Local Folks of Madison Note Summer Tidings
Madison residents share visits and travel as Elizabeth Voelker returns from Cincinnati and Mrs. Flynn visits Montgomery Indiana. M. J. Wilson to give Fourth of July talk at Vernon while Elias Burton dies aged 85 in Cragmont. Several families plan trips to Chicago Indianapolis Crawfordsville and Colorado Rockies. A rock crusher accident injures George Goodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Voelker
Cincinnati
Harry Hoagland
Indianapolis
Edward Flynn
Greensburg
Vail
Marie Cowan
Fisher
Rushville
Fett
Caledonia Church
Elan
Township
Cragmont
George Goodson
Copeland
Goodson
Mia Gallagher
Chicago
Nell Gallagher
Colorado Springs
Colo
Rockies
Edward Gallagher
Denver
Mabel Jenkins
Elmore Shockley
Second Street
Pullem’s Landing
Price Blackburn
Germans Launch Powerful Offensive in Champagne
Petrograd dispatches report German armies on the eastern front have begun a strong offensive in Champagne with infantry assaults along a sixty mile front. Attacks also target around Verdun as three German armies, largely drawn from the western front, push to press the Russian defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Paris
Champagne
Verdun
Fewer Kansas Farmers Reported Across Decades
Abilene Kansas social note cites J C Mohler secretary of the state board of agriculture stating that in 1895 55 percent of all employed were in agriculture, 60 percent in 1905, and 46 percent in 1915. He calls the trend discouraging for Kansas economy and discusses home seeking land ownership capital and rural life improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Kan
Kan- Ag
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Mr. Mobler
Reorganization Efforts For Co EP Madison National Guard Plan
Last night efforts to reorganize Co EP Madison’s former National Guard unit drew a favorable response with fifteen men signing the petition to muster into service. If recruiting holds, a nucleus should form in a few days as veterans with five to ten years of service join alongside new volunteers to reach strength. Recruitment continues today at the Odd Fellows hall with plans to visit smaller county towns and attract trained veterans and capable youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. EP
Madison
National Guard
Chfaris Wal
Lowapg SeCallap Ab Dbic
Odd Fellows Hall
County Clerk Prennatt Injured In Court House Accident
Edward Mc Prenatt county clerk suffered a fracture of the right hip when he slipped on a slick floor in the court room. He was taken to Kings Daughters hospital and is resting comfortably this afternoon, with a six week bed rest anticipated and a strong constitution to aid recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Mc Prenatt
Pregatt
Court House
Kings Daughters Hospital
Prenatt
Man Prenact
Peoples Trust Co
Graham Gilliland
Mite Bo & A. Ass't
Martha McLaughlin
Joseph Hade m Etal
Ina Green
Bertha Wood
Mula Shanks
R. Pear
Tarry Lemon
W. C. Ford
Ho HS Cope
Sulzer & Bear
John McGregor
Mary Vanhorn Ashly
Ora Ashly
Alhering
Prematt
Anna Hirst
Hirst
Fanaiar
Death of Rebecca Finnegan reported in Knightstown
Mrs. George Maurer receives word of the death of her sister Rebecca Finnegan in a Knightstown hospital. She was nine, an invalid for three years after a spine injury. Survived by sisters and brothers George and Howard Finnegan. Remains to Madison tonight, funeral at 9 tomorrow at Millar home, Springdale cemetery. Mrs. Harold Hl. Cotton leaves Moorefield for Bloomington to visit her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mauer
Knightstown
Ind
Rebecca Finnegan
George Finnegan
Coal yard manager trapped in bin six hours
Clarence Eddy aged 56 yard manager for Godfrey and Sen coal dealers was buried knee deep in a 16 foot coal bin at Wichart Indiana for six hours. A 12 by 12 foot hole in the elevator siding released the coal and allowed him to climb to safety. Eddy suffered only cold as the crust on the coal slowed the drop and a roof collapse trapped him briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy
Walter Lehman
Fee
Boy With Fourteen Grandparents From multiple marriages listed
Delphi Indiana report notes Dean Overholser has fourteen grandparents through blood ties and marriage. The piece lists grandparents and great grandparents including the McManama Wagoner and Bridge families. An advertisement for Dean's Ointment follows, priced 50 cents a box. Sweden's peat fields are estimated to cover nearly 9,900,000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Ind
Dean Overholser
L. Overholser
Carroll County
Youllowing
Charles Overholser
George McManamaa
James Kidge
Myr
D. G. Overholser
Willan McManama
Isaac
Sweden
LARCENY TRIAL INDIANAPOLIS FARM LABORER STOLE SUITS
