Local notices and movements across Madison area
Residents travel and visits noted in Madison area. George Naree visits friends in town. Mrs. Fite returns to Louisville. Misses Horatt and Roeder families arrive for home visits. Sheriff McKay takes John Phillipe to penal farm for sixty days. Genter's studio photographs North Madison High School graduates. Multiple relocations and arrivals from Indianapolis and Louisville are reported along with a church pastorate change and local business trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heady
Omar Smith
Salem
Sam Perkingon
Milton
Sheriff McKay
John Phillipe
Indiana State
Genter
North Madison High School
L. M. Buchanan
Indiananapolis
Charles Mullen
East First Street
John G. McNutt
Indianapolias
Mary
Anna Horatt
George McKay Elected Attendance Officer By Board
The Board of Education and Madison County officials elected George McKay as school attendance officer for a one year term. The vote was initially tied between McKay and James McDonald, reflecting a partisan split on the board. McKay, a Democrat, won on the second ballot with seven votes after a Republican swing, while the act creates a separate probation officer role and ends the former truant officer title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
I. S. J. Bear
School Board of
Madison
George McKay
Mer. McKay
Francisco
McKay
Meisoald
Saluia
Bear
McDonald
Board of Education
Odd Fellows Banquet in Vevey Honors Curtis Marshall
The Odd Fellows of Vevey celebrated the sixth anniversary with a banquet where Prosecuting Attorney Curtis Marshall spoke on the order’s history and growth from tavern origins to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The report notes past ties to Manchester authority and details the term odd fellows arising from public perception.
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Odd Fellows
Vevey
Curtis Marshall
Switzerland
Manchester
Order of
Mrs Isabelle Durbin Dies At Home After Illness
Mrs Isabelle Durbin widow of Capt F Greene Durbin died at 10 20 this morning at her daughter's home on Third Street after a long illness She was born November 11 1837 in Pennsylvania and leaves two daughters Mrs Dickerson and Mrs Lytle Huntley In her church life she belonged to Trinity Church and its Ladies Aid Society Her husband a civil war quartermaster captain is buried Arlington The funeral will be at 4 o clock Wednesday at the house with graveside at Springdale Cemetery private Friends invited Also note a separate piece from Evansville Ind describes Dr Gottman grafting skin from his arm to a patient’s back in a bid to treat a severe burn. the operation was reportedly successful and to be evaluated in weeks The article mentions Mrs Bussman a burn patient and Dr Gottman’s late wife formerly Miss None Read
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurley Ashby
Robert Pages
South
O. H. Watson
Indianapolis
Louisville
Madison Safe Deposit & Trust Co
Nellie Wooten Gray
Jennie Quirin
Sulzer & Burr
Charles Quirin, Jr
Walter Disderich
William
Tisuston
Texas
Miward Layton
Mont McKay
Burdett Fisher
Milton
Sharon Hill
Henderson
Hiram Prancico
Vevay
Francisco
Louisville Times
Virginia Simmonz
George S. Simmons
Madison
Ind
Carrailton
Lous Crawford
Edward Mr. Prewatt
Atttorneys Sulzer & Boar
James Crawford
J. W. Hughes
Hughes
Jesabelle Harper Durbin
F. Greene Durbin
Charles N. Dickerson
Third Street
Mra
Jurbie
Pennsylvania
Capt. Durbin
Dickerson
Lytle J. Huntley
Mlushing
N. Y
Durbin
Trinity Church
Ladies Ann Society
Pengion Department
Weauhington
Valuy
Arlington Cemetery
Spring Date Cemetery
Levanaville
H.M Gottman
St. Mary's Hospital
Daat Bineets
Gottman
Cricket Line Threatens Grant County Wheat Fields
Wilson Creek Washington April 30 a four mile long column of crickets twelve feet wide devastates wheat fields in Grant county advancing in four divisions Ranchers appeal to Gov Lister for state aid after trenching and fencing failed Tin covered boards may be tried next.
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Wilson Creek
Wash
Grant County
Lister
Marriage of Bernard Korbly and Margaret Crim in Oklahoma City
The Honorable Bernard Korbly and Miss Margaret Crim, both of Indianapolis, wed this afternoon at the bride’s brother’s home in Oklahoma City. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Theophile Meershheart. Korbly is a noted attorney and former Madisonian, while the bride is described as bright and accomplished. They will return to Indianapolis after a brief wedding tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Korbly
Margaret Crim
Indianapolis
Oklahoma City
Okla
Theophile Meershheart
D. J
Domintien
Ifs Am
Indiana
Posacsaes
Madison
Korbiy
Ferald
Vroum
Funeral service for Mrs Silag Jeffries in Fulton
Funeral services were held at 2 PM yesterday at the late home in Fulton with Rev Bivens in charge. Burial followed in Springdale Cemetery. Pallbearers included Menes, Charles Cook, John Parsons, George Graham, George Koechel, Benjamin Gray, and Thomas Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silag Jeffries
Fulton
Bivens
Springdale Cemetery
Mene Cs
Charles Cook
Jotn Parsons
George Graham
Georgs Koechel
Benjamin Gray
Thomas Clark
Mayor Ousted From German Lutheran Church in Columbus
Columbus Ind May 3 Mayor Volland was ousted from the German Lutheran church after voting to retain Schuette a Moose Lodge member as a church member. Volland treasurer of the church was ousted by the congregation. Two others who voted to retain Schuette were given two weeks to reconsider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Volland
