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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
8
Madison daily notes cover travel departures and arrivals, licenses, births, and visits. Highlights include Mira Mae Killinger returning to Indianapolis and Laura and Frieda Bach en route to Indianapolis, transfers on West Second Street, and a real estate move by Susan B. Bunch. A court fine, military scout hike, and a Columbus shrapnel venture are also mentioned.
Mr and Mrs L W Lory have arranged to take possession of the Colonial Inn and operate it as an up to date and well managed private hotel. The inn has been popular and under new management should continue to enjoy success.
Mrs Amanda Antle widow of William Antle aged 380 died at noon today at her son Bert Antle's home on east Fourth street after infirmities of advanced age. She leaves five children including George Antie and Mrs William Gale of Indianapolis and John Allen Isaac and Bert Antle of Madison. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Mrs Joseph Forse 37 died at 7 20 this morning at her home on east Firet street after a four months illness with dropsy. She was born in Columbus and is survived by husband Isaac M Albert of Columbus her father a sister Mrs Anna Frederick Terre Haute and a brother John Albert Columbus. The body will be sent to Columbus tomorrow afternoon for funeral Sunday afternoon. Friends in Madison extend sympathy to the bereaved husband.
U S Department of Agriculture investigators report the American plum borer confines to trees with prior injury and does not attack vigorous healthy trees. It is often found on apple trees with collar blight. Precautionary removal of dead bark and painting wounds with non injurious paint is advised. Once established, cutting out the affected areas remains the only effective control.
The city ordinance governs garbage and ash hauling beyond contractors. It requires citizens to provide water tight garbage buckets and open ash receptacles near public places for easy access by haulers. Mixing garbage and ashes is prohibited and haulers need not traverse long backyards. Fines up to 50 dollars apply for violations.
John Talmage Ditmars aged eighty five died at his home a mile south of Franklin Indiana. He owned a 375 acre farm famed for Hereford Shorthorn and Durham cattle exported from the property. A lifelong bachelor he supported education for several young men and donated ten thousand dollars in 1912 to buy a pipe organ for the First Presbyterian Church where he belonged. He is survived by three siblings Cornelius Ditmars R V Ditmars and Mrs R D Donnell. Funeral services will be Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev B W Tyler.
Detectives unearthed a colossal counterfeiting operation in Chicago involving two and five dollar bills. A haul included 28000 dollars in counterfeit notes and 10000 in raised genuine dollars. Four arrests were reported, with one alias Benjamin Robbins 22 of Duluth named as alleged leader. Marcus Newton Humphrey, North Madison storekeeper, was found insane in a lunacy inquest and referred for Cragmont admission.
Mrs Bowser finds her husband still in bed at half past seven each morning and tries to rouse him. He grunts and groans then sits up, kicks off the covers and growls like an old bear, showing no interest in getting up.
A comical domestic scene unfolds as Mrs Bowser investigates a noisy midnight disturbance in a rowdy home. The husband frets over ill fitting collars and a missing toothbrush while accusing a kitchen visitor of misusing his belongings. The exchange hints at deeper trouble in a chaotic household.
A domestic dispute unfolds as Mr Bowser laments lost shoes and shirts hidden by Mrs Bowser in a strict housekeeping regime. He confronts the puzzle of missing apparel and misplaced tableware during a tense morning in their home.
A bachelor hosts a dinner with a friend and shows a landscape. The guest, while intoxicated, stutters a praise filled with jest about the trees waving naively. The scene unfolds in a lighthearted, antiquated tone.
A grocer and college graduate tells a customer that all nice eggs are fresh and all fresh eggs are nice. He claims to have them today and notes yesterday is finished and tomorrow will take care of itself. The Philadelphia Ledger style quip rounds out the exchange.
The colonel condemns a character as lazy and insolent, claiming he is drunk and a thief. A self confident reply mocks the judge and echoes the harsh assessment in dialect. The exchange portrays a dramatic interrogation scene with sharp wit and social defiance.
Richmond Times Dispatch reports a highbrow customer requesting a treatise on race peculiarities and achievements and a lowbrow clerk presenting a volume titled Jack's Tips on the Races as entirely reliable.
A New York Globe humor brief recalls a bartender quip about making a horse drink water while a pencil has to be lead, illustrating a light moment from a street exchange and the crowd’s reaction to the joke.
A fragmentary verse recounts a man in court with a maid who enjoyed his plea. He asserts honesty and zeal as he presses his suit. The judge, his father, dismisses the case swiftly, leaving the speaker lamenting.
A state-wide campaign by the Fire Marshal aims to compel underground storage of gasoline in Indiana within forty days. Violations carry daily fines from ten to five dollars. prosecutions will follow under the Fire Material law of 1913.
Mayor Crozier placed a guard over the Back street Cagsidy tenement after a night of three fires of suspicious origin. Fire crews responded to a minor blaze, another fire was duplicated in the same house, and a third was put out by neighbors. Evidence included two empty coal oil cans and oil-soaked floors. In New York, Supreme Court Justice Hendricks freed Thaw on $50,000 bail pending appeal after vacating a commitment order and upholding a jury verdict of insanity for Harry.
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