Bedford City News Highlights Local Visiting and Moves
Bedford citizens and visitors abound with reports of friends and relatives visiting Bloomington Seymour Orleans Heltonville Mitchell Indianapolis and Lafayette. Local moves include McMahan renting East Side School for a dwelling and Graff and Acton planning relocations. Health notes include Mayor Smith ill and doctor Freeland returning from Florida.
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J. L. Spear
Seymour
City
Mabel Dilley
Bloomington
New Train Schedule Adds Sunday Time Card Effect
A new time card system goes into effect Sunday on the Southern Indiana railroad. Bedford trains will depart southbound at 8 45 a m, 2 15 p m and 7 05 p m while northbound departures are 8 01 a m, 1 12 p m and 6 59 a m.
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Southern Indiana Railroad
Bedford
Trains Set to Overtake as Fast Mail Trails Early Train
Two passenger trains depart Chicago for Louisville. The first leaves at 7:00 a.m. traveling 35 mph. The second leaves at 9:35 a.m. traveling 60 mph. The fast mail will overtake the slower train after closing a 75 mile head start, reaching the rear train at 11:40 a.m. about 170 miles from Chicago.
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Chicago
Lousville
Mitchell Lad Willie McPherson Missing To Seek Army Enlistment
Willie McPherson a Mitchell boy is missing from home. His father believes the youth plans to join the army. The Louisville recruiting office has been notified to take custody if an enlistment application is made until the father arrives.
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Willie McPherson
Mitchell
Louisville
Young McPherson
Mob Drives Out Oolitic Officials Amid Violent Street Turmoil
A mob in Oolitic forced town officials to reconvene and discharge Marshal Henry Sutton as Deputy Prosecutor J. Harry France fled for his life. The confrontation included threats of lynching, arrests, and an ensuing exodus to Bedford, with investigations promised to uncover the motives behind the upheaval.
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Oolitic
J. Harry France
Henry Sutton
Sutton
France
William Ettridge
Ettridge
Fletcher
Oolitic News
Marshal Sutton
William Vanmeter
Vanmeter
Bedford
O. L. McLachlan
McLachlan
Carmicheal
Aunt Cythia Williams Dies at 86 Near Williams Indiana
Aunt Cythia Williams died Thursday forenoon at her home near Williams Indiana aged 86. She was mother of 10 children including Giles Webb Mike Rout Kern and Kern. Survived by 45 grandchildren and about 50 great grandchildren. Funeral Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Williams.
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Cythia Williams
Williams, Ind
Giles Williams
Webb Williams
Mike Williams
Louis Rout
David Kern
George Kern
Williams
Man killed crossing tracks at Cement plant tragedy
J W Ellis 24 died at City Hospital from injuries after being struck by cars while crossing a side track between box cars near the Cement plant. He was a native of Loogootee and sole support of his aged father. Remains to be taken to Loogootee for interment. Also notes on a forthcoming Elks Minstrels fountain and tax deadline May first with penalties.
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J. W. Ellis
Ellis
Loogootee
Charles Blackwell
Mitchell
Property Owners Protest Brick Street Improvement Plan
City Council met with all members present except the mayor. Property owners on Fast Sixteenth street warned they would refuse to pay if the brick is used for the street repair, claiming the brick is defective. The meeting covered rail light duties, street stone orders, hotel drainage complaints, and quarterly financials with reports from the treasurer and water works committee.
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Smith
J. B. Stipp
Fast Sixteenth Street
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Lincoln Street
Zaring
Bedford Crushed Stone Company
S. T. Zollman
Brewer’s
Bedford Steam Stone Works
9Th Street
Stickles Hotel
Ferguson
Home Telephone Company
Water Works Committee
East Sixteenth Street
Brutal Attempt Criminal Assault Alarms East End
Fevered scene on East 19th street ends with two women narrowly escaping a swarthy man near Knight pasture land. A mother guiding two young girls was chased for a quarter mile toward a slaughterhouse before Charles Brown intervened, escorting them home. The suspect, in dark clothes and a stiff hat, fled but is described as swarthy and of medium height. The women can identify him if caught.
