Italian retaliates in assault case at police court
Mrs Mary Bierach, accused of slapping John Prist and breaking his jaw with a hickory club after he insulted her, was arrested on Prist’s complaint for assault. Prist was fined $1 and costs for provoking. Bierach’s daughters also filed a warrant against Prist, who faces another $1 fine and costs. Trial set for Thursday.
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Mary Bierncn
John Prist
Prist
Reynold
Bierach
Dierach
Rabid dog kills, bites several as rabies scare spreads
A Scotch collie found with 13 pigs near Attorney Henry Lee's place displayed rabies symptoms and was shot after killing two pigs. Eleven remaining dogs face slaughter due to danger. A Rawlins dog bitten by Polly showed signs. Laura Ray was bitten, and the Polly dog owner seeks Pasteur treatment for a Bloomington area boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lee
Roger Lee
Polly
Indianapolis
Pasteur
Fred
Schuyler Fender
Showers
Daniel Rawlins
Rawlins
Laura Ray
Hiram Ray
Maple Heights
Saloon License Ruling Reversed by Frankfort Court
A Kentucky court overturned Lawrence County's rule that liquor licenses date from issuance. Special Judge John W. Strawn ruled for W. S. Slagle owner of Coulter hotel bar, concluding license began on issuance April 11 and could continue after city closure orders.
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Lawrence County Board of Commissioners
Frankfort
Lawrence County Commissioners
John W. Strawn
W.S. Slagle
Coulter Hotel
Slagle
Board of County Commissioners
Strawn
Slagie
Ringling Bros Circus Set for Terre Haute Show
County board meeting discusses bills while contractors work on gravel roads. The Ringling Bros Circus is scheduled to perform in Terre Haute on Saturday, April 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Bros. Circus
Terre Haute
Lawrence County Democrats face mutiny in Wellman dispute
Cyrus Davis visits Sullivan to press charges against Charles Wellman over the Lawrence county convention. Davis accuses Wellman of unfair tactics and hints at a new Lawrence county convention to pick delegates. Underwood counters that no new convention will be held and vows to stand firm against outside interference as party leaders clash over delegate selection and the Second district nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Congress
County awards contracts for pike roads and supplies
The Board of County Commissioners awarded bids for Pike Road construction. Ewing Shields of Seymour offered five roads in Marion township for 28130 but withdrew after a quality ruling on Mitchell Lime stone. John G. Burns won the Heltonville and Pleasant Run road bid for 1595. Reuter & Waggoner and James Chailaux received other road contracts. The Diamond Grocery Company won county asylum groceries at 522.55 and W A Wilson for dry goods and shoes at 117.45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Pike
Ewing Shields
Seymour
Marion Township
Mitchell Lime Company
Pike Roads
Shields
John G. Burns
Heltonville
Pleasant Run
Reuter & Waggoner
Indian Creek
James Chailaux
Georgia and
Orangeville
Spice Valley Township
Diamond Grocery Company
W. A Wilson
City Hospital Fund Receives 270 Donation Boost
The City Hospital fund gained 270 in new contributions on Wednesday raising the total to 1620. Companies and individuals including P M B Stone Bedford Quarries Henry Struble Cut Stone Knights of Pythias E S Ferguson and Charles Lanz contributed amounts ranging from 2 25 to 100, with an optimistic goal of 2500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
P.M. & B. Stone Company
Bedford Quarries Company
Henry Struble Cut Stone Co
Knights of Pythias
E. S. Ferguson
Charles Lanz
Missing turquoise pin found by a wary hen
Pleasantville corresp reports Miss Louise advertised a valuable turquoise pin. While in the chicken yard an old hen, after coughing several times, deposited the missing pin at her feet, suggesting the bird may have found or hidden it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Pleasantville
N. J
Cor. Phila
Record
Hoosier Candidate Jim Watson Returns to Cast Key Vote
Indiana Governor nominee James E. Watson, Republican, rushed to Washington to vote for the employers' liability bill. The House greeted him with a standing ovation as Speaker Cannon signaled approval, and leaders planned a conference to set a new legislative program.
