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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
5
Madison district reports baron couple license to wed George Thomas Martin and Nellie May Thomas. land transfers totaling 31900. tobacco sales average 9.60 per hundredweight. deaths, arrests, and court actions include a traveling salesman killed in Corydon and several drunken and statutory cases. Local travel and visits noted among residents.
Emma Leclinette Moore wife of Clifford Moore of Newport Kentucky died February 1916 after brief illness. The article recalls her peaceful passing, notes she was 18, a member of the Immaculate Conception, and burial at Ft Thomas Catholic graveyard. It also mentions the loss of a baby Elizabeth Marguerite Pfister and funeral rites held at their home with burial at Springdale cemetery.
Will H. Orpet is formally bound over to await the Lake County Grand Jury on the Marian Lambert death. The grand jury convenes next Monday. bail was not discussed at the preliminary hearing, and Orpet waived examination.
It was reported at the White House that Justice Shea of the Indiana Supreme Court would soon be named as Ambassador to Chile after urging from Senator Kern and Representative Dixon to the President.
Mev and Mrs Wilbun Washole left for Sandusky Ohio to locate. Mrs Portia Wright returned to Columbus after visiting Miss Elizabeth Ross. Mr Stephen Simmons is recovering at King's Daughters hospital. Real estate transfer in Madison Tp. from George Reader to Henry Martin valued at 100. Mr and Mrs Warry Robinson returned to Cincinnati after visiting Mr Godfrey Dold. Weds licensed: Carl Reed to Mitte Harsin. Charles Kirkpatrick to Helena Koler. Me and Mrs Frank Bierck welcomed a baby girl at 405 West Franklin Street. Grandson Bierck cheerfully noted. Madison Safe Deposit & Trust Co received seed corn testing posters from International Harvester Co for county farmers. Dr Z W Milligan says Sarah A Dudley cannot attend court due to health. Sarah Jacobs bound over to circuit court after delinquency charge. bail not posted. William H Cravens elected Secretary of the Western Club at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. son of Lincoln V Cravens.
London reports the death list from the liner Maloja disaster grew today with 52 confirmed dead and many missing. A large-scale body search is underway after the ship sank in twenty minutes following a mine explosion. 261 were saved by 1 p.m. Mrs. McLeod, wife of General McLeod, was confirmed among the lost.
Wild hogs charged Sanford Phillips Jr in Randolphy county foothills tearing clothing from his two year old son. The herd fled after glimpsing their own likeness in a large mirror, leaving the child only slightly injured.
Miss Mary D Reed formerly of Madison died in Ann Arbor Michigan. Funeral services will be held at First Presbyterian Church at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow with burial in Springdale Cemetery. Reed was longtime principal of Madison High School and the Reed family long connected to the community.
The Rev F R Young of the Theological Seminary Louisville delivered two sermons at the Second Presbyterian Church yesterday. The morning address Onesis the Fugitive urged forgiveness and restoration through Christ, while the evening message A Man Out of Place warned of paths to destruction and urged turning to the narrow road to eternal life.
The re organized Ladies Aid Society of Grace M. E. Church elected officers for the year: President Mrs Emerson Lemen Vice president Miss Elsie Hitz Secretary Mrs Dennis Hinds Treasurer Miss Viola French The group starts with 35 members and will meet March 1 at 2 PM. Mrs Susan Jacobs Madison resident died February 26 at 10 40 PM aged about 75 survived by five sons four daughters nineteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren funeral Tuesday Bethel church burial Springdale cemetery A friend
A British steamer Eurymachus laden with cotton and war supplies for Russia caught fire at a Brooklyn dock. The vessel was towed to midstream while fire tugs pumped water into the hold to control the blaze.
A fragmentary wartime summary notes German policy and Allied responses with mentions of President Wilson and cabinet. the rest shifts to obituaries, property transfers, and a small fire report in Dover Delaware detailing a minor blaze at Abe Gritzins Back Street home and quick suppression.
French and British forces reinforce Verdun as German assaults falter. Outer ring of Verdun defenses broken, inner works hammered. Fort Souville reportedly destroyed by a magazine explosion amid reports of gains at Verdun and in Champagne. Austro Hungarians seize prisoners at Durazzo. northern Albania under their control. Bulgaria evacuates Monastir as Germans replace them. Submarine campaign to begin midnight Tuesday. assurances in Arabic Lusitania cases apply only to peaceful vessels.
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