Expensive Quail Hunt Debunked and Surprise Birthday
A veteran Nimrod reports failing quail hunting with Bob Whites scarce deeming the bird report baseless after one quail captured. Nearby, a surprise party honors Mrs Yunker on her birthday at the Stony Point home with dancing and music attended by many neighbors and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimrod
Bob Whites
Joseph Yunker
Stony Point
Raymond Phillips
Roy Thorn
Howard Yunker
Roy Gillis
Earl Keller
Joe Yunker, Jr
Manus Yunker
Peter Bennett
Andy Bennett
Lord Roberts Dies in France from Pneumonia
The official press bureau announced that Lord Roberts died tonight in France at the request of Lord Kitchener. Pneumonia was the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
Lord Roberts
France
No Cotton Planting Plan Moves in Nine Southern States
A regional drive proposes laws in nine cotton states to ban cotton planting in 1915 and replace crops with oats corn and grains. Led by Texas and South Carolina the Southern Cotton association backs the plan arguing it would ease pests lower living costs and diversify farming. Chicago reports over 15000 women dressmakers in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Exis
South
Potomac
Southern Cotton Association
Noel
Association
Roots and Herbs Dominant Indiana Drug Market
A Madison root and herb trade built by Louis Sulzer expands to world markets. The Sulzer and Kronenberger firms trade medicinal roots and barks, including yellow root and mandrake, with price swings from 15 cents to 5 dollars per pound. Local collectors, including river workers, supply large quantities as Indiana farmers urged to cultivate medicinal plants.
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W. M. Herschel
Indianapolis
Europe
Indiana
Madison
Jefferson County
Louis Sulzer
Sulzer
Cincinnati
Louisville
Marcus
Mulberry Street
American River and Lake Parts
Gibraltar
Kentucky
Ohio River
Ohio
South
Yellow Root
Atlantic
Mr. Sulzer
Fim
China
Suizers
Louis Suizer
Sulzer’s
R. Kronenberger
Kronenberger
Kentucky Hills
Pretty Card Party Honors Jeffersonville Guest Cleo LaDuke
Handsome Jeffersonville girl hosted by Mr and Mrs William Bierck for a four table card party in honor of Mise Cleo LaDuke of Jeffersonville as house guest of Mr and Mrs Joseph Horuff. Luncheon for eighteen followed and Mrs Anna Morrison of New York City renewed her Weekly Herald subscription and asks Madison friends to remember her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Horuff
Wm. Bierck
William Bierck
Mise Cleo LaDuke
Jeffersonville
Joseph Horuff
Anna Morrison
New York City
Weekly Herald
Madison
Madison Township highway improvement petition filed in Jefferson County Indiana
A petition for the improvement of a Madison township highway in Jefferson County Indiana was filed November 13 1914 with the county auditor. The request seeks grading drainage and paving with crushed stone along a specified route connecting Paper Mill pike and Michigan road and includes the estimated grades drains and culverts. The petition asserts the road length under three miles and asks the board of county commissioners to proceed without a election. John G Copeland and signatories certify the petition as valid freeholders and voters and the auditor will present it December 8 1914 at a regular county meeting.
