Local notices and travel updates from Madison and surrounding areas
A stream of morning trains carries residents between Madison and cities like Indianapolis Columbus Lafayette Cincinnati and Dayton. Visitors and relatives arrive and depart, early funerals and police actions mark the day as Capt Charles D Herron is named Brigadier General in Indiana National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. White
Indianapolis
A. J. Stevenson
Monroe Township
Scipia
Pearl McKinney
North Vernon
B. F. Slater
London Bottom
Barbara Schneider
Tiffin
Jacob Brandtmeier
Dayton
Mary Mellvane
Milroy
Rachel MecNeel
Hanover
Margaret and
Mary Benson
Joseph M. Nichols
West Street
Nina Flicks
Lafayette
Samuel Conner
Bedford
Charles Terry
Kate Dielenhein
West Third Street
Cincinnati
Gale Pheasant
Georgia Pheasant
Milton Township
George Heitz
Mary Doyle
M. J. Bowman, Jr
Valparaiso University
Frank Griffin
South Mulberry Street
Westfork
J. J. Schwaninger
Dorothy
Columbus
Harry Graves
Mulberry Street
Jenkins
William Wise
Carrollton
Wise
Louis Alexander
Daniel Lyle
Greencastle
Howard Spaulding
Rockford
G. L. Spaulding
Mary Spaulding
Michigan
Charles D. Herron
U.S. A
Giov. Ralston
Indiana National Guard
Crawfordsville
10Th Infantry
Canal Zone
H. B. Voris
Rose E. Voris
Pleasant
Switzerland County
Lebanon
Henry Vannuys
Independence Day Observances At Neavills Grove
Independence Day events planned at Neavills Grove eight miles from Madison include a moved speaker’s stand, new seating, horse railings, improved roads and parking. Refreshments available, no liquor, with speeches and a Sunday school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neavills Grove
Madison
Home After 21 Years Aims To Reconnect With Father
Charles Mo Short, once believed dead after leaving Excelsior Springs Missouri for a sailor’s life, has been found in Pratt Kansas and plans to near his father. News of other locals includes Theodore Smith’s Cincinnati trip report, a grand 50 000 men parade, a death of Mr Fred Lay in Indianapolis, and Mrs Lytle’s recovery from surgery at Norton’s Infirmary. Rural Route 2 Aurora residents Sherman Marshall L P Jackson Mrs R J Jackson and Rosa Dittmer toured by auto via Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dye
Neoraska
Short
Nebraska
Theodore Smith
Cincinnati
Smith
Edward McLaughlin
Canaan Road
Inchinnapolis
Fred Lay
Andrew Is. Lytle
Louisville
Aurora
Kentucky
Messrs
Marshall and
Jackson
Dearborn County
James Hedd y of Vincennes Dies at Ft Harrison
James Heddy of Vincennes, a private, died at Ft Harrison from a nervous breakdown. This marks the first death in the camp at Ft Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
FT. Harrison
James Heddy
Court Rewards Brave Act In Yonkers
Yonkers New York city judge Beall witnessed a youth, Frank ONeill of 1380 Vineyard Avenue, stop a runaway horse at Getty Square by grabbing its bridle. The youth was on his way to court for fighting in the street. The judge suspended his sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N. Y
Beall
Getty Square
Frank O'Neill
Vineyard Avenue
Boston Teen Returns From Eleven Months With British Army
Boston boy Otto Parffiman reports a curious mix of wartime experience and a car mishap. The 16 year old, who traveled with his family from Everett, served eleven months in the British artillery near Ypres before embassy arrangements sent him back to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ihaveld Phillips
Everett
Boston
United States
Phillips
Ypres
Pleasant Point Church Schedule and Social Notes
Pleasant Point notes Sunday morning church services and a Sunday night Children’s Day program at 8 pm. A long list of local residents entertained guests at homes the past weekend, with visits, nursing updates, and social gatherings including a revival at North Madison Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Stout
Lottie
Massing and Kieffer Vow in Ripley County Wedding
The wedding of Joseph Massing and Pearl M Kieffer occurred Wednesday morning June 21 at St Magdalene church Ripley County with Father Lieson officiating. The couple reside with the groom’s parents near Bryantsburg and received many presents at a reception and dance that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Massing
