Local Notes and Obituaries From Madison Area
Daily roundup reports multiple Carrollton and Milton residents traveling to visit kin, plus a new milk yield record at Michigan Agricultural College. Lola Oliver sues for divorce from George Oliver with $1000 alimony. An 11 month old child of Mr and Mrs John Holcraft dies. Thomas Gibbs wins city contract for reservoir cleaning. Charles William Wilson dies at eight with funeral planned. county recorder reports record mortgage releases. mussel pearl purchase on Wabash river voyage. Guests of Celina Weber and Jacob Harr noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Davison
Hal
Carrollton
Bluffton
B. F. Law
Kent
Columbus
Bettie Harmon
Alice Jones
Milton
Osgood
Addie Richman
Louie Genter
Tampa
Fla
Misa Victona
Jersey
Michigan Agricultural College
Lola Oliver
George Oliver
Thomas Gibbs
Geo. Sampson
Joseph Nelson
Cela May
Cincinnati
Celina Weber
Second Street
Jacob Harr
Mulberry Street
Mra
Nelson
Sampson
County Recorder
McBride
Jefferson Loan Co
Charles William
Frank T. Wilson
Graham Township
Deputy
Tomore
Pisgah
Charles
Butcher George Seifert Jr Dies in Self-Inflicted Shooting
In Cannelton Indiana George Seifert Jr 45 a local butcher killed himself with a revolver near his home after a troubled morning at his shop. Coroner returns verdict of death by own action noting financial reverses. He leaves a widow two children and his mother survives. His brother had died by suicide three years prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Seifert, Jr
Cannelton
Ind
Sept. I
Amelia K. Pfeiffer
W C T U Madison report outlines 211 meetings and varied work
The annual report of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Madison covers 211 total meetings across executive business social and entertainment squads plus multiple departments such as Flower mission physical education health and heredity medical temperance juvenile course industrial education and anti child labor and more. New members numbered seven and Willard Hall activities included basketball plans while treasurer Mrs John Jenkins logged 1200.32 in receipts and 1209.57 in disbursements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Madison
Flower Mission
S. S
Margaret Vail
Willard Hall
Waiffird Hall
Give. Augustin
Geo. Denny
John Jenkin
James Crozier
John Magers
Kyron Mouser
Rose Jamison
War
Redford Callis
Apal
C.l. Williams
Mary A. Peck
Eva Lee
The
Treasury
Dr King's New Discovery for colds and lung trouble
A Marion Ohio druggist Lower praises Dr King's New Discovery as the best throat and lung medicine. He says it cured his wife’s bronchial cold after others failed and recommends keeping a bottle for family use. Price 50 cents and 1.00, guaranteed at Barpor's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower
Marion
Ohio
Dr. King
Howe
Inheritance Tax Conference on New Law
State inheritance tax investigator Albert L. Humke met with County Treasurer Jeffries and Clerk Prewatt in Madison County to discuss implementing the new tax. Humke traveled from Vevay and later departed for Vernon. Tax is collected by the county treasurer with all proceeds going to the State. local counties receive nothing. The levy is scaled by relationship between giver and receiver, and few residents face the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert L. Humke
Jeffries
Prewatt
Humke
Vevay
Vernon
Madison
Jefferson County
Real Estate Transfers Listed for North Madison and Lancaster Sp
Nelson K. Girace transfers property in North Madison to William P. Hasley and wife for 450 dollars. Hiram Phillipe and wife convey property on the Lawrenceburg road to James C. McCauley and wife for 1200 dollars. John Buck and wife sell 81.50 acres in Lancaster Spur to Albert J. Shinness for 5000 dollars. Also noted is a 34,000,000 dollar value of fish caught in British Columbia waters during 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson K. Girace
William P. Hasley
North Madison
Hiram Phillipe
James C. McCauley
Lawrenceburg Road
City
John Buck
Albert J. Shinness
Lancaster Sp
British Columbia
Farmer held on wife beating after harness incident
Asbury Park farmer J George W K Boyce manager of E F Betnick farm near Farmingdale was arraigned before Police Justice P F Dodd on charges of beating his wife after tying her to a team of horses to operate a patent potato digger. Bail set at 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
J. George W. K. Boyce
E. F. Betnick
Farmingdale
P. F. Dodd
Neptune Township
Boyce
Royce
Mra
Grace Townes
Elizabeth
N. J
Renault
Coffin Carried On Pack Mule After Mountain Tragedy
Grizzly Gulch area report of a prospector Hong Strib killed and partner injured in a cavern incident. A widow endured trauma, arranged burial provisions, and spent a dayjourneying with her husband’s coffin to Gerizz for rites.
