Various Train Movements and Local News Notes
A series of local updates lists residents and visitors: Mrs. Mary Floyd Jeft heads to Kokomo. Mrs. Anna Webster to Columbus. Mr. A. J. Helstein to Douglas SD. Mrs. A R Mechling visiting kin in Philadelphia and Mrs. W W Logan. Mr. Louis Benson returns to Connersville from his father’s home. A Kentucky cyclone kills livestock and harms crops. Francis Prenatt arrives in Dupont to visit family. Mrs. John Tarp departs for Indianapolis to meet daughter in law then Detroit for weeks with relatives. County Auditors receive a ruling limiting sheriff deputies to emergencies only. The New York Independent notes George Grey Barnard’s Lincoln statue sparks mixed reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lous Benson
Connersville
R. F. Benson
mid-Kentucky
Francis Prenatt
Medical
Indianapolis
Dupont
Edward M. Prenatt
Mary Prenatt
John Tarp
Benjamin Tullis
Detroit
Tarp
Tullis
Eschbach
New York Independent
George Grey Barnard
Lincoln
John Warren's Remains Near Arrival from Overseas
telegram from the Graves Registration Service informs William Warren of Private John Warren's upcoming arrival in New York City. The body will be shipped to Undertaker Fred Schneider for burial in this city. Warren, Jefferson county's first WWI casualty, died in France and was about 30, a son of Civil War veteran William Warren. Elzie Lewis, another Madison resident, is soon en route for burial here.
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William Warren
Elzie Lewis
Madison
Warren
Death of Benjamin Kemper, longtime Kentucky farmer
Benjamin Kemper, an 86 year old renowned retired farmer and New Liberty resident in Owen County Kentucky, died yesterday at his son Lee Kemper’s home. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with burial at Long Ridge near Owenton. His son Calvin Kemper traveled today to attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Kemper
New Liberty
Owen County
Lee Kemper
Long Ridge
Owenton
Calvin Kemper
Tobacco prices surge with strong sales at Snook warehouse
Tobacco selling at better prices this season with high averages and no rejections. W H Snook & Co sold 28 365 pounds at 23 63 per cwt. Freeman and Hicks averaged 37 60 for 3 500 pounds. Mings and Wheeler of Wesport averaged 25 55 for 8 525 pounds. They say their market is stronger than Louisville and will ship remaining tobacco. The morning average at Snook warehouse was 20 41 for 12 480 pounds. Kansas City unveils first electric car May 1 1885 on a line south of Westport extending beyond the Westport Horse Car Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Snook & Co
Messrs
Freeman
Hicks
Mings
Wheeler
Wesport
Louisville
W. H. Snook
Rotary Club Hosts Rev. Fred Butler At Lunch
Rev. Fred Butler, assisting at the local Baptist church, addressed Madison’s Rotary Club at noon. He praised Main street window cleanliness and street lighting, noted local scenery, and urged Madison as a good place to raise children. Butler shared wartime singing work and Chautauqua experience, entertaining with songs and stories.
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Rotary Club
Fred Butler
Baptist Church
Butler
Madison
Main Street
United States
Rev. Butler
Niagara Falls
New York
Jefferson County
Southern Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Jury Unable to Agree in Indiana Manslaughter Case
In the Stephanie Case the jury in the State of Indiana v Frank Stephanus for manslaughter in the August killing of George Dittgen failed to reach a verdict after a day of deliberation. The case goes to retrial next term with bonds unchanged. Meanwhile Madison faced a severe hail storm with extensive glass damage and insured losses estimated around 350 dollars for a greenhouse and other structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Frank Stephanus
George Dittgen
Griffth
Griffith
P. E. Bear
Vevay
Rat Threat to Nation’s Health According to Survey
W B Bell of the US biological survey warns the brown rat is a deadly germ carrier and economic menace. He urges continuous trapping and community organization to eradicate infestations and prevent disease spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Bell
United States
India
Europe
Ath
Atroy
Pressenthan
Imperishable Attributes in Aristotle Thought
The quote explores the sense of a permanent inner core that feels thinks desires and aspires toward the divine. It suggests an essence within humans that remains imperishable beyond physical life, reflecting Aristotelian ideas on form and soul and their relation to higher ends.
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Aristotle
Hard Search for Flu Prevention Amidan Epidemic
Association for Improving the Conditions of New York urges avoiding crowds to prevent influenza. A Kentucky druggist warns catarrh invites flu and promotes Mentholized Arcine gargle and nasal spray, sells vials of three quarters of an ounce to make a pint of remedy at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association For
New York
Kentucky
Traveling Men Elect Officers at Post AA Meeting
At the Post AA meeting in the Pythian hall last night officers for the coming year were elected. President Louis Sulzer and Vice President Charles W. Geile lead the list with Secretary-Treasurer Ellison McGuire. Directors include Edward Davis A S Wolf William Bierck W C Roth George Gofield Patrick Lowry. Committees named for Good Roads Frank McKay Joseph Horuff and C N Horuff. Delegates to the State Convention at West Bad May 11 to 14 are Louis Sulzer William Barber Oscar Oliver Edward Davis with alternates Edwin Andres Frank Benson William Smith and William McDermott.
