Miss Kate Johnson Returns Home From Ohio Visit
Local notes report several residents traveling visiting relatives in Columbus Dayton and St Louis. A 90 year old man Andrew Richey died Cragmont and was shipped to Brazil for burial. Prohibition forces win first Senate round as the prohibition amendment is ruled general legislation not war related.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate V. Johnson
Columbus
Dayton
Ohio
Clarence Daniel Chambers
RLR
J. Sweeney
St. Louis
Dora
Clara Reinne
Mulberry Street
Trimble County
Andrew Richey
Cragmont
Brazil
Haigh
A. F. Yeager
John
Harry
Harry Childs
Delta
Fletcher Peters
Helen
Virginia
Blakwell
Oklahoma
R. W. Cochran
Walter Goodson
Margaret
Walter
Richard
Macon
E. E. Scott
Prohibition
Senate
Crops Hurt in June Across Indiana
Indiana crop report notes June was unfavourable for oats and fruit, with corn and vegetables damaged by drought and a frost on June 24. Frost mainly affected muck land and low spots. Wheat suffered from smut and weevil while oats drifted to rust and smut.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jefferson County Historical Association meets at Lanier Home
Large attendance for yesterday afternoon meeting at Lanier Memorial Home. Dr. W. A. Millis elected president presided. Rev. J. W. Lanham spoke on The Early Pioneers of Ryker's Ridge and Manville. Committees reported on house curio auditing and other items. A brief business session followed. next meeting likely a night session to include more men.
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Jefferson County Historical Association
Lanier Memorial
W. A. Millis
J. W. Lanham
Manville
Ryker's Ridge
M. C. Garber
House
Drusilla Cravens
Curio
Carolyn Blankinship
Captain Spatt reassigned from Madison to Chicago
Capt. David Spatt, inspector of army blanks at Schofield's woolen mill, left Madison by morning train for Chicago after receiving orders. He served with the department of justice, aided the conscription board, and oversaw alien registrations while in Madison, where he made many friends. Swedes will colonize a South Sea island owned by France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Spatt
Madison
Schofield
Chicago
Spatt
Department of Justice
South Sea Islands
France
Boys in France Our Sammies
Poem by Mrs. M. Robertson to rally support for American troops known as Sammies. It praises the Yankee soldiers fighting autocracy, envisions victory with democracy, and honors Red Cross nurses aiding wounded soldiers while urging citizens to support the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. ©. Robertson
Ind
Red Cross
Back the President and Support Congressional Nominees
The editorial urges voters to support the President’s policies in foreign affairs and the war while favoring domestic control. It appeals to readers to rally behind Republican congressional nominees believed best suited to serve national interests.
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Plattoria
Installation of Officers in Pocahontas Lodge
At the regular Pocahontas meeting at the K of P hall officers were installed for the term. Names listed include Mrs. Effie Comley as Pocahontas and Mrs. May Mott as Guard of tepe. A night gown yoke was donated to Mrs. William James Jr. by the committee this social hour. Separately, the Busch family of St. Louis bought $1,000,000 in German war bonds sold in the United States.
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Degree of Pocahontas
K. of P. Hall
Pocahontas
Effie Comley
Winona
Jean Patterson
Powhatan
Nell Whett
Margaret Knoebel
Rachel Knoebel
Margaret Stephenson
Aileen King
Johanna Clore
Alice Parson
Busch
St. Louis
A.L. Decker
New York
United States
Madison notes of births visits and travel notices
July notices from Madison report the birth of Florence Kathryn to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aspinall, visits by Elizabeth Baglan and Mary Hughes, travel to Vincennes and Muncie, guests from Cincinnati and Florida, a royal flying corps cadet visiting Fairmount, a Tampa guest at a Brooksburg dinner, returns of Grover Jamieson party to Indianapolis, and a marriage announced in Mississippian Tlottesbury linking Capt Walter Harrison Nelly to Miss Madlynn C. Piau with Camp Selby details.
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Horn
Frank Aspinall
Florence Kathryn
Elizabeth Baglan
Greenwood
Margaret Jones
Walnut Street
Mary
Hughes
Vincennes
P.S. Hawk
Hanover
Ida Lewis
Bert Lewis
Lafayette
A. Rowlett
Palmetto
Florida
Anna Harper
Muncie
Roy Anger
Margaret Jane
Buddy
Mary Kathryn
Cincinnati
Margaret Dixon
North East Street
John Wilbur Lowes
Royal Flying Corps
Toronto
Canada
Agnes Cornett
Fairmount
John Knox
Tampa
Fla
Clara Simpson
Brooksburg
Knox
H. Os. Merrill
Brooksbury
Grover Jamieson
Martha
Walter
Margaret
Indianapolis
Walter Mundt
Martha Mundt
C. N. Woods
de Ro Colgate
St. Louis
Woods
Madison
C. C. Sappington
Pennsylvania Lines
Jeffersonville
Madlynn C. Phau
William C. Pia
Tlottesbury
Miss
Walter Harrison Nelly
Boy Hurt In Bicycle Accident At Home
Master Clemens Schoenstein of Walnut street was injured while coasting on a bicycle when he turned to avoid a wagon. He suffered strained ligaments in his right arm and leg, head and body cuts, and lay unconscious several hours before doctors found no broken bones. He is confined to bed for several days at his parents’ home.
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Clemens Schoenstein
John Schoenstein
Walnut Street
Michigan Road
Totten
Clemens
Burial of Mrs Smith Collins at Springdale Cemetery
The remains of Mrs. Smith Collins arrived by noon train from Chicago with her sons Charles and Randall and friends. They were met by former friends and taken to Springdale cemetery for short services led by Rev. Andrew Harper. Pallbearers included A. M. Graham J. R. Colgate Edgar M. Wood Robert H. Wood L. P. Scheik J. W. Cornett.
