Madison Herald local notes and travel updates
The Madison Herald lists visitors and travelers through the area on July 9 1921. Emma Taylor and son Henry left for Muncie while Ruth Dawson rode to Indianapolis to see her sister. Margaret Peak went to Cincinnati to visit John and Mrs. Brown. Mei rs filed farm articles naming Mount Clifty adjoining Clifty Falls park. Lois Campbell visited in Madison before heading to Winona Lake. Mahala Negley and sons left for Alexandria for W. T. Negley funeral. Mrs Ryker leaves for Wichita to join the Federal Farm Loan Bank post. Charles Wykoff returns from New York and Los Angeles with health news and a prize trip.
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Ruth Dawson
Indianapolis
Laura Harry
Margaret Peak
Cincinnati
John Brown
M. J. Sheets
Kirby Buchanan
Park Avenue
Smith Gray
Mary Louise
Robert Thomas
Daisy Thomas
Chicago
Henry Meiers
Watson
Mount Clifty
Meiers
Clifty Falls Park
Lois Campbell
Pittsburgh
J. E. Cline
Denny Apartments
Winona Lake
Mahala Negley
Roy and
Titus
Alexandria
W. T. Negley
Philadelphia
Charles Wykoff
New York City
Wykoff
Madison
Los Angeles
Cal
Los Angeles Daily Examiner
Arrest of Carl Chandler on assault and attempted rape charges
Carl Chandler was arrested at his East First Street home and charged with assault and attempted rape after allegedly grabbing several women on West Main Street. Miss Inez Webster testified. Chandler was bound over to the October circuit term in 2600 dollars bond and remanded to jail when unable to post bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Chandler
East First Street
William James
Inez Webster
West Main Street
Vine
Mill Streets
In Memory of Mrs Lucy Cole
In memory of my beloved mother Mrs Lucy Cole who entered into rest July 11 1920. The golden gates were opened the Masters voice said Come My dear mother went home. Her daughter Mrs Mettie Buchanan Cincinnati Ohio and Mrs Rozella Alexander Salem Ohio express loss and faith. Mr James Tarpy leaves Columbus on business. Baboons sowing stones and white camels noted as odd sayings.
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James Tarpy
Columbus
Ripley County Fair Comes to Osgood in Late July
Ripley County Fair will be held in Osgood from July 26 to 29 drawing residents from the county for a week of amusements and exhibitions. The program includes free acts headlined by the six Lavans and both harness and running races daily. Purdue University will send select exhibits for farmers in the region.
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Ripley
Osgood
Purdue University
Ripley County
Fragmented OCR notes hint at treasury office aides and political barter
An unclear fragment mentions ex office boy, treasury, assistance, and possible barter ties. Names and events are obscured by OCR errors, but references to treasury staff and a secretary suggest a report on internal office affairs and potential political dealings.
Disease spins man like top in New York hospital report
A chaotic description from a New York hospital details a patient afflicted by a mysterious disease causing head spinning and rapid rolling sensations. Doctors note intermittent relief but emphasize lack of full understanding and potential link to the semicircular canal.
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New York
Winns
Weller
Wandhaven
Tige
Thief McCracken Tracks Stolen Carpet to Cistern
Augusta Ohio area police report a man named McCracken tracking a theft from his home. A carpet was stolen and cut up, found in an abandoned cistern elsewhere in town.
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Augusta
Bo Wo McCracken
American Students Abroad Movement Seeks Funds and Sites
The American University Mission to promote study abroad seeks a $300000 endowment and a Maison des Enfants site in Paris to support preparatory work for U S students. With backing from many American universities, the plan aims to fund scholarships and sustain continued continental programs through annual dues and gifts.
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Gomiedtianens
Hella
Paorts
Maison Des
Dnien
Vaidel
Uiden
Vast number of vacant pulpits in United States
The report notes about 25,000 churches lack pastors as 35,000 vacancies exist nationwide. It mentions ministers from the Chicago seminary will graduate this year to serve these parishes. Rev Wil Jared De Brew announced at the Reformed Church of America synod convened in Asbury Park New Jersey.
