Local Notes From Madison and Nearby Visits
Madison brief items report travel to Marion and Anderson for visits and events. Movements include Mrs. Fred Smith and Mrs. Margaret Frost, J.C. White to Pittsburgh, and Estella Holwager guardianship petition. A Catholic Knights of America convention elected Dr N A Kremer as Supreme Delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulzer
Beira
Circuit Court
Estella Holwager
Hanover
Indiana State Council
The
Catholic Knights of America
Indianapolis
N. A. Kremer
John A. Burton
Herald Office
Harry Lemen
Chevrolet
Oliver F Watson
Madison
Jefferson County
Watson
Alfred Gente Robbed in Salt Lake City on Exposition Trip
A telegram from Alfred Gente reports he was assaulted and robbed of a substantial amount in Salt Lake City before leaving for San Francisco. He is hospitalized there with injuries but family hopes the wounds are not serious. He and Louisville friends continue toward the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Genter
Louisville
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Genter
Madigan
Narrow Escape At Bridge Construction Over Big Creek
A rope broke and scaffolding failed on a bridge over Big Creek at Piegah near Deputy yesterday afternoon. Workmen suffered bruises and scratches, with Ernest Wyne narrowly escaping a fatal fall after getting entangled in a rope. The bridge is under contract with the county by Charles Platz.
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Big Creek
Piegah
Deputy
Evert Wyne
Earl Morgason
Graham Township
Frank Wolf
Ryker
Redzo
Ernest Wyne
Chirles Platz
Death of William Bivens in Columbus
Word arrived in Madison of the death of William Bivens at his Columbus home at 7 this morning after a long tubercular illness. He was 50, formerly lived in Madison, survived by a widow and several grown children. He belonged to Clifty Falls Camp Modern Woodmen and had a $1030 policy. Funeral in Columbus Friday at 2 PM. burial in Columbus Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bivens
Columbus
Bivens
Clifty Falls
A. J. Merrett
Madison
Mayor's Court Fines Intoxication Offenders and Reforms
Omar Ball pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 50 dollars and costs and released to the peanut farm after a prior jail term. Andrew Kimmel also paid part of a 50 dollar fine for intoxication and received probation under a suspended sentence after promising abstinence and citing family support.
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Omar Ball
Ball
Kremer
Andrew Kimmel
Mrs Mary Sehrt dies after brief illness at 84
Mrs Mary Sehrt aged 84 wife of John Sehrt and longtime Ryker s Ridge resident died at her home after a brief illness from age related infirmities and a recent cold. Funeral plans await relatives arrival. Born in Bavaria she came to the county as a young girl and is survived by Fred Sehrt Indianapolis Mrs Mary Bondurant at home Mrs Elizabeth Mullen Indianapolis Mrs Peter Wolf Ryker s Ridge Mrs Anna Uhl Indianapolis Mrs Dora Holwager Indianapolis and a niece S J Bear of this city. She was a Lutheran and a devoted wife mother and neighbor.
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Mary Sehrt
John Sehrt
Ryker’s Ridge
Bavaria
Germany
Mre Sehrt
Fred Sehrt
Madison Coal Co Becomes Madison Coal and Supply Company
The old Madison Coal Company reorganizes and will be known as Madison Coal and Supply Company with capital stock of 15000 dollars. Fred Hartweg of Cincinnati serves as President, Charlee Hillabold as Secretary and Treasurer, and J F Butts of Carrollton Kentucky as General Manager. The officers have coal industry and river transport ties and strong business experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Coal Company
Madison Coal & Supply Company
Fred Hartweg
Cincinnati
Charlee Hillabol d
J. F. Butts
Carrollton
West Virginia
Louisville
Hillabold
New Concern
Madison
Death of Miss Jessie Edmundson at 25
Miss Jessie Edmundson daughter of Edward Edmundson died this afternoon at 3 20 at her grandmother Mrs James Edmundegon s home on South Walnut street after a long illness. She had been an invalid since age two but remained bright and beloved by all who knew her. She is survived by her father her grandmother a brother Edward and many uncles and aunts. Funeral arrangements have not been decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Edmundson
Edward Edmundson
James Edmundegon
South Walnut Street
Edward
Albert S Alling Dies in Madison After Stroke at 54
Albert S Alling a former Madison resident died at The Kings Daughters hospital at 6 AM after a paralysis stroke. He aged 54, had lived in Indianapolis the past 15 years, and was married to May Eudaily with two children Marjorie 11 and Scovell 20. Survived by three brothers, funeral at Vail chapel for burial in Springdale. Delta Milea reports from Lancaster township. Mrs Buck recovering from surgery at Denny sanitarium.
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Albert S. Alling
City
Mias May Eudaily
Mies Marjorie
Scovell
Indianapolis
Charles
Chicago
California
van Wagenen
Lake Forest
Frederick
Wyoming
Vail Chapel
Rev
Campbell
First Presbyterian Church
Springdale Cemetery
Local notes and moves across Madison area
Madison dispatch itemizes social visits, travel and relocations. Residents travel to Terre Haute Indianapolis Bloomington Chicago and Des Moines. Court actions include an acquittal in Columbus and county fee reports. Local businesses Yonker and Fein relocate to Mulberry Street for expanded auto repair trade.