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Madison
County of Jefferson
State of Indiana
the Auditor
State of
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
County of
Jefferson
Township
Towanship
General Assembly
Eald Road
John G. Copeland
Madison Township
A. M. Taff
Jefferson County
Madison Man Credits Doan's Kidney Pills in Ad
A Madison reader from 112 South Elm Street attests Doan's Kidney Pills relieve back pains and kidney disorders. He says Rogers' Drug Store sold them with prompt relief and endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as his choice over years. Ad by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Madison
W.H. Tucker
South Elm St
Dean
Mr. Tucker
Foster-Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
Dr John Wooten Dies by Own Action at Jasonville
Word reached by George Gabel manager of the Goyert and Vogel poultry house that Dr John Wooten dentist formerly practicing in this city and at Hanover died by his own hand at Jasonville Indiana. He was well known here and at Hanover where his father Ben F Wooten resides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gabel
Goyert and Vogel Poultry House
John Wooten
Jasonville
Ind
Wooten
Hanover
Ben F. Wooten
Pension Tide Now Ebbs as Pensions Fall Across U S
Washington reports that the 1913 peak in pension expenditures has passed. Gaylord M. Saltzgaber notes 785,239 pensioners received $172,417,546.26 in the year ending June 30, 1914, with costs over $2 million and a decline from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gaylord M. Staltzgaber
United States
Pension Office
Official Vote Totals for Fourth Indiana District Race
Official vote totals show Dixon winning in the Fourth Indiana District with 22 792 votes to 16 846 for his opponent and 4 610 for Dixon's majority yielding a 5 946 plurality across the district.
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Indiana
Dixon
Dixon Wilson Emig Bartholomew
Brown
Winslow Honored at Carrollton Masons Banquet
George B. Winslow recently elected Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Masons was guest of honor at a Carrollton Lodge No. 134 banquet in Richland Opera House. About 200 guests attended with addresses by Orie S. Ware John Leathers and D B Y Rose of Louisville.
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Carrollton
George B. Winslow
Grand Lodge of Kentucky Masons
Carrollton Lodge
A. M
Richland Opera House
Meeers
Orie S. Ware
John Leathers
D. B. Y. Rose
Louisville
Three Scottsburg Stores Robbed in One Night
Robbers hit Cravens & Garner hardware store stealing six or seven revolvers. Garriott Bros general store and Everett Bros grocery were also entered but reports indicate no significant losses at those sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsburg
Ind
Cravens & Garner
Garriott Bros
Everett Bros
Federal Reserve Banks Opened Across U S Today
Chicago and other Federal Reserve Banks opened at 10 o clock with a disjoint rate of six per cent. Chicago banks likely to follow. The nationwide system released 460 million dollars in gold and legal tenders prompting about a billion dollars in loan expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Washington
Federal Reserve System
Auto Skids injure three in Seymour incident
In Seymour on November 16 Mrs. Mary Schenk widow suffered serious injuries when an automobile driven by Schenk Woolen Co. president B F Schenk skidded into a tree. Mrs. Joseph Perron of Detroit and Mrs. John Shay of Brownsburg were painfully hurt in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Mary Schenk
Joseph Perron
Detroit
John Shay
Brownsburg
B. F. Schenk
Schenk Woolen Company
Prices rise as Union Stock Yards reopen after quarantine
Prices were 40 cents higher on hogs when the Union Stock Yards reopened after a ten day quarantine. About a third of the usual Monday receipts arrived.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
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Vadison Herald
The
Herald Company
East
Manin Street
Madison, Ind
Mabel Woodfull
Begs Yeisla
Hester Demaree
Gladys Keller
Lola Nay
Gladys Faut
Pearl Faut
Helen Schaffer
Minnie Nay
Gladys Yunoker
Anne Yunker
Lord Robarts
Sulzer and
Kronenberge
Eps
Awsewes
Charles C. Copeland
Andrew M. Stevens
W. T. Losey
Oliver Francisco
Wm. R&r
David Tburnall
Chas. W. Jessup
G. E. Denny
George Kramwell
Albert Raediger
H. Lee
Michael Linenweber
Joseph A. Bumen
L. A. Hand
John W. Schram
Walter Mundt
John Bovard
Frank L. Eckert
J.N. Steinberger
J. Dablem
Wendel Jacobs
James Duffy
F.C. Vawter
J. F. Bennett
S. W. Grossman
John R. Humphrey
George Ruediger
Cooper Hirst
P. E. Bear
K. E. Scott
John F. Hammel
Tridiana
Bud Cures
T. B. McGregor
Victoria
Jasonville, Ill
G. B. Winslow
Kentucky Grand Lodge of Masons
Federal Reserve
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