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Trent
Boeeter
Dieter Brits
B. Moe Deon
SO Tasseth Square
Bla
Perry
Sertong
Pere
United States
Vibe Braropesin
Theakaghesa
Wil Jared de Brew
Arnnmund Synod of the Reformed Church of America
Asbury Park
German Captain Mueller Sentenced in World War Cruelty Case
German Captain Mueller was tried in Seipste Germany for cruelty to Allied prisoners at a prison camp in the Aisne department in France and received a six month imprisonment sentence.
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Mueller
Seipste
Germany
Alene
France
Madison July report on autos trucks and local travel
Daily notes list autos and trucks by county counts in Trimble and Carroll. Residents and visitors including Mrs. Wagner and children, the Cope couple, the Saylor family, and others travel to Akron, Toronto, California, and Port Fulton, with social visits and a new dump truck model from Yonker Nash Motors noted for road work suitability.
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Trimble County
Carroll County
Andrew Wagner
Anna
Louise
Akron
Ohio
Warren Francisco
Jeffersonville
T. B. Brydon
Wm Barton
Julia Brydon
Marie Brydon
Louise Brydon
Monnie Herman
Adam Wolfsching
Walnut Street
Yonker-Nash Motors Co
Jefferson County
Madison
Sudden Death of Madison Resident Henry Underwood
Henry Underwood a 67 year old retired farmer died suddenly last evening while seated on his veranda on West Main Street Madison. He had lived in Madison two years after moving from Ripley County where he farmed near Cross Plains. He was a Hicks Baptist Church member and is survived by his widow one daughter Miss Cora two sons preceded in death five sisters and three brothers.
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Henry Underwood
West Main Street
Underwood
Madison
Ripley County
Cross Plains
Hicks
Mrs Ladonia Garrison Dies After Illness in Madison
Mrs Ladonia K Garrison widow of John M Garrison died at 7 30 this morning at King's Daughters Hospital from complications of diseases and paralysis She had lived in Madison for years with the family coming from the East Funeral services are set for Haigh's chapel tomorrow at four o'clock and interment will be in Springdale cemetery
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Ladonia K. Garrison
John M. Garrison
King’s Daughters Hospital
Madison
Garrison
Haigh's Chapel
Springdale Cemetery
In Loving Memory of Mrs Lucy Cole
Of my beloved mother Mrs Lucy Cole who died July 11 1920. One year has passed since we saw our dear mother last. Her memory is as sweet today as in the hour she passed away. A loving mother true and kind. No friend on earth like her we'll find. For all of us she did her best. May God grant her eternal rest. Sadly missed by her daughter Mrs George E Logan and granddaughter Lillian Mae Logan Cincinnati Ohio.
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Lucy Cole
George E. Logan
Lillian Mae Logan
Cincinnati
Union of Presbyterian Churches Granted in Seymour Letter
A letter read to First Presbyterian Madison and Second Presbyterian Seymour notes Presbytery of New Albany granted union of the two congregations. Commission appointed to effect the union with Christian charity urged and divine blessing invoked. Signed by Moderator M More and committee members B Terhune and F M Moore.
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First Presbyterian Church
Second Church
Seymour
Ind
Madison
Indiana
Presbytery
New Albany
Second Presbyterian Church
The
Onemely of
B. Terhune
F. M. Moore
Sioux Reservation Sale Project Revisions Cited
Dr Charles Bast was tasked to visit South Dakota reservations and report on “White Marriages” to help natives abandon old practices. Government representatives appraised many tracts for sale, with minimum bids set by valuation. certain parcels reach high appraisals up to thousands of dollars.
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Charles Bast
Othernethan Lerento
Washington
South Dakota
Phorty Nests
Pett Wwidtes
Martie
Dpreeds Shell Danis
Prem
Stephen Bear Pleris
Wilson Rats
Tierbert Paawte Think
James Stotted Tok
Livvie Weebes
Phenais Prairie Brew
Bane Pure Horse
Dheesthoas
Evelyn Rose
Thorn Bagh
Heute
Gilbert
Anetta
Witch doctors investigated in Cinco de Guantanamo disappearance
Provincial authorities probe the mysterious disappearance of Candido Martinez a five year old from a ranch near Guantanamo Cuba. Four suspects including a local healer and patent medicine seller are held without bail for examination. The aunt says the sister vanished a year earlier under similar circumstances.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Candido Martinez
Prize for Bible Reader in Middletown Boy Earns Bicycle
Thomas Andrews twelve-year-old son of Mr and Mrs W H Andrews of Middletown completed reading the Bible in about two months and received a new bicycle from his father as a reward. He is a devoted member of the First Presbyterian Sunday school.
