New Summer Closing Hour Agreed By Business Men
At a Friday night meeting the Business Men's Association voted to set a 7 30 p m closing time each evening except Saturday and the 1st and 16th pay days. The Clerks Union backs the plan amid absent merchants. Some pro old plan supporters favor variations, three schedules likely this summer. A new cloud: organizers-turned-openers violate the pact, prompting Clerks Union Grievance Committee action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men’s Association
Clerks’ Union
Oliver Bros. Nearing Sale and Possible New Rail Link
Reports from Bloomington and Mitchell describe Oliver Bros. potential sale or partial transfer to Cleveland Sand Stone Co. as talks of a railroad extension to Victor or Bedford belt links surface. Officials from both firms visit Oliver quarries, fueling rumors of a new Baltimore & Ohio route and broader railroad access.
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Oliver Bros
Moosroe
Cleveland Sand Stone Company
Oliver
George H. Worthington
Cleveland Company
James Nicholl
E. A. Minnitt
Sup
Olivers
Edgeworth
Cleveand Company
Mitchell
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Bedford
Victor
Oliver Fields
Walsh
Indianapolis Southern
Bloomington
Picture Agents Abroad and Court Ruling Noted
Two canvassers from a Chicago picture house took a photograph from a home and refused to return it until the marshal recovered it. In Odon a new opera house with 500 seats and electric lighting is praised by John H. Spencer. A Greene County verdict against Southern Indiana Railroad Company over street tracks was reversed by the Appellate Court, citing a six year statute of limitations issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
City Trek
Lew Ferguson
Odon
John H. Spencer
Will Dancer
Washington Democrat
George Brown
S. I
7Th Street
Greene County
Southern Indiana Railroad Company
Brown,Greene C. GC
Comstock, J
Burns
Fire damages McClelland house on 17th and M streets
Firefighters responded to a blaze at the McClelland house at 17th and M streets caused by a flue hole papered over. The paper ignited from a stove on another floor, spreading to the carpet. Buckets sufficed to extinguish. Loss not more than $25.
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17Th
M Streets
McClelland
Daviess County
John H. Bryant
Fruit crop outlook despite deep freezes in Indiana
Indiana State Statistician B E Johnson reports peach buds largely green and pears in good condition after recent freezes. Some cherry buds show frost damage, but many blooms remain for a potential fair crop. Peaches are near bloom time. a midwinter 12 to 15 below zero would cause injury. Also notes families from Indianapolis and Owensburg moving to Spokane, Washington.
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Indiana
B. E B. Johnson
Indianapolis
Johnson
Bedford Public Library Opens In New Carnegie Building
Walter Gillette moves Bentwood works to Louisville to cut freight costs and keep production flowing. Bedford gains a grand Carnegie library with a soaring rotunda, atlas of reading rooms, and a two story potential stack, funded by Carnegie and city support, celebrating a civic milestone.
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Walter Gillette
Louisville
Gillette
Lang Fry Lumber Company
Bedford
Jose
Bedford Public Library
Lawrence County Library
County Library
Tresslar
Carrie Winstandley
Brooks
Old Baptist Church
J. K. Voris
M. Andrew Carnegie
Patton and Miller
Chicago
Middle West
Michael Wallner
Bailey & Koerner
K Street
Inquirer
Andrew Carnegie
Georgia Friedley
Sue Dodds
Addie Riley
G. C. Houston
State Public Library Commission
Indiana
Union patronage and Bedford papers
Editorials argue all three Bedford papers seek Union support while printers push for union patronage. The writer notes offices now resemble Union offices and should share in Union men’s patronage if they act alike, per Linton Record.
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Bedford
Toto
Printers’ Union
Linton Record
Cement Co switches route for mill access near Leatherwood
Midland Portland Cement Co buys right of way spanning a bluff face from the B and C W branch south of Leatherwood to the new mill site. Grading starts next week as about 50 workers operate quarry dust and cement foundations. 8000 barrels of cement are needed though scarce.
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Midland Portland Cement Co
Leatherwood
Leatherwood Creek
Cenant Company
Clay Malotts
Double Wedding Celebrations at Malott and Pace Homes
A quiet Sunday evening wedding joined Will Pace and Mary Dunlavy at the Pace home with Rev. E. Richard officiating. they plan to settle on F and 14th streets. Miss Jessie Malott and James Walter Malott were married at the Ragsdale home with Rev. Harley Jackson officiating. guests included sixty relatives and friends, with Nellie Malott and James Woods as attendants, a large pink rose bouquet for the bride, and refreshments hosted by Eva Paynter.
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Peter Wires
Will Pace
Mary Dunlavy
E. Richard
14Th
Eva Paynter
Exhibition and political commentary in local Bloomington scene
The Bloomington Star notes an exhibition at N. J. Rainbolt's millinery shop featuring a violets basket, carnation centerpiece by Mrs. Gaussin, and a Mt Millick centerpiece by Mrs. Riggin. It also cites 2 percent government bonds at par and a judge's visit for a new trial. The piece predicts Democrats will push treasury surplus as campaign issue, arguing Republican mismanagement.
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N. J. Rainbolt
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Clerks’ Union and Business Men’s
Association
Indi
Fisherman’s Upton
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Mitchell Commercial
Ernest Hunter
Purdue University
Jeanette Lemon
Franklin College
Elsie Pope
Moore’s Hill
Maude Deckard
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Earl McPheeters
Louisville Medical College
Leah Giles
Business College
Stillson Judah
Butler
Oscar Edwards
Indiana University
Louise Thornton
Smith College
James Thornton
Phillips Academy
Owen
Roy McDaniel
George Owen
Leo Heitger
Herber Dillion
I. A
Harry Malott
Purdue
Deckard
Ohio
Thornton
Mr. Thornton
Picture Agents Abroad
Ries
Isaac Fidler
Famly
M. Strosnider
Owensburg
Spokane
Washington
John Horton
Boone County
Kansas
Garnegie
State of
Lawrence
McClure
William McClure
Robert Dale Owen
New Harmony
Mexico
Mr. Carnegie
West
Workingmen’s Association
Moses F. Dunn
A. C.voris
John R. Walsh
J.W. Cosner
EB Thornton
Thos. J. Brooks
Joseph R. Voris
Wm. H. Martin
H. Emery
J. T. Freeland
A. J. McDonald
Wm. N. Matthews
W. H. Smith
C. 8. Norton
PF. D. Norton
J. W. Newland
Palestine
Lawrence County
Shanswick Township
A.C. Voris
Messrs
R. N. Palmer
T. J. Brooks
J. R Voris
W. A. Webb
Thomas J. Brooks
J. R. Voris
George M. Dodd
Isaac H. Crim
Robert N. Palmer
EB. R. Edwards
East 16Th Street
Pace-Dunlavy
Republican Party
W. H. Martin
McPherridge
Acme- Bedford Stone Co
Monroe
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