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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
1
A parade of names records greetings and travel as residents and visitors from Indianapolis Louisville Cincinnati Dayton and Bloomington return or arrive in Madison. Pensioner Albert Adams receives 24 dollars monthly while others journey home or to hospitals and relatives after visits and weddings.
At a recent board meeting of Madison Country Club the following individuals were elected to membership: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Moorehead, Miss Grace Moorehead, Mr. J.W. Moorehead, Miss Sophia Benson, Miss Francis M. Hill, Miss Agnes Denlan.
Washington May 3 United States dispatches another note to Holland over the Sumatra oil controversy. The State Department did not release the note text but it is understood to challenge Dutch arguments. America objects to discrimination against American capital especially Standard Oil in the Djambi fields.
Marion Indiana residents vote on the Knapp bill to adopt a commission manager form amid light turnout. In court Judge Griffith instructed the grand jury with Harry McCoy Frank Fagg John H Thompson Charles A Jones John Lamb and Louis Trinkle Jr named as jurors. Thompson named foreman. In partition action Emma J King et al vs Grace E Latham et al sale reported by commissioner Charles O McBride. property on Presbyterian avenue near Elm street to Ethel Ramsey. State of Indiana vs Harry Steele set for Monday June 6 with P E Bear and John McGregor for the defendant.
John L. Hammond died in Greensburg after ill health and burial in Edinburgh following a service in Dupont area. Born November 27, 1850, he served four years as Lancaster township Trustee and was a respected resident with a widow, one daughter, three granddaughters, two brothers, and one sister. The mourners included relatives from Ohio and a car trip to Louisville recorded in the notice.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce is seeking $10,000 monthly temporary alimony from James Stanley Joyce as he files a lengthy answer detailing her past. He describes alleged lavish expenditures on her and questions her stage earnings and fame, claiming payments were for personal favors.
Paris May 31 Premier Lloyd George asked for an immediate Briand meeting on the Silesian issue but Briand refused. It appears two weeks will pass before inter allied discussions resume as Briand favors expert study of the Polish German dispute and a report for the Premiers.
President Harding said informal feelers have been sent to European capitals to gauge sentiment toward an international conference on disarmament.
London May 31 Field Marshal Wilson head of the Imperial General Staff attended a British Cabinet meeting where the Irish situation was discussed and it is understood a scheme to send more troops to Ireland was approved.
Washington May 31 The Senate approved the Lenroot concurrent resolution calling for an exhaustive investigation into the agricultural industry by a joint congressional committee. It seeks to determine current conditions and make recommendations.
Berlin May 31 Germany has paid the first billion gold marks to the allies and the cabinet is giving final consideration today to the new financial and industrial program. Chancellor Wirth will announce it to the Reichstag tomorrow with unprecedented taxes aimed especially at landholders.
A Berlin dispatch reports Bavarian military organizations defying the Peace treaty have agreed to disband, resolving the ongoing disarmament issue and ending their defiance to the treaty terms.
Coblenz American soldiers known for sweets. Figures from the YMCAs Cafeteria show 233,138 puddings and 475,843 tarts consumed last year. Other totals include 310,874 cookies, 624,906 ice cream dishes, 366,351 sundaes, and 211,195 eggs eaten by doughboys at the largest Coblenz restaurant.
Dr. D. T. Mac Dougal of the Carnegie Desert Laboratory Tuc son Arizona explains trees may be smaller at mid afternoon than at sunrise due to water transport and trunk shrinkage. He cites ash pine spruce walnut and others and notes growth periods span two to three months, driven by food supply temperature and moisture.
Clerk Nichols today granted marriage licenses to James Oakley Pea Tenn and Miss in M Weight of Louisville, Kentucky, official records show.
William Jennings Bryan will reside permanently in Miami Florida due to his wife’s health. Rev E A Shulle pastor of First Baptist Madison and party escaped a serious automobile accident near Dupont when brakes failed and the car turned over. No one was seriously hurt and the group continued home after repairs.
James Atwell chief clerk at the S E Hospital suffered a serious head injury Saturday evening when a buggy slipped on Hitz hill. He was pitched from the buggy, struck his head, and received a six inch scalp wound. The driver was uninjured and Atwell is under medical care and improving.
Private A Tiggard of the U S Marine Corps becomes the first enlisted man to serve as President Harding's personal aide. An accident at Point Isabel Texas injured him slightly while Mrs. Harding rode in a car. She later requested his transfer to the presidential yacht. Delegates at the Indiana Licensed Lenders Association convention in Indianapolis elect Thomas B McGregor as second vice president and delegate to the National convention in Chicago in September.
Crowds gathered on Main Street and at Springdale cemetery to honor veterans from the Civil War World War I and II as autos paraded by led by the Elks band. Rev. Louden A Harrison gave a moving memorial address urging patriotism devotion and love of country. The poem reflects on sacrifice and memory across battles and generations.
The article notes allies and associated countries expressing sympathy for Decoration Day. Foreign leaders, soldiers, and civilians honor the fallen by laying flowers on graves of strangers. The words and deeds bring comfort to grieving American families whose sorrow remains beyond words.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 30 p m Sunday for Mrs. Mary J Wadsworth by Rev W S Re der of Trinity Church at her daughter's home on West Second Street Interment followed at Springdale Cemetery with pallbearers George Haak William Adkins John S Schofield William Barker Melvin Blackard Ellison McGuire Also noted were other brief items about geography and travel including references to volcanoes in Guatemala and Java and a doctor and wife leaving for Chicago for a post graduate course
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