Madison Herald May 29 1919 local notices
Miss Allie Fitch visits niece Margaret Fitch. Mr and Mrs J Wisle return from La Porte and Muncie. Mr and Mrs George Sangster host Molly Gottschalk of Columbus at Hotel Jefferson. Mr and Mrs John Toole of Denver visit East Street home. Ellen C Hendricks Weyer sells 21.24 acres in Madison township to Howard S Moffett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie Fitch
Miss Margaret Fitch
J. Wisle
Laporte
Muncie
George Sangster
Hotel Jefferson
Molly Gottschalk
Columbus
John Toole
Denver, Col
Charles Anger
East Street
Ellen C. Hendricks Weyer
Howard S. Moffett
Madison Township
Dugan Hollow
Army laundry on wheels in France proves fast and mobile
A U.S. sergeant explains a mobile laundry unit in France near Verdun. The steam powered wagon soaks, bakes and tags clothing, processing about fifteen hundred outfits daily as divisions move rapidly, with laundry transferred as units shift locations.
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France
Verdun
Lemat
Kurt Hitke to Make Indy 600 Debut in Liberty Sweepstakes
Kurt Hitke of St. Paul will drive in his first Indianapolis 600 as part of the Liberty Sweepstakes 500 mile race buildup. Roamer-Duesenberg remains a standout mount to watch for speed and endurance on the famed track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Kurt Hitke
St. Paul
Hitke
Roamer-Duesenberg
Death of Stephen T. Hitz in Indianapolis at 72
Telegram notices the death of Stephen T. Hitz at the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after months of illness including diabetes and a foot infection leading to amputation. He lived in Madison before moving to Indianapolis 30 years ago, was 72 and born in Cincinnati, survived by a widow Elizabeth Ranken and son Bert Hitz, plus six brothers. Funeral in Indianapolis with burial at Crown Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen T. Hitz
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Stephen Hitz
Cragmont Hospital
Methodist Church
Madison
Elizabeth Ranken
Bert Hitz
John G
Ferdinand
North Madison
George
Benjamin
Joseph
Richmond
Jesse
Franklin
Crown Hill Cemetery
Franchise League holds successful City Hall meeting
The Franchise League met at City Hall on Friday with Mrs. William Clements presiding and Mrs. Lewis of Indianapolis addressing suffrage as cooperation between genders. Officers were elected: President Miss Florence Conway, VPs Mrs. Elizabeth Trow and Miss Carolyn Ford, Treasurer Miss Ann Harper, Secretary Miss Nora Schwab. membership 61.
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Franchise League
City Hall
William Clements
Lewis
Indianapolis
Long
Florence Conway
Elizabeth Trow
Carolyn Ford
Ann Harper
Nora Schwab
Miss Conway
Madison
Miss Irene Dunn Wins Gold Medal In Chicago Contest
A telegram to Mrs. Adelaide Dunn from Chicago, dated May 24, 1919, reports Miss Irene Dunn received a gold medal at a Chicago musical competition for her admirable singing. The note from Felix Borowski, president, praises her skill and predicts future success. Dunn has studied at the Chicago Musical College for a year and her Madison supporters celebrate the achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dunn
Madison
Ind
Felix Borowski
Irene Dunn
Chicago Musical College
Shortage of silver affects China’s general trade
A shortage of silver is impacting China’s general trade situation, raising costs and disrupting current transactions across markets. Analysts note tighter supply and potential price increases affecting manufacturers and exporters.
