Of Interest To Women and Local Gambling Scene
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Arription as safe, non alcoholic remedies for women's health and pregnancy. The piece shifts to a detailed, critical account of Brown's gambling operation in Orange County, its lavish balcony crowd, hotel connections, and potential reopening of the French Lick and West Baden resorts amid ongoing court cases and local authorities.
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Sear
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Juffaulo
N.Y
French Lick
West Baden
Brown
Orange County
Taggart
Sinclair
Brownie Supplants Pluto in French Lick Club Secrets
Al Brown of Brown Hotel employs lookouts to screen visitors for the French Lick Club at his new palace of chance. Guests pay with club tickets issued by a mysterious secretary Dow Hensen. Women dominate the ponies game while men gravitate to roulette as staff guide guests through guarded doors.
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Hanly
Pluto
Brown
French Lick
West Baden
Brown Gambling House
French Lick Club
Brown Hotel
Brown’s
Tom Taggert
Orange County
Tom Taggart
al Brown
Corps
Dow Hensen
Ben Hensen
Chicago
Palace of Chance
Bedford water suit ends with Sense and Stillwell payment
The City of Bedford successfully settled the long running case against Sense and Stillwell for unpaid water charges on the North Side School House M E church and Baptist church projects. Judgment of 243.82 was collected March 17 and 168.82 draft forwarded after attorney fees of 75. The payoff ends the dispute.
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Sense & Stillwell
North Side
M. E
Lafayette
Stephenson
Day
Bedford
Indiana
Haywood & Burneit
Hogpen ruling affirmed by Supreme Court over nuisance powers
The Indiana Supreme Court upheld a Syracuse hogpen ordinance as a valid nuisance abatement. The ruling held the town board has authority to declare nuisances and to prevent and remove them even if the specific hogpen location is not named. The decision emphasizes public health and comfort as the basis for the ban.
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Supreme Court
Lewis Miller
Syracuse
Bloomfield railroad saga and banking growth in Indiana
The Bloomfield line from Bloomfield to Switz and to Bedford faced bankruptcy and debt as Conley Mason & Co failed to finish the railroad, with the Indianapolis rolling mill company ultimately gaining control. Separately Indiana saw 119 new national banks since 1900, totaling about $7.475 million in capitalization, with most starting under $50,000. Hayden Bridwell of Avoca suffered a stroke and remains stable.
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Clark, Buell, Donahay & Co
Bloomfield
Wabash River
Bedford
Rolling Mill Company
Indianapolis
Conley, Mason & Co
Linton Citizen
Indiana
Hayden Bridwell
Avoca
Not a Good Judge of Diamonds and a Forestry Note
A junk dealer Samuel Nathan is tricked into selling a diamond pin for 25 dollars to a horse buyer from Indianapolis named John Seld who then leads away the horse. Nathan seeks recovery via a warrant and possible lawsuit as police search for Seld. Arbor day features highlighted with emphasis on school celebration, forestry education, and county efforts in Winnebago Illinois.
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South I
Indianapolis
John Seld
Nathan
Seld
Justice Iseminger
Justice Shop
Gratzer
Sweeney
Forestry Bureau
Winnebago
Ilinois
County Institute
C. J. Kern
Pinchot
Putnam County
Negand
Betta Eros
Arbor Day Observed Across Twenty Eight States
Arbor Day is now observed in twenty eight states with April celebrations. The Federal Forestry Bureau and President back educational work, urging schools and officials to plant and care for trees. Since 1872 one million trees were planted in Nebraska and rising timber costs underscore the need for wise forestry.
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Federal Forestry Bureau
Bureau
Sterling Morton
Nebraska
State Board of Agriculture
Bureau of Forestry
Arbor Day
Prairie
Forestry Bureau
Farm labor wages rise as Knox county workers gain footing
A Vincennes Sun summary notes Knox county farmers report farm hands earning more than town workers, with average wages around 24 dollars for two months and some employers paying 23 dollars. The rise marks a 4 to 10 dollar gain over five years, reflecting a shift toward country employment while city youths show appetite and little stamina.
