Madison Man Seeks License to Sell Liquor in Madison
Daniel W. Jones of Madison announces an application to the Jefferson County Indiana Board of Commissioners in June 1916 for a license to sell spirituous and other intoxicating liquors in quantities less than a quart for consumption on the premises. The described room on the ground floor of a three story brick building at 213 West Main Street is detailed with exact dimensions and access doors.
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Daniel W. Jones
Keebey
Madison
Jutterguu
Indieana
Board of Commissioners
Jefferson County
Indiana
Towit
Kuowong
John Mulveya
Cherry Lane
Main Street
Main
Second Street
Central Avenue
Poplar Street
West Mate Street
Madiaua
Maine Street
Madison, Ind
Contractor Robert Samples Commits Suicide After Sermon
Columbus May 11. After a sermon denouncing drunkenness contractor Robert Samples aged fifty who had finished a church at Grammer returned home and shot himself. He was a heavy drinker. Elwood saw two hundred members of the American Order of Yeoman in town for conferring the degree on a class of thirty candidates with visitors from Indianapolis Anderson and Marion arriving by special cars.
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Columbus
Robert Samples
Grammer
Elwood
German air raids target Bergues and St Dennis. Austria-Italy pact reported
May 11 reports say a German aircraft dropped eleven bombs on Bergues near Dunkirk killing twelve. In Paris area, St Dennis suburb sees casualties from a German bomb. Concurrently Vienna signals Austria concedes major terms to Italy averting war for now. Rome notes a cabinet meeting postponed amid Austro-Italy developments.
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St. Dennis
Paris
Rome
Austria
Italy
Vienna
Paria
Bergues
Dunkirk
Arras
Rome Cabinet Meeting Postponed Amid Austro Italian Tensions
In Rome on May 1 the cabinet meeting is postponed to Wednesday due to unfavorable Austro Italian developments. The delay follows consultations between the King and party leaders to review the situation.
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Rome
Dixie steamship sinks after snag in Mississippi River
Twenty people narrowly escaped when the steam boat Dixie struck a snag in the Mississippi River and sank in about three minutes. Passengers and crew leaped onto a barge the Dixie was towing.
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Keokuk
Dixie
Mississippi River
Insurance on Lusitania Passengers Totaled 6 Million
New York May 11 it was learned today that the life and voyage insurance on Lusitania passengers aggregated six million dollars. Vanderbilt secured a hundred thousand dollar policy before sailing.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Lusitania
Roosevelt Libel Trial Strikes Most Testimony
Judge Andrews sustains motion to strike Roosevelt's entire testimony on printing graft in Albany. Defense narrowed to the 1911 United States Senate maneuver only. Rev. Ira Long was a passenger on the morning train.
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Syracuse
Roosevelt
Barnes
Andrews
Albany
United States
Ira Long
Our Chautauqua Centennial Booster Message
A call for community cooperation urges residents to support industrial growth roads public welfare and civic events. It emphasizes forming clubs to unite farmers businessmen and professionals and cites chautauqua as a catalyst for local progress and cooperation.
Tulsa grocer Lowry opens North Side store, expands two shops
M J Lowry, proprietor of Two Groceries in Tulsa, has bought the Partlow stand at 101 West Fairview to become The Quality Grocery North Side. A May 5 opening will unveil new stock as the South side store is rearranged, giving Lowry two nearby grocers and boosting his eight month Tulsa career.
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M. J. Lowry
Quality
West Ninth Street
Partlow
West Fairview
Quality Grocery
North Side
South Side
Lowry
Tulsa
Okla
Democrat
President Clarifies Lusitania Policy Not Yet Formed
President Wilson states his Lusitania policy remains unformed and personal stance only. Ambassador Gerard seeks full information from Germany about the torpedoing. Vice President Marshall urges caution and notes many Americans favor war only if formally commissioned.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Wilson
Lusitania
Callera
Tupelo
Misa
Marshall
United States
Commissary Department
Lusitania Passenger Rumor About Thompson Family
News from Seymour Indiana reports E Blish Thompson of Seymour sailed on the Lusitania with his wife Mrs Thompson. Initial word claimed both survived but later it was learned he is missing. The couple had been cautioned by Oatley B Cockrum before departing for New York.
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E. Blish Thompson
Seymour
Lusitania
Ireland
Mrs. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
John B. Cockrum
North Alabama Street
Thompson
Ex-Assessor Boswell Indicted for Forging Public Records
James L. Boswell, once a county official and church figure in Carrollton Kentucky, was indicted for forging and altering public records. The 1912 tax book was manipulated to raise Will and Tom Wilson’s property taxes by about $1,000 while Boswell refunded excess taxes and paid funds back to the county for discrepancies and uncollected taxes.
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Carrollton
James L. Boswell
Boswell
Acc
Toowell
Will
Tom Wilson
Wilsons
Death of Mrs Bridget Donlan In Indianapolis
Mrs Bridget Donlan former Madison resident died in Indianapolis at about 2 30 am. She was about 70 and had lived with her daughter Mrs Louis Eckert in Indianapolis. Funeral and burial likely in Indianapolis at St Patrick's church with the family owning a burial lot here. Mesdames Margaret Mclnotyre and Louisa Kraut will travel to attend the funeral.
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Indianapolis
Bridget Donlan
Donlan
Louis Eckert
Daisy Donlan
St. Patrick’s Church
Mesdames
Margaret Mclnotyre
Louisa Kraut
Madison Lodge Knights Confer Page Rank
Madison Lodge No. 21 K of P conferred the rank of Page on Alfred Goley Edwin F Lyon Jr and Adam Requet at a regu lar meeting. After the work refreshments were served and the meeting was largely attended. Next Monday the Bank of Esquire will be conferred on three candidates. Queenstown May 11 The recovery of thirteen Lusitania victims near Baltimore fifty miles southwest of Cork revived hope for more bodies and possible identifications. Survivors are not expected. Currents and winds are strong.
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Madison Lodge No. 21
K. of P
Alfred Goley
Edwin F. Lyon, Jr
Adam Requet
Bank of Esquire
Queenstown
Baltimore
Cork
Cunard cancels Mauretania sailing and Lusitania return
London announces Cunard cancels Mauretania voyage to the United States set for May 29. No Cunarder will depart for New York on May 15 as Lusitania had been scheduled to return.
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London
Cunard Company
United States
New York
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Mississippi
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Iowa
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Tules
Oklahoma
Mr. Lowery
Michael Lowery
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West
Gerard
Berlin
Uncle Sam
Ambangador
Germany
Seymour Mane
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Ted
Madison Lodge, K. OF P
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Jone Spencer
C. A. Stanton
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S. Jefferson Street
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Mulberry Street
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