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James E. Watson
Indiana
Washington
Washington Dispatch
House of Representatives
House
Cannon
Watson
Jim
Edwin Denby
Detriot
United States
Congress
Senator Scott
West Virginia
West Virginia Statesman
Ways and Means
Congressman Burke
Pennsylvania
Temperance Wins In Seymour Ward Remonstrance
In Seymour the temperance group celebrates a successful blanket remonstrance in the SecoMyl ward where nine saloons face closure as licenses expire. The ward boundary hopes failed for saloon men, who saw signatures bolstered by late opponents. Remonstrances spread to the Third ward with mass meetings led by Lou J. Beauchamp as organizers push for further actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
SecoMyl
Apples Hoarding Hits region as Prices Rise
Early autumn drought left this section facing an apparent apple famine with no clear cause. Eastern markets show last year’s crop was leaner but enough for reasonable prices, yet wholesale dealers hoarded apples in Michigan and New York, creating a large unsold surplus and thousands in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
New York
Davis Again in Jail for Desertion and Injury
Claude Davis, of Oolitic, arrested by Marshal Fred Bowen for wife desertion. He had fled, was captured in Terre Haute, jailed in Bedford, posted bond, then fled again. On a Bloomington to Indianapolis line breakup he was crushed under a train near Bloomfield, lost his right leg, survived, and returned to carpentry before being jailed again.
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Claude Davis
Fred Bowen
Oolitic
Davis
Ife
Terre Haute
Bedford
Indianapolis Southern
Bloomfield
Pasteur patients swell as cat dog hunt spreads
Bloomington reporter notes a sixth bite case in three days as John Fawcett, 26, enters the Pasteur Institute after a cat attack in Indianapolis. Police order immediate shooting of any cats on sight and any stray dogs to curb hydrophobia risks.
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Bloomington
Ind
Pasteur
Indianapolis
John Fawcett
Institute
Fawcett
Pasteur Institute
Last Day of School at District No. 7 Pleasant Run
District School No. 7 in Pleasant Run township closed a successful term with a large attendance. A noon dinner followed by an afternoon program of recitations dialogues and music entertained spectators. Miss Ida Kern the teacher received many presents from her pupils.
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Cross Lane
D. Inman
Pleasant Run
Ida Kern
Explosion at Bedford quarry shocks town
A 2:30 PM blast at the Lehigh Portland quarry two miles east of Mitchell destroyed an oil house with eight barrels of oil and two boxes of dynamite. No injuries reported. Investigators from Mitchell dispatched to determine cause while Bedford buildings trembled and ground roared for 20 feet.
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Lehigh Portland Company
Mitchell
Bedford
Neis
Wellman Denies Dissatisfaction With Lawrence County Action
Lawrence county Democratic leaders approved its March convention to pick delegates for the Bloomington congressional convention. All counties except Lawrence will hold their delegate elections on April 25. Candidates including Charles W. Wellman of Sullivan county attended. Wellman said he was satisfied with current conditions. John H. Underwood of Lawrence county resisted any change but did not speak.
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Vincennes
Ind
Lawrence County
Bloomington
Lawrence
Charles W. Wellman
Sullivan County
Wellman
John 4H. Underwood
Democratic Committee
Indiana Farmers Find Maple Syrup Pure Despite Imports
H E Barnard state pure food and drug commissioner notes a general improvement in maple syrup quality but has to hold a large stock shipped into Indiana from Boston Chicago and Ohio manufacturers. He says laboratory tests show samples sold by Indiana farmers as pure.
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H.e.barnard
Pure Food and Drug
Barnard
Indiana
Costly Trespass on Monon Line
Vandals dumped two hundred carloads of gravel from an Illinois Central supply train on a Monon railway side track near Howesville. The dump-bottom cars had been loaded on the Monon line and waited for orders. Over 100 workers were engaged in reloading the gravel, with no identifiable crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railway
Monon Railway
Howesville
Monon
Saloon in Mitchell Closes After County Remonstrance
The "Blue Goose" in Mitchell shuts its doors after a blanket remonstrance. The Grand Saloon plans to close on the 15th and switch to a drug store. By June 1 Mitchell will be without a licensed saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Goose
Mitchell
Battle Royal Illinois Votes on Liquor Prohibition
Illinois stands at a climactic election on the liquor issue as 3 000 saloons face closure across 84 of 102 counties. The Anti-Saloon League claims a decisive victory in 900 of 1 200 townships while liquor interests press a larger city tally. Mass meetings and sermons mark the final push before polls open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Anti-saloon League
Supples
Galena
Cairo
Indiana Line
Mississippi River
Man files for divorce over reading novels and missed meals
Stephen Hackney files for divorce from Mary Hackney alleging she spends time reading cheap novels and he finds meals unfinished. They married July 1, 1902 and separated March 26. He says she left for her parents in Monroe county and refuses to return. He seeks separation and custody of their daughter Gladys Hackney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Hackney
Mary Hackney
Hackney
Monroe County
Gladys Hackney
Cosner Meat Market Ad At 1426 J Street
Offer to take butter eggs and dressed chickens to L. W. Cosner's meat market for the highest cost price at 1426 J Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Cosner
J Street
East Granted Leave to Visit Ill Wife
Under orders from Gov. Hanly Samuel East a convict at the Indiana Reformatory left for Anderson to be with his wife believed fatally ill. East from Anderson was sent a year ago for forgery and has kept a good record. He received the privilege after a plea and will return unattended.