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China
Local Happenings in Madison Ledger May 28
Visiters include Mr and Mrs Joseph H King of Bromley Kentucky and Mr Martin Anger from Clinton. Miss Agnes Miller of New Albany returns from Walnut Street home. Mr William Gentrup, a retired engineer, fractures his right collar bone trimming a tree on West Main. County Clerk Prenatt notes Corporal Francis Prenatt will be mustered out soon and return home. Miss Dorothy Vail wins Jefferson County art scholarship at John Herron Institute Indianapolis after a May 3 drawing exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. King
Bromley
Martin Anger
Clinton
Agnes Miller
New Albany
Matthew Lehnert
Walnut Street
William Gentrup
West Main Street
E. C. Cook
Prenatt
Francis Prenatt
New York
Dorothy Vail
Jefferson County
John Herron Art Institute
Indianapolis
Pender
Vail
Middle West
Mary Shaughnessy
Lillian
Terre Haute
A. L. Barringer
Jennings County
Anna Magers
Warren McDonald
Bessie Mildred
W.S. Wilhaite
J. C. Fornshil
Camden
Ohio
J. W. Hearn
Toft's Car Named Darce Special After Movie Tie In
Gimur Toft, a California hopeful in the Indianapolis 600 Laherty Sweepstakes, runs his car under the odd name Darce Special. The car appeared in a photoplay “The Roaring Toad” based on posts about automobiles, where the name was Darco Special, and Toft chose to keep it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gimur Toft
California
Darce
Toft
Saturday Evening Post
Darco Special
John Duke Arrested After Alleged Assault in Hanover
Sheriff Monroe and Deputy Kremer arrested John Duke at his Hanover home on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. He was bound over to the Circuit Court in $1 000 after a Thursday night attack on Abe Wigham on Fifth Street, with a knife wound to the head. Duke has prior trouble records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Peter Kremer
John Duke
Hanover
Madison
Squire Chapman
Circuit Court
Duke
Abe Wigham
Fifth Street
Saw Cuts steel billets in British naval factory
A power hacksaw in a British naval factory cuts square billets of steel 26 inches thick. The largest billet weighs about 3.5 tons and is cut by a three horsepower electric motor. The blade shows no wear and remains usable after the cut. The machine is expected to reduce sawing costs to one sixth of previous expenses.
Japan's Leading Industry Keeps Spin on Growth
The article notes extraordinarily favorable conditions in Japan with the spinning industry as the leading manufacturing sector. It cites European product withdrawal from Asia and Australia markets as boosting profits and predicts high coal prices and tight supply next year due to policy by Director General Hines. Rolling water removes tea stains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Asla
Australia
Kenneth A. Meguire
Harlan Coal Company
Hines
Commanida
May Term Opens In Jefferson Circuit Court
Judge F M Griffith convened the Jefferson Circuit Court for the May term. Grand jury, led by foreman Fletcher Burress, indicts Lester and Sennet Gammons for store burglary and separate charges of assault with intent to kill. Sentences set at two to fourteen years plus ten years disfranchisement after guilty pleas. Margaretta Earhart and Hattie Carter divorce actions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Griffith
Vevay
Jefferson Circuit
William Joyce
Smyrna
James W. Banta
Francis D. Miller
Lancaster
Louis C. Protsman
Republican
Fletcher Burress
Shelby
Jacob Vath
Hanover
Griffith
Mr. Burress
Lester
Sennet Gammons
Gammons Brothers
John Brown
Calloway’s Station
Brown
Louis Alexander
Alexander
Madison
Gammon Brothers
Kentucky
Monroe
Kremer
Bedford Pike
Margaretta Earhart
Albert Earhart
Judee Bear
Plaintiff
H. H. Cope
Hattie Carter
Taylor Carter
Sulzer & Bear
Eighth grade exam results from Jefferson County common schools
The final examination for eighth grade graduates conducted in Superintendent Penders office on May 17 yielded scores for students across townships. Notable results include Viola Garden 81.8 and Agnes Ralston 81.1 in Monroe and Shelby townships, with multiple students in the mid to high seventies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Pender
Lancaster
Arthur Innes
Hanover
Malcolm Tettrick
Ruth Reynolds
Madison
Bernice Kurtz
Ruth Lindsey
Gertrude Matthews
Lois E. Lindsey
Milton Township
Everett Brooks
Monroe
Viola Garden
Ruth Keller
Ruth Mabbit
Republican
Monta
Death of Lillian Marie Hycord
Eight months old Lillian Marie Hybcord died at the family home on South East Street at midnight from an indigestion attack. Funeral is set for 2 PM tomorrow from the residence with burial in Springdale Cemetery. The family laments the loss with a sorrowful poem about a missing daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Marie
Edwin C. Hybcord
South East Street
Springdale Cemetery
Local visitors and a Cragmont death noted in Madison
Mrs. John Scholl of Indianapolis visits Madison as Mrs. Sadie Earhart of Volga leaves for Eaton. Several residents travel to visit relatives including Miss Helen Genter and Mr. John Augustin. A Cragmont patient, Robert Baker age 60, died and was buried in Rest Hill Cemetery after admission from Martinsville.
