Madison City Gossip and Local Errands Report
Madison notes many residents in town for visits and departures. Nina G Toon of Indianapolis is visiting aunt Mrs Edward Jeffrica. Ruby Lockman returns home from Dupont. Rev John S Burns and family travel back to South Bend. baptisms noted. a marriage licensed for Don Farley and Charlotte Corda Jones. infant born to Samuel Lawson. deaths of Josephine Woolf and Mary Iasclhardt reported. births and local ceremonies detailed with names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Britan
Hanover
Columbus
Ohio
Migs
Nina G. Toon
Indianapole
Edward Jeffrica
Ruby Lockman
Dupont
Charlotta Schwab
John S. Burns
Fred R. Davies
Manville Christian Church
Don Thomas Farley
Charlotte Corda Jones
Clark County
Boyer
George Holliday
Chicago
George Smith
Telegraph Hill
Josephine Woolf
Cragmont
Haigh
Terre Haute
Mary Iasclhardt
Aurora
Vail
Samuel Lawson
James William
Madison
Wettien B. Klotzsche
Hazel D. Lichtyter
F. P. Smith
Klotzche
Alonzo Lichtyter
R. H. Pendleton
Cooper A Bottom
Robert
Benjamin
Reynolds
Mayme
Trimble County
Fred Coffin
Kent Road
KE. H. Martin
The
Christian Church
Decedent
Moffett
Fatal Shot Wounds North Madison Youth in Field
A 14 year old boy Gilbert Spangler died after a shotgun discharge while hunting near Clifty. The accident occurred about 8 o clock when the gun discharged as he tried to cross a fence. His right lung was torn and he died at King’s Daughters hospital with his family and neighbors in mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Spangler
Carl Spangler
North Madison
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Gilbert Glore
Abot
Spangler
Joe Cravens
Clifty
Ter
Spanger
No. 6
Angrgerance
Cravens
Joseph M. Cravene
Kings Daughters Hospital
Haigh Morgue
Jefferson County Oil and Gas Co Incorporation Filed
Articles filed with County Recorder Mc Bride establish the Jefferson County Oil and Gas Co a Madison and Jefferson county venture to bore for oil and gas with 10000 capital stock at 25 par. Incorporators/directors include W R Dryden president A J Shinneys secretary D G Stuart treasurer Frank Oliver GM and Curtis Marshal director. The Dryden farm well continues gas flow and a new well on A J Shinnens place has reached 1000 feet. promoters plan to sell stock despite no gas yet at that site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McBride
Jefferson County Oil & Gas Co
Madison
Jefferson County
Wm. R. Dryden
Lancaster Tp
Albert J. Shinneys
Gag
Plan to secure American stake in China's trade
Dr Pratt and officials propose a major push to build an American vested interest in China to guarantee a fair share of its vast resources. A well capitalized American bank is urged, with investment opportunities in mining, textiles, tinning hides, and window glass. The effort aims to counter European competition and channel idle U.S. capital into Chinese ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Hind Hing
Departments of State and Commerce
China
Insmre
Chat Counties
Paul
Reviseh
Julean
Atield
Teiing
der EL el Buat
Tie Dabei
Ariel Domestie Cotabato
Cherdly
Avil
Cudua
Cdl
Wratt
Bureau
Dre Pritt
Coffen
Ceuputal
Malgan
Tlentglu
Wankow
Europe
America
Widow Mohr Arrested as Chauffeur Confesses Plot
Providence witnesses the arrest of Mrs Elza beth Bliur Mohr widow of Dr Provi lin C Mohr after Geo W Healis a negro chauffeur confessed that Mrs Mohr instigated the shooting by offering two thousand dollars to kill the doctor Henry Spellman and Victor Brown also were arrested with murder charges Mrs Mohr appeared in Superior Court to set bail likely at 25000 and was not jailed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Elzabeth
Bliur Mohr
Provelin C. Mohr
Emily Burger
Geo W. Healis
Teachers Trustee Manville appoints 1915 16 staff
Madison township trustees list the 1915 16 school term teaching staff. North Madison assigns Principal Jamison and Assistant Eliza Leland with grades to several teachers including Sadie Adams Clara Bennett Ethel Bracken Lydia Reynolds Florence Rea and Helen Wood. Other districts name principals assistants and teachers such as Hilands Edna Banta Ackerman Bramwell Straub Lanham and Lottie Wolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Manville
Madison Township
North Madison
Prof. Jamison
Eliza Leland
Sadie H. Adams
Clara Bennett
Ethel Bracken
Lydia Reynolds
Florence Rea
Helen Wood
Ryker’s Ridge
Prof Hilands
Edna Banta
John M. Ackerman
Emma Bramwell
Bertha Straub
Stony Point
Addie Stephen
Bee Camp
Mabel Ryker
Wirt
John C. Lanham
Lower Chitty
Lottie Wolf
Antioch
Agnes Dunlap
Clay
Mildred Auer
Submarine That Sunk Arabic Reported Captured
