
Houston
Tex
New Auto Shop Opens In Wallace McNeel Building
Edward Yurker and Paul Fein take the east half of the Wallace McNeel livery building on Main Street to open an auto repair and novelty shop with a rear room for Studebaker agency partners Mesare Dupraz and Linbcock of Vevay. They plan full repair equipment, stock, and a focus on All-gas fusion to improve gasoline engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Measere
Edward Yurker
Paul Fein
Wallace McNeel
Suibie
Main Street
Mesare Dupraz and Linbcock
Vevay
Studebaker Automobiler
Megara
Fein
Yunker
George Welch
Louisville
Yonker
Jefferson County
el Paso
Tex
Samuel Chadwick
Yonkers
Lillian Chadwick
Drusilla Chadwick
The
Herald
Madigon
Madison firms shuffle young executives in coal and brewing
Edwin Andres resigns from McKim Coal Co to join auto repair with Roy Dan ner and Walter Greiner fills the vacancy. Greiner leaves Madison Brewing Co for Franklin P Weber. Bloomington sends ten men to the state penal farm who form a penal fraternity called the T H K to aid members after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Andres
McKim Coal Co
Roy Danner
Walter Greiner
Greiner
Madison Brewing Company
Franklin P. Weber
Madison
Bloomington
No. 3 Fire Company Officers Elected After Delay
At the No. 3 Fire Company meeting delayed from Monday night due to the Thomas Graham spoke factory fire, officers for the new term were elected. President Thomas Lochard. Vice-president Clark Stuart. Secretary Charles Bowman. Treasurer Louis Layton. Chief Martin Cassidy. Assistant Chief Samuel Steigerwald. Hose-director Joseph Kennison. Assistant Hose-director William A. Beerck. Pipearman Glenn Ferry. Assistants Michael Hopking Carlisle Strader James Cavanaugh. Engineer Fred F. Friedersdorf. Right Engineer William Marx. Messenger Alex Glore. Trustees Charles Umbach Manly D. Wilson John Eitel. Standing Committee William Roth William Gentrup Sr. Joseph Kennison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 3 Fire Co
Thomas Graham
Thomas Lochard
Clark Stuart
Charles Bowman
Louis Layton
Martin Cassidy
Aas’t
Samuel Steigerwald
Joseph Kennison
Ase’t Hose
Wm. A. Beerck
Pipe
Glenn Ferry
Michael Hopking
Carlisle Strader
James Cavanaugh
Fred F. Friedersdorf
Rne
Wm. Marx
Alex Glore
Charles Umbach
Manly D. Wilson
John Eitel
William Roth
William Gentrup, Sr
Funeral Services for Mrs Clark Stuart Held at West Main
Funeral services were held at 1:30 this afternoon at the late residence on West Main for Mrs Clark Stuart. Rev Hood led the rites and offered comforting words. Burial followed in Springdale cemetery with pallbearers named Meyers Edward J Colgate Edward Reed William H Millar Melvin Blackard Lucian Wylie Verne Ramsey. Elwood home remodeled at cost over 1000 burned by unknown origin. Floyd Russell, 12, jumped from a skylight to escape, injuring himself and likely lifelong cripple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Stuart
West Main
Hood
Springdale Cemetery
Meyers
Edward J. Colgate
Edward Reed
William H. Millar
Melvin Blackard
Lucian Wylie
Verne Ramsey
Frank Edward Shingleton
Virginia Keeley
North Madison
Roger
Abbie Rogers Winfield
Loganaport
William G. Rogers
Leander Vail
Warsaw
Charles West
H. A. Johnson
Charles Miller
Cleveland
Court News Highlights Guardianships and Divorces in Circuit Court
Several cases unfold including Decrge F. Stiver's final settlement for Se rena C. Clark showing $477.78 due, divorce orders against Jennie Quirin and Jennie Quirin Jr., and John R. Wolfe declared sound mind to manage his estate. Lloyds, guardianships, probate actions, and a forged check sentence are noted with details on attorneys Sulzer Bear and Emerson Lemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decrge F. Stiver
Serena C.clark
Garlinghouse
Ward
Sulzer & Bear
Jenaie Quirin
Charles Quirin, Jr
Frank P. Wolf
John R. Wolfe
Circuit Court
Wolfe
Cragmont
Jefferson Circuit Court
John McGregor
Wolf
Milton Township
Henrietta G. Ray
Webster B. Ray
Henrietta G. Rogere
Everett Holt
William H. Bennett
Frank R. Matthews
Ella Matthews
Charles E Quirino
Jennie E. Quirino
Quirin
Frank Nichols
Mary C. Nichols
Guy A. Bivens
Essie Mae Bivens
William L
Judge Bear
Fred Eckert
Dorothy
Martha Eckert
North Walnut St
Edward Eckert
Jennie Quirin
Charles Quirino, Jr
Sulzer
Bear
Israel S
Evaline Ritchie
Ritchey
Chain Mill Road
North Madison
Fred Ritchie
Emerson Lemen
Edna Z
Lafayette Turner
William Heitz
Shelby Township
Thomas Buchanan
Heitz
China
Louisa Heitz
Sarah E. Walker
Saluda
Elmer E. Pender
Harry Pender
George Davidson
Francisco
Indiana avoids May advancement pay call for first time in eighteen years
Indiana Auditor of State Dale J. Crittenberger announced the state has enough funds to operate through July and August without county advances. A $100,000 loan was paid off this year with total interest of $3,638, and a new temporary loan may be needed from October to December. The piece also includes a separate discussion on conscription and historical navy recruitment by press gangs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Dale J. Crittenberger
United States
New York
England
Navy
Nelson
New York Sun
Harder Than Diamonds Tantalum Described As Harder Substance
A newspaper note explains tantalum as an extremely hard metal surpassing diamond. It cites a test where a diamond drill barely marked a thin tantalum sheet after three days of continuous work, noting tantalum’s potential to cut diamonds and make lamp filaments.
