Multiple items crowd the town notables in November notes
A November page lists a $100 reward for Samuel Kesterson. railroad work to lay double tracks from Louisville to Indianapolis. a Brooksville factory collapse injuring John Manion. ongoing revival meetings and church construction. marriages including Curtis Dees Emma Eldridge and Lizzie Tilton Harry Tenant. local business moves, elopement, and public health notes. accidents, coal and clay trades, prison timber use, and farm sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Louisville
Indianapolis
John Manion
Brooksville
Is Deal
Tbs
Mayden Baptist Church
Curtis Dees
Emma Eldridge
Squire Cravens
Cope
Midd Street
Hargan-Barnard
Bryantsburg
Marion Cooney
Ernst Martiney
Mayfield
Campbellsburg
Martiney
Nannie Goslin
Mike Donlan
William Gentrup
Cincinnati
Madison Machine Company
Ladies’ Society of
Trinity Church
C. Vail
Rebecca Page
Mary E. Sullivan
Lois Bishop
Harvey
Dennis & Claggett
Jeffersonville Ston
Y. Pls. E
Christian Church
Kokomo
Messrs
Stacy Bros
Sudden Summons Claims J Robinson and Minnie Logan
Jesse Robinson died suddenly at his Main and Vernon streets home after years of rheumatism. He was born February 12, 1819 in Meigs county Ohio and had lived in Madison since 1838. Minnie Logan of Hanover died of typhoid fever at age eighteen, a Hanover College student and Presbyterian. both deaths bring funeral notices and condolences to families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Robinson
Maineand Vernon Streets
Meigs County
Ohio
Madison
L. M. Robinson
Leander M
Carlos
Elizabeth
Annie Vail
Trimble County
Don Carlos
Finneus
Fen
Brown County
Vhio
Robinson
Springdale Cemetery
Minnie Logan
George M
Mary Logan
Hanover
Presbyterian Church
Hanover College
Minnie
City Council Proceedings Hear Peanut Politics and Street Affairs
City Hall crowd fills the council as motions shift Street Commissioner duties to City Marshal Fred Reinsehler. Finance report sets 1902 tax levy at $1.20 on general fund, boosting revenue to $43,000. Committees address Mulberry Street pavements, Baltimore and Second street faggings, and a butchers license amendment. Bartron pushes economy resolutions. Klein objects. measures pass. Council adjourns after one hour ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein
Mr. Klein
J’feiffer
Tuttle
Roeder
Krummel
Athey
Thomas
Bartron
Bishop
Johnson
Torrance
Colgate
Page
Finance Committee
Mulberrytreet
Third
Baltimore
Second Streets
Washington Fire Company
Mr. Bishop
Committee of Cemeteries
Charles Gertz
Springdale
Yeus-Tuttle
Kriummel
ways—Thomas
Pagev
Fred Reinsehler
Allison
Madison Brewery Plans 5 and 10 Year Bond Issue
The Madison Brewing Company of New Orleans announced a plan to issue 6 percent bonds, 250 and 500 denominations, payable in 10 years from Oct 1 or after 5 years at the company’s option. Principal and interest to National Branch Bank. coupons semiannual. Trustees named include W. H. Powell, Richard Johnson, and John Clements. About one third of bonds sold. $25,000 more expected. Bonds available at banks or brewery office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Brewing Company
A. C. Greiner
ISM
National Branch
W. H. Powell
Richard Johnson
John Clements
Indiana celebrates seventy fifth anniversary with school day
Teachers prepare programs across city schools for December 11 public day marking Indiana’s statehood. Pupils perform recitations and songs while parents attend to observe. The event supports education and includes a penny collection to aid Indiana at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Board of Education
Chicago
Scattered Local News From Madison and Vicinity
Obituaries report infant death from scarlatina and an Anderson resident’s hip fracture. Wagon accident near Plow Handle Point. a judge’s case against A J Fisher dismissed. Fires erase a home at Nabb’s station. walls at Jeffersonville penitentiary halted until spring. Funeral for Minnie Logan. Hanover College students attend. Community notes include meat inspector appeal and Thanksgiving fire company plan. Murder rumor, a missing mother later found dead, and two sisters injured by a hatchet in Scott county. An Indiana drum major reunion and a mysterious shooting near Austin complete the roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Governor Hovey
