Madison Indiana Notes and Life Events
Local briefs report visitors returning home to Columbus and Cincinnati birth of a daughter Mary Francis to Mr and Mrs Campbell Pratt of Cincinnati marriage licenses issued to Sanders Johnson and Florence Claghorn and to Ralph Wentworth and Micrel Arnett. Community notes include PTA meeting setup and Oscar Oliver elected to Indiana Egg and Poultry Association board. Local obit for Mrs Adaline Daniels, 75, died after long illness. funeral plans not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Neal
Columbus
Mary Francis
Campbell Pratt
Cincinnati
Goldie Wentworth
Clerk Nichols
Sanders Johnson
Ripley County
Florence B. Claghorn
Switzerland County
Sarah Stewart
Stella McGlasson
Hyde Park
William T. Hufnan
W. H. Haufnall
Waco
Texas
Madison
San Antonio
Catherine Johnston
Frank Johnston
Lef
Indianapolis
Nichols
Ralph B. Wentworth
Micrel C. Arnett
Kuile County
H Alake
Christin Church
Mare 15
Indiana Egg and Poultry Association
Oscar Oliver
Adaline Daniels
West Fifhstreet
Poplar Street Baptist
Real Estate Transfers and Tree Planting Notes
Real estate transfers list Pearl Lauwain and husband to Frederick I Manaugh and wife for 86 acres in Madison township at 5600. Walter B Smith and wife to Josin S Smith and wife for 60 acres in Madison township at 750. Oscar H Hammel and wife to Jennie Martin for 80 acres in Hanover township. Horace C Woodfill and wife to Charles W Copeland and wife for 10 acres in Monroe township at 1600. Remembrance note for John Greusling dated February 29, 1920 includes family poem about loss. Also an agricultural note urges tree planting to combat erosion, recommending Secust and short-leaf pine for gullies and fencing wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Lauwain
Frederick I. Manaugh
Madison Township
Walter B. Smith
Josin S. Smith
Oscar H. Hammel
Jennie Martin
Hanover Township
Horace C. Woodfill
Charles W. Copeland
Monroe Township
Public Health Nursing Committee Morning Meeting
The Public Health Nursing Committee met at the junior high school at 10 30 this morning with ten members present and guests Miss Petersen for the Red Cross in Indiana Dr BC Totten representing city physicians and Prof EG Munvie for the city schools The clinic run by Dr Hatch treated twelve patients and Miss Petersen praised Madison Hospital and urged other counties and the state to follow Jefferson county in establishing free clinics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Petersen
Red Cross
Indiana
BC Totten
EG Munvie
Miss Peterson
King’s Daughters Hospital
Hatch
Deputy Assessors Appointed Across Townships
The Deputy Assessors for Madison and surrounding townships began their duties today. Appointees include William Faith and Charles Bowman for Madison, John Carlisle and William MebLaughin for Milton, and Edward Linham for Shelly, among others in Lancaster, Grrahasa, Saluda, Hanover, Smyrna, and Monroe townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Madison
William Faith
Charles \. Bowman
Charles
Saluda
Trastipe
Hanover
Edward
Schimidlapp
Monroe Township
Chares Boos Leck
Smyrna Township
Greorge
Quake hunting as sport spans giant seismographs and records
The article describes seismograph timing as a sport where teams test earth speed and wave arrival differences to chase a new record. It mentions West Brom Seismotogigh Observatory and a dramatic focus on timing between primary and secondary waves.
