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Newspaper

Madison Weekly Herald

Location

Madison, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1913

Page

5

Madison Daily Life Notes and Local Deaths

Local dispatches report travelers boarding trains for Rushville Fallis and Indianapolis plus a Kansas City homicide. Obituary notes Mrs Adelia Tandy, 78, Trimble county, sister of Col George Jessie, survived by six children and two daughters. Funeral Thursday.

Adelia Tandy Trimble County George Jessie George M Thomas J Charles L EH. W. Vandy Bedford Mra. W. H. ,Tandy Sam Carlisle The Christian Church

Wallace Peddie Funeral Held for Resident

The funeral of the late Wallace Peddie was held yesterday afternoon from his sister Mrs. Jerry Houglas on Main Street. Rev. Virgil Thompson led the services and a profusion of flowers signified wide sympathy. Interment followed in Springdale cemetery with five nephews and one friend serving as pallbearers: Robert Peddie, William Peddie, Ralph Veddie, Frederick Peddie, Karl Douglas, and Daniel Jones.

Wallace Peddie Jerry Houglas Weet Main Street Virgil Thompson Springdale Cemetery Robert Peddie William Peddie Ralph Veddie Frederick Peddie Karl Douglas Daniel Jones

Madison Baptist meeting attendees depart by morning train

An associational meeting of the Madison Association of the Baptist Church was held at Dupont today with local attendees listed. Couples Mr and Mrs George Claflin hosted a Sunday evening gathering on West Second Street with a light lunch and refreshments. music featured by McLain, McLaughlin, Layton, and Claflin.

Ming Beasie Lee Madison Fallis Indianapolia James Hargan, Jr Aleeta McClelland W. OC. McClelland M. E. Houser St. Louis Elizabeth Moore East Main Street Wren Cooper Danville Robert Welch M. F. Banta Haverside California Bert Faulkner Indianapolis John Marx J. Ho Barnard New York George Grey Barnard Roscoe Homshear Cragmont Hope Bunal Thevertaker Vail Trinity Church B. BE. McClure North Carolina of the Baptist Dupont Madison Association of the Baptist Church Robert Wood Te. Gr. Phillipa Ira Montgomery Joseph Sherman Louis Ernst J. M. Ryker Emma McKvel S. J. Long A.M. Leakey Ges. Claflin West Second Street McLain MclLaughlin Layton Claflin Mig. Boward Obrecht Charles Zeigler Phomag Tievenaugh Howard Schneider Misa Ethel Schneider Bert Athey

Four Score and Four Honored in Madison

Mr Godfrey Protd marks a long life milestone in Madison where fifty years in the jewelry trade has earned him a reputation for honesty and fair dealing. County business covers road reports, bridge bonds of 425000 to fund school needs, property transfers, and road closures or openings in Saluda, Monroe, Milton, and Lancaster townships.

Godfrey Des Bold Madison W. C. Dawson Saluda Sthese Bonda

Pegooud Aims For Ocean Flight Record Breaker

French aviator Pegoud plans a daring ocean flight experiment to be first to cross the Atlantic, weighing risks and seeking official approval. He predicts success or failure will reveal the upside of this bold aviation pursuit and promises to study routes from Ireland to Newfoundland for a feasible path.

Hie Pam

Bishop Brent 10 Continues Work Among Philippine Tribes

In New York a national committee forms to support Bishop Brent’s mission in the Philippines. Brent, returning from the Episcopal convention, aims to improve tribal living by moving communities from tree tops to homes, modernizing farms, and combating diseases like hookworm and malaria through education and improved hygiene.

Churchman New York Atlomnb Charles HE Brent Philippines Hishiop Brent Tlamnony Clate America Wiech United States Trent

Autoist shoots after dog sting near South Norwalk

In South Norwalk a driver fired at Hitchcock after a dog sting incident. The shooter, a man named Hitchcock, was hit in the hand by a bullet as he fled. Barrett was arrested in connection with the case. The fragment mentions costs of peppered food but unclear.

Norwalk Ed Leon New York City Hans Therbett Coon Pons Phehcock Hitchcock Barrett

New Vessels for Canal Announced by Explorers

Captain Otte Sverdrup, associate of Amundsen, says Norwegian Steamship Co will run four ships via the Panama Canal to Pacific ports to haul paper pulp and return with salmon fruit and lumber. Sverdrup will join Amundsen at Colon to voyage Fram through the canal in November. A Boston firm also says it will run eight ships to the Pacific coast via the canal under Boston-Pacific line.

