Rev Edwards Resigns Pastorate in Syracuse for Bedford First Christian
Syracuse pastor E Richard Edwards resigns after seven to eight years to lead Bedford First Christian Church. Members express sorrow and praise his scholarly, gifted oratory and leadership during a period of church improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Edwards
Syracuse
N. Y
Bedford
Syrause
Church of Christ
E. Richard Edwards
Edwards
John B. Garrett
Board of Trustees
Bedford Library Gift Increase Prompts City Council Action
Carnegie raises gift to Bedford Public Library by five thousand dollars bringing total to twenty thousand. City council votes to match with two thousand per year after approval, and will meet to finalize arrangements for a larger building. Additional notes cover Engine No 20 experiments with acetylene lighting and Miss Etta Gainey relocating piano lessons to Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rooris
Carnegie
Bedford
Rail union adopts uniform pay scale for B. and O. S-W system
The B. and O. S-W announces a system wide uniform scale with passenger conductors at 22 cents a mile and baggage handling rates of 1.28 and 1.15 cents per mile for different duties. Through freight runs pay 8 cents for conductors, 2 cents for brakemen and 21 cents for flagmen. local freight conductors gain from 3.50 to 8.60 dollars daily with brakemen up 10 cents.
Monroe County News and Personal Notes
Mrs. Frank Watts of Salem visits her mother Mrs. Martin on South H Street and plans to move when a residence is found. Rev. Scott Hyde’s Life of Christ stereopticon lecture at the First M Church draws large crowd and praise. Monroe Circuit Court closes for March term. Judge Martin returns to Bedford and contemplates a Texas trip to see two brothers. George D. Hunter of Bloomington gains full Indiana and Ohio territory for Sullivan Machinery. C. F. Pressler, Cincinnati, visiting. plans to return to Bloomington after government core drilling contract. Six months to April 1 see ten Monroe county residents sent to Indiana State Mental Hospital. four last month. Monroe leads the state in Central Hospital representations relative to population.
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Frank Watts
Salem
Martin
South H Street
Watts
Monroe
Bedford
Texas
C. F. Pressler
Cincinnati
Pressler
Bloomington
Indianapolis
Monroe County
Central Hospital For the Insane
Indiana Awards 21 Shiloh Monuments to Muldoon Co
Indiana selects the Muldoon Monument Company of Louisville Kentucky to supply twenty one Indiana limestone monuments for the Shiloh battlefield. Each statue costs 1000 dollars and all will be identical to avoid discrimination claims. Monuments are sixteen feet tall on a base eight feet two inches square with regimental insignia state seal and crossed muskets for infantry and crossed cannons for artillery.
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Indiana
Shiloh
Muldoon Monument Company
Louisville
Uncle Billy Henderson Dies in Bedford at 85
William Henderson longtime Bedford neighbor and farmer of Guthrie Creek died of paralysis at his home. He owned the Henderson farm and dam mill and was known as Uncle Billy. Funeral held at his home with burial at Henderson Cemetery. Bedford to host Ringling Brothers Circus on May 13 at the Coliseum, touted as the largest U S circus with five trains and over a thousand workers. It will feature 300 performers 500 horses and 30 elephants in Chicago quality performances.
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William Arnold
Gainey
13Th Street
Manon
Arnold
Robert Reed
William Strange
Doctor Freeland
Monon
Bloomington
William Henderson
Lawrence County
Guthrie Creek
Henderson
Henderson’s Dam
Bedford
Henderson Dam
Billy
Billy Henderson
Ringling Brothers
United States
Coliseum
Chicago
Father Shaw
Orange County
Royal Baking Powder Ad Claims Purity and Strength
An advertisement proclaims Royal Baking Powder as purest and strongest with no alum or ammonia, asserting it makes the best and most wholesome food. Royal Baking Powder Co. 100 William St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Baking Powder CO
William
New York
City Council Meets In Special Session On Library Funds
The council increased the library annual appropriation from 1500 to 2000 dollars after Carl Carnegie's offer to raise his gift from 15000 to 20000 was presented by J R Voris and T J Brooks. Trustees of the M E church were granted permission to move the LaForce house three and a half blocks west to the parsonage lot.
