Indianapolis couples wed as Kings and Minnie win
Kings and Minnie Winderend of Indianapolis were married this afternoon by Rev. Arends. A marriage license was issued earlier to Oliver Wilson and Mabel Melton, both of this city.
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
3
Kings and Minnie Winderend of Indianapolis were married this afternoon by Rev. Arends. A marriage license was issued earlier to Oliver Wilson and Mabel Melton, both of this city.
Charles H. Wells and W. Crozier Torrance completed negotiations to purchase the Kent Milling Company from Mrs. B. F. Law and the Jones and Krueger heirs. They will begin operation Monday October 18 with a full crew, using electricity and guided by their 25 years of combined milling experience.
Olive Branch Sunday school presented a well attended program at Stony Point Grange with poetry by Charles Lemen and a quartet including Rosa Barto Freda Waener Marie Carson and Genevieve Carson. Music by Henry Barton Dennis Furnish and Mary Weise featured songs and a playlet by Kate Wagner George Burton M Weise and Jane Carson.
A fragmentary account describes a woman in a prolonged sleep of over two years and the impact on her family. The text references Mrs. Chora Teren and mentions police involvement, community concern, and a sense of ongoing distress in the household.
Madison daily notes report pensions and travel including Mrs Caroline Moore receiving 12 dollars per month and various trips by residents. Marriage license issued for Mort Davis and Mildred Ray. Undertaker arrangements for Henry Robinson and Harvey Whitton. Legal action in Squire Chapmar's court over David Davis versus Eliott Lauerence with verdict for plaintiff and appeal noted.
Jefferson Underwood, longtime North Madison resident and Civil War veteran, died at his home at 6 this morning after a brief illness. He lived most of his life in North Madison and worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Surviving are three children George Underwood of Los Angeles California Mrs William Weber of New Albany and Mrs Newton Singleton of North Madison. His wife died thirteen years ago.
The article notes the general election is November 2 and invites voters seeking instructions to visit the Democratic headquarters at Main and Poplar, on the second floor of the former Anger plumbing building. Staff will be available day and night to assist with voting methods.
A lavish invitation affair saw Karl Heagein host a $5000 dinner for a guest, with attendees including notable social figures and local dignitaries. The event highlighted extravagant hospitality amid a high society gathering at an exclusive villa setting in Mexico.
A detailed slate lists candidates for national and state offices including President Cox and Roosevelt, U S Senator Taggart, Governor McCulloch, Lt Governor Foster, Secretary Wagner, Attorney General Sunkel, Treasurer Deharity, Reporter Unger, Superintendent Baylor, and Judge Bowser. It also lists Congress candidate Canfield, local judges Leland and Reidelbach, and county officials such as Danglade, Porter, Driggs, Blake, Bowman, Jackson, Coleman, and Kleopfer.
A garbled cooking manuscript fragment presents multiple dishes and instructions. It includes beef steak preparation with eggs and milk, date custard, egg night cap drink, grape foam, and tomato chowder steps. Names of measures and ingredients are inconsistently spelled and partially obscured.
In a springtime tale, Aunt Priscilla frets over June Day’s recital gown while plans for a wedding unfold. Miss Vanetta funds a dream dress, and Lawrence Lane’s serenade prompts Priscilla to accept a proposal, with June’s recital tying together love and hatchings.
London dispatch notes a man claiming to be Czar Nicholas II raising followers in Siberia and alleging a Bolshevik killed a loyal servant at Katerringburg. The Soviet government offers 2,000,000 rubles for the claimant's head, with rumor of impostor risks and a long history of European pretenders and executions.
In Sumatra wild tigers are preferred for guarding grain and forests. the government acts to protect tigers to save Surmatra's grain industry. The text notes tigers' meals include wild boars and fruit, with tusked forest prey and hillside habitats shaping their role in protecting crops.
George W. Selig transfers property in the city to Nora E. Botts for 325 dollars. Harrison A. Abbot and wife convey city property to Edward Edmonson for 526 dollars. A falcon’s flight is estimated at 150 miles per hour.
The colored U.S. soldier William Buckner died at sea en route to France. His remains arrived from New York by noon train and were taken to Hlaigh undertaking parlors before a 3 PM funeral. Burial occurred in Springdale cemetery. He was the son of Mrs. George Cosby and had a brother who also died serving the country. Howard Wurtling accompanied the casket from New York.
Two hundred three visits were made, forty nine cases treated and thirty eight dismissed. Five typhoid patients were sent to King's Daughters Hospital from Lancaster. Nurse attended two Red Cross meetings and spoke at Manville Sunday School picnic. She visited fifty four families in Milton and Republican townships, teaching Red Cross class timing and purposes. Five classes were held with fifteen to eighteen attendees in afternoons and fifty to seventy five in evenings. One night stay with a very sick child was arranged and six patients were taken to physicians’ offices in Red Cross car.
An aboard ship near the Irish coast reports the birth of a child to Maj. Clara Dyneghesen of Pare sini Denmark. The captain ordered full speed, aiming for American landfall, as the crew anticipated the birth in steerage during the Atlantic voyage.
Japan plans to open a new wireless plant for high power transmission by October. The sending station reportedly could relay messages halfway around the world with the receiving portion already operating since March. Germany direct press messages from Nauen to Buenos Aires. The system will enable merchant ships to maintain communication with land stations.
A testy parrot entertains but stirs legal strife with facetious chatter. The bird’s profanity-free nature hints at restraint, while a tempering of spirits reflects cultural refinement in satire. Quinine’s Indian medicinal use predates white settlement and the world code leverages eighteen flags for 78 000 potential signals.
Mrs A Turpin arrived on last night’s train from Galesburg Illinois to visit her sister Mrs Chates S Dibler and Mr Dibler on Poplar Street.
Police warn of a rogue who collects deposits of 10 to 20 dollars from would be tenants while posing as the landlord at new apartment buildings. Scores of people reported the scheme and filed complaints with authorities.
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