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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
3
Miss Florence Pogue, formerly of this city, wed Mr. Harry Muth of Louisville in Indianapolis on Saturday September 4. Only close family attended. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Pogue, will reside in Louisville after the ceremony.
Chicago September 7 twelve men designated by Edmund Moore as professional money getters for the Republican party were subpoenaed to appear before the slush fund hearing. The list includes Charles McNeider Iowa C W Lee Chicago Henry Owens Chicago Fred Upham Chicago H C McElDowney Pittsburgh A B Paton West Virginia Frank Reiley Columbus Charles Fritsche Detroit Reeve Schley New York C C Brainerd Washington.
Chicago authorities ordered a grand jury to investigate gambling at big league games from small five and ten cent pools to large bets up to fifty thousand dollars Terminal scandal linked to Chicago National League players. Chief Justice MacDonald expects jurors to clean up all baseball gambling.
A dispatch from Warsaw to the State Department reports General Budenny's Bolshevik troops in the Lemburg region are fleeing, having crossed the Bug River as Polish forces pursue.
About 8,000 western Kentucky miners walked off today demanding a $1.75 daily raise and a ten cent per ton raise for diggers. County commissioners met to approve bills and contracts, with St Marys parochial school opening quietly for the fall term. St Michaels and Madison public schools set to reopen next Monday September 13.
The insurgent miners in Wilkesbarre established bureaus to send emissaries and spread propaganda to secure a general tie up of the anthracite industry. Three hundred delegates denounced union leaders and operators during the convention and decided to continue their vacation indefinitely.
Edmund Moore representing Gov. Cox told the Senate Committee that Republicans claim a 15 million campaign fund is based on official party bulletins and Republican papers. He said Democrats have little evidence beyond campaign documents publicized by Cox and twelve Republicans subpoenaed today were among his sources.
In Wilkesbarre on September 7, about 100,000 idle workers and coal production at 30 percent of normal mark the unresolved insurgent anthracite strike as union leaders report limited response to their plea to end the walkout.
Paris dispatch reports the Polish front breached in Galicia as Soviet forces advance. General Wrangel's anti Bolshevik troops on the Crimean front are said to have been forced back in the same wire service update.
London dispatch reports Mayor Mac Swiney still alive this afternoon though near death. In other city notes, Mr and Mrs Roy Tull of Atlanta visit Mr and Mrs D W Tague on West Third Street. Gus Kasper visited his parents Mr and Mrs M A Kasper and returned to Indianapolis yesterday.
Indianapolis reports the Indiana coal commission preparing to fix prices within ten days after federal court rulings by Judges Baker Evans and Geiger uphold state regulation of coal. The court denied operators' injunction against the new commission.
Washington Sept. 7 Secretary Colby stated the State Department has no information that Turtle Island off California has been fortified by the Japanese. He did not credit Representative Schall of Minnesota who claimed to have such information.
County Superintendent Guy Pen der announces opening dates for district and high schools. Hanover high starts September 20th. Saluda Deputy Dupont North Madison Ryker’s Ridge high schools open September 27th. all district schools begin October 4th. Preliminary institutes run September 14th to 27th across townships with locations at Dupont Kent Saluda Madison and others.
Lillian Margaret Edmunson was killed by an automobile Wednesday morning. Funeral services were held at her parents home with Rev. J. E. Blake presiding. Floral offerings came from friends and relatives as pallbearers Misses Betty Crawford, Margaret Rea, Emily Rea, Georgia Selig accompanied the procession to Hanover for interment.
Marriage licenses issued Saturday to Robert Driskell and Catherine Norris and to Albert Corbin and Verlie Rhody. The brides are related with Mrs Driskell being the mother of Mrs Corbin. Both weddings occurred Saturday.
The late Ed King’s 145 acre farm, located three and one half miles southwest of Milton in Trimble county Kentucky, was sold to neighbor John Butler for 30000, over 200 per acre, illustrating rising land values. Mr H S Perkins son and daughter returned to Louisville after visiting Mr and Mrs Todd Peter. Perkins is vice president of Belknap Hardware Company.
Miss Christina Geiss, longtime Madison resident and former confectionery operator, died last Saturday in Louisville after a long illness. Her body arrived in Madison Sunday for funeral at 3 PM from the wharf, with interment in Springdale cemetery. Rev. B Arends led services. she was 78 and a native of Germany, aunt to Frederick and Charles Dipper.
Mrs Eliza Patton aged 88 dies after long illness at Drusilla Home. She belonged to First Baptist Church and is mourned by two daughters and one son, Addie McClelland, John Spann, and John Morton Patton. Funeral services by Rev E A Shhulz will be 10 tomorrow morning at her daughter’s home 317 Elm Street, with burial at Baxter Cemetery Monroe Township.
The program for the Baptist Association at Hicks Church covers September 9 and 10 with devotional sessions, sermons, readings of church letters, officer elections, committee appointments, and various talks by Rev. Mitchell Sherman Sanford and others including Miss Myrtle Huckleberry and Rev. G C Mitchell.
The eleven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Burris on S Elm Street spilled coal oil on the stove and clothing while building a fire. Her clothes burned away and she sustained painful burns to her body face and both arms. Dr E C Cook treated her and she is doing nicely today.
Mr. Enoch Sherlock departed yesterday for New Mexico seeking improvement in his health.
Precinct reports to Auditor Dibler indicate about 70 percent of registered voters participated last Saturday for the November election. Jefferson county has more women voters than men, with several wards and townships detailing counts for each precinct and noting a second registration day on October 4.
H L Lyon wins class A by 4 up with 3 to play at the Country Club to claim a fourth consecutive title. Other winners include H H Potter 3 up over N T Drake in class B Walter Caplinger 2 up over David Johnson in class C and Greenville Johnson 3 up over John E Scott in class D. Rev Z E Williams of Milton Ky being offered chaplain role at the State Reformatory.
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