Madison Indiana News Roundup September 1920
Local notices describe marriage licenses issued to Carl Brown and Ella Wainscott, travel updates for residents visiting relatives, and several residents leaving for school or home. Also reports on local pears, an arm injury, Wildey Encampment’s 240th anniversary celebration, and invitations to sub lodges for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lefly
Louis Suiver
Chicago
Carl Swight Brown
Ella V. Wainscott
Jefferson County
James Horne
Miss Ruth
Goshen
Ind
Baptist Parsonage
Harry Day
Harriet Marie
Bridgeport
Illinois
Mary Jamison
Rushvile
BF. Turner
Real Estate Transfers in Lancaster Details
Frank Hoffman transfers 77 acres in Lancaster to Grant Witter and his wife for 2500 dollars. In Austria since the war, all educational institutions have been opened to women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hoffman
Witter
Lancaster
Austria
Holland on gas and oil prospects in Jefferson County
Mr M P Holland, oil well expert, returns from a business trip and notes capitalists in Jefferson County doubt a conclusive test for natural gas or petroleum. He cites past Oklahoma wells and warns willingness to fund new wells, while crowding in political notices and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Holland
Cushing
Holland
Heibid Sa
Peapee
Bathless Bath House Shocks Town Bathing Protest
In a baffling turn, residents confront a peculiar bathhouse dispute labeled by locals as the Bathless Bath House episode. The town debates access and sanitation amid rising curiosity and confusion over the target of the campaign.
Pay BLY cuts Marines estate wage
A terse OCR fragment mentions pay cuts for Marines estate, with references to taxes and transfers. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear names or dates. Further context needed for precise facts.
Cravter provides treatment to gas victims at Leonor hospital
Local medical team begins emergency care for gas exposure victims at Leonor Hospital. Officials report green-eyed blaze injuries and rapid response to treatment.
Beers Seeks Ripley County Recorder Nomination
Florence F. Beers, aiming to run as a Democrat for Ripley County Recorder, has petitions and declarations of intention on file. The inquiry, routed by Assistant Secretary of State PHL Wolford to Attorney General Flo Stansbury, questions the legality of placing Beers on the ticket after prior rejection before the federal suffrage amendment. The county election board now requests state guidance on the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence FE. Beers
Ripley
County Recorder
Flo Stansbury
Phl Wolford
Beers
County Board of Election Commissioners
Miss Beer
Courtship Ends in Marriage Despite Obstacles
Unclear OCR text mentions two individuals connected by a courtship leading to marriage. References to a home fire and other scattered phrases imply a local social notice with couples and events, but details are fragmented.
Card Games or Firemen Quit in Greve TN District
Residents convened to protest card playing restrictions at the Greve town parade. A driver claimed the situation escalated as volunteers in charge ordered an end to the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greve
Coe
YANKS POUT YELLS ROGUES Amercar Guntoat Pursues Chinese Rei
An obscure report describes action by an American squadron pursuing Chinese forces along a river delta. The narrative touches on patrols, defensive moves, and a unclear engagement sequence near Wan hee. The passage contains garbled OCR and unlikely proper nouns.
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Amercar Guntoat
Yargtre River
Plan Air Service in Europe Agreement Reached
A partial agreement among Capen Ameterdar and Bon Jos to open a joint air route between the fourth and York street stations. The project aims to establish service across Europe with a focus on first class conditions. Smith has been declared for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Efeessa Pac Phorm
Pellem
Pourth
York Street
Smith
Miss Shipman Organizes Female First Aid Classes
Miss Mary Shipman, county Red Cross nurse, traveled to Brooksburg this morning to organize classes in first aid nursing and home care for women. She also spent time at Kent this week and plans further classes at another location in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Shipman
Red Cross
Brooksburg
Miss Shipman
Kent
Ten Year Plan For Waterfront System With Piers And Warehouses
A long stalled waterfront project proposes a ten year program to replace riverfront features with wide piers, slips, marginal streets, warehouses and tracks. It envisions a modern layout for Jersey City area riverside access, with construction planned to begin next spring and completion targeted within four years.
New Seddard Bama Stone Reveals Hidden Inscription
A damaged stone artifact was opened after a long effort at an old site on Poy aes street. After removal of a protective seal a stone cavity yielded a carved message reading New Seddard Bama 27800. Nearby fluid remnants suggest the container held about ten gallons.
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Poy
Aes Street
Swallowed Glass to End Life in Steubenville
In Steubenville Ohio Luther Paive aged thirty two, a Black man, attempted suicide by swallowing glass from milk bottles and a light bulb. He was found in the Steubenville domicile and aided until medical help arrived, with a precarious recovery reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Luther Paivie
Blind Man Guided by Dog In Long National Journey
Randolph, a Tudtimorean, and his Spanish fox terrier Bucy have traveled across the country after losing his coveshtp at the Battle of San tiaro ute. They are now living in Dultinore MeL-Ravmond Randolph’s home on Tan North Greene Street and he earns by selling pin-cush ions and tuning paninos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dultinore
Mel
Randolph
Battle of
Santiaro
Bucy
Tan North Greene Street
Mayor Breaks Out of Jail in Madison Kentucky
Madison Kentucky mayor DoW Gatlin reportedly slipped from the city jail after a friend locked the lock as a joke. A screwdriver aided his escape, taking about two hours before authorities recaptured or secured the scene.
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Madison
Dow
Gatlin
Doris Laird and Ted Manning Wed in Quiet Montana Town
Doris Laird, a modest schoolteacher from a Little Vermont town, marries Ted Manning, the well connected best man of Phil Crosby, after Nina Hazen’s elaborate wedding. The couple’s simple ceremony contrasts with the Crosby Hazen affair as they plan a life with a telephone in every room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Laird
Vermont
Nina Hlazen
Nina
Doris
Quiet Lite
Phil Crosby
Phil
Haazens
Nita
Ted Manning
Aunt Plarriettins
Pilon
Dorks
Tel Manning
Ted
Httle
Déris
Mra. Hazen
Crosby- Hazen
Farmer Delays Car With Glasses On Roadside Jest
An amused farmer halts a motorist on a rural stretch by showing field glasses to reveal a blue trousered figure in a tree. The driver eases to six miles an hour as the farmer jokes about scaring away orchard thieves and guarding the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Music in Cost of Living Opens Summer Warning
The Evening Star notes New York faces a music filled summer as apartments, crowded and noisy, strain residents. High costs, crowded halls, and limited options push people toward fewer home entertainments and public venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Otiere
Experimental traffic lights tested in city streets
An experiment tested new traffic signaling to aid drivers and officers after updates. A spectator noted battery powered lights in a coat pocket with red and white lenses and a shoulder badge demonstration, highlighting traffic guard visibility in urban conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bauer Corbirteas
Boston Globe
Refugee Village Grows Near Lens France
A quaint wooden village near Lens will shelter 500 refugees. Built in the Netherlands with knock down construction, the houses arrive ready to assemble. Dutch landscape gardeners will later lay out flower beds to harmonize with the new homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lens
France
Hollard
Netherhuids
Popular Mechanics
Plane Lands on Street in Oakland Crowd Sees Sky Event
Thousands lined a business street in Oakland California to witness an airplane land and take off from the road. The aircraft touched down between canyon walls, grazed a lamp post, and damaged its skid before authorities banned further takeoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Need of a Backyard Story
A brief exchange reveals a couple seeking a house with a backyard not for children but to have a place to toss empty cans. The dialogue hints at a quirky motivation behind housing choices.
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