Local notices from Madison area report licenses and travel
April shipping of 599 gale lons of cream from Madison by rail. eight months ending May saw 139 marriage licenses issued. Residents and visitors named include Toula Curry Riley, Lillian Marion visiting relatives in Vevay, Gertrude Smoot from Kentucky, E F Hogate at funeral in Bloomington, and others moving or traveling between Indianapolis Bloomington and Muskogee. A flood relay at Poydras levee near New Orleans noted, plus local relocations of Earl Jarrett Mollie Younger and Willow Bank farm tenants near Chautauqua Park Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Clerk Jewatt
Mies Toula Curry
Denny Sanaetarium
Oagood
Lillian Marion
Vevay
John Muret
Mill Street
Gertrude Smoot
Kentucky
Indianapolis
E. FE. Hogate
Sarah F. Harper
Bloomington
George C. Risne
Henrietta Rione
Nathan Mayfield
Pittsburg
Western Union Telegraph Co
Nathan
Edward Imel
Ryker
Charles Ryker
Poydras Levee
New Orleans
James O'Donnell
Jimmy
T'rimb'e
Captain Jacob Rief Promoted Deputy IRS Collector in Indiana
Captain Jacob Rief, reinstated in February, is promoted to Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second Division Sixth District of Indiana effective May 1. The district covers 16 counties with headquarters in Lawrenceburg. Rief previously held a similar post under the Cleveland administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Rief
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue
Indiana
Ripley
Switzerland
Ohio
Bartholomew
Jefferson
Jennings
Jackson
Lawrence
Decatur
Morgan
Johnson
Brown
Monroe
Hancock
Shelby
Dearborn
Lawrenceburg
Rief
Cleveland
Flintlock Rifle Once Owned by Indiana Pioneer Family
Ira Montgomery preserves a 6 foot long 45 cal flintlock rifle once belonging to his maternal grandfather Spencer Thayer who settled near Paris in Jennings County. The engraved J Graeff rifle aided hunting and defense, helped earn bears near Bear Creek, and remains well preserved with walnut stock and flintlock mechanism still sparking when cocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Montgomery
J. Graeff
Mr. Montgomery
Spencer Thayer
Territory
Indiana
Spencer
Paris
Jennings County
Bear Creek
Madison Students and Local Marriage Notables Highlight News
The Madison section lists Purdue undergraduates from the city and county with their courses, noting 2 083 total students. It also reports the marriage of Sue Cook to John W Tevis in Madison, plus a Lawrenceburg dispatch about a boating collision involving a gasoline launch Indiana and the Cincinnati Madison packet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin of Purdue University
Carl Gertz Bach
Howard Jasper Douglas
Charles Cravens Davidson
Howard Weir Ciordon
Everett Elwood Iorge
Misa Sue Cook
I. N. Cook
John W. Tevis
Madison
Frank P. Hood
Lawrenceburg
Cincinnati
Indiana
Phillip C. Braum
People's First National Bank
Joseph de Losais
Kentucky
Memorial Day Committee Meeting Reports Progress at City Hall
Fair attendance last night as Memorial Day committees gathered at city hall. Reports indicate progress in committee work and many organizations pledged turnout for the parade. Executive committee meets Tuesday at city clerk's office, composed of committee chairmen. Thursday marks another general meeting of all committees.
Garrard surveys flood damage in Owen and reports to Governor
General Charles A. Garrard of the Indiana National Guard, acting for Governor Ralston, left for Owen after inspecting Clark county flood losses here. Owen, nearly wiped out except for a school and church, is to be studied by Garrard. He will report back after touring the river area. Weather observer Miss Frankie Cooperider notes dryness with a 16 hygrometer, and summarizes April with highs 85 and lows 33, ten clear days, twelve partly cloudy, eight cloudy, and 4.18 inches precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Garrard
Indiana National Guard
Ralston
Owen
Bull Creek
Clark County
Garrard
Ellis’ Flood Relief Committee
Ohio River
Mies
Frankie Cooperider
Alfalfa Experiment in Illinois Yields Big Returns
Charles I Vanney, Melean county, Illinois, reports remarkable alfalfa results on George Lavanna Place. After intensive soil preparation in 1906 the stand reached four inches, yielding two tons per acre in 1907 plus 63 hogs weighing 7 or 8 pounds. By 1908 three hay cuts produced 29 tons per acre with 25 pigs pastured on the alfalfa, totaling $693 in value from the crop and hogs, or $115.56 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I Vanney
Melean
George Lavanna
Ttta
Anmuat
Alfalfa Proves Its Value In Corn Belt Farming
Farmers report superior gains from alfalfa fed to hogs and high yields from alfalfa crops. The piece notes weight gains, hay value from six acres, and the crop’s role as a modern agricultural breakthrough. It emphasizes alfalfa as a key feed and mortgage lifter in the Corn Belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nmature
Concordia Sinks After Mississippi River Crash near Natchez
The steamer Concordia sank after striking a bridge pier on May 2 in the Mississippi River near Natchez. It carried about 150 refugees from floods. 25 lives were lost including Patrick Geoghagan, William Grimes, and Captain Edward Prince. Smaller craft rescued many passengers. Hopkinsville to hold poste master election on January 15.
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Natchez
Concordia
Mississippi River
Patrick Geoghagan
William Grimes
Edward Prince
Conecordia
Pop
Cleophagan
Hopkinsville
Saloonkeeper testifies in Clark murder trial in Jennings county
Columbus, Indiana May 2 Jay Cooke testifies Clark boasted of nerve to seize a large sum the Mesquaid brothers rumored to have kept. He identifies a cap found after the crime as Clark's while Clark remains unmoved. Also note Carmania excursion steamer purchase and departure from New Orleans to Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
J. Hufus Clark
Jennings County
Jay Cooke
North Vernon
Clark
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Earl Jarrett
Mollie Younger
Manchester
Joseph Forse
Ferry Street
Clem Schilling
Muskogee
Okla
Schilling
Peaebody Baking Company
Muskoegee
Frank Kasper
John S. Smith
Bryantsburg
William L. Smith
Denny & Horton
William Imerson
G. A.grace
M. E. Cogley
Emerson
Charles Peters
Willow Bank Place
Chautauqua Park
Mr. Peters
Mrs. Peters
Jefferson County
Aa Heirloom
Purdue University
Tevis
Cook
Indianapolls
Tim
Jack
Jerry
Ite
Gen. Garrard
Illinois
Adeust
Trost Gt
Coburn
Jay Cook
Margaret
Louisville
Louisville Ferry Company
F. F
Madison Safe Deposit
JW. Cornet
J. K. Weyer
Sec’y
THE
Irst National Bank
Karp
David Jona
Nt Vaestieadl
Bk Po Sebeth
Caabter Nerney
Wampe
Nicshulaé
Rit Soim Mtradertasid
Firemen & Mechan
Ics’ Insurance Co
N. Horuff
W.O. McLelland
America
M. Strader
Mulberry Street
DR. Kinc
Adolph Schingeck
Buffalo
N. J
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