Madison October notes mix of obits travel and court
Local items report Henry Straub visiting Madison amid wedding licenses for Whit Turner and Ivy Chittenden of Switzerland County. Obituaries record Myron McCracken’s funeral in Louisville and Micha Agine’s Ky death. Other notices cover bar admission for John Nail, a Jefferson county workman injured under Indiana act, and various travels and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Straub
Dupont
Licenacd
Whit Turner
Ivy Chittenden
Switzerland County
Albert Athey
Will H. James
Richmond
Harry Frye
Jeffersonville
John Chapman
North Broadway
John Mullen
Newport
Miases Mullen
Broadway
Second Street
Death of Dr. Cameron Chamberlain Recall Hanover ties
A telegram announces the death of Dr. Cameron Chamberlain at 32 in Chicago Presbyterian Hospital. A Hanover college graduate and former Hanover resident, he practiced medicine in Indianapolis and was unmarried. Survived by his mother Mrs. Josephine Chamberlain of Indianapolis, a sister Mrs. Frank Allen of Chicago, and a brother William of New Jersey. The notice notes his bright medical career and the sorrow in Hanover and the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Fanny Brownie
Chicago Presbyterian Hospital
Cameron Chamberlain
Hanover
Hanover College
Chamberlain
Indianapolis
Josephine Chamberlain
Frank Allen
Chicago
William
New Jersey
Hanover Cemetery
Death of Simeon A Leland at Buchanan New York
Simeon A Leland youngest son of Andrew Leland of Hanover Road died at his brother Rev Samuel A Leland’s home in Buchanan New York after a year seeking health at a sanitarium. He was 19 last September and noted for high character and exemplary habits. Family at bedside expressed grief and sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
N. Y
Simeon A. Leland
Andrew Leland
Hanover Road
Samuel A Leland
Miss Margaret Barrett Dies Following Cerebral Hemorrhage
Miss Margaret Barrett 73, longtime Madison resident, died suddenly at her West Third Street home after a fainting spell. Coroner Henning ruled death due to cerebral hemorrhage. She lived with her brother ex-Councilman Michael Barrett and was a faithful member of St. Michael's Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Graham
Harvey Hammill
Greenwood
Emma Levi
Hattie
Aaron Levi
St. Louie
Micha Agine
Milton
Jobn A. Nail
Jefferson County
Nail
Madison Lumber Co
Missouri
Stephen Plummer
Jeffersonville
Alva Baxter
Indianapolis
G. A. Nighbert
Harold
Logansport
Margaret Barrett
West Third Street
St. Michael’s Church
Try Mrs. Austin's Bag Pan cake sure to please you
Fragmentary note describes a nutty loaf or cake recipe item named Mrs. Austin's Bag Pan cake. Reads like a kitchen card urging bakers to try the dessert for pleasing results. No dates or prices available in the legible text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Austin
Pancike
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cold Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as the best remedy for colds and related ailments. It claims strong, tested relief and urges readers to buy a bottle now priced at 60 and 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Poet Editor Promises Pay Upon Magazine Success
A New York Globe exchange has a poet claiming the editor of a new magazine would pay for his work once the paper proves successful, while his wife questions how the venture can succeed publishing such pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Globe
Sun Shines On Sea Yet Duty Keeps One in Office
Poetic quip from Washington Star questions the value of beauty and sunlit seas when duty forces one to remain in a stiff office chair. The verse contrasts rustic charm with modern work pieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Court News Highlights Involving Guardians and Divorces
Court records show Martha Benson vs Henry Lee over $5000 damages from a car collision. Gertrude Schad appointed guardian for Susan Wolff. Emma Hoffman vs Alva Land paternity case discussed. Ada Buchnan vs Charles Buchanan none resident notice issued. Will matters, guardianships, and partition cases also noted with multiple court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Benson
Henry Lee
P. E. Bear
Emerson Lemen
Gertrude Shad
Susan Wolff
Gertrude Schad
Grant
Richard Schad
Harvey J. Zearing
Newton Vawter
Lavina Williams
Harvey J. Zeariz
Emma Hoffman
Alva Land
Curtis Marshall
Judge Bear
Ada Buchanan
Charles Buchanan
Harry Lemen Ie
North Madison
Mary Hudson
Harry Lemenia
Switzerland
Petit Just
Marcus D. Phillips
Harley G Phillips
Conrad Fecker
Bear
John Clerkin
North Vernon
Clerkin
Jennings County
Elizabeth McCabe
Arthur McCabe
Manchester
Armiata Sophronia Rawlings
Lancaster Township
William R. Deyden
John McGregor
Robert Johnson
Madison Daily Briefs Mention Visits and Local Events
Local notes record visits by Henry and Mrs Bentz to Middlefork and Lige Holsclaw to a Civil War reunion in Franklin. births, arrivals from Baltimore, prison transports, a Hebron fall festival planned for October 23, and a fire and disease prevention day referenced. Also coverage of a Riley verse program, grocery change, a stair accident, school prize coins, and veteran pay comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wildman
Madison
Greensburg
James Morton
North Madison
Baltimore
A. D. Vanesdal
Franklin
Sheriff McKay
Robert
Elliet
Laura D. Hiret