Death of William Kimmel in Indianapolis shocks Madison
William Kimmel 44 former Madisonian died suddenly at his Indianapolis home at 6 30 last evening after moving there 26 years ago to work as a cigar maker. He belonged to the Cigar Makers Union and was an Indianapolis bowling champion. Survived by a widow Nora Maurer and several siblings, funeral planned at Sacred Heart Church Indianapolis with interment there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kimmel
Indianapolis
Madison
Adam Kimmel
William G. Keller
Kimmel
Andrew Steffan
Cigar Makers’ Union of
Nora Maurer
Katie Cassidy
William Steffen
Guy Dearth
Anna Kimmel
Henry G. Schneider
Edward Kimmel
Henry Kimmel
Denver
Colorado
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Susan Maurer
William G Kimmel Dies by Suicide in Chestnut Street Cistern
William G Kimmel 45 of 1654 Chestnut Street died by self inflicted drowning in a cistern behind Joseph Krebs 1650 Chestnut Street. Despondent over a nervous disorder he had removed the cistern cover and jumped in. Coroner Poole opened an inquiry. Survived by his widow.
Hurricane devastates town with 26 dead in Mississippi
Reports from Jackson and Vicksburg confirm twenty six people dead as hurricane wreckage valued at three million dollars devastates Water Valley and surrounding areas.
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Water Valley
Miss
Jackson
Vicksburg
Tropical hurricane plows northward damaging Mississippi valley
Memphis reports about twenty dead and one hundred injured as the tropical hurricane advances from New Orleans toward the Mississippi valley. Vicksburg records the storm as it drives toward the north with estimated damage rising to five million dollars across affected territories.
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Memphis
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Vicksburg
Russia Flees License Drive for Professional Photographers
Russia requires all professional photographers to be licensed while railways report 51,490 passenger cars in operation nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Reynard Hunting Club marks silver anniversary in Madison
The Reynards celebrated the 25th founding of the Reynard Hunting Club with an invitational event at the Walnut street club house attended by nearly 300 members and guests. George F. Harper spoke, reading club records, followed by a playful poem and dancing until 1 AM with Prof. Ferry and Miss Charlotte Schmidt providing music.
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Reynard Hunting Club
Madison
North Walnut Street
Henry Meyer
Enetertainment Committee
George F. Harper
Harper
Prof
Ferry
Mies Charlotte Schmidt
Death of Charles West in Henryville Illc. on trip to Oklahoma
Charles West a cousin of Mrs. Sarah Lee and Mr. Fred Schneider died of heart trouble in Henryville Illinois while en route to spend winter with relatives after selling his farm near Medford Oklahoma. The Henryville Odd Fellows lodge holds the body awaiting word from relatives. Burial likely to occur here.
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Sarah Lee
Fred Schneider
Henryville
Illc
Charles West
Lee
Medford
Okla
Weat
Henryville Lodge of Odd Fellows
Real Estate Transfers Move Land to Church and Purchaser
Walter R. Gordon transfers 4.48 acres in Hanover township to Hanover Presbyterian church for 201 dollars. Joel Curtis Bradford of Greenwood Kansas sells 40 acres in Monroe township to C V Murphy and J J Denny for 600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Gordon
Hanover Presbyterian Church
Hanover
Joel Curtis Bradford
Greenwood
Kas
C. V. Murphy
J. J. Denny
Monroe
Funeral Services For Mrs John Jones Held At Vail Chapel
Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at three o clock at the Vail chapel with Rev Lower of the Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in Springdale cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jones
Vail Chapel
Lower
The
Baptist Church
Springdale Cemetery
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Harry L. Bailey
Maud Walters
Jennings County
W. C. Cole
John Allen
Depot Street
Fred Smith
Minnie Rogers
Charles Levy
Marion
Ind
Nettie Weaver
Anna Cole
Osman, Jilinovg
Dennis Anderson
J.C. White
Pittsburgh
Walter White
Margaret Frost
Josephine
Anderson
Rachel Woods
John Woods
North Madison
Haigh
Westfork Church
Ripley County
North Madigan
Misaes Molie
Bertha Effinger
Effiinger
Wilmer Wilson
Elizabethtown
Elizabeth Harmon
Zearing
H. J. Zearing
Marion County
M. R. Sulzer
S. J. Bear
P. E. Bear
Vevay
Alfred Gente
Will'a’y Bivens
Madisonian
Mayor's Court
Joan Sehrt
Madison Coal CO
Iteam
Madison Coal & Supply Co
Miee
Delta Milea
Lancaster Township
John Buck
Denny Sanitarium
Dale Eckert
Charles Dale
Anna Reidel
John Reidel
Wirt
Lulu Ferguson
Terre Haute
James Archer
Mary W. Niklaus
Harry KE. Davis
Warren
Hartaville
Mary [Oldings
Chicago University
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Burley Tobacco Co
Carl Friedersdorff
Little 500
Burkett
Sc. Y. Grooms
St. Louis
Milton
J. B. Clark
Bloomington
W. H. Millis
John S. Smith
Monroe Township
Maxwell
H. Bb. Dupraz
W. O. Winfrey
Robert Sample
Earl Harter
Matthew Lehnert
Pacific Coast
David Spencer, Jr
Andister
Susie Spencer
David B. Huntley
Canaan
Clements Dilk
McKay
Greencastle
Fred Simmons
H. E. Grebe
Ruth
Wallace
Edith
Howard
Des Moines
Iowa
Edw. Phillips
Daniel Grebe
Pleasant Ridge
Frank Horuff
John
Mary Horuff
Horuff
East Main Street
Margherita
Yonker & Fein
West Main Street
Short Grocery
Mulberry Street
Jefferson
William G. Kimmel
Chestnut Street
Joseph Krebs
Sergis
Richter
Thomas
Krebs
Matilda Krebe
Andrew Steffen
East
Washington Street
Reynards
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