Joseph P. Massing
Bryantsburg
Pearl M. Kieffer
Anthony Keiffer
New Marion
St. Magdalene’s Catholic Church
Ripley County
Lieson
Annie M. Bray
Edward Keiffer
Anthony Kieffer
John Kieffer
Cary Gardner
Arthur and
Wilmer
Pleasant Point
Kate Kieffer
Indianapolis
Mary Nieffer
Helen Bray
Bryantsboro
John Kent
Fidianapolis
Joseph Kieffer
Robert Kieffer
John Keiffer, Jr
Eny
Dong
Local Memory Note Highlights Visit to Bee Camp and Pleasant Ridge
Mr and Mrs Harold Henry spent several days of last week visiting relatives at Bee Camp and Pleasant Ridge. Bro Carpenter presided over the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Carpenter
Harold Henry
Bee Camp
Pleasant Ridge
Sheriff Sale of Riverside Block Property in Madison Indiana
Sheriff George A. Monroe to sell at public auction July 24 1916 rents and profits for up to seven years from River Block No 7 Madison Indiana to settle a 9060.42 debt from The National Branch Bank Madison against Peoples Loose Leaf Tobacco Ware house Company Franklin P Smith Pearl Smith and others. If insufficient proceeds the fee simple of the real estate may be sold. Sale at Jefferson County Courthouse with attorney W O Ford present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Circuit Court
Jefferson Co
Ind
National Branch Bank
Madison
Indiana
Peoples Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse Company
Franklin P. Smith
Pearl Deatherage Smith
James Gouty
Alice L. Gouty
George L. Gouty
David R. Orr
Ella B. Orr
Chriss Selmier
William F. Selmier
Robert F. Davis
Jefferson County
River Block No. 7
Broadway
Front Street
Ohio Street
Broadway Street
Peoples Lease Leaf Tobacco Warehouse Company
Pearl Smith
George A. Monroe
W. O. Ford
Madison Wholesale Market Prices and Quotations
A fragment listing wholesale prices for flour meals and grain in Madison. Includes per 100 pounds and per ton figures for meal, bran, wheat, oats, and hay, plus prices for live poultry products and seed selling price. Names and some items incomplete due to OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor-Hitz
Queen of Madison
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Madison Herald
the Herald Company
Matson
East Main Street
Madison, Ind
Mr. D. Jones
Ghent
Albert Schad
Neavill’s Grove
Court News
Tilden Short
Orange
H. Stout
Theodore Stout
Liberty
Neuville’s Grove
Madison Chautauqua
Old Settlers Meeting
Neaville's Grove
Old Settler's Meeting
Marble Corner
Kansan
Jas. Heddy
Big Butcher
Philipsboro
Otto Parffiman
Otto
Giast
New Zealand
Charley Ringwald
Cory Brinson
James Taylor
Charley George
John Lehnert
Edith McGee
Anna Lehnert
Clara Lehnert
Dwight Brinson
Velma Harrell
Hebron
Anthony Brinson
Helen Requet
Dorris Bowman
Miss Requet
Dora
Marie Bechmann
Norwood O
Grandma Bechmann
George Vallillee
Elizabeth Mix
Frank Riedel
Denny Sanatorium
John Schmidlap
Martin Bramwell
Big Creek
Maddox
Theodore Flilbert and Sons
Helena Requet
Frank McGee
John Smith
Bis Creek
North Madison Baptist Church
Bro
Surrell
Kieffer
St. Magdalene
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
New York
Railroads
National Conference Committee of the Railways
Elisha Lee
R. Albright
Atlantic Coast Line Railro
L. W. Baldwin
Central of Georgina Railway
Co. L. Bardo
Meseger
New Haven & Hartlera Railroad
B. H. Coapman
Southern Railway
EB. Cotter
Geo
Wabaah Railway
Crowley
West Castle
G. H. Emerson
Mewaser
Great Neathers Railway
C. HM. Bwing
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
W. Grice
Gan
Chesapeake & Obie Railway
A.B. Greig
St. Louis
C. W. Kouns
Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway
W. McMaster
Wheeling & Lake Erie
N. D. Maher
Norfolk & Western Railway
James Russell
Gon
He Madison Investment
Jeferson County
Ohert
Madiaon
Sheriff’s Sale
Madison Wholesale Marktet
Weene
Eeee
Leo
Ceca Ee
Timothy Hay
C.seecsaees
Cssee Caveees
J. Schofield & Sonce
Gari Shoes
Middleton Wymond Co
Pittsburg
Trow
Pearl Packing House
BULLS
Gus Yunker
Prop
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