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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
7
Mr Jacob Wetzel and Miss Jennie Hades quietly married last Thursday in Care Rollton by a Baptist minister. The couple, unannounced until yesterday, have set up housekeeping on Third Street Madison. The bride is popular and the groom works at Valley City laundry.
A Madison column lists residents and visitors leaving by morning trains to Kansas City Indianapolis Rushville Greensburg and other locales. It notes licenses for Chester Clark to Clara Pyles and several visits to Cincinnati Nora Vernon and Austin Indiana. Also covered are a Ford accident near Dupont, a house party in Austin, a divorce suit in Superior Court, and a renewed reminder of hunting license laws for fur bearing animals.
The Hebron event last Saturday hosted large crowds under sunny skies. The Booster Club organized the festival with plans for farm improvement and community uplift, thanking Madison merchants and spotlighting the Dupont Concert Band and clergy talks. Premiums were awarded across horse, mules, corn and grain, fruit and vegetable, culinary, and fancy work classes, with a baby contest and amusements to conclude the lively day.
Madison, Ind October 25. Local items report weddings, visitors, and business trips. Courts convene with divorces granted Eva Moore and Ella Tague, and guardianship and mental-illness cases heard. several residents visit and relocate, including Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Rousch and Mr. Casper Krebs.
Rosa A Schuh transfers 2 acres to Algie Mundt under a Republican party listing with a $1 200 consideration. William H Montgomery heirs convey 132 acres in Republican township to Harvey D Montgomery via quit claim with private consideration. Mark Storen and wife deed 164 acres in Graham township to Amzy Boyd for 3 280. Sheriff J W DeMoss and J W Holcomb of Decatur county conveyed a patient to Cragmont by train and returned in the afternoon.
Local residents share visits and travels from Pleasant Point to Hebron Cross Plains Marble Valley and Cincinnati. Fall Festival at Hebron draws attendees. families and relatives visit kin in Big Creek Crose Plaine Moorefield and Indianapolis.
Terre Haute on October 26 farmer John Saunders was fatally wounded and his five children were wounded by Samuel Ellison in a quarrel over land boundaries. Knoxville prisoners escape jail in Tennessee on October 26.
Creditors heirs and legatees of James H Burton must appear in the Circuit Court at Madison Indiana on January 4 1916 to show cause why Final Settlement Accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Claude A Burton administrator.
The Jefferson County Indiana Circuit Court appoints Thomas B. McGregor as administrator of the estate of Michael G. Barrett. The estate is believed to be solvent. October 21, 1915. Attorney John McGregor. October 28, 1915.
The body of 22 year old Laura Lange was identified yesterday in Louisville. Miss Lange, daughter of Herman Lange of St Henry Indiana, had lived with the Wendholdt family and worked as a domestic after moving to the city two months ago. Her last visit to her sister occurred Sunday and she appeared cheerful despite a teased romance with a farmer boy near her home. Her brothers Henry and Alois survive, along with her father and sister. External details indicate she wore shoes bought in Huntingburg Indiana.
Dr Murphy preached an excellent sermon at night. Abe Van Antwerp and family and Mrs S L Rochat and granddaughter Pauline visited James Hash in Middlefork. Miss Belle Thomas visiting Rexville. Fannie Shadday of Spear neighborhood stayed with relatives. George Hash ill after being kicked by a horse. Revival begins Monday night November first.
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