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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1908

Page

3

Hanigan and J. R. Pope Face Real Estate Suit

Hannigan Chestnut sues J. R. Pope in Lawrence circuit court seeking accounting and profits from a real estate and loan business partnership. Chestnut alleges partnership formed to share commissions on listings including 1000 acres in Lawrence county sold to Moss Linton Bank er, and that Pope concealed $1000 commission. Plaintiff seeks $500 and relief.

Hannigan Chestnut Lawrence J. R. Pope Chestnut Pope Plaintiff Lawrence County Moss Linton Banker

Hen house theft tops perils of night

A bold thief entered Mrs. Dr. Radcliff’s hen house last Saturday and abducted the mother chicken from a clutch of thirty newly hatched chicks, leaving the brood to mourn.

Dr. Radcliff Salem

Was a bad Italian in the Lawrence court divorce filing

Carolina Rossa filed for divorce from I Frank Rossa in Lawrence circuit court claiming marriage in New York City two years ago and alleging assault with a shotgun attempt in February. She also accuses him of infidelity and notes a likely New York residence while a warrant for assault and battery with intent to kill was issued in Bedford police court.

Lawrence Carolina Rossa I Frank Rossa New York City Rossa New York Bedford Reed’s Vincennes Ind Ida Kellums Mitchell Vincennes Church Kellums Cecil Gray Willoughby & House John H. Snapp William Scott Otto C. Busse Joseph Shatz Eph Kensler James Robbins Frank Bloom William Stucky Fred Brockman Henry Muckenstorm Louis Meise Henry Ostendorf Ada Pierson Indiana Women’s Prison Indianapolis Mary Allison Flora Bird Hall Ida Emmons Kellums Miss Gray Elsie Gray

Monument to Tippecanoe Battle Chooses Vermont Granite

Governor Hanly and the Battle Ground Monument Commission select Vermont granite for the Tippecanoe battle monument honoring those who fell in 1811. The commission awarded the contract to McConnell & Son of Buffalo, New York after reviewing all bids.

Geo William Henry Harrison Rudolph Schwartz Indianapolis Boston New York Chicago Bedford Stone Indiana McDonald Granite Company Vermont Myers VanArmige Company Mass VanArmige W. E. Chaver Lafayette Schwartz Tippecanoe Monument Blake Alexander & Son Bedford Indiana Stone Ind Hanly Battle Ground Tippecanoe Battle Battle of McConnell & Son Buffalo N. Y

TO BREAK WILL In Circuit Court Wednesday

C A Tovey by her next friend George L Tovey sues Henry Weigman Martha Heiger and Catherine Heiger to set aside Sophia Burghs will filed for probate Feb 3 1908. The will favors three named defendants with no provision for Alma B Tovey the child of Sophia Burghs granddaughter. The suit claims unsound mind and unduly executed will. Brooks Brooks represents the plaintiff.

A. Tovey George L. Tovey Henry Weigman Martha Heiger Catherine Heiger Sophia Burgh Alma B. Tovey

Start Right in Life George W Hamilton and Janie Richardson Wed

George W. Hamilton and Janie Richardson married yesterday afternoon at Mitchell. Hamilton formerly managed the Georgia telephone exchange and recently left to enter the poultry business. Friends presented a chicken to the couple, creating a vivid scene of poultry gifts. They will reside on a farm in Spice Valley township.

George W. Hamilton Janie Richardson Mitchell Hamilton Georgia Rhode Island Mrs. Hamilton Spice Valley Township

Burglars Loot Saloon On I Street After Midnight

Burglars entered Chester Ingalls saloon on I street through a transom and stole six dollars from the cash register and several gallons of whiskey. They punched through plaster to reach the spring lock, opened a drawer, and removed faucet keys before being frightened away by Kirby Newkirk and another man returning from a fox chase.

Chester Ingalls I Street Cash Register Kirby Newkirk

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Hannigan Fot Carolina Rosse Frank Battleground Sam, Sones Sam Jones Mr. Wilson Will Wilson Alr. Jones RED Cross Shoe Maker East Side Clara Tovey George Gray William Woods Woods Haughton Willoughby Mr. Haughton Ingalls Mr. Ingalls Zenora Galliher Muncie Marshall Woolery Charles Galliher Paul Higman Central Union Telephone Company George W. McDaniel Frank M. Cosner Camp Walton Fla Col. McDaniel Jason Hall West Sixteenth Street Tannania Globe Leadi Ng Clothiers Warner Redfern Waa A. Welk Ingall’s Place Robber Button Smith Brussells Cosner Mary McLaughlin Rae
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