Carrollton
Hebron
Hall of Fame
William Hyatt
Doc Lightfoot
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Greenwood
Indianapolis
James Whitcomb Riley
Eggieston
Indiana
Reno Angelbeck
William Kre
Angelbeck
Mont Pelee Today After Thirteen Years Of Eruption
In 1902 Mont Pelee erupted violently and left a devastated landscape. Now vegetation has returned to the summit and the new cone, while the old cone is covered in grass ferns and moss. St Pierre hosts about 260 to 300 residents and thirty new durable buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Peles
Summt
Mont T'elee
Roxelane
St. Pierre
Seche
Blanche
Argonaut
Bernhardt Cured Looks To Art After Amputation
Mme Sarah Bernhardt, who had a leg amputated, is described as cured and walks with the aid of surgery and mechanical prosthesis. She smiles at her articulated leg and requests two friends Edmond Rostand and Clairin to mark the milestone in poetry and drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Edmond Rostand
Clairin
Expert on Volcanoes Frank Perret
An American volcano expert, Frank Alvord Perret of Hartford, Connecticut, is noted for predicting volcanic activity and aiding residents in danger zones. He studied major volcanoes worldwide, reached Messina after the 1908 earthquake, and joined Italian authorities at Mount Vesuvius, later earning the Knight of the Italian Crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Alvord Perret
Hartford
Conn
Tre Las
Messina
Matteucci
Royal Observatory
Mount Vesuvius
Our Agricultural Possibilities
David F. Houston argues in the American Review of Reviews that improvements in American agriculture, aided by the department of agriculture and land grant colleges, will reduce foreign competition as arable land under cultivation rises from current levels of 45 percent, with only 12 percent yielding full returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Land Grant Colleges
David F. Houston
American Review of Reviews
Wishbones and a Wedding in St Louis Family Endures
During twenty five years of marriage Mr and Mrs Grossenbach of St Louis used 800 chickens and turkeys. For their silver wedding they dipped the 800 wishbones in silver and strung them around the dining room on silver ribbons.
Stars in the Flag Through American Wars
The article traces the number of stars on the U S flag across major conflicts from thirteen at the revolution to forty eight in the present, noting milestones in 1812 Civil War and Spanish American War and identifying thirty five at the Civil War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Practical health hint on weight loss and tuberculosis
The article notes early tuberculosis signs include weight loss and reduced resistance. It urges watching weight drops, appetite loss, night sweats, or persistent coughs and recommends physician consultation, nourishing food, rest, and outdoor sleep to rebuild the body. It likens weight loss to a falling barometer signaling danger to well being.
President Wilson to wed Mrs N Galt announces White House
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson and his fiancée Mrs. Norman Galt will travel to New York to attend a colonial home visit and witness the world series in Philadelphia. The engagement is not to be celebrated with a public wedding, and plans will be left to Mrs. Galt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Noreman Galt
Helen Wilson
New York
Colonial House
Philadelphia
White House
Mrs. Galt
Edith Bolling
Wytheville
William H. Bolling
Mrs Margaret Stevens dies after long illness at 75
Mrs Margaret McKeen Stevens of North Madison died at 3 pm after a long illness. She was 75 or near 76, widow of John Stevens who died in 1913. Survived by two sons Dr Curtis Stevens of Williamsport Pennsylvania and Andrew Stevens of the city, at her bedside. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Frank Feider
North West St
Feider
Evan Sheets
J. H. Barnard
Evan Barnard
Oklahoma
Rastus
Wesley Glore
May Underwood
North Madison
Glove
Margaret McKeen Stevens
Williame
Port
Andrew Stevens
City
East
Stevens
Methodist Church
Ladies Aid Society
Real Estate Transfers and Short Update
Edward S Roberts and wife transfer property on West Third Street to Stella Orem for 300 dollars. William E Low and wife convey 120 acres in Graham JP to Andrew Selig and wife for 2800 dollars. Miss Margaret Hoffman travels to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to visit friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Roberts
Stella Orem
Weat Third Street
William E. Low
Andrew Selig
Graham
Margaret Hoffman
Pittsburgh
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Myron McCracken
Louisville
Cave Hill
Presiden
Clarence LeBus
The
Burney Society
George Pickhardt
Buffalo
Middlefork
Elmer
George Rector
Wirt
William Dorsey
Milton, Ky
Troy
Norwood
Robert Robinson
Trimble County
Springfield
Ill
Adv
Dr King
Biltian
Wea
Siyvein A
L.land
Thia County
Ida Norning
Ethel
Court News
James White
Grandsdaughter
Mary Leland
W. Va
White
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Henry Bentz
Lige Holsclaw
Forth District
Foster James
Ferry Street
Elizabeth Roga
Ross
DuShane
Europe
Norman Galt
President
Virginia
Bolling
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Mra. Glt
Rolfe Bolling
Mrs
Margaret Stevens
Real Estate Transfere
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