Local Notes from Madison March 3 1921
Mrs. Frank Neal of Indianapolis visits the Grubbs on West First Street. Joseph Steinhardt buys a Ford delivery truck for his grocery business. Mrs. Harry W. Childs leaves for Brownsville Tenn. to attend her ill daughter. Richard Morton departs for Englewood Ill. to visit his brother John. Funeral services for Mrs. Adeline Daniels held at Second Baptist Church. interment Springdale cemetery. Minnie Allen sells 180 acre Pleasant Ridge farm to O. M. Adams for thousands. Carl Beck family mourns seven weeks old son Frederick Andrew. Grace Daugherty of Hanover seeks divorce from Sherman Daugherty for cruel treatment. Harry Lemenius advises plaintiff. William Robison fined in mayor’s court for failure to support wife. Robison seeks divorce next term. Theodore Hilbert’s will probate appoints wife executrix. estate left to her. Attorney Harry Lemen involved in filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Neal
Indianapolis
S. B. Grubb
West First Street
Joseph Steinhardt
Ford
Harry W. Childs
Brownsville
Tenn
Richard Morton
Engelwood
John Morton
Minnie Allen
Pleasant Ridge
O. M. Adams
Madison
Indiana
Carl Beck
Frederick Andrew
North East Street
Bock
Grace Daugherty
Hanover
Sherman Daugherty
Harry Lemenius
William Robison
James White
Harry Lemen
Circuit Court
Robison
Theodore Hilbert
Harry Lemen Feb. 21, 1920, and Witnessed By Mr. Lemen
William A. Toombs
Harry H. Cope
William Poline
Cardela D. Potter
East Second Street
Mable Eddy
Milton
Hattie Lrown
Second
Harrison Streets
Consideration
Lemen and Adams Real Estate Agency
Andrew Augustin
Lena Holwager
First Street
Marion Brindley
Braytown
Switzerland County
Matthew and
Ester Roeder
Otis M. Adams
Lina Adams
Jennie Martin
Hanover Township
Novella Henderson
Oscar H. Hammel
Madison Township
Amelia Adams
Frank Pritchard
Fourth
West Streets
Church
First Streets
Jasper
Grace Noel
John W
Emma F. Rankin
Shelby Township
Fragmentary note on seed harvest and water yield prospects
A garbled report discusses seed yields and water prospects with references to fields, waste output, and forecasts. It mentions items like toppers, Be wesea reck, and annual poetry of toppers, but the text is largely unreadable and missing clear details.
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Wesea
Fragmented Notes on Home Plant Care
A garbled passage discusses house tasks and testing routines. It mentions preparing leaves and stalks of fear to the center of the plant and pressing sponge into a test area. The text is inconsistent and unclear about any concrete events or identities.
The Great Western Pioneer Awakens Wanderlust
A Thoreau quote fragment contemplates a westward lure. The speaker describes the sunset and distant western spires that tempt readers to seek a fairer land beyond. The passage reflects a longing to migrate toward a distant, sunlit West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoreau
Dazed Vietta Deflects Offbeat Class Moment
In a college boxing class a student named Vietta jokes with the professor about the curriculum, saying he did not come for astronomy, captured in a brief Boston Transcript line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dazed Vietta
Boston Transcript
Crooks Owe Big Taxes in Paternal Tax Debates
Fragmented OCR reads about tax debts and state concerns. Numbers appear as 22000 with unclear context. Mentions of theft or figures are garbled. Names and places are not legible.
Breeland Sues Bass for Breach of Promise
George M Freeland of Tratins Texas sues Mrs Ethel B Bass for 25000 dollars punitive and actual damages claiming he proposed marriage on March 15 1920 gave an engagement ring and an automobile and furnished a home.
