Local residents feature in busy Madison social round
Miss Marie Rapp travels to Bedford to visit Miss Florence Finery and Miss Margaret Brocar of Louisville joins Misses Helen Hirst and Margaret Sehlereth. Executors named in Madison for Miss Mary McClure estate. Many neighbors host guests from Indianapolis to Vevay with train travel and car dealings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Rapp
Bedford
Florence Finery
Margaret Brocar
Louisville
Helen Hirst
Margaret Sehlereth
Robert KB. Moffett
Mary S. McClure
Norval Holcroft
Indianapolis
Will GC. Hollis
Government mail locks cut costs with redesigned unit
Public affairs interest grows as the Post Office explains savings from a reengineered mail lock and bay attachment line. The new lock weighs 24.5 ounces versus 4 ounces for the old model, with 430000 units in service and 531,750 dollars saved in initial production. Old locks cost 21 cents to make, new ones 813 cents, while repair rates drop from 9 to 3 cents per unit, yielding over 32,100 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Washington
Man Arrested After 25 Mile Chase Across Indiana Ohio
Police in Lawrenceburg Ind arrested Peter Carl of Indianapolis after a 25 mile pursuit along the Ohio river. Carl accused of attacking 17 year old Bonnie Gibbons a grocery clerk in Elizabethtown Ohio. Magistrate Harris Miller bound him over to the Grand Jury and he was taken to Cincinnati county jail. Authorities say he confessed to several crimes in Indiana and other states.
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Cincinnati
Indiana
Ohio Hills
Ohio River
Peter Carl
Indianapolis
Bonnie Gibbons
Elizabethtown
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Harris Miller
Carl
Texas
Wilma Reed obituary a child of Michigan road family
Wilma dear daughter of Mr and Mrs Craig Reed of Michigan road died Sunday evening July 9 after bronchial pneumonia. Born September 2 1914 in Switzerland county she showed patience in suffering and a loving disposition. A little sister died years ago and bereaved parents receive sympathy from all who know them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma
Craig Reed
Michigan Road
Switzerland County
Madison Safe Deposit directors elected for coming year
At a stockholders meeting, Madison Safe Deposit & Trust Co elected directors for the ensuing year: Powell Cornett Miller Tevis Scott Wade Fischer. Officers named: President C S Powell, 1st Vice president J W Cornett, 2d Vice president W T Miller, Secretary treasurer J W Tevis. The Community Club good roads meeting in Brooksburg drew Madison leaders. calls for road improvements and Chautauqua support. Also Cincinnati Tribune reports Cordie Littell and granddaughter Odnie Pinkerton in police custody for return to Madison on kidnapping charges. Sheriff Whitaker planned to fetch them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Safe Deposit & Trust Co
Messrs
Charles 8. Powell
J. Wilber Cornett
William H. Miller
John W. Tevis
Elmer I. Scott
Patrick Wade
Charles Fischer
C. S. Powell
J. W. Cornett
W. Tf. Miller
J. W. Tevis
Good Roads
Brooksburg
Madison
M. R. Sulzer
If WH. Cope
Madison Chautauqua
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cordie Littell
Othnile Pinkerton
Horse Heir To $42707 Legacy In Will
New York reports Edith Rogers Gellatly died July 17 1913 at 34 West Fifty-seventh Street. Her estate shows stocks yielding 42707 for care of horses and dogs though only a horse at White Plains is listed valued at 700. Upon pet death the principal and unused income go to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to find homes and prevent cruelty. Her net estate was 580704 with a 702201 trust fund. she left 1166271 to her husband and 80926 to sister Ella A Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edith Rogers Gellatly
West Fifty-seventh Street
John Gellatly
White Plains
Ella A. Rogers
Delay Funeral For Coffin Made From Walnut Tree
The funeral of Mrs. Anton Wetheke of Edwardsville DL was delayed so the coffin could be made from a walnut tree on their home place. The couple chose the tree years earlier. lumber was stored until last June when Mr Wetheke arranged for coffin production. Mrs Wetheke was the daughter of Anton Louis, a pioneer St Louis druggist.
