Indictments and civic notes from Madiron area
Madiron items report Mat Duncan indicted in Louisville for larceny. Marriage licenses for William Neff and Alice Stewart and Rosa M. Robinett and John Zimmerman. Daneton town incorporation by Jeffersonville capitalists. Local crime and court actions, deaths, baptisms, and various community notes from Clark, Ripley, and surrounding counties.
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Mat Duncan
Louisville
William Neff
Alice Stewart
Jeffersonville
Daneton
Hodd
William Powers
Charlestown
Rosa M. Robinett
New Washington
John Zimmerman
Scott County
Berall Frazier
David Johnson
Cincinnati
Joseph G. Marshall
John Watson
Bethlehem
Clark
Ida Sebring
South Mill Street
Charlestown Liquor Fight Brings New Windows Rule
Charlestown residents long opposed liquor sales. John Warren obtained a license and opened a saloon, followed by John Read. The town passed an ordinance requiring frosted windows to be removed. Read complied, Warren did not, signaling a legal clash ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
John Warren
County Board of Commissioners
John Read
Warren
Local Social Notes Mention Visits and Illnesses
Mr. Shelley Chapman rushed home from Waldron Indiana due to his sister Ivy’s critical illness. Mrs Eliza Owens of Millersburg Kentucky visits her niece Mrs Tucker. Carrie Golden returns home after visiting relatives in Covington Kentucky. Captain and Mrs Hart plan a Southern visit after stops with Olive Vawter and George Williams. Mrs Josephine Wood, formerly of North Madison now Cincinnati, visits old friends. Mrs George Wetzel shows improvement after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley Chapman
Waldron
Indiana
Ivy
Eliza Owens
Millersburg
Tucker
Carrie Golden
Covington
Hart
Olive Vawter
Franklin
George Williams
South
Josephine Wood
North Madison
Cincinnati
George Wetzel
Literary Notes and Bible Science Controversy Preview
The Century Company previews Whit tier poems in St Nicholas Magazine and notes the Whit tier tribute on the poet’s death. It also previews Century Magazine coverage of the Bible and science debate with Professor Shields disputing scientific error in scripture and a December piece on science’s impact on faith. A ballot instruction explains straight-ticket voting and ballot folding procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Magazine
Charles W. Shields
Princeton
Shield
Octobers weddings brighten October in local society
The article notes October as a favored wedding month and reports several nuptials. Oliver Francisco and Mary Mowreader wed at Monroe township, with feast to follow. Michael Klein and Maggie Copeland marry after five years in the army. Bertha Floerke and William Lucht unite with wedding festivities and gifts described. The couples plan to reside in their respective towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mowreader
Francisco
Oliver Francisco
Hiram Francisco
Wirt
Mary Mowreader
Monroe Township
Michael Klein
I. M. Huckleberry
Maggie J. Copeland
Herrano
Bertha Floerke
William Lucht
Katie Kalb
Jacob Lucht
St. Mary’s Church
Seepe
West First Street
Hrroup
Sentinel Libel Claims Against Perry Bear Denounced
The Indianapolis Sentinel published a four page supplement alleging Perry E Bear and Judge W T Friedley led a saloon corruption conspiracy with Hill and Chauncey and that 1500 indictments were drawn. Bear called the charges false and said he would pursue libel action if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Sentinel
Perry E.bear
W.T. Friedley
Sentinel
Perry E. Bear
Law and Order League
Chauncey
Hill
Wright
Wood
The
Bear
Solomon Bear
Jefferson Circuit Court
Free flour offer to Madison shoppers in local ad
Advertisement promises a free two pound carton each of Long's Breakfast Flour and Long's Biscuit Flour to any person in Madison who cuts out the notice and presents it to a signed Retail Grocer. The two cartons, valued at fifteen cents each, are regular stock items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
United States
Nanaa
Addres
Cody & CO
DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
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Madiron
Pennsylvania Jines
Smmith
Coluumbus
Calloway's Station
Kate V. Johnson
Japan
First Presbyterian Church
Marquis
Canaan
James Turner
Markland
Joseph Diefenheim
Thomas G. Day
Correct
Ripley County
Greencastle
Third Indiana Cavalry
Amelia Umbach
Thomas Clark
John Connolly
Mike Cavanaugh
Thomas Owens
Michael Tarpy
Andy Mayer
Frank Koehler
John Goeble
Ross Wilkes
Lafayette Marquis
Robert Quail
James Mullen
Thomas C. Moffett
Moffett
Monroe and Smyrna
Edinborough
Scotland
Friedley
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Isaac M. Perry
John P. Jackson
Perry
Jackson
Joseph Thomas
Indianapolis
John W. Thomas
East End
Thomas Burying Ground
Ryker’s Ridge
Crescent Club
Comet Club
Hanover College
Hanover
Young
Fisher
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Philalathean and
Union Literary
Philo Hall
G. A. Gemble
F. A. Hamilton
E. A. Cutler
Philo
J. H. Sanders
Platt
Upton
Christomathean
College Paint House
Seymour
Columbus Herald
Julius Schad
Letitia Lanham
John McGregor
A. E. Clashman
Middlefork
J. A. Beveridge
Central Insane Hospital
McGrath
Gus Sherlock
Ben King
Edward Gibbs
Wagner
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Samuel Irvin
Lake County
Mr. Irvin
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Century Company
Ong of
WuHittier's
John G. Whittier
St. Nicholas
the Bibles and Science
Coreland-Klein
Floenkee-Lucat
Arno Schmidt
Gorgas
N. Horuff
Graham & Robinson
C. T. Branham
D&wh
Castoria
Misa
Pitcher’s Castoria
Pitcher's Castoria
Great West and
Northwest
Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway
F. H. Lorn
Chicago
Ill
N. T. Drake & CO
West Main Street
Madison, Ind
Hoffman & Quinn's
East Main Street
Gust
Rae Eee
Osborn, Foninon
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