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Carnegie
J. R. Voris
T. J. Brooks
M. £. Church
LaForce
Indiana Mortality Study For 1901 Reveals Health Concerns
The state board of health released a 1901 mortality table showing 36 541 deaths from all causes, up 1 083 from 1900. Secretary Harry links increases in consumption and pneumonia to foul air and poor ventilation in schools courts offices and vehicles, noting 9 540 deaths and 1 000 000 illnesses tied to breathing bad air. He also cites cholera infantum as largely due to impure foods.
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State Board of Health
Indiana
Harry
Bedford Democrats nominate city ticket at courthouse
A Bedford gathering of about 48 Democrats chose a city slate with Radley backing, nominating Charles Henry Strupe for Mayor and John McClara for Marshal, while Weyerbacher steered rules and ward captains for council races. Prohibitionists and Republicans present their own tickets as Bloomington plans a new Martinsville to stone fields railroad competing with Monon.
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Court House
Miers
Crooke
Lawrence County
John Underwood
Washington County
Radley
Weyerbacher
Tillman
Warrick County
Davis
Bedford
Charles Henry Strupe
Bedford Democrat
Hok Gunn
Grover Cleveland
Chicago
Gunn
Poplar
Lost River
Sandow
John McClara
Clark County
McClara
Warrick
John A. Rowe
Henry Hon
Chas. A. Burton
W. Williams
George Thomas
Gus Rhoda
August Schultz
Newton Thomas
Perry’s Telephone Company builds forty miles of line in Perry township
In Springville Minnesota on April 14 1902 Editor of the Marin corrects a Washington Daviess county report about John Wadsworth. Trustee Jackson organized a local telephone scheme now under construction with about forty miles of lines. The stock company allows any person to join by donating ten dollars or contributing a mile of line and shares running expenses.
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Springville
Mnd
Marin
Washington, Daviess County
John Wadsworth
Jackson
Perry Township
Alum Baking Powder Seized In New York Health Sweep
New York Health Department seized nearly two tons of alum baking powder deemed dangerous to health and dumped the supply into the river. Powder labeled alum and crushed rock was found in a Sixth Avenue department store. Authorities cite differing state methods while urging consumers to buy reputable powders and avoid cheap imitations. Separately, Miers campaigns claim near four votes shy of a Sullivan county majority for Congress, hinting at possible nomination dynamics.
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New York
Health Department
Sixth Ave
England
Missouri
A Cavalier of France to Play at Stone City Opera House
Shipman Brothers bring A Cavalier of France to Bedford for a single Saturday show on April 19 at the Stone City Opera House. Manager Johnson hopes for a large crowd to support future attractions. the play blends history and fiction with vivid period costuming and romantic drama. Shipman Brothers, noted for Prisoner of Zenda and Heart and Sword, also run Walker Whiteside Co. and other stock companies.
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France
Johnson
Shipman Bros
Stone City Opera House
Bedford
Shipman Brothers
Zenda
Bedford Fair Organizes New Association
The Bedford Fair is organized with George W. McDaniel as General Manager and 8S. T. Zollman as Secretary. The September event will include agricultural exhibits, first class racing, and features while excluding objectionable elements. McDaniel is praised as a top county fair manager, and the piece contrasts the county fair with the street fair, citing economic benefits.
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New Fair Association
George W. McDaniel
T. Zollman
McDaniel
Gravel road system to start in Washington township
George M. Albertson and H. Huffstetter announced that gravel road construction will begin around April 15 in Washington township. The project covers about 32 miles, improved gravel roads fed by traffic from all directions, with Clark & Wood of Bedford initially awarded the contract and later subcontracted to Huffstetter and Albertson of Orleans. Plans include 20 teams, wagons, plows, and several local workers beginning mid month and continuing for months.
