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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
2
Civil church donation to relief fund cited along with multiple social items. Residents travel by train to visit relatives attend funerals, births, and family gatherings. Memorial services for Loyd Danner held with burial planned at Mount Zion cemetery in Bennington.
Henry Goolheare a professional blood donor is registered at four Brooklyn hospitals ready for call. He has supplied about seventy quarts of blood through sixty transfusions in two years and earned nearly $20 000 during that period.
A large turnout of relatives and friends attended the funeral of the late John Hoffman at 8:30 this morning in Migdison. Rev. Charles Gordon conducted services. Officers and pallbearers included C. G. Hunger, John Dahlem, J. C. Ree, William Ringwald, and Wen Se.
Miss Katherine Butterfield from Welser Idaho, a seventeen year old high school girl, won the Firestone scholarship for the national essay contest involving 250000 high school students nationwide. The four year university course is valued at 5000 dollars.
Special Orders No 28 from the Adjutant General promote Captain H O Woolford to Major and assign him to command the 2d Battalion 1st F A with HQ at Madison. New officers for the battalion Combat Train are named Floyd Anderson of Elizabethtown Hayden St Bear Maurice Mendenhall and Harry R Lister with Charles E Summers. Madison gains three more officers and a vacancy exists in the 2d lieutenancy as equipment and transport begin arriving for the Indiana regiment of heavy artillery.
In circuit court this morning the motion to make the complaint more specific in Madison Light & Fuel Co. versus S. G. Bovard county treasurer was argued to enjoin tax collection on a disputed $26,250 assessment. Judge Griffith took the matter under advisement. George Keller was appointed executor of Kate Ober Ryker’s Jefferson county estate. Harry Wells, guardian of Lola Garrison, sought sale of real estate and the court ordered appraisal and sale.
The U S asks Italy to send engineers including Celestine Usuelli designer of the Roma to supply plans and instructions for American dirigibles. Rome may also provide Stg Nobili and the Roma crew to assist an American airstrip project. American airships will be five meters shorter than the Roma to fit hangars.
Milan’s oldest native born resident is Count Guiseppe Groppi born March 24 in Minafrady. He served in Italian diplomacy for over fifty years and was the first ambassador to the Austrian court after the Italy Austria war. A recent photograph marked his birthday as friends praised his health and beauty of life.
Clinton Fo Houser of Chillicothe High School chemistry and physics reports a 175 foot hill of maple molasses like sugar rock near Chimney Rock. The sandstone shale deposit suggests a former shore line and wave washed gum like material forming the sugar hill.
Clarence Hines twenty three a Canby Minnesota automobile mechanic convicted of manslaughter traveled unescorted to Stillwater where he surrendered to Warden J J Sullivan after officials doubted his solo trip. The death of a woman struck by his car led to his September conviction and admission was initially resisted before Lyon county authorities confirmed he came alone.
Peter Smith of Allentown Pa long believed dead reappeared at his brother Theodore Smith’s home after 15 years away. He said he spent most years in the West and served in France during the war. His first home meal was a lavish chicken dinner with few relatives present.
Three hundred and eighty Norwegian ships totaling about 850000 tons are laid up in home and foreign harbors, according to the Norwegian shipping association.
John Bray of Brooksburg leaves for Tipton to visit son in law Rev Irvin Shaddy. John G Crozier returns to St Louis after two weeks with relatives. Marriage license issued to Hamilton Peyton and Jeannette Stokes. Tire theft from Samuel Sauley Jr’s Ford near Opera House. Mrs Clyde Harman attends Loyd Danner funeral then returns home. Mrs Roger Grauman and Elaine arrive from Chicago to visit Sulzer family. Wesley Server and William Fenn in Chicago mail service, take five day vacation. Steve Simmons and wife depart for Battle Creek for eight weeks. Gertrude and Mabel Alrey arrive from San Francisco for extended visit. Lydia Dunlap of Paris dies aged 64. funeral at Coffey Creek Christian Church. survived by husband and four brothers.
An elaborate Chinese wedding described from the London Privy Mail details Lin Chin Tsong's daughter at the Dreamland palace. Bride wore a towering gold crown and diamonds, guests praised music and dancing as relatives gather at the ornate ceremony and bridal chamber.
A circular three story house in Somerville Massachusetts, erected in 1856 by Boston merchant Enoch Robinson, features a smaller upper story, circular library, and oval parlor. A spiral stair rises from the rear, with radiating second floor rooms and a central circular balcony on the third floor giving a view of the entry and four chambers beyond.
Probate of Levi Vestile's will assigns entire farm and personal estate to widow Ettie Vestile. Final settlement of Emma Gray's estate approved with Ira Gray Sr. as administrator. Attorneys Emerson Lemen and Joseph M. Cooper listed for both estates. Court also allows $25 claim against James H Black estate and a $20 preferred claim for Herbert A Black. Anna Campbell granted divorce from Charles Campbell with custody of Mary Evelyn to grandmother Eunice Demaree and parental visitation rights.
Mr Bernard Cassidy and Miss Clorin Kimmel were married at St Michael's Church rectory by Rev M L Guthneck at 5 AM The couple left for a wedding trip to Cincinnati with attendants Paul Rahe and Evelyn Smith They are juniors at Madison High School and are well regarded in local social circles.
The Young Ladies Sodality hosted a card party at St Marys school hall last night. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Andrew Schneider and Mrs Edward Jo hann for ladies, and Howard Goebel and Joseph Schneider for gentlemen.
A Madison study shows a working couple with three children need 1830.71 annually for basic life needs and health. B G Packer, Wisconsin immigration commissioner, cites Labor Department surveys from eleven cities, using Madison prices and ordinary goods.
A London publisher left a bequest to aid the production of literary work of real value. The money could be used to encourage writers and fund genuine literary projects through grants and support.
Paul Gesmer, a 52 year old inventor from Stapleton Staten Island, reappeared in New York claiming he was $45000 richer. His body had been found in a motorboat off Brooklyn and identified as his earlier disappearance on November 1 1919. He drove into town in a bright yellow car saying he would start a new machine shop.
In Berne Reverend Baudenbacher aged fifty with heart trouble collapsed and was certified dead. After 14 hours he awakened to find wreaths and mourners, saying my cell has not yet come. Funeral postponed indefinitely as doctors assess his prognosis.
Two woodsmen Matt Willis and Paul Jaeger escaped timber wolves after forced overnight treetop vigil. While hiking between camps they were pursued by a snarling pack, providing a dramatic account of survival and relief when rescued for treatment after exposure.
A Kansas City man declares I am an angel from paradise to a Marine Recruiting Officer, asking to be measured for a hero and wings. The applicant gives his real name as Abbott Angel of Paradise, Kansas. Carey Pack and Nixon Hikes from southeastern Missouri also apply for enlistment.
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