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J. Frank Hanly
Samuel East
Indiana Reformatory
Anderson
Ind
East
Indiana
Death of Indian Creek teacher B. M. Kern
B M Kern a well known school teacher of Indian Creek township and son of H C Kern died Saturday night at his home near Fayetteville Funeral and interment occurred at New Union church this morning at 11 o'clock Scores of young men from Floyd Harrison Washington and Orange counties have gone to Illinois Missouri and Kansas for farm work this summer Latter May and early June will see many more from Southern Indiana go to Oklahoma and Kansas to begin the wheat harvest, lasting until harvest in Manitoba in the fall.
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Joseph A. Polf
West Winthrop Street
Lawrence
Kansas
Daily Gazette
Murfreesboro
Battle Mountain Santarium
Hot Springs
South Dakota
M. E. Nethercut
First Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Joseph A. Poff
Baltimore
Ohio
Little Village
Brel
Columbia City
Indiana
Co. E
17Th
Indiana Volunteers
Wilder
Army of the Cumberland
West
Ft. Donelson
Shiloh
Perryville
Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
Atlanta
Franklin
Nashville
Wilson
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Mr. Poff
Less Chemical Works
Smith’s News Depot
Poff
Douglass County District Court
B. M. Kern
Indian Creek Township
H.C. Kern
Fayetteville
New Unoin Church
Floyd
Harrison
Washington
Orange
Ilinois
Missouri
Oklahoma
Manitoba
Parachute Thrillers Dazzle in Triple and Double Leaps
The Kansas City Journal describes a triple parachute leap where an aeronaut uses red, white, and blue chutes in three stages before landing. A second stunt shows a man and woman performing a tandem double chute drop from 500 to 600 feet before opening.
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Earth
Kansas City Journal
Post Office Ruling Forces Delinquent Subscriptions Payup
Washington imposes a rule that newspapers must keep subscriptions paid or lose mailing privileges. Publishers must cover delinquent copies at one cent each, costing 52c per year per delinquent subscriber, making it unaffordable when the standard subscription is $1.25. Delinquent readers are urged to pay up now and consider paying a year in advance.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Washington
Post Ofice Department
Notice to Contractors for Gravel and Macadam Roads
Lawrence County Indiana Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids for gravel and macadamized road construction in Bono Gurnerie Spice Valley Mitchell and Marion townships and the city of Mitchell. Bids due by 6 oclock p m May 5th 1908 with bonds equal to twice bid amount. Bid packets available from Walter G Owens Auditor.
