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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
2
Madison town notes record motor trips to Chicago Boston and Indianapolis. Obit shipments for James A. Rady and a large Dupont area land sale to Vardaman and Minne Graham highlight regional activity alongside Legion convention delegates and cross town visits by Mrs. Irwin and Miss Jessie Irwin.
Mae Handlen and Roy Handlen had their marriage contract annulled and set aside after court proceedings. Harry Lemen represented the plaintiff while Byron Mouser defended. The final settlement report for the estate of William M. Hailey was approved with Emerson Lemen attorney for the estate.
Edward Jeffries and wife sell 68 acres in Smyrna township to EF T Shelton with possession at once for private consideration. Alfred Adams to Ida Buchanan includes a 5 room cottage and several lots in Madison east end. H C Thom to Kate Perry transfers 176 acres in Ripley county near St Magdalene. Calvin R Gray to Justi Shaw 140 acres on Pleasant Ridge for 8500 dollars. John Ross city to Rev John Ross grounds in West Madison with deed to be executed later. All deals processed via Harry Lemen estate agency, total sales since January 1.
Relatives in Madison receive notice of the marriage of Miss Eleanor Annitta Beerck formerly of Madison to Mr. Albert C. Appell. The ceremony occurred yesterday in Sandusky Ohio. The couple will reside at 323 East Madison Street Sandusky after August 1 following an extended honeymoon.
Cleta Griffith of Vevay Kentucky joins Forrest Iddings of Hanover after a ring ceremony at the Griffith home. Rev F E Hammel performs the nuptials with only family present. The couple travels to Sanders Kentucky for a picnic supper then will reside in Beattyville where Iddings is employed by Indiana Kentucky Co Gas.
County Agent Doddridge reports a tour of Jersey Breeders of Indiana set for August 16 to 18, visiting Madison Monday night and Corydon area Tuesday. President W H Senour asks Jefferson county farmers to help plan festivities and extend a cordial welcome to the visitors.
At the regular meeting of Juniata Tribe No. 24, Improved Order of Red Men, Oliver Holwager Lonnie Lynn Howard Athey Albert A. Bott and Rutherford LB H. Cole were admitted to membership. Newly elected officers will be installed at the next regular meeting to be held on Tuesday evening July 6.
Miss Marie Louise Brennan and Mr. Thomas Vincent Lynn wed in a June ceremony at St Michael's Church Indianapolis guests included Julius Fisher Harold Niesse and Kenneth Jones. The couple, after a farewell breakfast at Hotel Jefferson, will reside in Indianapolis after a wedding trip to Storm Lake Iowa.
Stanley Wyckoff, fair price commissioner, announced a $1.24 per hundred pounds drop in sugar prices effective today. Quotations fell sixty points on Monday and sixty four more yesterday with outlook for further declines, and Wyckoff expects retail Indian prices to ease accordingly.
Madison July 1 functional news items include births and departures. Alvin Holsclaw and wife welcome a son on Third Street. William Watlington plans Indianapolis visit to daughter Mrs Dow. James Maloy and sister Mrs Eagen return from Indianapolis. E J Brown, China, returns from Spanish American War veterans convention in Dayton after twelve years service. W O McLelland to Syracuse for Great American Insurance convention in Adirondacks. gone about ten days. Henry Knoebel of The Herald travels to Cincinnati for medical specialist. John McNealy fractures hip at Kent farm. treated at King's Daughters Hospital. Earl Finch, 15, pleads guilty to $10 check forging. fined $50, suspended on good behavior. Funeral service for Mrs Julia Culver held at Levi Danner home and Macedonia Baptist Church. burial in church cemetery. Mrs Henry Krue suffers serious injuries from cellar fall with burst vessel and cut.
Pikeville Kentucky July 1 six Pike Countians including the judge's two sons were jailed by Circuit Judge Roscoe Vanover for refusing to reveal liquor sources. A seventh man escaped when taken to a hotel to change clothes. James Gillespie held with whisky was also imprisoned.
Goshen Indiana June 30 nine month old Dorothea M Amsden daughter of Mr and Mrs Carroll Amsden died from scalds after she caused her mother to trip while carrying a pan of boiling water Mrs Amsden hurried through a room as the child crawled on the floor triggering the fall and resulting fatal burns.
Milton Milton Township July 1 Oscar M Kirtin cashier of the Farmers Bank shot and killed himself in the garage at his home age thirty six he is survived by a widow and a daughter relatives say he had not been in robust health for several years and blame despondency. Swedish piano makers have found it hard to compete with German imports since the war.
Charles A Anger a well known planing mill operator was found dead after a fall from a float to his motor boat on the river near East street. The inquest returned a verdict of death from a base skull fracture. He was born December 29 1860 and leaves a wife a daughter and a son along with several siblings.
Charles Henry, respected Madison boiler maker known as Boss Boiler Maker, died at his West Second Street home at 10:45 p.m. after a long illness. Born January 31 1837 in GrotauPrussia he came to the United States at 14 and lived in Cincinnati before settling in Madison in 1868. Survived by his widow three daughters Adelaide Dunn and Alice Henry and Mrs Charles Peters and son Robert J Henry a brother Rhinehart Henry of Chicago and several grandchildren. He belonged to Beanch 69 C E A St Peters Society Western Fire Company No 3 and St Marys Church.
Hartford City Indiana June 30 After a weeklong inquiry authorities conclude Joseph and Fred Burns were poisoned by accidentally swallowing pond water while swimming. Both boys remain critically ill with typhoid fever in this city home.
During a June 30 speech in San Francisco delegates cheered as Mrs. George Bass, chairing the national convention, became the first woman to hold the gavel at a major party gathering. The remark about palms and water and Fiji islands adds unrelated observational edges.
Miss Rachel Louise Sulzer of Madison Indiana wed Mr Lawrence Bennett Hallenstein of Fort Wayne Indiana in a Seelbach Hotel private parlor ceremony at 6 p m Reverend Ignatius Mueller officiated in presence of two families and close friends An informal dinner followed and the couple departed for a Canada wedding trip Out of town guests included Mrs R T Metzenbaum Gladys Danenbaum Louis Sulzer Marcus Sulzer and others from Chicago Milwaukee Cleveland Ft Wayne and Madison Ontario plans mention a Belgium tunnel project and notes on a French reform school origin.
Betty Cobb resists her mother and sister's matchmaking at a seaside retreat. She contemplates marrying Jack Lawrence, a humble suitor nicknamed the governor, but shockingly discovers he is Perc y Haskell, the brother of his own brother-in-law, revealing Betty has married into wealth instead of a simple union.
A creeping moss called the life tree or life plant is said to possess extraordinary vitality. It supposedly resists destruction except by boiling water or burning iron and can regrow from tiny fragments. Leaves reportedly thrived even in an airtight dark box without moisture.
Residents of Pwilhell in Wales found hundreds of dead birds within a 300 yard circle at the harbor. Some floated, others lay on the beach, with a lighthouse at Gimlet rock not a factor in their deaths. Romans paved the Appian Way around 312 B C.
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