Madison Herald society notes and court actions
Madison Herald reports Aug 27 travels of Mrs Luella Turner and Miss Virginia to Cincinnati and various other trips. It notes marriage licenses for John Hopper and Elizabeth Fields, and George Baxter with Margie Blake wedding in Deputy, plus a divorce action by Wilson Pearcy against Flory Pearcy and a postmaster exam in Hanover. Also a fine for Adam Dalhouver after an accidental shooting, with details of courtroom events.
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Luella Turner
Virginia
Cincinnati
Kath
Paducah
Henry Muth
Covington
George C. Lindsay
St. Louis
Curtis Marshall
Roth
Kentucky
Robert Park
Robert
Lara May Nighbert
Milroy
Clifford King
Wilson W. Pearcy
Flory E. Pearcy
Hlh Cone
Clerk Nichols
John Hopper
Elizabeth Fields
Bo Arends
H.C. Lorenzen
Chicago
Edward Reed
Lorenzen
White
Adam Dalhouver
Jones
Dalhoover
George Baxter
Marjorie Blake
Raymond Littrell
Mildred Blake
Death of Ryker's Ridge farmer John W Miller
John W Miller a well known Ryker s Ridge farmer died at 4 20 this morning after a month of illness he was 69 years old born in Jefferson County and lived here all his life He was a member of Manville Christian Church Survived by a widow three daughters Mrs Clarence J Scheets Mrs George Heaverline and Mrs Guy Dolby along with four sisters Funeral services were conducted by Rev Blake at the Manville Christian Church this morning with a large gathering present Interment followed in Manville cemetery
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John W. Miller
Ryker's Ridge
Jefferson County
Manville
John Miller
Rev
Blake
Manville Christian Church
Mrs Horuff Leaves for Louisville Trip with Louise and Son
A sad note reports Mrs Charles N Horuff and her son and daughter will travel by motor through Ken to Louisville after a departure yesterday morning.
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Charles N. Horuff
Louise
Louisville
Ken
Death of George C. Gertz in Indianapolis
Relatives are notified of the death of George C. Gertz at his Indianapolis home at 4:35 this morning. He was born in Madison September 5 1860 and spent most of his life there before moving. He ran the City Bakery and later sold the business. Surviving are his widow Magdalena Richert and five of six children in Indiana, plus three sisters. He belonged to Fair Play Five Company No 1 Red Men and Knights of Pythias. Funeral was held this afternoon from his sister’s home with Lutheran services and interment at Springdale cemetery.
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George C. Gertz
Indianapolis
Gertz
Charles Gertz
Madison
Mr. Gertz
Magdalena Richert
Laura
Virginia
Ruth
Charles
George
Indianana
Ne. Fle
Benjamin Lotz
Charles G. Schelke
Kate Gertz
Fair Play Five Company No 1
Red Men
Knights of Phythias
Pigeon Carries President Efarddags Message Across Seas
A pigeon carried President Efarddags message from the Mayflower at sea to the executive office. From 1920 to present the bird has flown about 2,170 miles in record time.
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Coustoempeter
Efarddags
Executive Office
Automobile Mishap on East Street Leaves Couple Injured
While returning home from a motor trip last night about 10 o'clock Mr and Mrs Luther Stephenson received minor injuries when their car ran into a tree on East Street between Main and Second streets. Mrs Stephenson was unconscious when thrown from the car and she was removed to their home on East First Street. The car was badly damaged. Several other automobile collisions occurred yesterday on country roads but no one was hurt.
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Luther Stephenson
East Street
Main
Second Streets
Girl in Overalls Evades Customs Officers At New York Pier
A swift fugitive in overalls fleeing through crowds near Pier 6 at the Hudson River watch area dropped bundles of cocaine as two shots were fired to deter pursuit. Officers later confirmed the suspect was a girl, with the loose hair and disguise leading to her escape while the shipping district recovered the contraband.
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Tradson River
New York
Lap Vand
Cedric
Prisk Watch
Avene
Ciateme
Police Use Tear Gas in Sham Attack Test
In Philadelphia two dispersing mobs and possibly criminals faced tear gas as a test proven to the satisfaction of two hundred police. The gas, sent earlier, caused tears and hasty retreat. A photograph shows a bomb costing 6 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Card Found Sparks Marriage After Army Discharge
A young Ohio man Peter Fardall threw his contact card from a moving car en route home after army discharge two years ago. Miss Anna Virginia Mullican of Dickerson picked up the card and correspondence led to an engagement. They traveled to Redville where Rev Nolin B. Ellison Jr., pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, married them.