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Post AA
Pythian Hall
Louis Sulzer
Charles W. Geile
Ellison McGuire
Edward Davis
A. S. Wolf
William Bierck
W. C. Roth
George Gofield
Patrick Lowry
Good Roads Committee
Joseph Horuff
Frank McKay
C. N. Horuff
R. H. Cunningham
Louis Cohen
Oscar Oliver
R. H. Swan
West Bad
William Barber
Edwin Andres
Frank Benson
William Smith
William McDermott
Brooklyn Girl Admits Shoplifting Taught by Fagin Figure
Exomit Jones a thirteen year old of Brooklyn admits to shoplifting and says she was taught to steal by a woman described as a Fagin. She stole to make gifts for her girl friends. The photo shows Emma Jones leaving court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exomit Jones
Brooklyn, N.Y
Fagin
Emma Jones
Prefers Jail to Wife Beating Charge in Jersey City Case
John McHarg of Jersey City chose a year in the penitentiary over returning home to his wife after she accused him of assault. He denied the attack while the judge warned of probation if he pledged better behavior, but McHarg preferred jail to living with his wife.
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John McHarg
Jersey City
N. J
Identifying Himself At His Father's Picture Show
The boy Howard is admitted free because his father owns the theater but a new ticket taker checks him at the door. Howard explains I am my father's boy, highlighting his claim to free entry through family connection.
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Howard
Woman’s frugal life under $50,000 trust fund
Mrs Rushton Peabody of New York formerly Mrs Chester P Sems says she supported herself and three children from November 1918 to May 1920 by scrimping and scraping. The report was made to referee Hugo Wintner in the support case tied to a trust fund from her first husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushton Peabody
New York City
Chester P. Sems
Peabody
Hugo Wintner
Mahogany Growth Surges in Nigerian Forest
In southern Nigeria the site of a town destroyed six decades ago has become a dense forest filled with mahogany trees. Some trees reach more than ten feet in diameter, illustrating the rapid growth of mahogany in the region.
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Nigeria
Berkeley Police Pioneers Turn City Into Crime Study
Berkeley California police use a science oriented system with a 42 member force serving 60 000 people across nine square miles Each patrolman has a motor car and the entire force could be in any part of the city within five minutes Crime maps with colored beads mark offense types and locations showing crime hours and days to guide policing efforts The department prides itself on efficiency public cooperation and eradication of beggars and alms frauds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
Pace Department
University of California
California
Police Department
Che Ordimineces
Che
Priestley Homestead Fate Keeps Landmark In Northumberland
Plans to move the Joseph W. Priestley homestead to State College campus face feasibility doubts. The old building in Northumberland remains a borough landmark after being bought by Doctor Pond, former head of a science department, two years ago.
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Northumberland
Joseph W. Priestley
State College Saga
Doctor Pond
State College
Doctor Priestley
DIES POOR LANDS $10,000 FAMILY MAUSOLEUM
Samuel Collins seventy five died penniless in a Newark hospital from pneumonia and will be interred in a Stroudsburg mausoleum he built for his family. Art dealer Frederick Kerr says Collins was a leading dealer once hired by J. P. Morgan to collect works, with art deals totaling nearly five million dollars. A bank book in Collins’s furnished room showed 87 cents. his body remained unclaimed at the morgue for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Samuel Collins
Stroudsburg
Frederick Kerr
Collins
J. P. Morgan
Keer
Woman lights 108 candles in Staffordshire contest
In a Wa galt Staffs contest a woman lit 108 candles using a wooden safety match. She burned her fingers but no other competitor lit half her number of candles.
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London
Wagalt
Staffs
City May Run Own Shoeshine Stands
Seattle officials consider municipally operated shoe-blacking stands to address unemployment. A proposal recommends the city take over all stands to provide jobs and steady service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle, Wash
Seattle
Death of Cardinal Gibbons Ends An Era Of Duty And Faith
The Baltimore prelate James Gibbons dies after more than fifty years of active service in the church and public life. He guided church affairs through wars, Mexico, and diplomacy, meeting Presidents and World leaders. Born 1834 in Baltimore to Irish parents, he rose from grocery boy to cardinal archbishop and exerted major influence on religion and society.
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James Gibbons
William Howard Taft
Cardinal Gibbons
Republic of the United
United States
Rome
Viux X
Benedict
Wilson
Europe
Mexico
Carranza
Baltimore
France
Italy
Roosevelt
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Ireland
America
New Orleans
St. Charles College
Maryland
Seminary of
Seminary of St. Sulpice and St. Mary's University
Leo XIII
Gibbons
Christ
Solon
Lycurgus
Justinia
Napoleon
Poison Pistol Offers Lethal Gas Attack Device
A French inventor claims to have perfected a poison pistol that resembles a regular gun but fires no bullets. The weapon uses a poison gas fluid in the handle. when the trigger is pressed a thin stream shoots out and acts instantly.
Mature cotton drives finest textile production
The best cotton textiles come from mature cotton fibers. Quality depends on full growth stages and proper harvesting to ensure strength and durability of the fabric.
Arctic Sheep Railing Sparks Cross Breed Hope
An American agricultural expert in February Mechanics Magazine suggests Arctic Canadian lands offer unusual opportunities for livestock. He advocates cross-breeding Angora and Siberian sheep to gain high quality wool and other desirable traits.
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Arctic
Canada
Fe Ular Mechanics
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Mary Floyd Jeft
Kokomo
Anna Webster Ieft
Columbus
A. J. Helstein
Douglas
South Dakota
A. R. Mechling
Elwood City
W. W. Logan
North Broad
John Warren
Tobacco Market
Kanene City
Kansas City
Westport
Gueat
Rotariane
Pralsee
R. H. Wood
Stephanie
L. E. Hitz
Second
Church Streets
Ryker’s Ridge
Wood
Florists Hail Association
Henry Schoolcraft
Pleasant Ridge
North Madison
Hitzy Green
United States Army
Mahogany
California University Town
Oxygen
Indo-China
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