Madison Council Fixes 1919 Tax Rate After Valuation Hikes
Madison officials set the 1919 tax levy after State Board assessment increases. Auditor Dibler projected real estate at 789,055 plus mortgage exemptions and personal property totaling 87,005. An ordinance to fix the levy passed after readings. Mayor White accepted a city engineer’s resignation effective September 5. Brinson and James wed in Madison.
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Dibler
City of
Madison
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Board of Review
Parochial School Opens as Clergy Traveler News Filters In
In Madison on September 8 Rev Charles Bilger left for St Marys of the Woods near Terre Haute while St Michael's parochial school opened with 71 pupils. Rev Franklin P Smith, chaplain on the Cape May, is home on furlough. Multiple locals travel to Indianapolis and Cincinnati for visits, court filings report a divorce suit, probate actions, a cattle hide theft, and various social and transport notes.
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Charles Bilger
St. Mary’s-of-the- Woods
Terre Haute
St. Michael's Parochial School
Franklin P. Smith
U.S. S. Cape May
William Watlington
Indianapolis
T. Carl Dow
Various Local Residents Entering or Traveling This Week
122 children are enrolled at St Marys parochial school this year. Mrs Anna Givens arrived from Kansas City Mo. Mrs Martha Sherman leaves for Dayton Ohio to visit relatives. Mrs Wm Pullen and daughters Louise and Alice return from a month in Frankfort Ky. Rev W B Johnson appointed pastor of Carrollton M E Church by the Kentucky Conference. Miss Irene Dunn leaves for Chicago to resume vocal studies. Misses Helen Crozier Linda Clements and Norma Miller depart for Oxford Ohio to attend Oxford College. In Circuit Court W O Ford qualified as executor of Christine Woodfill estate. Everett Long and Prof Homer Long depart for Mishawaka Ind after visiting his brother. Graham Lohrig returns from Indianapolis improved after seven weeks of treatment. Lige Brown and daughter Clyde Hawkins return to Indianapolis after visiting Mrs Charles Holman. Anthony Kasper Bernard White and J J Kasper depart for Rensselaer Ind to enter St Josephs College. Richard Ross and daughter Evangeline Ruth of Anderson are guests at the Baum home. E W W Hoyt and daughter Mary Catherine of Baltimore arrive for a visit with Mrs Hoyts parents. Hon Bernard Korbly of Indianapolis visits the city on business and returns that afternoon. Mrs Will Glass returns from Indianapolis where her husband fell ill but is now able to work as he plans a move to Florida with new machinery for a project there.
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St. Mary's Parochial School
Anna Givens
Kansas City
Martha E. Sherman
Dayton
Ohio
Wm. Pullen
Louise
Alice
Frankfort, By
W. B. Johnson
Carrollton Methodist Episcopal Church
Kentucky
Irene Dunn
Chicago
Chicago Musical College
Helen Crozier
Linda Clements
Norma Miller
Oxford
Oxford College
W. O.ford
Christine Woodfill
Bryantsburg
Everett Long
Anthony Kasper
Bernard White
J. J. Kasper
Rensselaer
Ind
St. Joseph’s College
Richard Ross
Evangeline Ruth
Anderson
Ross
Thomas Baum
West Main Street
E. W. W. Hoyt
Mary Catherine
Baltimore
Mrs Peter Cosby Dies at Aurora A Madison Resident
News arrives of the death of Mrs Peter Cosby, longtime Madison resident, after a move to Aurora. She was 6th year and had worked as a widow for 25 years, surviving by husband Peter Cosby who ran a west Madison sawmill. She was cousin to George Mayfield and sister to Senator William A Guthrie. Funeral arrangements not known.
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Peter Cosby
Aurora
Cosby
Waco
Madison
Quarantine Lifted for Dehler Dairy Cattle Amid Anthrax
State Board of Health informed Mr. Frank Dehler that the quarantine on his dairy herd has been lifted after several weeks of anthrax restrictions. The notice confirms cattle are cleared for movement and sale. Spain's olive crop was harvested in October and November.
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Frank Dehler
State Board of Health
Spain
Drowned Roaster on Steamer Richard Roe
A deaf and mute colored roaster employed on the steamer Richard Roe drowned while bathing at the foot of West street around 7:30 last night. He could not swim and his body has not been recovered. No name or origin is known. He had worked on the Madison Louisville run for several weeks.
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Richard Roe
West Street
Baseball results from yesterday across leagues
National League saw Pittsburgh 10 Boston 3 and Boston 4. American League report New York 1 to 0 over Boston 3. American Association results include Louisville 4 Kansas City 3 Indianapolis 7 Minneapolis 9 Toledo 4 St. Paul 3 Columbus 2 Milwaukee 12. The piece also includes quotes and general stats about autos and bank deposits.
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Pittsburgh
Boston
New York
Louisville
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Toledo
St. Paul
Columbus
Milwaukee
L Pet
Cincinnati
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland Aoe
Detroit
Madison City Schools Open for 1914 15 Session
The Madison city schools opened with enrollment listed at 451 on the first day and four classes of 18 pupils. The article names the Board of Education officers and details staff for Senior High, Junior High, Eggleston, Lower Seminary, and Broadway schools, plus a note that M. D. Wilson and Miss J. Wilson left for a brief stay in Cincinnati.
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Madison City
Red Cross Public Health Program Aims to Cut Infant Mortality
The American Red Cross launches a national public health effort to educate the public on nutrition sanitation and disease prevention. It seeks to extend the program to schools colleges stores factories and households, training public health nurses and providing scholarships to meet rising service demands.
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United States
Jefferson County Receives State Warant for Auto Tax Share
County Treasurer Robert Danner reports a $9 730 65 warrant as Jefferson county’s second State apport ionment for automobile license tax. The first was $500 making county share over $10 000 this year for road fund repairs. Also notes 34 515 93 miles of free gravel roads in Indiana and 219 54 miles in Jefferson county. Secretary of State license receipts total 8 075 02 dollars, about 84 000 less than state ref. Will Geisler travels to Waco Montana to pursue a government land claim.
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Robert Danner
Jefferson County
Indiana
Secretary of State
Easy 10 Win Women Says This Man With Eight Wives
Charles Hugh Wilson pleads guilty to bigamy in New York and claims to have learned his lesson. He says if courts declare him single it will be never again and offers blunt advice on winning women by sweeping them off their feet.
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Charles Hugh Wilson
New York
Wilson
How to Join the Red Cross Juniors
The notice explains joining the Red Cross Juniors via the PON application for memberships, with school enrollments handled by the Department of Junior Membership at Lake Division headquarters to receive the monthly national bulletin. It notes membership fees earn receipts, and highlights service to others as the appeal of the Junior Red Cross and the school’s role in spreading humanitarian obligation. Mr Charles Wykoff travels to Los Angeles for an extended visit with his father and may relocate there permanently.
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Department of Junior
Lake Division
Department of Junior Membership
Washington
Red Cross
Publc
Charles Wykoff
Los Angeles
Cal
W. O. Wykoff
Mr. Wykoff
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