Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Women
An early 20th century advertisement touts Favorite Prescription as a safe tonic for women and nursing mothers. Dr. Pierce claims it strengthens the nervous system and supports health during pregnancy and after childbirth. Readers are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by mail at Buffalo, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
R. VS Pierce
Avalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Feak
Russell Promoted to Home Office Inspector at Newark N J
P M Russell promoted from Assistant Superintendent in the Prudential Insurance Co New Albany district to Home Office Inspector at Newark New Jersey. He will divide time between the Newark office and inspecting agencies nationwide, leaving Bedford August 3 and starting August 5. Charles Mason to succeed him locally.
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Home Office
Prudential Insurance Co
P. M. Russell
New Albany
Newark
N. J
Russell
Bedford
Lafayette
Prudential
Charles Mason
Prudential Workers
Death Lingers in Ranks at Local G A R Camp
Over the past month four prominent members of the F C Newland post the local camp of the G A R have died including Senator W N Matthews Barton Sears Jesse J Day and Mayor Peter Fillion. George C Patterson a Civil War veteran is paralyzed and near death at 69 two miles west of Berord on the Fayetteville road Felix Cline age 68 is critically ill with heart trouble Col V V Williams and Lee Potter visited the men to offer cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Newland
W. N. Matthews
Barton Sears
Jesse J. Day
Peter Fillion
Pupst
George C. Patterson
Mr. Patterson
Berodrd
Fayetteville Road
Patterson
Felix Cline
Col. V. V. Williams
Lee Potter
Milk spill near cement plant disrupts stream scene
Twenty gallons of milk spilled from a dairy wagon near Leatherwood when a horse from Rariden's dairy spooked by a B and O engine at the United States Cement Company's plant. The wagon overturned, the shafts broke, and some milk flowed into the stream while the driver escaped injury.
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United States Cement Company
Leatherwood
Rariden
Centennial planned for Bethel M E Church Indiana
Preparations for the centennial celebration of the first Methodist Episcopal church in Indiana are under way at Charles town with a formal gathering set for Sunday August 18. Bethel began in August 1806 as Indiana's first church construction effort. Mr. and Mrs Bert Fields thank friends for support during their son Leslie's illness and passing.
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Indiana
Charlestown
Bethel
Leslie
Bert Fields
Sweeney Family Mourns Loss of Their Young Son
The announcement notes the death of a beloved son,Mx, with Mrs SOL Sweeney and the bereaved family asking for privacy as they cope with their loss.
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Gincere
Renee
Sol Sweeney
Oil discovery boosts Lyons Greene county and Odon stock sale
Citizens of Odon celebrate a good oil flow at Lyons in Greene county. The Odon Oil Prospecting Company sold stock Tuesday totaling $5,000, enough to fund two deep wells. Drilling will begin once material and machinery arrive on the grounds.
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Odon
Lyons Greene County
Night school planned by Dugger miners for adult education
In Dugger a group of miners and townspeople push for a night school to educate workers who lack schooling. They vote to assess each member per payday to hire a qualified instructor, with classes from 7 to 9 and the oldest scholarship signer being 65, who has never learned his letters.
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Dugger
Triplets Born En Route to New York Hospital
A dramatic birth happened Thursday in New York as an ambulance rushed Mrs Christopher Larson to a hospital. She delivered triplets all girls during transit and mother and three daughters are reportedly doing well.
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New York
Christopher Larson
Larson
Burglar Manuel Escapes After Clever Lock-Failure
The Bedford jail escape reveals burglar Manuel Slick used a smooth ruse. Officer John Tannehill overlooked a door lock when he moved behind the cone to throw the lever, allowing Manuel to push the door and flee. The other prisoners remained silent. Local notes include marriages, travel, and obituaries from Bloomington and Elnora.
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W.O. Manuel
Bedford
Sheriff Box
Manuel
John Tannehill
Tannehill
Bedford jail escape thief once more robs depots
W O Manuel who escaped Bedford jail is linked to robberies at Brownstown Burns City and a Monon caboose in Lafayette. Secret service detectives from B&O Southern Indiana and Monon pursue him as authorities warn he will soon be recaptured. A University professor works on long lasting auto power device amid Edison parallel efforts.