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Smith Collins
Chicago
Charles
Randall
Springdale Cemetery
Andrew Harper
Christchurch
A. M. Graham
Edgar M. Wood
Robert H. Wood
L. P. Scheik
J. W. Cornett
Chautauqua Directors Plan Tent Rentals and Program
The Madison Chautauqua directors met at the Commercial Club and will reconvene next Tuesday. L E Hitz will have tickets ready for buyers, tents number one hundred available with former renters given tent-location preference through July 20. R K J Treland announced a complete program, praising its strength and variety. The Red Cross seeks a National speaker on August 1, the National Food Conservation Committee attends August 2, and opening night July 31 features the National lecture America Wake Up with illustrated crisis pictures. opening night is free.
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Madison Chautauqua
Commercial Club
L. E. Hitz
James EE. Crozier
RK. J. Treland
Red Cross
National Food Conservation Committee
America
Lincoln found guilty in arson conspiracy case
Calvin Lincoln 37 of Keystone was found guilty in Winchester circuit court of conspiracy to commit arson. Frederick Drake of Marion died by own action. Khishap Roberts of Ridgeville and Enoch Pearson of Vian Buren are serving sentences on the same charge for conspiring to burn a building at Ridgeville.
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Winchester
Ind
Calvin Lincoln
Keystone
Frederick Drake
Marion
Khishap Roberts
Ridgeville
Enoch Pearson
Vian Buren
Pershing Confirms Five U.S. Aviators Captured
General Pershing's communique confirms the report that five American aviators were captured. In Vosges region enemy raids failed before reaching our lines, suffering losses.
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Vosges
Washington
Ewers Suspected of Pro German Activities
New York July 12 Dr Hans Heinz Ewers author is temporarily interned pending a federal investigation. He is suspected of pro German activities and is alleged to have received large sums of money from German sources. He was a classmate of Von Bernstorff.
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New York
Hans Heinz Ewers
von Bernstorff
Embargo on European malt liquor by War Trade Board
The War Trade Board imposed an absolute embargo on importing malt liquor from Europe announced to Congress. Five army trucks from Jeffersonville depot delivered and retrieved finished shirts and bedsacks from a local sub-station, totaling 10 670 shirts and 5 650 sacks.
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Washington
Europe
War Trade Board
Jeffersonville
Dr Herbert Willett to Speak at Madison Chautauqua
On August 4th Madison residents will hear Dr Herbert Willett of the University of Chicago on the Chautauqua platform. He is a professor of languages and literature and pastor, praised as a premier Bible literature lecturer with world travel and recent Orient insights. His topics include The Man of Nazareth and The Place of the Bible in Modern Thought.
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Madison
Herbert LE. Willett
University of Chicago
Chautauqua
Memorial Church of Christ
Christian Advocate of
Nashville
Tenn
Amelia
Willett
Orient
Los Chautauqua
Lyceum
Tven
Dante
Job
Missionary Meeting Held by Women of First Presbyterian
The Women's Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian church met at 9:30 this morning at Mrs. Er. J. Colgate's home. Dr. J. H. Barnard spoke on missions, Miss Ada Colgate gave a missionary reading, and Misslffie Dun can presented a treasury report. The gathering closed after benediction with plans for the August meeting.
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Women’s Missionary Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
Er. J. Colgate
W. W. Logan
Dr. Logan
Lffie Duncan
J. H. Barnard
Ada Colgate
Madison Daily Free Press 1872 stockholder meeting ad
Mrs J H Barnard sends a copy of the Madison Daily Free Press dated January 19 1872. The paper notes a stockholders meeting for the Ohio River Railroad to elect eleven directors. The county voted 150000 dollars to build the line. Miss Persis McClure of Indianapolis is visiting Madison.
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J.H. Barnard
Herald
Madison Daily Free Press
Excelsior Printing Company
Ohio River Railroad
Persis McClure
Indianapolis
Madison
The Knight of the Road and the Trescott Mystery
Blair, once a wanderer on the road, joins the roam in a tale of theft rescue and romance. He frames a story around Ina Trescott and Julian Trescott as the press and a lawyer guide him toward publication and a settled life.
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Boyeole
Owe Osser
Tra Troescott
Propaerta Gong
Asthe
Phe
Reddy
Bate
Trent
Blair
Smille
Devon
Misa Trescott
Julian Trescott
Ina
Britt
Clair
Walthem Blair
Trescott
Discoverer Urges Caution On Bio-seren Energy Claim
A sensational claim urges druggists to demand payment only after Bio-seren doubles energy vigor and nerve in two weeks. The notice stresses not to accept money before promised results.
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Discoverer
Seven Days Way to Boost Nerve Strength and Energy
An ad promises Bio-seven tablets will restore strength, confidence, and vigor. Take two after meals for seven days and one at bedtime, then continue one after each meal until empty. If not improved, return for a refund. The note lists ingredients and assures no secret formula.
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Hieferen
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James Fagg
Indiana
Jefferson County Historical Asso
Capt. Spatt
Sammy Boys
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Clemens Schoenstein Hurt
National War Labor Board
Atlantic
Calvin’ Lincoln
Pershing
DR. Ewers
Herbert L. Willett
The
Knights OF Road
Wodl
Vander Wiiut
Richette
Speke Melty
Breckfest
the Herald
Teilet
Captyr
Ange Pacrase
Ferema
Hostpo
Smmdicine CO
Woben
M. Strader General Agent
West Third Street
Army
U. S
Navy
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