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George M. Albertson
H. ©. Huffstetter
Washington Township
Washington
Clark & Wood
Bedford
Huffstetter and Albertson
Orleans
Washington Gazette
Seed corn tests urged to save the corn belt
Orange Judd Farmer warns farmers to test seed corn as last year’s cold December killed many germs and lowered vitality. J H Hodapp reports only about 60 percent of 1901 corn will sprout, while 1900 crop sprouts nearly all. Other notes cover store openings, local contracts, and locust forecasts from Purdue.
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Orange Judd
J. H. Hodapp
Seymour
Ringling Brothers Exhibit Comes to Bedford This May
Ringling Brothers Worlds Greatest Shows arrives in Bedford on Tuesday May 13 for a traveling exhibition described as the largest and most comprehensive yet with a rebuilt program featuring new acts artists and spectacular displays. The first acts include a military horse ballet under John O’Brien and a triple ring performance with renowned acrobats such as the Nelson and Roberts Families the Dumitrescu troupe and the Banvards among others. The riding and trained animal sections showcase top riders and creatures including Batty’s bears and 30 elephants while the hippodrome offers Roman style races in a grand scale never equaled locally. The management promises the full show in its entirety.
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Ringling Brothers
Bedford
America
John O’brien
Nelson
Roberts
Peiitits
Dibolian
Leon Sisters
Genero
Theol
Ethardo
Dumitrescu
Wonderful Dunbar
Australia
Holloway
Banvards
Tybell Sisters
Nettie Carroll
The
Mikado
Jeddo
Hobsons
Schadels
John
Michael Rooney
Albert
Madame Davenport
Reno McCree
May Davenport
Julia Lowande
Albert Crandall
Batty
Russia
Capt. Webb
Prof. Wood
Pearl Louder
Nero
Monon Line Economics Improve in March and Year to Date
The Monon earned 126 530 in the fourth week of March, up 17 545 from 1901. Since July 1 the line has earned 3 363 528, up 330 904 from last year’s nine months, placing the road among the best earners by mileage in the country.
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Standard Oil
A. W. Jones
Mitchell
Richard Fisher
Fisher
Jones
Elwood
New Albany
Flinn Township
Pleasant Run
Perry
Indian Creek
Spice Valley
Marion
Bono
Shawswick
Marshall
Guthrie
Town of
City of
Town of Huron
Mitchell and
Mr. Carnegie
Bedford Library
Southern
Southern Indiana
Etta Gainey
Bloomfield
M. E
Miss Gainey
Knobs
D. I. McCormick
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Tomlinson Hall
Scott Hyde
Life of
Christ
George D. Hunter
Lawrence Counties
Sullivan Machinery Company
Ohio
Ladies Aid Society
First Christian Church
Charlie Gainey
Farmers Co-operative Company
Cal Tabor
Duncan Clark
Ind
Addie Dillard
Dillard
Clark
Coon
Social Telephone
Brim’s Central
Leatherwood Church
Crabtown
Pinhook
Tunnelton
Brown County
Lawrence
White River
Rivervale
Lawrenceport
Stonington
Leipsic
City Council
Louis Richard
Walter Owens
John Hackett
Joe Winterhalter
Bill Bynne
Misther Bridwell
Harry Kint
Brown
Orange
Owen
Pough
Greene
Hnquirer
Martinsville
Bloomington and
Monon Railway
New York Board of Health
Congress
Charles Wellman
Sullivan
Wellman
Bedford Fair
John L. Miller
Sixteenth Street
George Foster
15Th and J
W. T. Hines
Thomas Hough
Mr. Hines
Reed
Foster
Hague
Pretoria
Great Britain
Johannesburg
Michael Hicks - Beach
House of Commons
Prof. Troop
Purdue
Merrell-Soule Co
Syracuse, N
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