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John Scholl
Indianapolis
Sadie Earhart
Volga
Eaton, Ohto
Helen Genter
John Augustin
Joliet
Frieda Stoll
Aurora
Clara Hargitt
Helen Childs Schneider
Elizabeth Roser
Louisville
Henry Schneider
Cincinati
Dayton
Ohio
Robert Baker
Cragmont
Rest Hill
Haigh
Martinsville
American Aviator Klein to Race in Indianapolis Liberty Sweepstakes
Lieut. Arthur Klein, American aviator and Peugeot driver, arrives from Issendoun France to race in the Indianapolis 660 mile Liberty Sweepstakes. A former engineering officer with an RA M A rating, Klein hopes to showcase airplane maneuvers learned in Europe and contend for first honors, having previously competed in the 1913 and 1914 Indianapolis 5600 mile events.
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Issendoun
France
Arthur Wlein
Peugeot
Indianapolis
Klein
Europe
Democrats Seek Wilson Position On Third Term
Democrats plan to press President Wilson for a firm stance on a possible third term. Senator Cummins to tour the nation organizing for the 1920 campaign as leaders await Wilson's candidacy. Senate opponents concede enough votes to pass the woman suffrage amendment, though expedited debate failed. passage likely Thursday.
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Wilson
Cummins
Senate
Exhibits From Every Climb at Columbus Centenary
Columbus hosts a world exposition June 20 to July 13 featuring an over 100 acre park with a 60 000 seating Coliseum and 8 000 seat amphitheater. Exhibits span India Africa China Europe and the Americas showing Christian progress and cultural life with living villages temples bazaars and a large machinery hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State of Ohio
Allenby in Palestine travelogues set for Columbus
Lowell Thomas lectures in Columbus unveil moving pictures and stills of General Allenby’s Holy Land campaign. The show promises authentic eyewitness views of Jerusalem Bethlehem and sacred sites plus life in Palestine and the German retreat. Indorsed by New York clergy, the travelogue runs June 20 to July 13 during a centenary Methodist celebration.
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Lowell Thomas
Columbus
Allenby
Palestine
Holy Land
Berlin-Bagdad
Aleppo
Kaiser
Pan
New
New York and New Jersey Women Camp Out at Columbus Exposition
A dozen young women from New York and New Jersey travel to Columbus Q for the Methodist Centenary celebration from June 20 to July 18. They stay in the horse exhibit building chaperoned by Kali and other deities, claim the quarters are cosy with a plano, and describe camping as a vacation while they classify and arrange foreign exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exposition Grounds
Kali
New York
New Jersey
Columbus
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Madison Herald
the Herald Company
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Posto Micesti
Madicos
Eaet' Mata Street
Madison Ind
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Indiana
Hoosier
Madleon
Adelaide Dunn
Omar Toft
Lillian Marie Hycord
James Hargan
Central Hotel
Ganges
India
Mohammedan Mosque
Lewie E.layzell
Northern
Africa
J. T. C. Blackmore
Algeria
Roosevelt and Rainey
David Livingstone
Uganda
E. H. Richards
Oberlin
Celestial Republic
John M. Gowdy
Fuchan
C. Yong
Washington
Belgium
E. M. Tipple
Hiroshima
EB. R. Bull
Tokyo
I i
Korea
W. H. Cram
Nashville
Tenn
Philippines
Harry Farmer
Malaysia
J. R Denyes
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Jerusalem
Pyramids
Machpelah
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Rebecah
Hachel
Bethlehem
Jeriche
Mount of Olives
Garden of
Bethsemane
Methodist
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