Tacoma Wash Otte Sverdarup Amundsen Jiere Norwegian Steamship Companys Panai Canal Pacific Coast Sverdrape Colon Fram Panama Canal Boston

Cambridge College Names and Notable Enrollments

The article lists Cambridge and Sharvard enrolment lore with humorous stabs at names. It mentions Harvard four Brewers two Beers one Case and a Rueter along with surnames like Morningstar Watermaker and Shu. The piece notes the Smiths as a large family on campus and quips on married men.

Cambridge Sharvard Neds Kos Mads Harvard O Love Maiden Legg Darling Joy Morningstar Watermaker Shu Shamon Fan Smiths

Wireless mine tests reportedly sink British cruiser Terpsichore

London reports an invention to detonate undersea mines by wireless impulse. A mine attached to the bottom of the British cruiser Terpsichore exploded eight miles away, delaying the ship’s return to dry dock as crew abandoned and pumps fought to keep her afloat before towage to Portsmouth.

London Portsmouth Mtheust Fiinds Tay

Fragmentary notes hint at local meeting and personnel

The readable fragments reference a county or city meeting with mentions of individuals such as Mabel chaser and Dean, plus notes on feeds and dates. The text is garbled with many unclear terms and partial phrases, offering little concrete detail about actions or outcomes.

Poaugh Dean Mabel Chaser Bonn

Patient Theft and Accident at Brarser Hospital

A patient named John Iest was run over by a tramcar after losing a foot and watch during surgery at Brarser Hospital. He awoke from anesthesia unable to explain the time loss, sparking a police search. orderly Paul Reiker confessed to theft, leading to the arrest and trial. Another patient, Frank Drice, was stolen from in ether’s influence, and Relker confessed to the theft.

John Iest Trabhmeat Biarser Stedes Frei

Terrell's Bedford Man Poised for Unopposed Speakership

Frankfort Ky Nov 3 The Speakership contest in the Kentucky House has narrowed to a one man race with Speaker Terrell assured of a second term Elwood Hamilton of Franklin County has withdrawn and Stanley Reed of Maysville is expected to withdraw Terrell will announce his candidacy this week and secure the post for the 1914 General Assembly.

Frankfort House of Representatives General Assembly Terrell Elwood Hamilton Franklin Co Stanley Reed Maysville

Setting Him Right In Almanac Question Goof

A humorous exchange features a newspaper woman grilling about a fiancé allegedly listed in the Almanach de Gotha. She denies the claim and asks if the person is in the almanac, while the other retorts that the fiancé is not a joke.

Mam

Marble Corner Items and Local News

Marble Corner notes birth in the kirk home on Wednesday October 20 a son. Visitors include Miss Lizzie Thomas from Du Pont and many from nearby towns. First quarterly conference held. Preacher Dr Murphy delivered sermons. Residents J N Kirk and J D Johnson visited Dupont. Several listed travels for business and family visits.

R. E. Kirk Lizzie Thomas Dupont James Stevenson Robert Nay Canaan Wesley Russel Rexville Nick Augustine Bethel James Rogers Union Smith Vevay Murphy J.N. Kirk Big Creek J.D. Johnson G. G. Anderson Elizabethtown Harry Dannecken Napoleon Rabbit Plaing Mias Ada Adama Bedford Sadie Thomas J. A. Hunter Versailles

Leg Crushed by Train Near Charlestown

Jeffersonville reports 14 year old Harry Bower fell under a freight train while boarding near Clark's siding. He had one leg amputated between knee and thigh at St Joseph's Infirmary Louisville. Companion Max Minor summoned help. boy transported to Louisville hospital. Father Wesley Minor killed in 1897 quarry accident.

Jeffersonville Harry Bower Charlestown St. Joseph’s Infirmary Louisville Bower Max Minor Clark’s Siding Minor Clark’s T. J. Marehall John W. Grey Wesley Minor Jefersonville News

Nature as Home in Thoreau's Quiet Tribute

A meditative reflection on nature becoming home. Thoreau equates the solace of fields with domestic comfort, noting warmth from the kettle and crackling fagots as part of the living landscape that shapes a true home.

Thoreau

Names Connected With the Law

The article explains the surname Legles originally meant lawyer and was spelled Laegless. It notes Lawless derives from the same source and ironically signifies the opposite of its apparent meaning.

Legles Laegless

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