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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1921
Page
2
Madison Herald notes visits and travels of residents including Pearl Pollsett to Indianapolis and H D V O Wilson to Cincinnati. Obituary for Mrs Samuel P L Covington aged about 60. Sheriff acts on fraud case against Richard Miller. bond set at 500.
Relatives and friends attended the Mary Lipps funeral at St Michaels Church this morning. Rev MoT Guth neck celebrated Mass for the repose of her soul and delivered a tribute filled sermon. Interment followed at Springdale with pallbearers named including William Hl Plerurs Frank Scurain Joseph Heck Joseph Wettries Henry W Setlit Nicholas Rotunas.
Mary Ellen Rade participates in the Met Luse Neways program, a local arts initiative featuring community performers and collaborations. The report highlights her role and involvement within the event.
The text presents a tangled, heavily corrupted passage about a girl named Mary Ellen and her experiences with friends and theater. It reads like a jumbled diary or lyric fragment with recurring names Mary Wilen, Mary Tilen, and Perry Woes, interwoven with dreamlike scenes and disjointed dialogue.
A report notes heavy oil loss between well and storage, with one major producer estimating about 40,000 barrels wasted monthly. It says seepage along ditches and reservoirs accounts for much of the deficit, urging accurate measurement to close the gap.
Fragmentary text describes a public notice or article with references to subscriptions, dates, and names, though many words are garbled. It mentions a subscription drive and a referenced author and ship, but no clear event, date, or identifiable entities are legible.
A stage of miscommunication leads to a wrathful scene as a telephone manager is pressed about the department that sends out a bill and the panel of critics departs. The dialogue hints at failures in promptness and speed within the organization cited by the Columbia State.
Madison visitors include Gilbert Kahn and Graham Ross with family guests from Indianapolis and Atlantic City. Harvey Rea, of Los Angeles, secures a $30 monthly pension. Edward Hoffman departs for Fresno to return to duties as city letter carrier. In Squire Harley's court Mrs J J Stafford pays $50 fine for intoxicating liquor. Sheriff Dihammer Deputy Sheriff Schuler and officers Sherlock and Turner involved. Mary Reidt of Louisville visits Manville parents and stays with Joseph and Mary Cooper. Cooper and Raidt were Hanover College classmates.
Mrs Lydia Ann Horton widow of Robert Horton died Saturday night at 9 at her daughter Mrs Theodore Green home on Ryker's Ridge after months of illness. She was 74 and lifelong resident. Funeral at Ryker's Ridge Baptist Church at 3 pm with burial in Ryker's Ridge Cemetery.
Mrs Louise Glass a respected Madison resident died at her home on North Walnut Street after months of illness. She was 81, born in Madison, daughter of the late John and Mrs Rist, widow of Frederick Glass. She attended the Lutheran Church and its Ladies Aid Society and Sewing Society. Survived by one sister Mrs Margaret Spicher. Funeral at the Lutheran church chapel Wednesday at four with Rev Arends, interment Springdale Cemetery.
Albert Cole twelve, son of Mr and Mrs James Cole of east Third street, fell 18 to 20 feet from a cliff at Indian Cave near Goat Hill while with three companions. He was brought home by machine, with head injury and vomiting. doctors suspect concussion but skull fracture is not believed. Recovery hopes are expressed by friends and family.
Mrs. Walter Land of Shelby township receives word that Private Walter Land age 28 of Jefferson county quota, who fell in France during World War I, has arrived in New York and will be shipped home for burial. Funeral at West Fork Baptist Church to be announced.
New suits filed include Ernest Fewell versus Nettie Fewell for divorce on cruel treatment in Madison township with P K Bear as counsel. Mabel Unger versus George Unger for divorce on cruel treatment in Saluda township with P E Bear counsel. Mandana Mulligan versus Scott Mulligan for divorce on cruel treatment and failure to provide with P E Bear counsel. John Glaser versus Frank Coryea et al to contest a will venued here from Jennings County, originally filed in Scott County.
A large turnout of taxpayers from all townships gathered at the county court house this afternoon to petition the State Board of Tax Commissioners to halt bond issuance for road improvements amid high costs. C. W. Jessup of North Madison chaired the meeting. Participants included J. W. Storms, William Edward Ryker, V. K. Officer, James K. E. Miles, Frank Spann and others.
Warren D Wells and Margaret H Knoebel, a well known local couple, wed at 8:30 PM Saturday night at Rev H A Blake's residence on North Jefferson Street. The groom is son of Charles H Wells of the Kent flour mill. bride is daughter of George Knoebel. They will live in Madison. Friends extend best wishes.
Clerk Nichols issued licenses to Jesse D. Heck of Indianapolis and Kathleen Mor gan of this county. They were wed by Rev. Arends at the Lutheran parsonage. Ralph M. Hurley and Essie M. Jackson of Dupont obtained licenses and married by Squire Harley on West Main Street.
Black cpals, usually from artificial coloration, are mined extensively in a small district at the head of the River Fourling in northern New South Wales.
California features nearly 100 peaks over 10 000 feet in height. The Ohio State Journal contrasts high elevations with other regional terrain and references a broader geography discussion.
A J Spradley long served as sheriff of Nacogdoches County with gaps in his terms. He recalls early clashes with desperados in East Texas Douglass and Logansport cases, including the Loony murder and Goodwin shooting, with noted escapes and a career marked by gunfire and bold arrests.
The Moscow Soviet education ministry bans all religious myth subjects from a national short story contest for Russian children. Tales must drop superstition and angels while kings and princes are depicted as oppressors. stories praising science, industry and working-class life are preferred.
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