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Newspaper

Madison Weekly Herald

Location

Madison, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1915

Page

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Notice of Executor Qualification in Luckett Estate

The executor named in Mary Virginia Luckett’s last will and testament, Browder Luckett, has qualified as executor before Jefferson Circuit Court Clerk. The estate is believed solvent. Curtis Marshall, attorney. Also an advertisement: cut under Runabout car, good tires, cost 150, quick sale price 50, inquire at office.

Mary Virginia Luckett Jefferson County Jefferson Circuit Court Browder Luckett

Zapatista Attack Feared in Mexico City

Unofficial Vera Cruz reports say Zapatista troops attack Mexico City after electric wires are cut. feared massacre underway in the capital today.

Galveston Vera Cruz Zapatista Mexico City

Pleasant Point Notes Include Weddings and Obituary Headlines

Pleasant Point items recount family gatherings for the McGees and Kinnears, a 40th wedding anniversary, illness and recovery notes, a death and burial of Rev Gideon Underwood, and a late-viable funeral service for Miss Mayme Smith. The report also notes relocations, a new buggy, and upcoming church events.

Frank McGee Albert McGee Cross Plaina Jobo Kinnear Henry Kinnear Lancaster Cecil McGee Woodrow McGee Cross Plains Herbert Miller Alta Kinnear Martha Kinnear Edith McGee Harold Henry Bessie Stout Mary Foltz Middlefork Gideon Underwood Wirt Lebanon Underewood Wirt Sunday School John Lehnert Mary Bloom Madison Ollie Turner Harley Spann Manville Stewart Pleasant Point David Thurnall Marble Valley Richard Kiser Denny Sanatarium

Wilson nominates Lawrence Becker for Solicitor of the Treasury

President Wilson names Lawrence Becker former mayor of Hammond Indiana to be Solicitor of the Treasury. A death notice from Indianapolis reports William Wolf died of throat infection and complications last Saturday. He leaves a wife Mary, a son Charles in Sacramento, and a daughter Mrs Samuel Grey of Indianapolis. Funeral services were in Indianapolis and burial at Crown Hill.

Washington Wilson Lawrence Becker Hammon Ind The Treasury the Herald Ia S. Scheiter Indianapolis William Wolf Maryoff Charles Wolf Samuel Grey Crown Hill Wolf Maison Charles Angie Wolf Degedent

Rest Room praised by country visitors at Madison Commercial Club

A letter praises the Rest Room in the Madison Commercial Club building for its comfort and welcome. A Hanover township farmer's wife and her daughter say the facility refreshed them during shopping and encouraged more spending. The note urges continued support to connect rural visitors with local merchants and boost Madison trade. England seen as market for American cigar bands.

Hanover Township Shelby Townshiy Commercial Club Madison

Miners Entombed After Gentry Mine Explosion

In Hinton West Virginia on March 2 a coal mine blast at Gentry trapped 126 miners, with 173 workers reported entombed. Rescue efforts reached 1000 feet into the main entry where a single man was found alive but unconscious with both legs broken.

West Virginia Hinton W. Va Gentry

Bomb Plot Revealed Targeting St Patrick's Cathedral

New York dispatch reports anarchists devised a plan to destroy St Patrick's Cathedral and the homes of John D Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt as over 740 worshippers attended early mass. A detective infiltrated the group and stopped the device before detonation. Three suspects Frantic Abams Charles Carbone and Frank Baldo were arrested with additional bombs found on Abams. The case is described as a major campaign of violence surpassing the Haymarket riots.

New York John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie Cornelius Vanderbilt St. Patrick’s Cathedral Fifth Avenue Abams Charles Carbone Frank Baldo Haymarket Chicago Bilve Lis Commissioner Woods

Legislature Advances Several Bills in House and Senate

The Waltz bill granting Public Service Commission powers to raise fare rates moved to a third reading in the House. A speed limit enforcement bill was introduced to empower judges to jail first offenders. The Senate pushed Ballou’s constitutional question bill toward a favorable report. Senate expense data show printing costs at 4 534 by February 25, down from the prior legislature. Fleming’s bill to require full citizenship papers before voting passed the Senate 30 to 11 amid Republican opposition over women’s suffrage concerns.

Indianapolis Public Service Commission House Civary Senate J. R.fleming Forciztia Fleming

Democrats Quiet on Prohibition and Suffrage at Caucus

Last night's joint caucus of Indiana Democrats did not discuss statewide prohibition the primary or suffrage. Representative Benz and eleven allies balked at the legislative apportionment bill prompting changes before passage. The caucus also doggedly moved to reconsider the Press Association bill which would require associations to serve all newspapers requesting news reports.

Indianapolis Benz Fhe Csucus House

Officers Elected and Treasurer Report for Bethany Circle Meeting

The Bethany Circle of The Kings Daughters elected officers for the new term at a semi monthly meeting held at Mrs. John A. Zuck’s residence. Treasurer Mrs. S. E. Leland presented the annual hospital report showing receipts and disbursements, patient counts, births and deaths, with plans for Indiana State Convention activities in Madison May 5 to 7.

Bethany Circle The Kings Daughters John A. Zuck Lytle White F. BP. Vail John W. Tevie Annie Duncan Mra. S Bethany King’s Daughters’ Hospital Elizabeth S. Leland Treas Emma Scott First Presbyterian Church Indiana Madison Trinity Church Madigan

Republicans Win All Seats In Vernon City Election

In Vernon on March 1 the entire Republican slate was elected. The winners were Mayor A. G. Cotton, Recorder Cheeley Holmes, Treasurer Harry M. Thompson, Marshal H. A. Thickates, and Councilmen Charles Randal Homer E. Harlow and Thomas B. Reed.

Vernon A. G. Cotton Cheeley Holmes Harry M. Thompson H. A. Thickates Charles Randal Homer E. Harlow Thomas B. Reed

County approves supplies contracts and road reports

County commissioners awardPoor Farm supplies to Patrick Lowry for clothing I W Pfortner for groceries and shoes from Stenton's Song. They approve engineer and viewer reports on Flint road Shelby township Copeland road Madison township.

Patrick Lowry I. W. Pfortner Stenton Flint Road Shelby Township Copeland Road Madison Township Custer and Schumann Milton Township Bear Bridge

Record Clip Sets Burley Leaf Price Peak in Lexington

A season’s high for Burley tobacco leaf appears to have been set in Lexington when a basket sold at the Burley house for $102 per hundred. The crop came from Clarence Le Bus’s land, a former Burley Tobacco Society president and current Burley Tobacco Company head. Last week a $99.75 bid at Owenton was the top prior figure in the area.

Lexington Burley Burley House Clarence le Bus Burley Tobacco Society Burley Tobacco Company Owenton

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Curtis Marshall Zapista Robert Jordan Kent Vail Mayme Smith Walter Smith East Fourth Street Father Guthneck Springcale Cemetery Hammond Tod the Treasury Presdent Wilson William Wulf England St. Patrick's Cathedral Rockefeller Carnegie, Vanderbilt Press Association Petalesaeaytiietria Veres Oursea Ecaance Hospital Scsagiecrammendeh Ters Nevpital Edw J. Meyer Coffies F. W. Pfortner S. Jefferson Street Pearl Packing House Gus Yunker Prop William E. Moore William D. Hearn Saluda Mary Jackson W. W. Delf Shelby Clay Tevis Daniel H. Fagg Milton Drusilla Ella Viesta North Madison Lexngton Mapisan Isiemain Milwaukee Green Trading Accree J. J. Hertz Mulberry Street
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