A British Royal Naval Reserve officer arriving on the Adriatic said the submarine that sank the Arabic was captured the next day. He spoke with two crewmen who are now imprisoned in England. The vessel was taken by three torpedo boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cap
Royal Naval Reserve
Adriatic
England
Poetic License Noted by Ohio State Journal
The Ohio State Journal cites poetic license as a writer describes a soldier going to meet the enemy with a whetted negation while actually crouching in wet khaki, shivering and hidden in a trench. The piece contrasts rhetoric with stark battlefield imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willi Watson
Ohio State Journal
Difference between stock exchanges and traction lines
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes a contrast where stock exchanges require a seat before payment, while traction lines operate with payment first. The quip highlights the rigidity of one system against the immediacy of the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune
James Murray and wife to Eliza beth Devine property on East First Street
Writings show transfers of real estate with two deeds: James Murray and wife to Eliza beth Devine and others for property on East First Street valued at $1,000. W. W. Millar Saddle Tree Co. to J. S. Sullivan Saddle Tree Co. for Saddle Tree property on North Kas Street valued at $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Murray
Elizabeth Devine
East First Street
W. W
Wicharton Officer Guests Wife Sparks Quick Home Visit
Kitchener of Wicharton cleverly suggested that one of the visiting officer's party must return home after his wife visited the headquarters. The remark followed news of a distinguished officer recently married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchener of
Wicharton
Boston Globe
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Fast Cold Relief
An old ad warns against neglecting colds and coughs and touts Dr King’s New Discovery as the cure to prevent serious illness. It claims the medicine clears the head, eases breathing, and restores vitality, urging readers to buy a bottle at a big drugs store.
Notice of Administration in Hoffstadt Estate
The executor named in the late Marie Hoffstadt will in Jefferson County has qualified before the Jefferson Circuit Court Clerk. The estate is believed solvent. Executor Simon B. Fox dated August 19, 1915. Attorneys Sulzer and Bear. August 26 publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Hoffstadt
Jefferson County
Jefferson Circuit
Simon B
Fox
Sulzer & Bear
Governor's Day Set For Rushville With 5000 Expected
Rushville hosts Governor's Day on September 15 with a sixth district Republican gathering and an ox feast. Petersburg reports a thwarted arson attempt on a druggist William Dedman's building as Loral Peacock is arrested after allegedly accepting $50 to start the fire. Booneville notes potential crop failure due to rain canceling usual harvest. Indianapolis police ban two men for loitering after cross-state disputes. Bloomington reports a rattlesnake escaped its box in Maple Heights causing indoor confinement for children. snake has fifteen rattles and can be heard three blocks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Petersburg
William Dedman
Loral Peacock
Peacock
Bloomington
John Altop
Maple Heights
Altop
Romance Reunited After 65 Years Ends in Wedding
W S Berrett of Wichita Kansas returned to Livansville and recognized widow Mrs Pene lope Riggs as his youth sweetheart on the street. They plan to marry within a few days, resuming a romance interrupted decades ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livansville
Berrett
Wichita
Kas
Penelope Riggs
Tragic Death Of Four-Year-Old In Velocipede Accident
Four year old Jack Thoemy died after his velocipede was toppled by a heavy coal wagon. He pursued the wagon along the street and fell beneath its rear wheels, the wheels crushing his skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Jack Thoemy
Jack
Hendricks County Court House Dedication in Danville
Citizens of Hendricks County Indiana attend the dedication of the new Hendricks County Court House in Danville on Wednesday September 8 1915 The program includes a formal opening an automobile parade a noon luncheon and dedication exercises with Vice President Thomas R Marshall as speaker plus Judge John V Hadley as master of ceremonies The event features engravings of the first four courthouses and notes the builders P H McCormick Co of Columbus Indiana Also a Burdock Blood Bitters advertisement appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Herald
Henedricks County
Ind
Henedricks County Court House
Danville
Court House
Hendricke County
P. H. McCormick & Co
Columbus
Lunach
Thomas R. Marshall
John V. Hadley
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