T Lutheran Church
German Schuette
Moose Lodge
Schuette
Buckeye Team Stuns Hoosiers in Eight Inning Rain Cutoff
In Madison yesterday the Buckeye team defeated the Hoosiers 1 to 0 in eight innings before rain halted play. Evan Wyatt and Louis Lovell shared the battery for Buckeye, with Ferguson pitching for Indiana until the fourth inning. Pete Cooper doubled with the bases loaded to break the tie, while Distel held the Buckeyes to few runs. Hoosier injuries occurred when Arthur Augustine and Jacob Wetzel collided during warmups, Augustine suffering a broken nose and facial gash and Wetzel a severe cut needing stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish Hollow
Hoosier Club
Madison
Buckeye
East Iind
Evan Wyatt
Louis Lovell
Wyatt
Ferguson
Hoosiers
Buckeyes
Pete Cooper
Distel
Arthur Augustine
Jacob Wetzel
Augustine
Denny
Wet
Zel
Basball-sized hail and floods hit Missouri crops
In St Louis on May 3 a severe rainstorm brought hail nearly baseballs in size. Women in fashionable attire were ferried from churches to street cars in canoes along main streets, as large hail and flooding disrupted daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohbruch
St. Louis
Missouri
Madison County Commission Review of Licenses and Inspections
County commissioners meet at the courthouse to approve bills and inspect the Orphans Home and jail. Tomorrow they hear remonstrances against William H. Bennett Mecca saloon license and decide renewals for wholesale and retail liquor licenses in Madison. Two remonstrances contest Bennett renewal and transfer to Edward S. Coyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
William H. Bennett
Mecca
Madison
Bennett
Peter Kremer
Edward S. Coyle
Submarines and aeroplanes at work in the war update
A German submarine torpedoed the Swedish steamship Kiliga on May 1. sixteen crewmen and two others were rescued. An Austrian reply to Italy’s notes was due from Vienna, signaling a growing diplomatic climax. Two British trawlers Mercury and Martabau were torpedoed off Aberdeen. crews believed drowned, with three others lost.
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Copenhagen
Cirman
Kmnpland
Italy
Vienna
Aberdeen
Itig
Mercury
Dardanelles Guns Sink More Allied Boats
In the Dardanelles area Turkish artillery sank several allied boats as flight fled by airmen, while bombs dropped in Maidytun caused deaths and injuries among women and children. An attack hit a hospital.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Maidytun
Mmany
German air raid and WWI battles reported from Europe
London reports German planes over Folkestone and Dover repelled by British flyers. Heavy casualties in the Ypres attack with poison gas shells. Berlin official victory in Galicia with German forces advancing and booty taken. North Shields and North Scotland notices list sinking of Sunray trawler and Norwegian steamer Baldwin with crews saved.
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London
Folkstone
Dover
Ypres
Berlin
Galicia
West
Sanders
St. Julien
Chamepagne
Perthea
North Scotland
Baldwin
North Sea
Real Estate Transfers In Lancaster Township Summary
Real estate transfers recorded include W A Guthrie and wife to Geo B Lewis for 130 acres in Lancaster township for $1. Bertha G Jackson and husband to GQ Calvin Hull for 74 acres in Lancaster township for $1. Charles R Gibson to William H Brunton for property on West Main Street near Star Theatre for $1,277.37. Henrietta G Ray and husband to William Q Rogers for property on West Second Street and North Poplar Street for $1.00.
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W. A. Guthrie
Geo. B. Lewis
Lancaster Township
Bertha G. Jackson
Calvin Hull
Charles R. Gibson
William H. Brunton
West Main Street
Star Theatre
Henrietta G. Ray
William Q. Rogers
West Second Street
North Poplar Street
Indiana wash house law upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of an Indiana law requiring industrial firms to provide wash houses for workers and affirmed the conviction of Perry Booth, superintendent of Consolidated Coal Co., Sullivan County, for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Perry Booth
Consolidated Coal Co
Sullivan County
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Madisc
Susa Floreve
Sarce
Mr. George
Naree
Wirt
Mise
Miss Fite
Matthew Roeder
Carrollton
Rim
Stewart I. Long
First Baptist Church
Sullivan
J. Abbott
H. K. Boggess
J. H. Donahue
Columbia Kimmel
Evaneville
Detroit
E. B. Fewell
Harry Lemon
Susquemac
Theodore Schafer
Maggie Mcclotyre
Fellsville
Mr. Schafer
Lome
H. D. Kent
Kent
Hanover
T. H. Brown
Michael McLaughlin, Sr
Brown
M. L. Pearson
Argyle
Iil
First Presbyterian Church
F. P. Vail
Messrs
Jesse Dunn
W. H Demaree
E. H. Mulligan
Wise’s Landing
J. W. Adame
Kentucky
Lagrange
Lexington
Winchester
Ford
Eversett Avenue
Myrtle Fischer
William Clegg
Lila Walker
Lo’clock
E. P. Busse
Cragmont
J. W. Milligan
Walter Wunderlich
Busse
Milligan
Wuchoerlich
Evansville
California
George M'Kay
Yorkshire
Colon
Panama
Hisover Township
Ohio River
Wooten’s Landing
Hanover Cemetery
Fred Foltz
Byron Mouser
Mulberry and
Third Streets
Leo Yunker
Gun Yunker
Madison Automobile Co
Yunker
Schnaitzer
Ophelia
Magnus Wolf
Mary Hummel
Victor C. Scott
Asiater
Mesera
Robert Welch
Noah Welch
Trimble County
Main
Jefferson Streets
Monroe
Squire Stuart
Isabelle Durbin
De.iatman
Mige None Read
Sir. Jamies W. Boyd
Milton Township
This County
Bernard Korely
Indanapolis
Okahoma City
Neral
Church
PHE Buckeye
Bands Hoosier Club
Austria
North Shields
Sunday
Tyne River
Tranatere
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