Madison Ledger Notes July 25 1916 Social Lines
Madison Indiana brief notices include Miss Mary Aner returning from Winona Lake, families visiting, and local residents in and out of town. Reports cover illnesses, divorces, lawsuits, and travel to Indianapolis Louisville Carrollton Seattle Greenland and North Carolina with several name mentions and a missing banker linked to Waynesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Aner
Winona Lake Assembly
John Collins
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
John Mitchell
Louisville
Collision on River Night Owl and Vim near Milton
Night ferry Night Owl with Thomas Jenkins Richard Geyhart and William Evans collided midstream with the Vim while steering gear fouled. Jenkins leaped into the Ohio and was rescued exhausted. Evans and Geyhart escaped to the Vim. Night Owl sustained a small gunnel break and no boat damage occurred to Vim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jenkins
Richard Geyhart
William Evans
Evans
Geyhart
Jenkins
Ohio
Tom Jenkins
Milton
Warsaw
Will Evans
Golden Voice Lost to World Says Amato of Tedisco
Metropolitan Opera star Pasquale Amato declares Neapolitan fisherman Ghetano Tedisco possessed the richest voice he ever heard, yet Tedisco remains unknown due to a lack of mentality. Tedisco once sang deeper than Caruso and studied in Naples, but forgetful memory prevented him from sustaining operatic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasquale Amato
Metropolitan Opera Company
Ghetano Tedisco
Tedisco
Castleamimuare
Amato
Caruso
Naples Conservatory of Music
Carelli
Alfredo Germont
Count di Luna
Naples
New York World
Man rides a fish to death on Fox River
Hiram Beveridee. In a low Fox River pool below John Street dam he rode a six foot sturgeon to death using a stone as a weapon. He suffered cuts and scrapes but claimed seventy pounds of ash as the result and a new legal decision for future cases. Two Busy Corners show pedestrians and vehicles on New York City streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Hiram Beveridee
Fox River
Hiram
John Street
Tie
New York City
Park Tow
Frankfort Street
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
New York Sun
Ancient relic gift marks No 1 Fire Co bucket heritage
The No 1 Fire Company recalls its leather regulation bucket gifted by Miss Gertrude Gibson. The piece, a four gallon leather bucket with a wooden hoop, bears the name D Wilson and No 1, linking to Madison Indiana’s bucket brigade roots before hand engines. The article notes early fire fighting, the 1846 engine house, and an old weekly lighting roster for meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 1 Fire Co
Gertrude Gibson
Gibson
D. Wilson
BD. Wilson
Middleton Monument
Bucket Brigade
No. 1 Company
Madison
Indiana
Adams
Father Receives License Transfer for Motorized Baby Carriage
In Olympia Washington a Vancouver man sought to move a motor from a bicycle to a baby carriage bought when twins were born. Secretary J M Howell answered that the transfer to power the carriage would be permitted without a new license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Vancouver
J. M. Howell
Robbed by Bandits but He Wins Bride In Thrilling Trip
Seattle lumber dealer Harold Fitzgerald rode from Seattle toward Yosemite with adventures. He was robbed by two highwaymen near Kalama, Washington, losing a rifle and $40 as they rode with him for 60 miles. In Salem he met Miss Jeannette Draper, daughter of John Draper, and after a whirlwind four day courtship she became his wife. The newlyweds then helped a mountain man with a granddaughter named Mabel Hines, who joined them as they traveled south toward home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Lloyd
Elsie Epley
H. U H. Cupe
Charlesh. Conway
Louisville
Brooks
Conway
Messrs
M. Ro
Louis Sulzer
Edward Schilling
Indianapolis
John Schilling
North East
F. William Voght
California
Madison
J. R. Colgate
A. M. Graham
Gilbert Morgason
Ada Morygason
Hazel
Curtis Marshall
William Hollis
Alva McGuire
Carrollton
Juan, Ky
Amelia
Louise
Clara
Beeler
Albert
Carl and
Nerman Beeler
Carl Foltz
Steve Foltz
Middlefork
Homer Smith
Horace Robertson
Seattle
Wash
Henry Wilson
Poplar Street
Minneapolis, Minn
Mae Wilson
Robertson
Live Oak
Yosemite Valley
Iarold Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Kalama
Salem
Fitzgeral
Jeannette Draper
John Draper
Morphius
Littl Mabel Hines
Bleauto
Kiss for a Dollar Ends in Disorderly Conduct
In Munhall terrace Pittsburgh Raymond Watkins twenty years old of Homeville and his companions bet he could kiss the first girl who came along Estelle Staunton eighteen of Munhall terrace. He kissed her on the cheek and collected a dollar. Hours later he was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge. He paid costs four fifty and was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Raymond Watkins
Homeville
Munhall Terrace
Watkins
Estelle Staunton
Fiddling for votes as a campaign draw in Missouri