Death Watch Explained by Furniture Beetle
The so called death watch with its ticking at night is caused by the furniture beetle larva. The larva bores in furniture creating pin holes and after three years as a pupa becomes a brown insect that pretends to death. Mrs. Nancy Strother aged 80 widow of Samuel Strother died at her Milton Kentucky home after two months illness. Funeral services probably tomorrow with burial at Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Strother
Samuel Strother
Milton
Fanny
Mary
J. P. Strother
O. P. Strother
Trimble County
Jackson
Mt. Pleasant
Madison area notices and casualties scattered through July
Daily items note births wedlock licenses and real estate transfers in Madison and nearby towns, plus a fatal Armenian sinking off Avonmouth and a Leyland liner torpedo attack near Bristol. Reports include preparations for rebuild of a Graham spoke factory and multiple travel notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
England
Naill and Lodge wed in quiet Madison ceremony
John A. Naill formerly of Kansas and Miss Helen C. Lodge were married at 4 30 PM at the bride’s parents home Rev Dr Boyer of the Second Presbyterian church officiated. The couple will reside on Main Street in the former Hisle residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Naill
Kansas
Helen C. Lodge
Gavin K. Lodge
Boyer
Second Presbyterian Church
Madison
Chapman
Kasa
U. S. Revenue Service
Madison Lumber Co
J.C. Highe
Happy wedding of Clifford Moore and Emma Schnelle
Mr Clifford Moore son of Mr and Mrs John Moore wed Miss Emma Schnelle of Newport Kentucky at Rev Guthneck s parlor last evening. Attendants were Roy Moore and Bessie Moore. Afterward friends feasted at the groom s parents home and gifts and congratulations followed. The couple will live in Newport Ky where Mr Moore works for Old 76 Distillery Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Moore
John Moore
Emma Schnelle
Newport
Guthneck
Roy Moore
Bessie Moore
Fred McCune
Raymond Thomas
Charles Lyons
James Sheets
Louis Moore
Carlos McGuire
Henry Moore
Peter Sheets
Bessie Carey
Floyd
Charles Patterson
Brandt
Thereea Henry
A. M. Radcliffe
Sample
Edith Stamm
Indianapolis
Misacs
Barbara Keller
Gertrude Kramer
Helen Moore
Mary Gerdes
Alice Radcliffe
Margaret Farmer
Lillian Schoolcraft
Mabel Moore
Barbara Moore
Messia
Richard Brushfield
Clifford Ogburn
Wesley Eades
Dell Steigerwald
Fred Speder
John Moore, Jr
Newport, Ky
Mr. Moore
76 Distillery Company
Shelby Road Bonds Sold to Madison Safe & Trust Co
Shelby township bonds totaling 9780 dollars were sold by County Treasurer Jeffries to Madison Safe & Deposit & Trust Co for par accrued interest and 15 premium. Twenty bonds of 489 dollars bear 4.4 percent interest and mature semi annually with an average life of two years. A rival bid from Breeden Harrison was par and accrued interest. A separate note mentions a record trade balance in favor of the United States and a local arrest with a one dollar fine and jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffries
Shelby Township
Flint
Madison Safe &Deposit & Trust Co
Indianapolis
Breede
Elliott Harrison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ee Eer Born
Aon
Mrs
Herman Potter
Nadine Harr
Lafayette
Franklin
Ind
John Graham
Little
Edinburg
Agnes Graham
Amanda Beachman
George Leland
West Second Street
Ira Gray
George Shoemaker
Pleasant Ridge
Noblesville
O'Donovan Rossa
America
William Lanson
Hanover
Frank Crawford
Wm. Chasteen
West Third Street
Denny Springer
Mary Jo
E. W. Hughes
McKay
Alexander
Greencastle
John Bean
Clarence Vawter
Rebecca Porter
Delaware
Anna Lehigh
Butlerville
Eliza Ellis
Nebraska
John McCauley
West Main Street
Mat Rice
Holton
John Robinson
Squire Chapman
Robinson
Cincinnati
Monroe
Will Hollis
Mesera
Yurker
Opin
Madiaco
No. 3 Fire Company
Elwood
Charles Creagmile
Linton
Floyd Russell
Russell
Court News
Philena C. Law
Benjamin F. Law
Citizens Building Association
Wade Crawford
George A. Dittgen
E. S. Roberts
Citizens Building Association No. 3
B. F. Mouser
Crittenberger
the “Death Watch
Gilbert Kahn
William Hollis
Elizabeth Davia
Hamilton Ohio
Joseph Penderheira
Saluda Township
W.j.johnson
Betty Johnson
Ft. Wayne
Wm. Clements
Linda Clements
Clements
Nicholas Foltz
Edward
Adolph Hodapp
S. B. Foltz
Middlefork
Neal
Calloway's Station
George Niesee
East First Street
Mary Foltz
Graham Spoke Factory
Ross
Second and
West Ste
Columbus
Ella Lockridge
Thomas Lockridge
Ella Poffinberger
John Wallace
John
Harry Wallace
Sam
London
Avonmouth
Trickey
Germany
France
Naill-Lodge
Shelby Road Bonds
William Bennett
Alexander and
Kremer
Crozier
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