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Grizzly Gulch
Cal
Hong
Gerizz
Gileh
Kiss If You Wish Health Expert Warns on Kissing
Chicago health official Dr. Young defends kissing as safe when not excessive while criticizing a health bulletin article calling kissing dangerous. He says a kiss becomes risky only if it leads to parental anger or public scrutiny, urging readers to kiss freely within limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Young
Weekly
Health Bulletin
der Young
Clair Drake
Your
Dr. Young
Lane spends entire salary on government home cost
Portland Oregon reports Secretary Franklin K Lane says it costs 10000 dollars yearly to maintain his home as a cabinet officer and 2000 dollars for ice cream and pink teas, totaling his 12000 dollar annual salary with nothing left but “glory.” He notes he rents 1500 dollars a year, lives in his former interstate commerce commission home, employs two colored servants, and is not a lavish entertainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Franklin K Lane
Interior
Washington
Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elomer Returns With 2400 Sealskins From Pribilofs
The steam er Elomer returned to San Francisco with 2100 sealskins and 1000 blue fox skins from the Pribilof Islands. The pelts came from US government stations on St George and St Paul and are worth about 1 million dollars. Last year the Homer brought 5000 sealskins. Seals are killed for Eskimo food on the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Elomer
Pribilof Islands
United States
St. George
St. Paul Islands
Ready for trial of new airships
Three new aeroplanes built by Burgess Wright and Curtis with foreign engines will be tested at the Wright factory in Darton Ohio under Lt Milling with General Scriven supervising. The scheme includes a military aviator badge, training use for older machines, and plans for signaling manuals by the army signal corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess
Wright
Curtis
Washington
Darton
Phonmus Miling
George B. Scriven
Steons
Army
Bureess
Wricht
Tradning
Ary Tas
Pahppines
Lcense
Phes
Chapman
Seventh Cavalry
Ich
Philippine Ecouta
Turgue
Coast Artillery
Frank Lahm
Wilbur Wricht
College Park
Lahm
Bo E. Ellington
San Diego
San Antonio
Tex
Signal Corps
Scriven
House Committee On Militacy Affairs
Man claims sleep swim across Racine bay
Racine Wisconsin Frank Ryerson an employee of the Lincoln tee company at Brown's Lake lay down on the lake bank and woke up near the opposite shore. He says he swam across the bay while asleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine, Wis
Frank Ryerson
Lincoln Tee Company
Brown's Lake
No Philippine policy yet from President Wilson
President Wilson has no fixed policy on Philippine independence and is not bound to support a 1921 date. He believes self government readiness is uncertain and will require time and investigations before a formal stance. He appointed Francia Burton Harrison as governor general to secure a thorough study of conditions there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worathington
Wilson
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Islands
Francia Burton Harrison
Army Recruits Drop As Reserve Delays Sail to Draft
Army enlistments fall by about 400 a month while the reserve created by Congress last November attracts few volunteers. Only eight former enlistees joined the reserves, despite a three year term. Average monthly enlistments run about 26 000, with reserves offering a $59 monthly bounty in peacetime and higher wartime incentives.
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Washington
Army
Net Oof
Congress
Aocoin
Smallest Painting on Grain of Corn Recovered in New Jersey
Camden resident Samuel T. Schultz, based in Wilmington, Del, created a miniature grain of corn painting in 1860 at age nineteen. The tiny landscape, once thought lost for over forty years, was recovered after ads in foreign papers. The corn came from a Wheatland ear tied to James Buchanan’s funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Samuel T. Schultz
Wilmington
Delhas
Art Center
Purt Center
Europe
Charles A. Wise
Sellul
Schultz
James Buchanan
United States
Wheatland
Corn crop severely trimmed by drought in 1913 forecast
Government crop report shows U.S. corn harvest expected at 2.672 billion bushels for 1913, down 300 million from prior drought forecast. Last year’s corn output reached 3.124 billion bushels. Wheat is expected to reach 744 million bushels, up from 710 million last year.
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Washington
Heart on Right Side After Brockton Boy Accident
Henry Dickerman a 15 year old Brockton boy was hit by an ice wagon causing left rib injuries and forcing his heart to the right side. Surgeons report the heart may stay displaced but expect the boy to regain full strength with time. He is the family’s main support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Henry Dickerman
Dickerman
Partition Suit in Jefferson County Court
In Jefferson Circuit Court October term 1913 Lia Whotterman Jimira Cole Fred Phillips against Howard Phillipa Mary Etta Lanham Orintha Thomas Prous Tony Alberta Weber involves real estate partition. Defendants Alberta Weber and Mary Etta Lanham are non residents and must appear at the October term in Madison to answer the complaint or risk judgment by default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Jefferson County
Jefferson Circuit Court
Lia Whotterman
Jimira Cole
Fred Phillips
Iagainst Howard Phillipa
Mary Etta Lanham
Orintha Thomas
Prous Tony
Alberta Weber
Defenedante
Indiana
Madsen
Madison
Choek
P.R. Bear
Messy reflections on life after a ball game
Fragmentary lines reference Berlin and a figure named Joy riding through self destruction. Notes mention women without husbands and a sequence of ball games, implying a reflective or allegorical piece without clear events or sources.
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A. R. Lockridge
Wabash River
Butcher
Annual Report
Madlson W.ctu
ADV
Trancefers
Maeband
Coste
Milling
Philo Wa
Titoms Milling
President Wilson
Harrison
Adison
Madison Investment CO
Metmori
Dostratia Ithe
Pharyster
Mendon
ENT
Ebersole
N. T. Drake
Masonic Bldg
the Weekly Herald
Weekly Enquirer
Great
Daily Enquirer
Herald Co
Colle
Taos
F. Humphreys
M.D
Humphreys
Homeopathic Medicine Company
Willian Street
New York City
Berlin
Roseate
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