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Thomas Andrews
W. H. Andrews
Middletown
First Presbyterian Church
World's Biggest Hangar Nears Completion at Lakehurst
America's first giant aircraft terminal rises at Lakehurst New Jersey. The United States Navy airship hangar spans 508 feet long, 264 feet wide and 185 feet high with doors 175 feet high. It will house the two giant dirigibles under construction and support a trans Atlantic flight plan by late summer. A 16 story mooring mast and 1,500 foot runways enable docking, with cranes and movable platforms for maintenance.
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New York
America
Lakehurst
No 1
United States Navy
League Island Navy Sand
Philadelphia
England
Auvaetoo
Navy Department
Horgau
Chicage
St Totes
Ratastry
Denver
San Francisco
Seattle
New Orleans
Atlanta
Columbus
San Diego
Mnfurt
Horses on Wane in Cities
Washington reports a decade long drop in draft horses in major cities per the 1920 census. New York City shows 56,539 horses in 1920 versus 128,294 in 1910 and Chicago at 30,488 versus 68,122. Other cities list Philadelphia 19,472 and 50,461, Baltimore 7,378 and 15,840, Boston 10,003 and 23,007, Pittsburgh 6,023 and 12,845, Cincinnati 6,081 and 18,901, and Cleveland 4,024 and 16,839.
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Washington
Census Bureau
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Suit Seeks 20000 For Loss Of Child’s Eye
Leonard P. Kingsley of Chicago sues Emil Wienicke of Barrington for 20000 alleging his rooster injured Kingsley’s little daughter and caused the eye loss. The case cites the rooster attack as the cause of damages.
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Chicago
Leonard P. Kingsley
Emil Wienicke
Barrington
Wienicke
Kindness to Tramp Nets $1500 In Chicago
Joseph Peddicord of North Chicago receives a $1500 legacy from George Foster Paddock, once a banker from Water Town New York, who in 1910s era begged for food and drink at Peddicord’s home. The tramp’s remark of gratitude is cited as the turning point.
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Chicago
Joseph Peddicord
South Park Avenue
George Foster Paddock
Millonaire
Watertown
N.Y
Paddock
Diddeck
Surgeon Makes 70 Mile Snow Flight To Reach Patient
Dr Robert Heaney traveled seventy miles through eight to ten feet of snow to Forks of Sitmen to perform a successful appendicitis operation. Weather forced him to rent an airplane, which was in the shop, so he used a mule to reach the site.
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Yreka
Jer
Robert HL Heaney
Ohst
Forks
Sitinen
Mies Gaecriggla
Clyde Bangborn
Government sealskin drive targets Pribilof Islands
Seattle reports a government campaign to seal the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea reduction effort. About 80 sealskins are to be produced this summer with 28 000 seals captured last year and a goal of 20 000 this season. The Navy transport Saturn brings supplies and eight furriers from a St Louis firm to act as selling agent.
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Bering Sea
Alaska
Saturn
Navy Department
Transport Service
St. Louis
Ftrm
Meanest thief sought for stealing baby bath tub in Chicago
Marquette police hunt a burglar who invaded the rear porch of Henry Rumph at 2049 Fluorney street and stole a small metal bath tub used by Mrs Rumph to bathe her two year old daughter Florence.
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Chicago
Marquette
Henry Rumph
Fluorney Street
Rumph
Florence
Farmer Dehorns Bull Forces Escape in Barn Attack
In Gillette Wyoming John Cates faced a bull that had just been dehorned. The rope tying the animal failed as the procedure ended, allowing the bull to corner Cates and throw him onto the barn roof twice before tiring and leaving him dazed and bruised.
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Gillette
John Cates
Cates
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