William C. Askin, Salem banker, enters the Republican race for Secretary of State. His daughter Miss Bernice Wolcott Askin plans to accompany him with her violin to entertain voters. In separate items, Herman Larson reports a stolen farm house near Frederic, Wisconsin, and an oil well near Calgary Canada yields oil clear as water with 12 percent benzine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
William C. Askin
Salem
Bernice Wolcott Askin
New York
Missouri
Askin
Deer Park
Wis
Herman Larson
Frederic
Polk County
Calgary
Canada
20 000 Acres Bequeathed to Middlebury College for Forest Park
The will of Joseph H L Battell leaves more than 20 000 acres of virgin forest land to Middlebury College to be preserved as a forest park forever. A Lincoln and Warren mountain peak goes to the United States government. Middlebury town receives park tracts and a maintenance fund. The college also gains the Battell block, the Middlebury Register, and several farms after a ten year trust ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
Middlebury College
Joseph HL. Battell
Fattell
Middlebury Register
Lincoln
Warren
United States
Green Mountains
Red White and Blue Cross Relief Body Formed in Albany
Albany reports the formation of Red White and Blue Cross a relief organization to collect and distribute aid for wartime distress and to act as an agent for charitable groups. Directors include Redan Waname ker Joseph H W Appel Frederick Cruver and others across New York Philadelphia and Pennsylvania locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Red, White and Blue Cross
Redan Wanameker
Joseph HW. Appel
Frederick Cruver
Wiluim BE
Hee
LE ¥. Spauld
Ing
Florence M. Stowell
New York City
de Chester Jolson
Brooklyn
Del
Fortune Awaits Two Girls in Unusual Will Offer
An odd case from Hight involves a man willing to leave his wealth to two girls, one a nurse and another a clerk, if they care for him and his wife. He seeks German descent and promises weekly wages with room and board in his town storefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Ole
Genera Hot
DROWNINGS AND RATLINGS IN MIDWEST NEWS ITEM
A man named Ticard Sederval, 27, died by drowning in a cellar at his brother’s home in Atchison Kansas after a dispute with a pastry shop. a separate incident in Bellefontaine Ohio reports a woman choking six rats to death in a barrel. Bellefontaine residents explore mobile phonograph rides in cars for evening entertainment.
Practical Health Hint Indigestion Exercise Key
Indigestion has no cure other than exercise. Daily five mile walks improve mood and skin, while dancing Morseback riding also helps. Diet changes are unnecessary. physical activity both prevents and cures indigestion. Medicines offer only temporary relief.
Rich suitors spotted at summer resort chat
A playful exchange from the Detroit Free Press recalls meeting several pleasant men at a summer resort, noting a couple of them being notably affluent. The lighthearted line hints at social mingling and status during leisure travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Baseball Scores From Yesterday
National League. Pittsburgh defeated Philadelphia 9 to 1. American League. Chicago beat Detroit 3 to 2. American Association results include Annapolis 5, Toledo 4. Milwaukee 6, Minneapolis 7. Columbus 1, Louisville 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
American
Chicago
Detroit
American Association
Annapalis
Toledo
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Columbus
Louisville
Brooklyn
Boston
Ais
New York
Pittsburg
Pete Arene
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pet
Ee Ener
Boston Fae
Haenes
Cleveland Aan
Washington
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Louisville Eerene
Minneapou Yakee
Toledo Eers
St. Paul
Aes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adison Herald
the Herald Company
Posto Moest
Matiaon
East Main Streest
Madison, Ind
Harry Villabold
Greensburg
Perry Brown
John T.burton
New Holton
Melancthon Danner
Levi Danner
Burt New
Ralston
New
W. H. Watlington
Carl Dow
Mobile
Ala
C. C. Green
Waynesboro
Miss
Ind
James Green
Charles Green
Greenland
Wim
England
Wolf, Schumann and Lyon
W. H. Werping
I. H. Cope
J. A. Battell
Fortune
Ticard Sederval
Linwood Street
Sederval
Atchison, Kan
TE Garvey
Bellefontaine
Tersons
Democratic
National Ticket
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
Statejtickets
John A. M. Adair
Mason J. Mklack
Jon W. Kern
Thomas Taggart
Homer L. Cook
Dale J. Crittenberg
George A. Bittler
Evanj B. Stotsenberg
Supreme Court
Douglas Morris
Charles E. Cox
John C. M’nutt
James J. Moran
Phillip Zoercher
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Samuel L. Scottief
Bureau of Statistics
Sig Kann
Congress
Lincoln Dixon
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Wallace J. Cotton
Scott
Jefferson
Joseph M. Cravens
Edward M. Prenatt
Edwin M. Stanton
George A. Monroe
John L. Muret
William H. Werning, JR
Oscar Oliver
John A. Swan
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