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Rt. Louis
Anton Wetheke
Edwardsville
Wis
Vocnlv-Scven
Weineke
Anton Louis
St. Louis
Reading court sentences husband for intemperance and nonsupport
In Reading Pennsylvania Mrs Isaac Shade asked a judge to sentence her husband for intemperance and nonsupport. The judge gave five days in jail as she requested. A separate note mentions rising bicycle demand in Siam and a porcupine in Cuba lacking quills.
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Reading
Isaac Shade
Actual appointment of successor to city school chief uncertain until August
The city school board will not name a successor to Donald DuShane until its August meeting when Fletcher Spaulding takes office and the board becomes fully Democratic. Prof. Homer Long is the likely appointee after discussions, while the board will also choose janitors for the public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald DuShane
City School Board
Fletcher Spaulding
S. J. Bear
S. E. Leland
A. H. McGlasson
Homer Long
DuShane
Long
Yesterday's Baseball Results Across Leagues
National League games featured Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 5, Chicago 0 Boston 4 Pittsburgh 7 New York 1. American League shows Chicago 3-3 Boston 0-0 Cleveland 3 New York 2. American Association results include Indianapolis 6 St. Paul 1 Louisville 6 Minneapolis 10 Toledo 12 Milwaukee 3 Columbus 2 Kansas City 7. Standings of the clubs follow.
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
New York
Cleveland
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Louisville
Minneapolis
Toledo
Milwaukee
Columbus
Kansas City
Chicago Peewee
Pittsburg
Ween
Cleveland Ee
Washington
Detroit
American Association
L Pet
Aera
DAS
Milwaukee Ars Ee Ae
Madison Wholesale Market Quotations and Prices
Market prices and quotations for flour, meal, shipstuff, bran, wheat, live poultry, eggs, butter, turkeys, ducks, geese, grain buying prices, oats, hay, seed selling prices, alfalfa, clover, timothy seed, grasses, and coal. Includes per ton and per bushel figures with supplier references like J. Schofield & Son and Middleton Wymond Co. Coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor-Hitz
Queen of Madison
Springers
Cccesseesees
Turkies
Ecasrevereeeracsr
Timothy Hay
J. Schofield & Son
Middleton Wymond Co
Pittsburg
The Marshalls Shelter From Gas Mishap In Washington
The Marshalls moved into a Washington home for the summer but the gas stove flared to the ceiling delaying cooking. The Marshalls returned to a hotel as repairs could not be completed until Monday or Tuesday. The Vice President's office pressed for faster service but was told no faster possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall
Marshalls
Mr. Marshall
Indiana man inherits large sums from aunt’s will
Kokomo Indiana July 10 J Hollis Sherman engineer at the Groom plant received word he will get 125000 by the will of his aunt Mrs Hettie Green. The father of Mr Sherman will receive 400000 by the will. Shermans good fortune surprised the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
J. Hollis Sherman
Groom Plant
Hettie Green
Sherman
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Madison Herald
the Herald Company
East Main Streat
Madison,nd
Gale Franceis
Seymour
Mary Holman
Mary ‘Parpy, Sulzer & Bear
Fred Phillips
Dren
Margaret
Regina
North Madison
Stephen Barnes
Otis Ruby
Ruth Butts
Lamb
Bellefontaine
William Smith
Walnut St
Elie Factory
Denny
Gilbert Francisco
Battle Creek
Mich
Francisco
Mayo Bros
Tony Benham
Tranover
Hanover
Madison Automobile Co
W. G. Klein
Vevay
Chalmers
Klein
Chalmers Machines
Jefferson County
Michael Hogan
Theresa
Grace
Thomas
Grace Hogan
Mary Hogan
Homer Smith
Mary Kramer
Walnut Street
Andrew Schulee
Tom McGregor
North Vernon
M. L. Montgomery
N. A. Kremer
Oakland Automobile
East Second Street
Chas
M. Short
John Graves
Star Theater
Charles Gibson
Gertie Petit
Haruff
John Petit
South East St
Denny Sanitarium
Schneider Ambulance
Man
Ohio
Good Roads Meeting
Dean’s _Regulats
Siam
Cuba
Madison Wholesale Marktet
Trow’s
Triumph
Cccesseees
Maryland
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