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Board of Commissioners
Lawrence County
Indiana
Bono
Salem
New Albany
Gurnurie
East
Disney Ridge
Proctor Grave Yard Road
Jackson Road
Spice Valley Township
Mitchell and
Williams Road
Marion Township
Mitchell
Turley School House
Mitchell & Stringtown
Seventh Street
City of
Meridian Road
Brook Street
Walter G. Owens
Bedford
Anselm Wood
P.M. Mavity
Joell. Hobbbs
Sear
Notice to Non-Residents in Lawrence County Court Action
State of Indiana Lawrence county Lawrence Circuit Court May Term 1908 James A. Ruariden Nancy J. Rariden sue Catherine D. Burton et al to quiet title to real estate The defendants listed are nonresidents of Indiana and unless they appear May 4 1908 they risk a default in the quiet title suit filed by Simpson B Lowe attorney The Clerk L B Boone Leonard signs the notice at Bedford Indiana March 26 1908
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Flora E. Carson
Lawrence
Bedford
Indiana
William VF. Brooks
Simpson B Lowe
Fle
Rherein
Daniel Spirling
Sarah Dougherty
Celissa Jenkins
Euphenia E. Condiff
Joseph Davis
Benjamin Davis
Nettie Davis
John Beck
Emma Roberts
Susan Marley
Catherine Dodson
Alonzo B. Jones
Simpson Tolliver
George Sheeks
Laura Foster
Milton Melvin
Rebecca Knott
Zachariah Dougherty
Clarissa Haskett
Fannie Fisher
John Phipps
Eliza Phipps
Mollie Blackburn
Ida Kilborn
George Moneyhan
William Moneyhan
Jacob Kilborn
Grace Kilborn Braden
Joseph Culbertson
Hanna Culbertson
Jesse Hodge
Margaret Hodge
Lemuel Horse
Anna M. Lincoln
David Li. Sheets
Everett Sheeks
Delbert Sheeks
Amanda Stapleton
Robert M. Beasley
Sarah Beasley
Joseph Knott
Elizabeth Rariden
Alexander Beasley
William Erwin
Emma Beasley
Emma Smith
Sarah Davis
Rachel Davis
Cynthia Kilborn
Lawrence Circuit Court
A. D
Boone Leonard
State OF
Lawrence County
Lawrence Circuit
Lorenzo D. Williams
Alice Stipp
John H. Underwood
Katie Anderson
Mary L. Bowman
Carrie A. Flowers
Milton Sherrill
State of Indiaaa
James Webb
Frank Farmer
Boruff & Boruff
Hergin
Elkana W. Farmer
James I. Day
Ruth Day
Circuit Court
Alexander & Nlarris
Attys
Jane B. Dodd
Daniel D. Eldridge
Jane BE. Dodd
Daniel Ldl. Eldridge
Admr
R.N. Pahager
Notice to bid on Bedford and Tunnelton road repairs
A Lawrence County Indiana board member invites bids at the Auditor's office until 1 PM on Monday April 1 1903 for gravel road repairs to the Bedford and Tunnelton road near Tunnelton Indiana per plans on file. Right reserved to reject any or all bids.
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Board of Turnpike Directors
Lawrence County
Indiana
Bedford and
Tunnelton
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Dedford
Thomas J.broocks
Fred B. Otis
Editors
Otis & Brooks
Wardicial Republican Newspaper
New Home Central Union
Lowance
Commence
W. R. Tugeies
E. Zanfelde
Tedf Hendrickson
Ssouh
Ing
Golita
Ocal Democrats
LANG
Sullivan
Cy Davis
Underwood
Repub
Licans
Cyrus FE. Davis
Charles Wellman
W. A. Cullop
Knox County
Nizen
Miers
Monroe
Cullop
Knox
Padgett
Daviess
Owen
Martin
John C. Cheney
Democratic Party
Second
Congressional Committee
Linton
Mitchell Stone
Charles Chester Lowder
Bedford High School
Newton Lowder
Ketchams
Mobile
Ala
Catherine Howard Meecham
Lowder
Bedford High
Masonic Temple
William A. Jewell
Cora A. Harris
Silverville
Chris Clemons
South Street
House OF Repre
Hoosier
Solans
Uncle Joe Cannon
Happy Man
Apple
Wan
Mail
Bedford Buildings
J. A. Poff
Grace
Lawrence Public
Wellman Turkeyed
Gress
Mall’s
Bowker’s Fertilizers
C. M. Bates
Battle Royal
Sucker
Tion
Jogard
Inman
Mitcheley
Elizabeth Denson
Harriet B. Tresslar
Wil. Martin, Atty
Elizabeth
Jaethe Finte
Daniel R. Brown
Meleury Owen
Wil- Manu
Perry Younger
Iate
Addison YG Ayletle Hk
Yol Eh
W. Ho Martin
Lawrent Circuit Court
Frank Armstrong
Kern Armstrong, Adinr
Robert H. Tyree
George W. Tyre
Adinistratrix
Ltarry Kobo
Rachel Koun
Admix
Alexander & Harris, Attys
Admrx
John W.W. Harvey
W. Harris
The
Red Cross
East Siae Square
C. H. Emery
Lsts
J. W. Trainor
East Side
Radford, Indiana
Alexander & Harris
Attorneys-At-Law
Edford
Bedford Nationa Bank
Vorce
Friedman
RED Gross Shoe Store
East Side Square
Tun
Nelton Gravel
Joel L. Hobbs
Turn Pike Directors
Dents
Credi
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