Willam Devine a farm laborer admitted in court that he took four suits from James Boyce to settle a debt of 83. He claimed he was generous as the suits were high quality. He was sentenced to ninety days at the penal farm after being captured in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Willam Devine
Criminal Court
James Boyce
Blackville
Royco
Devine
Boyce
Taree
Madison
Collins
M SO FOND OF MUSIC Chicago Matron Triumphs Over Servant Issue
A Chicago north shore matron attempts to solve the servant girl problem by hiring from Galesburg and enforcing kindness. After a confiscation episode over underwear and a 49 cent purchase, the girl returns with no underwear and a boastful remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Shore
New Use for Old Glory at Brooklyn Court
After an adjournment of Brooklyn court sessions the bench and clerk's desk were decorated with an American flag tag. Judge Rooney explained it is a duster to cover the desk when janitors sweep. Chief Clerk Berrigan offered a humorous defense saying the flag protects the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Kerrigann
Divining Rod Leads Shreveport Contractor to Buried Treasure Claim
Parmer and three helpers spent hours digging on Pairfield Avenue owned by Dr. J. M. Comegys in Shreveport’s affluent district seeking treasure said to be indicated by a divining rod. The four foot deep by four foot wide trench yielded no treasure as crews paused overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Ilaving
Pairfield Avenue
J. M. Comegys
Parmer
Farmer
Captain Kidd
Rooster Attack Wounds Pendleton Man
L A McClintock an implement dealer in Pendleton Oregon is wounded after a Buff Cochin rooster attacked while he crossed a barnyard toward Furish dam to fish. The bird kicked and spurred near the knee injuring a tendon and he was taken home by auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton, Ore
L. A
Bit of Gallantry Nets $200 000 For Philadelphia Hero
Frank T. Canning, once of Philadelphia then Clarksboro New Jersey, will receive 200000 after his act of gallantry toward Miss Chadley on a trolley car. The incident involved threats from intoxicated men and ended with Canning escorting the woman home. Mrs J P Elkins of Detroit, widow of a ranch owner, died leaving 100000 estate. half to Canning and half to a Detroit charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank T. Canning
City
Clarksboro
N. J
J.P. Elkins
Detroit
Cunning
Elkins
Trene Badhes
Chidleyv
May Canning
Mies Chadley
Ma Canning
Mr. Canning
Lightning Strikes Brady Area Home Wives and Baby Safe
A family six miles west of Brady escaped harm when lightning struck their house. Bolh drussell his wife and baby were asleep as a bolt raced across the roof and down to a bed then to a telephone wire and two shotguns near the bed. Russell was knocked unconscious and woke to a fire in bed clothing and wallpaper. He put out the blaze with little trouble. the shotgun barrels melted and the telephone ground wire damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolh Drussell
Brady
Russell
Doctors Sail Seas in Quest for Salt Water Cure
In San Francisco Dr Winslow Anderson leads fourteen doctors and nurses on a Crowley launch to sea to obtain pure sea water for a patient at St. Winifred's hospital. They retrieved twelve three gallon jugs from thirty fathoms, venturing toward Sarallone islands, and returned late at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
St. Winifred’s Hospital
Winslow Anderson
Sarallone Islands
Nieffy
Censors Regulate Co Ed Gowns at Indiana University
Indiana University enforces clothing censorship for co eds led by Dean of Women Miss Ruby Reed Mason. Evening gowns failing length or style rules are sent back to rooms for changes, with several violations noted for frocks seen as too revealing during dances this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Ruby RE
Mason
Indiana “Co-Eds
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anne Garrity
M. G. Donlan
Donlan
Mary W. Niklaus
Mary Quinn
Niklaus
Crawfordsville
Adeline Krue
Katherine Krue
Peter Smith
M. R Akins
Alice Martin
Kendall
Hanover
Marie
Elizabeth Garber
Mai Louise Siddall
Jack Siddall
Les Cheaneaux Islands
Michigan
Rannian Pecketey Aconmn
RLU Tea
Indiana National Guard
U.S. Army
George Maurer
Harold Hl. Cotton
Moorefield
James Moore
Jas. Dewd
Hollingsworth
Inlianapolis
James Hagerty
Hagle Creek Bottoms
James Dowd
Hagerty
Court News
Hole
Boy
Indiana
Galesburg
Ratin
Holton
Sherman Crawford
Topeka
Hollister
Peters’ Drug Store
Senreco
Ohio
Frank H. Canning
Sale Deposits Trust Co
C. S. Powell
J.W. Cornett
Wol Miller
W. Tevis
See
Ite National Branch Bank
The
J. W. Cornett
J. &. Weyer
See’y
First National Bank
M. Strader General Agent
South Mulberry Street
D, Swift & CO
Seventh St
Washington, D. 6
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!