The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-10
RED CROSS HAS
100 MEMBERS IN
BUCKEYE VILLAGE
New Madison Branch Raises
5000 for Work-Other
News.

New Madison is village OF about
GOO population. located in Darke
county, Ohio. on the Pennsylvania. Gin
cinnati and st. Louis railway. about
Is miles northeast of Richmond
There are two dry goods stores with
grocery connections, two groceries
with hardware connections and three
groceries with restaurant connections,
one bank, one elevator. lumber YARD,
coal yard, four garages, two livery
barns. two blacksmith shops. one cigar
factory, one tobacco warehouse, one
newspaper, one furniture store, one un-
dertaking establishment, one meat
shop, two drug stores, and four doc
tors.
Rev. Mr.. Rosey is pastor OF the
United Brethren church, and Mrs.
Rowland of the Universalist. The
public school employs six teachers.
Four years ago an election put out all
saloons. There are thirty-nine in
mates at the Children's home, all OF
them over four years Of age. At the
Infirmary there are seventy-eight In
/ates, eleven Of them being IN the hos
pital Department.
NEW MADISON, O., July 10.-A
Red Cross auxiliary has been organized
here with more than 100 members and
a subscription of something near $500
and the work is still going on. Edna
Jones, Minnie McGriff, Perry Nyswong-
er, Harry Jones, Rev. s. w. Bennett,
d. L. Mote, j. D. King and r. P. Ben
nett are life members. Aunt Mary
Flanagan was made a life member.
Mrs. Margaret Puterbaugh and Mrs.
John Hileman spent Sunday at Day
ton with the latters granddaughter,
Miss Merle Hileman, who is In the
hospital. /. Mrs. Alice Collins of Cen
terville, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Roberts. The Haspel prop
erty was sold to Dora Wills and B. F.
Snowman. Mr.. Wills being the pur-
chaser of the business house and
dwelling, and Mr.. Shewman buying
the vacant lot next to the Eliker gro
Gerry. John Sawyer, Paul Stephens
and Albert Smoker are working at
the aviation construction camp near
Dayton. :. Mrs. Ezra Slifer Of near
Otterbein, was stricken with paralysis
a few days after her mother. Mrs.
Sarah Odell, and only lived a short
time. Owing to the serious condi-
ton of Mrs. Odell she has not been
informed Of her daughters death.
Rev. Ephraim Petry and wife OF Kan
sas, visited last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Worch. Rev. Petry was
pastor of the o. B. church here about
fifteen years ago. Mr.. and Mrs. ].
I. Motler Of Lima, visited over the
Fourth with her mother, Mrs. Louisa
Smoker ond other relatives. 80. Mr..
end Mrs. Ed. Rogers of Richmond,
spent the Fourth with her GRANDPA
ther, Mike Ebling and Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Ruse. ~. S. Ray and family
entertained to supper last Tuesday,
j. !. Motler and family and Glen Nog-
gle and family. -. During the electri-
cal storm Friday night lightning
struck the U. B. church tearing hole
IN the roof. :. Mr. and Mrs. Cleve
Pyle of White Water spent the Fourth
with her aunt, Mrs. Louisa Smoker
=. Mr.. and Mrs. William FLAG of st.
Paris and grandchildren, Cloda May
and Emery Neal Mick of Steubenville,
have returned to their homes after
visiting the Fiaig relatives here. ....
r. p. Bennett and family have return
ed from q two weeks visit with his
brother at Abba, Mich. 49,. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. e. Conover last week enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Smith of
Detroit. i. . Mrs. William Zechman has
returned to her home in Germantown,
after visiting with her daughter, Mrs.
Ezra Price. :. Miss Grace Samuels, of
New Paris, formerly teacher of Do
mestic Science in the schools was
married last week to Frank Murphy,
of Greenville. =. Rev. Mr.. Rasey and