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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
3
Madison Indiana notices of marriages court actions and local events include a marriage license for Walter Buchanan and Freda Stevens Jefferson county co operative stock drive over $3000 raised by farmers and the formation of a new organization. Local church lighting project and travel notices also noted along with divorce case and manslaughter trial scheduling.
Charles Edward Schoenstein aged nearly fourteen died after eight weeks in ill health from a brain tumor. He was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs John Schoenstein, a student at St Michael's School and parishioner of St Michael's Church, survived by his parents three sisters and three brothers. The family and community mourn his loss.
Word has been received of the death of Mr. E N Cook in Indianapolis this morning. He was past 80 years old and formerly a resident of Madison. He is survived by several children including Mrs. Tevis of this city and Mrs. Purviance of California. Funeral Monday at 4 30 PM with interment Crown Hill. Mr Tevis will travel to Indianapolis tomorrow to attend. He was long a Madison resident and respected businessman and citizen.
The report lists disaster counts by state with totals cited for Pennsylvania and nearby regions. It notes historical training figures and the Washington state record for coal mine incidents, framing safety and employment data from the era.
I A Hopper transfers 33 acres in Graham township to Cyrus A Hopper for a $600 consideration. The transfer records a real estate transaction between family members and specifies the acreage and price.
The Department of Agriculture urges fertilizer manufacturers to lower spring trade prices to reflect a downward market. It notes that prices fixed for the season are not justified and calls for concessions to farmers as raw material costs fall and future prices may decline further. It cites concerns over replacement pricing during rising markets and general industry acceptance of lower quotations.
Births to Mr and Mrs Edward Bright of Brooksburg and to Mr and Mrs Louis Giesler on Michigan road noted. Howard Robinson leaves for Wes tern Union school in Niles Mich for two weeks. W O McLelland back from Chicago visit with family. Maggie Prister sells property on Cemetery street to Springdale Cemetery Association via Wm E Ogle Agency. M D Wilson and daughter Jeannette return from Dillsboro springs. A W Augustin and Mrs C W Connett return home after Mrs Andrew Augustin Sr birthday. Robert C Gosdon and Miss Valeria Dolby wed quietly at East street residence. Gordon couple start housekeeping on North Walnut. Victoria V Genter wins 50 prize in Chicago Tribune contest. Flora Mae Hackett wins Indiana 1000 prize as prettiest in state.
Roy Humphreys of the Michigan road wed Nettie Hamilton of Pennsylvania in a quiet Carrollton Kentucky ceremony conducted by the local Methodist minister. The groom is a son of the late John R. Humphreys.
Maggie A. Pfister transfers property on west Fifth street to Springdale Cemetery Association for 1500 dollars. Joshua L. Brooks sells a Brooksburg lot to Frank Goins for 75 dollars. Charles W. Lindsey and wife convey city property to Andrew Augustin for 275 dollars.
The claimant to the world title is Robert Kelney Jr born in Terra Bella California weighing 8 pounds.
Marshall B. Shevd received 3,000,000 in stock from Heywood-Wakefield of Boston in exchange for his Menominee baby carriage plant. The eastern firm, 60 years old, is America’s largest chair manufacturer and will run the Menominee unit as a separate operation. Lloyd joins the directorate as factory manager after introducing inventions that speed production of woven body carriages and furniture thirtyfold.
A Sunday morning roof fire at the southeast corner of Main and Baltimore nearly wrecked the two-story frame house. Damage from fire and water is estimated at $2,000. The west half housed L W Bellamy and family and the east half J W Tyson and family. Fire likely started from a defective flue smouldering overnight. fire alarm system misfired briefly but fire crews saved most belongings. Tyson insured for $300. Bellamy $507. Property owned by Miss Mayme Pitcher. residents had just moved in to the east side. The blaze was Madison’s first serious fire in months.
Saturday meeting in the court house brought twenty five farmers to sign incorporation papers for the Cooperative Service Company. Robert Craig Thomas Matthews O E Bucknell Jeptha Storms Jesse Brother Walter Day elected directors. Capitalized at 15000 dollars stock at 10 dollars with seven percent cumulative dividends and patronage refunds for members. Officers named: Thur Matthews president J W Storms vice president C W Jacobs secretary Geo Schumann treasurer. The organization will begin once stock sales meet requirements. colors noted as national colors adopted by Congress in 1777.
In north Alabama a tenant union drives rent scales and enforces them by violence. Night riders raid homes and beat residents as authorities struggle to stop the pattern in Jackson and neighboring counties. Police arrests rise while citizens arm for defense amid threats of lynching and militia calls.
A Torrance lime quarry dig reveals marine beds dating 500000 to 1000000 years, with a massive pelvic bone fragment from a gigantic prehistoric animal. Workers also uncover extinct sharks, saber tooth cats, elephants, wolves, and petrified forests, while traces of a late prehistoric human tunnel reveal tools and bones.
Mr and Mrs John Andrews of Sault Ste Marie Michigan left for a party leaving four children aged two to eight alone. A small fire produced lethal smoke and the youngsters were smothered to death.
A bequest of 12000 dollars to Gertrude Appoldt of White Plains New York rewards forty five years of service by nursing Harriet L Clark during a long illness. The note mentions back pay for missed wages.
General Georges Nivelle, Verdun hero, says French American marriages during the war were rarely successful. He claims not more than 10 percent work out, noting French girls believed Americans were rich while American spouses dislike frugal wives. He adds American hospitality pleases travelers but life itself pleases French women less.
Tenants of Frank Kos in Whitine ville Miss received their last month’s rent back as a 15 percent reduction due to wage cuts. The landlord said lower wages justified the discount.
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