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Peter Fardall
Mhat
Furdul
Dftckerson Tfe
Redhville
Nolin B. Elerion, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
Moving a Hill Into Rio Bay for Centennial Expansion
Rio de Janeiro undertakes a landmark move transferring Castle Hill to the bay. The new central extension, at the foot of Avenida Ipanema Branca, will host exposition buildings for the centenary in September 1922. A $200,000 monument donated by the American colony and US friends will be permanently placed in the addition.
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Rio de Janeiro
Castle Hill
Fie
Iuen Branca
Brazil
United States
Madison News Roundup Highlights Local Births and Ceremonies
A daughter Mary Jean born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lemen in Madison. Alonzo Thornton awarded a $12 monthly pension. Mrs. D. J. Garber travels to Shelbyville for cousin Mrs. William Yater's funeral. Helen Culbertson heads to Harrisburg Ill to teach. Dr and Mrs. Ford and daughter Carolyn return from Bay View. Dorothy Miller returns home to Cleveland. The Rogers sisters from Louisville visit East Main Street aunt. Sulzer and Bear file divorce suit for Veronica Quirin. Wallace Rochat and May C. Lee wed with Rev. Rader officiating. Mrs. Chas Bebinger returns from visit with Waltz family. Luella Wiley accompanies home. Rachel Best injures hip. hospitalized at King's Daughters' Hospital. Mrs. William A. Barber and Elizabeth to Winona Lake for First Christian Church convention.
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Misa Helen Culbertson
Hanover
Harrisburg
Ill
S. M. Ford
Carolyn
Bay View
Mich
Dorothy Miller
W. H. Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
Misses Rogers
Louisville
Maurice Herbst
East Main Street
Sulzer & Bear
Charles M. Quirin
Circuit Court
Veronica Quirin
Wallace Rochat
May C. Lee
Vevay
W. S. Rader
West Street
Chas. Bebinger
J. H. Waltz
Indianapolis
Luella Wiley
Rachel Best
West Second Street
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
William A. Barber
Elizabeth
Winona Lake
International Convention of the Christian Church
First Christian Church
Smallest Dog in Show Captured by Whitestone Owner
Lite Vamp owned by Mrs. Charles B. Williams of Whitestone was judged the smallest dog at the Long Branch dog show. Mary Louise Fortune of Mount Vernon has placed Little Vamp in her purse.
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Charles B. Williams
Whitestone, L. L
Long Branch
Mary Louise Fortune
Mount Vernon
Prominent Ripley County Farmer Peter Heinrich Dies
Peter Heinrich a well known Ripley county farmer died at his Rexville home at 5:30 last evening. Although troubled with heart disease he was in his usual health yesterday while preparing for supper when stricken in the dining room. He was 57, born and lived on the same farm his entire life. He leaves a widow five children and several brothers and was known to visit Madison where many friends will mourn his passing.
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Peter Heinrich
Ripley County
Rexville
Death of Solomon Langhofer in Herrington
Mrs. Irwin Lodge received a telegram from Herrington Kansas stating her brother Solomon Langhofer was accidentally killed there yesterday. He was twenty four and had many Madison friends who learned of his death with regret. Mrs Lodge left by train this afternoon to attend the funeral.
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Tregit
Solomon Langhofer
Irwin Lodge
Herrington
Kansas
Madison
Seven Hundred British Subjects Are Born at Sea Each Year
A historical note reports that about seven hundred British subjects are born at sea annually, highlighting seafaring families and maritime life in the era.
Rabbit and dog chase ends as rabbit bites dog
The account from Sarasota describes a morning scene where Dr. Jack Hatton's dog chased a rabbit and bird, then the rabbit leaped, bit the dog under the neck, and kicked Major several times, ending the animals’ playful exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Thompson
Sarasota
Florida
Jack Hatton
Rube
Jack Halton
Growth of High Schools in the United States By 1947-18
A federal report notes 13 951 high schools in 1947 18 and 16 300 on the mailing list, with over 452 percent growth since 1890. It cites one new high school each day since 1890, public control rising from 60.8 to 87 percent, and average sizes of 653 students in cities and 49 in rural schools. California leads with 27 per 1000 population enrolled. Kansas close behind. South Carolina at 4.3.