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Knox County
Vincennes
Starving Millions in China Prompt Local Aid Drive
Readers hear of millions starving in China as floods flood the land. The appeal notes three cents saves a life daily and one dollar saves a life for a month. Churches schools and cities are urged to give, with citizens asked to act quickly to help neighbors in need.
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China
Weather Forecast Sketch of January Storms and Warm Spell
A monthly forecast describes cold waves from the 3rd to 4th with squalls, a storm forming over the Missouri valley on the 5th and moving east across the United States from the 6th to 11th with rain, then a warm spell on the 12th. It continues with varied intervals of rain, snow, and mild, ending with rising temperatures.
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Missouri Valley
United States
Mississippi Valley
Drunk woman seen on West 7th alley in town
A woman in a destitute condition staggered along West 7th yesterday afternoon and collapsed into a gutter. Police found the woman to be Dode Thomas, about 25, a known town character who has served time in mayor’s court.
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West 7Th
Dode
Burglary Alarm. Whitted Residence Targeted
At about midnight Thursday night S N Whitted on corporation on Bast street awoke to a door window sash raised halfway. No one seen. marks of a jimmy and tracks in a flower bed show a failed entry. Mrs Elza Knight, Whitted’s stepdaughter, stayed the night and planned to move to Torres House. burglar perhaps knew she had money. Local notices also report residents, visits, and a range of social updates from Bloomington Star and Putnam county notes on crops and railroad plans.
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S. N. Whitted
Corporation
Mr. Whitted
Torres House
Utig
Tisllo
Murdered at Dugger victim Joseph Ragsdale identified
Local report says Joseph Ragsdale was found near a railroad at Dugger with a gunshot wound to the head and died hours later He is described as a northern native from Lawrence County formerly living near Hellenville He had been drinking in Linton and headed to Dugger before his death authorities suspect foul play.
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Joseph Ragsdale
Dugger
Lawrence County
Hellenville
Topping of trees and trimming misadventures
This piece cites B W Douglas on the harms of topping shade trees. It warns that trimming to thicken growth causes choked, twisted trunks and premature death, and endorses only removing dead limbs or raising the head of the tree. It advises proper cuts and cautions against transplanting and improper topping.
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B. W. Douglas
State Board of Forestry
Doug
Norway
Divorce Suit Fails. Husband Sues for 10000 Damages
Mary Joce lyn sued John C Jocelyn for divorce on cruelty and failure to provide. cross complaint claimed wife unfaithful with John C Darrell as co response. Judge Wilson denied divorce. John C Joce lyn then sued Darrell for 10000 damages for alienating his wife affections. Darrell, a stonecutter, owns lot 1 in McMillan's Addition. Joce lyn also sues for 312 wages from Darrell and Mary Jocelyn as editor and foreman of the Oolitic News. A lien against the plant was filed. Trials likely in May.
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Mary Jocelyn
John C. Jocelyn
John C. Darrell
Wilson
Darrell
McMillian
Circuit Court
Oolitic News
Recorder’s Office
Bedford settlers return from Florida with giant fish and plans
A group from Bedford returned Thursday night from a Florida winter. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. George W. McDaniel, Mrs. Frank Cosner and daughter Frances, Miss Maud Deckard, Mrs. Frank Hamer, and Will Urmey. McDaniel brought the 800 pound catch, its skin hung in his smoke house, and photos of before and after. He and Frank Hamer bought lots on Santa Rosa Sound and will build cottages, with McDaniel predicting oyster riches and easy access to seafood.
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Bedford
Florida
George W. McDaniel
Frank Cosner
Frances
Maud Deckard
Frank Hamer
Will Urmey
McDaniel
Mr. McDaniel
Santa Rosa Sound
Pensacola
George
Indiana Supreme Court Reverses Gillespie Murder Verdict
The Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the murder conviction of James Gillespie for the December 1903 Rising Sun killing of Elizabeth Gillespie. The court ordered discharge on double jeopardy grounds, citing jury jeopardy and improper juror challenge, remitting that Gillespie be freed from further prosecution.
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James Gillespie
Elizabeth Gillespie
Rising Sun
Ind
Supreme Court
Gillespie
Prosser
William Seward
Belle Seward
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