Samuel Meyers
Capt
W. R. Meyers
Anderson
John Pierce
Bedford
Moffett’s
Trimble County
Minnie Logan
Presbyterian Church
Hanover College
Washington Fire Company
Accidents and Deaths Fill Local News Blast
Mike Cavanaugh suffers a severe facial injury at Union Brewery while splitting kindling for the ice machine. Dr. Walls removed fractured teeth and bone fragments with a prognosis of several days’ recovery. Land of Madison dies at his father in law’s home near Canaan at age 24 from consumption. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 PM from Marquis residence with Springdale cemetery interment. A petition circulated to require licenses for bakers in Madison and to enlarge five cent loaves. Martin Wade funeral draws large crowd with Mass at St Michael’s and Catholic cemetery burial in North Madison. Pallbearers listed and prayers for eternal peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Cavanaugh
Union Brewery
Walls
Cle. Land
L. F. Marcouis
Canaan
James Land
Harrison
Ohio
Marquis
Springdale Cemetery
Martin Wade
St. Michael’s Church
Father McLaughlin
Greencastle
Ind
Father Guthneck
North Madison
James Hauigan
C. A. Korbly
William Walsh
E. Johnson
John Kelly
Patrick Cassidy
Patrick Howley
John Clark
Furnace for sale at Hoffman Quinns East Main
Local ad promotes a Pease steel plated hot air furnace guaranteed not to leak gas or smoke. Available for sale only at Hoffman and Quinns, 107 East Main Street, in the John Adams old stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pease Steel
Hoffman & Quinn's
East Main Street
John Adams
Hermit and His Mole: Man Sealed In Cave by Brook
Nelson Purdum a once sober farmer near Ripley county built a 10 foot cave with a furnace and bed after drinking left him homeless. Found in the bank by hunters, he refuses to come out and fears exposure. Water rising threatens his underground room as neighbors urge action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Purdum
Ripley County
Sam
Notable Jefferson County Teachers Meet at High School
The Jefferson County Teachers' Association holds sessions at the High School on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. Participants include Mrs. M S Brooks Profs Morse and Kyle Dr John M Coulter Herbert D Vories and Dr John Co Ridpath with a Darwin lecture by Coulter and Ridpath arriving Friday noon. Ridpath will lecture at Trinity church Friday evening for 25 cents admission. The Henaip will publish extended reports of proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hruate
Jefferson County Teachers’ Association
M.S. Brooks
Morse and Kyle
Hanover College
John M. Coulter
Bloomington University
Herbert D. Vories
John Co. Ridpath
Indiana
Tidpath
Charles Darwin
Coulter
Ridpath
Greencastle
Little Union County Becomes Banner for Eastern Indiana
The piece extols Liberty as county seat, noting three churches, fine schools, and a $100,000 courthouse soon completed as the third in forty years. It highlights only three saloons, one toll road to be county owned, and 7 0 population with exemplary free schools. It urges youths to read and learn rather than street education, ending with children crying for Pitchers Castorla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Indiana
Pitcher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Samuel Kesterson
Forshee and
Matthews
the Council Proceedings
Brashear
Amerigan
Ment Fund
New Orleans Times Democrat
Marine Sectional
Corsair
Mamie Coyle
T Charlie Wood
W. M. Wood
Ed Male
C.K. Lincoln
Southern Pacifice
Drewillard
Col. Merrell
Madison Dyke
Hie
Drewiard
James Kidd
Dupont
James Covert
Plow Handle Point
Squire Allen
Charles Taylor
Charles Douglass
Ben Short
A.J. Fisher
David Spurgeon
Nabb's
John Lawson
Saluda
J. P. Wells
Alvin R. Adams
Tauman
George Weyrock
Rev
Jacks
Jamestown
Andrew Moore
Hebron
Gustave Katzman
Osgood
Katzman
Mary Chasteen
Padier Rice
Scott County
Hubbard
Thomas Hoffman
Tom
Herald
David Copson
22Nd Indiana Regiment
Old Horton House
Tunis
Copson
James Pierson
Austin
Pierson
the Teachers’ Association
Henaip
Union” County
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