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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1913
Page
7
The Madison Herald column recounts residents traveling to Indianapolis for the State Fair and church conferences, political contest results in the Third District, and local notices. It mentions Deanarious trips, court filings, school and university departures, and civic events in Madison and surrounding areas.
Special Judge Vanondal ruled for remonstrators against Madison city over Main Street improvement. The 1905 act required mayoral signature or veto to finalize resolutions, which was not present in the original order. The decision halts the action and forces the council to refile procedures if the project proceeds.
Mr Thomas Clark leaves Madison for Memphis Tennessee after accepting a likely offer. He is an expert tack maker who has long served at the tack factory and plans to move his wife and two children if he relocates. His brother George Clark and sisters Marg and Ila have lived in Memphis.
Mr and Mrs R F E Rea of Okmulgee Oklahoma visit Madison relatives S W Kyle and cousins Megara William and John McGuire This marks his first Madison visit in twenty years Rea a former Kentuckian was born in Westport Ky and moved West at fourteen now a leading hardware and vehicle merchant in Okmulgee His trip includes buying for his trade before continuing to eastern cities.
In the courthouse yard this morning Sheriff McKay destroyed 127 bottles of beer and a keg of lager seized in the Sallender home raid. A witnessing crowd watched as destruction proceeded with a few questions about drinking not being destruction. He also notes a prior anonymous letter to him about whisky disposal.
Gilbert Green and wife transfer 40 acres in Republican township to Charlee H. Kieopfer for 950 dollars. Joseph W. Brown Keir et al. sell property in North Madison to Joal Smith for 1800 dollars. Luella Turner transfers property on East Main Street to John W. Stanley and his wife with private consideration. Hungary exports much of its hay crop at 15 to 18 dollars per ton.
A 13 year old girl who ran away toward Madison is held by Madison police after travel on a river steamer. Meredith Wood of Gallipolis, Ohio, arrives to claim her daughter as officers locate Julia Dickens of Pt Pleasant, a chambermaid on the Reeves, in the case.
Enrollment data up to today lists St Marys 11, St Michaels 7, High School 160, Grammar School 156, Eggieston 356, Lower Seminary 26b, Broadway High 71. White and colored high schools and grammar school rise while Eggleston and Lower Seminary show slight declines from last year.
In Kendallville Indiana Mrs George Hetlizel wife of a farmer near Albion died from burns received when a kerosene can exploded while she started a kitchen fire. The event follows a sequence of local mishaps and curious notes from area residents.
A filed petition from Monroe Township freeholders asks Jefferson County Board of Commissioners to grade drain and pave a one mile section of highway between Sections 6 and 7, linking two gravel roads. It requests 10 foot paved width and 20 feet graded width with proper drains bridges and culverts. Hearing set for October 6 1913 before the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners.
Berlin reports Imperial army aviator Ringer died when his aeroplane collapsed at Johannisthal aerodrome today. The fatality marks aviation's 23rd death this year.
President Wilson sends the Senate the nomination of F. Burton Harrison of New York City as governor of the Philippines. Harrison, a long time congressman and tariff expert, is noted as a respected member from New York City. An English insurer issues a policy covering militant suffragette damage.
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