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Knight
U. S
Leatherwood Creek
Charles Brown
Brown
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Mule Kicked Ear Off in Morning Accident
John Hackler, son-in-law of John Sellars, near Mitchell, was kicked by a mule while feeding colts. The mule struck his left ear, tearing it almost off. He was brought to Bedford where Dr. J. T. Freeland attended and hopes to save him from disfigurement.
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John Hackler
John Sellars
Mitchell
Hackler
Bedford
J. T. Freeland
The Goat Bucked at Mt Vernon Initiation
Modern Woodmen candidates held a last Thursday night initiation at Mt Vernon. A candidate used a blank pistol in a hoax, firing harmless paper wad that injured a boy in the eye. Willard Williams relocated from Wailheiser property to Fayetteville. Mae Hitchcock, guest of Mrs A T Hert in Louisville, Ky, is due home tonight.
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Man
Mt. Vernon
Mae Hitchcock
A. T. Hert
Louisville, Ky
Lowe Voris Damage Suit Continued to July Term
The Lowe vs. Voris damage and slander suit was set for Paoli trial next Monday but continued to the July term of Orange Circuit Court because defendant's attorney M B Hottel must appear in a U S Court case next week.
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S. B. Lowe
A. CG. Voris
Paoli
Orange
M. B. Hottel
U. S. Court
Portrait Donated to Bedford Public Library of Hon. George G. Dunn
A group including Mrs. Alice M. Winstandley and Mrs. F. O. Malott presented an oil portrait of the Hon. George G. Dunn to the Bedford Public Library. Painted circa 1857, it was owned by the late Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Mitchell and passed to their children. Dunn, a nationally known orator and statesman, is celebrated as Bedford’s eminent citizen.
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Alice M. Winstandley
F. O. Malott
Robert Mitchell
J. H. Mitchell
Mattie Simpson
W. A. Mitchell
Bedford Public Library
George G. Dunn
Jesse A. Mitchell
Dunn
Bedford
Indiana
The Chapters of Faith and Instruction in One Page
A compact devotional list presenting Bible chapters linked to themes such as peace birth triumph and love. It pairs John iii Romans viii Exodus xx Matthew v Luke xv Acts ii 1 Corinthians xiii Job Proverbs Hebrews xi Romans xiv Psalm li Isaiah lili and more with descriptors of salvation guidance and spiritual growth in a period voice.
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Jesus
Heaven
Gold
Job
Christ
Isaiah Lili
Isaiah Ly
Mount Zion
Ascension
May Nulliey Charges In Walsh Rail Case
District Attorney Morrison warned that if government findings show the railroads were owned by the Chicago National Bank rather than John R. Walsh, charges of misappropriating 3 000 000 may be nullified. Walsh claims bank ownership and that he acted as bank agent, not owner, with wilful intent to defraud depending on ownership proof. The report also notes local residents ill or visiting relatives, council talks on waterworks pumps, and a corner stone ceremony committee member from the Nineteenth District.
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Morrison
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Walsh
John W. Harris
Indianapolis
Harris
Supreme Court ruling stirs Indiana divorce questions
The high court decision says a divorce granted to a plaintiff living in one state while the defendant resides elsewhere isn’t binding there, making many Lawrence County couples’ marriages potentially illegal. If the divorcee stays in Indiana, it remains valid. leaving the state dissolves protection, and remarrying could invite bigamy suits. Residents with nonresident defendants face a perplexing, delicate situation about their status. Mrs. Caroline Brown’s 79th birthday tribute was hosted by Mrs. William McBride on April 17, with Bloomington editors and local lawyers en route to Linton for a Republican convention.
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Lawrence County
Supreme Court
Indiana
City Eyes Brick Paving On Several Streets
The City Council reviews a proposal to pave 16th Street from K to the corporation line and 5th Street from I to G, plus G from 15th to 16th. A favorable vote is likely at the next council meeting.
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16Th
5Th Street
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