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George M. Freeland
Tratins
Tex
Ethel B. Bass
Breeland
Bass
Elis Elect Officers at Madison Lodge Meeting
At a regular meeting last night Elis Elect Officers for the coming year and initiated new member William D. Patton. Officers elected include Exalted Ruler Ben C Hyatt and trustees J Graham Ross. The district realignments moved Scott Dearborn and Jefferson counties into a new Ohio region, Clark into Washington and Jackson. Regional train on time stats show 79.1 percent on time in February in the southwestern region. In Bengal, Hindoo men typically wear a turban or cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Lodge
B. P. O. Ellis
William D. Patton
Ben C
Hyatt
Alois R. Knoebel
C. Oliver Gibbs
Albert C. Johnson
Otis Reed
Louis P. Schick
Tyler
Thomas Turner
J. Graham Ross
Scott
Dearborn
Ripley
Jennings
Ohio
Switzerland
Scott, Dearborn
Jefferson
Clark County
Washington
Jackson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southeastern
Southwestern
Madison to Host First Annual Automobile Exhibition
Jefferson County Automotive Trade Association plans a three day show March 31 to April 2 at James Maddox’s garage on Second Street. The event will feature autos trucks tractors gas engines and accessories with free public viewing day and night and music. Delegations from miles around expected and a committees of local leaders will oversee floor space and publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Automotive Trade Association
F. T. Andres
Main Street
James P. Maddox
Second Street
Madison
Leo Yunker
J. C. Hisle
Edwin Andres
Lee Dessauer
George Majors
Edward Eckert
Robert Demaree
Jupiter Perkins Learns A Weighty Lesson In Love
Jupiter Perkins, owner of Carlson's general store, seeks a wife and hires Doctor Foster to slim him with Miss Thorne as chaperone. Despite strict dieting, Perkins loses appetite while Miss Thorne grows heavier. A flirtation turns to a confession that the weighty issue is love. The doctor notes progress, but the tale ends with Perkins blushing over a kiss on his fat forehead and a life lesson about weight and affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter Perkins
Dine
June
Perkins
Jupiter
Carlton
Perkins Ciggling
Jaepiter
Mr. Perkins
Paris
Foster
Miss
Poster
Mero Perkins
Stis Petro
Mr Perkins
Bertha
Locomotive Prank by Three West Virginia Boys
Three boys from North Mountain West Virginia seized a locomotive on a side track and ran it along the line ringing its bell and blowing the whistle. They were stopped just before reaching the main line switch while a Baltimore and Ohio Westbound passenger train was ten minutes away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Mountain
W. Va
Baltimore & Olio
Hold Pockets Inviolate Ruling Sparks Divorce Case
A Washington grand jury of married men declined to indict Mrs. S. H. Morrison in a divorce suit for allegedly taking from her husband’s pockets a letter addressed to “the other woman.” The jurors ruled the act violated an “inalienable right” to privacy in a pocketed letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,d. C
H. Morrison
Woman Jurors Granted Hat Use in Polk County Court
In Polk County Iowa Woman jurors may wear hats in the jury box and will be allowed time to powder during court sessions under a ruling by Judge J D Wallingford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County District Court
Iowa
J. D. Wallingford
Mind Reading Pencil Trick Explained for Watches
A simple demonstration uses a pencil and a watch. The chooser picks a dial number, you tap to add one per tap. After eight to twelve taps the pencil lands on the chosen number as the count reaches twenty, with taps decreasing from twelve to the selected digit.
British Envy and a Fifty-Foot Lilac Bush
The Cassell's Saturday Journal notes playful envy of American abundance citing a towering lilac bush fifty feet high. A light humorous remark contrasts British and American landscapes in a clipped vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy
America
Tommy
Cassell
Saturday Journal
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Avison Herald
He Herald Company
East Main Street
Madison, Ind
John Greusling
Brother
Jesus
Public Health Nursing
Shelly
Vibert
al Hall
Lancaster Township
Charles McGlasson
Grrahasa Townsqyhannes Pe
Dras
Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Seciey
Roy Danner
North Mulberry Street
Propria
Fal Shuts
Boa
Benest Rutherford
Mers. Koort Conn
TOD
West Bromsity
Toe
Hess
Adestrre
Pa Rifles
Alaska
Meade
Bea
Adeline Daniels
Second Baptist Church
Springdale Cemetery
Court News
Seal
The
Great Western Pioneer
Elis
Bengal
Jefferson County Auto Association
Calvin R
Flora Gray
Aly Justi Shaw
Carrie Shaw
Ottis M. Adams
Eliza B. Adams
Allen
McClure
Herald
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