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Federal Bureau of Education
Bureau
California
Kansas
South Carolina
Yellow Imperial China and the Great Wall Impressions
A Yangtze correspondent describes China as dominated by yellow color in rivers plains and deserts. He envisions imperial symbolism with golden tiles and lotus walls. He marvels at the Great Wall, imagining it as a moulded, sinuous monument from the world’s earliest days.
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China
Yangsze
Away With Long Climb at Southwest Museum LA
An artistic improvement ends a long hill ascent to the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles. A 224 foot tunnel into the hill leads to an octagonal waiting room and a twelve passenger automatic elevator that climbs 106 feet to the main hall.
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Southwest Museum
Los Angeles
Big Crowd at Fortieth Old Settlers Meeting
A crowd of about five thousand attended the fortieth annual old settlers meeting at Neavill's Grove in Smyrna township last Saturday. Hon. W. K. Officers presided as association president and Hon. Ed Jackson Secretary of State gave the main address to an attentive audience for over an hour. Klein's military band from Madison provided fine music while local Smyrna youths performed songs recitations and a flag drill.
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Old Settlers
Neavill’s Grove
Smyrna Township
W. K. Officers
Association
Ed Jackson
Klein
Madison
Magnetism Arranges Dials in Parallel Layers
A Swiss inventor develops a device that uses magnetism to arrange dials in parallel layers for packing. The compact mechanism promises streamlined alignment and potential mass production.
Heligoland Petitioned for Neutralization or Restoration
Heligoland residents urge neutralization under the League of Nations or re annexation to Britain after petitions and protests against German control. They cite costly fortifications and fears of a refortified submarine and airbase, with two years of demolition still required and 80 million marks spent by Germany.
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Alliee
Germany
Heligoland
League of Nations
League
Great Britain
England
Zanzibar
Berlin
August Kuchiens
Allied Disarmament Committee
Savers
British Admiralty
Germains
Islind Council
Laugh on Allied Control at Vienna Bakery Raid
Workmen at a Vienna co operative bakery mocked the Allied Control Commission after two searches for arms. A British officer returned with a large force, uncovering brass bread distribution tags. The next day, warrants were used to raid the home of Novotny, a high official in the Association of Officers of the Front, yielding five machine guns rifles hand grenades and ammunition.
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Vienna
Allied Military Control Commission
Novotny
Association of Officers of the Front
Husband and Wife Die in Suspected Duel at Arlington Farm
At the Ingle farm in Arlington Texas Mrs Davie Ingle twenty three was shot dead and MacKinley Ingle thirty five her husband was mortally wounded in what police described as a duel.
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Davie Ingle
Arlington
Tex
MacKinley Ingle
Ingle Farm
Miners Buried in Eight Months Found Near Salt Lake City
Two miners Herbert Watherworth and Frank Tyler were found in an icy tomb after eight months in a mountainside snow alide about 90 miles from Salt Lake City Utah. Thaw reveals their bodies last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Watherworth
Frank Tyler
Salt Lake City
Utah
Fatal Tumble Halts Flying Over City in Paterson
A deadly air accident near Paterson New Jersey claimed Lieut. William Coates and Mrs. John Brady after a 2000 foot fall at Preakness flying field. The tragedy prompts likely prohibitions on flying over the city.
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City
Paterson
N. J
William Coates
John Brady
Preakness Fying Field
Stromboli the Lighthouse of the Mediterranean
The active Stromboli volcano on Stromboli island in the Mediterranean lights the sky with a rosy glow and is called The Lighthouse of the Mediterranean. The 8,000 residents fear eruptions as lava and gases surge from the crater, while the Lipari group links Vesuvius and Etna and myth makes Stromboli Vulcan’s forge.
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Vulcan
Jove
Stromboli
Mediterranean
Lipart
Vesuvius
Italy
Etna
Sicily
Mearina
National Geographic Society
Washington
Strombolia
Sallora
San Vincenzo
Stromball
Straits of Messina
Woman Sentenced for Throwing Acid in Arizona
Mrs. Anna Irene Hopkins was convicted of assault for throwing acid into the face of Miss Lucile Gallagher, a Jerome schoolteacher in Arizona. In Superior court at Prescott she received a prison term ranging from five to fourteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Gallagher
Jerome, Aris
Anna Irene Hopkins
Prescott
Aris
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