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W. O. Manuel
Bedford
Lawrence
Manuel
Brownstown
James M. Myers
B. & O. Secret Service
Myers
Southern Indiana
Burns City
Moore
Harbaugh
Hays
Monon
Secret Service
Lafayette
Indiana
Lawrence County
Prof. Brown
Edison
Bloomington
Take Out License Question For Wholesalers
The Saloon League will discuss requiring wholesale liquor dealers to obtain a retail license to sell any liquor. Current law bans retail sales without a retailer's license, and wholesalers are said to sell in small quantities without proper licensing. The Union League will decide whether wholesalers must quit retailing or secure the appropriate license.
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Saloon League
Union League
Marriage records reveal many non marriages in county files
The county clerk notes that license applicants often failed to show proof of marriage because ministers or justices of the peace neglected to file returns. Without the ministerial return, civil records show no marriage, affecting property rights, legitimacy, pensions, and rightful heirs.
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Justice of Peace
Obituary Notice for Virgil Able of Stone City Aerie
Our Heavenly Father has called Virgil Able of Stone City Aerie No 654 a devoted husband father and upright citizen. Surviving brothers extend sympathy and request publication and a 30 day charter mourning. Committee members Harry Hughes Emel Salsbury Walter Crawford sign and seal.
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Virgil Able
Stone City
Aerie
The Mothers Meeting at First Christian Church
The Mothers Meeting will meet Friday at 2 30 in the parlors of the First Christian church. Program includes devotions by Mrs Vance and a sermon discussion The Way He Should Go by Mrs S A Harrison a Coca Cola note by Mrs Chas Rowe and other readings and musical selections by Miss Susie Huffines Miss Harriet Massey Miss Harriet McDonald Mrs Speer Mrs Sproull and Mrs E Johnson.
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Mothers
First Christian Church
Fairfax Morgan
Vance
Susie Huffines
S. A. Harrison
Five inch corn growth in a single night noted
A farmer, Mr. David Hebert of Allison Prairie, reports a practical test showing corn growing five inches in one night. The hot nights are affecting people but fueling a corn boom in the middle west with millions of bushels.
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David Hebert
Allison Prairie
Middle West
Drowning Tragedy Claims Two Boys at Leatherwood Creek
Charles Ferguson and Raymond Weyer, aged 11 and 10, drown at Leatherwood near the Cement Plant while swimming. George Williams, 13, dives to recover both bodies, saving neither. Coroner Voyles investigates as two funerals are planned, highlighting recent drowning incidents in Lawrence County with six deaths in two months.
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Charles Ferguson
Raymond Weyer
Leatherwood
George Williams
Harry McMann
John Zandrae
Willie Beck
Charley Fergerson
Ferguson
Young Weyer
Williams
Weyer
Crawford Johnson
East 16Th Street
Henry Weyer
East 17Th Street
Bedford
Voyles
Fergerson
Lawrence County
Ellis Jeffries
Fayne Davis
Salt Creek
Oolitic
Ferguson and Weyer
Ray Weyer
Charlie
Ray
R. Scott
Greenill
Richardson Found Not Guilty In Elks Club Liquor Case
Justice George O. Iseminger Friday acquitted Rural Richardson custodian of the Elks club rooms on liquor without license charges. The raid on the Elks resulted in confiscation of beer intended for a social session. Weyerbacher, local Terre Haute Brewing agent, faced related charges and a quash motion was argued.
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George O. Iseminger
Richardson
Elks’ Club
Elks
Gratzer
Elks Club
Gus Weyerbacher
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Weyerbacher
the Elks
First Christian Church Social To Repeat Tonight On City Hall Lawn
The ladies group of the First Christian Church will repeat their social on the City Hall lawn this evening after a successful event yesterday. They served home made sherbet ice cream cake and soft drinks and cleared about $20.
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The
First Christian Church
City Hall
Woman narrowly escapes death as iron wheel drops near Bloomington
Mrs. Wm Hughes wife of a Monon fireman living south of Bloomington recounts a near miss when a heavy iron wheel weighing over 100 pounds fell from the sky and buried itself in the ground ahead of her at about 5 pm on a west road through the yards. The origin of the wheel was unknown though a quarry blast is suspected.
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Wm. Hughes
Monon
McDoel
Bloomington
Chicago Girl Overcome By Heat In Rushville Hayfield
Miss Jessie Wells, a Chicago visitor staying with friends in Rushville, collapsed from heat while working in a hayfield. She was in a serious condition for a time but is believed to be recovering now.
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Jessie Wells
Chicago
Wells
Rushville
Sunlit Hayfield Tries for Tan Ends in Collapse
A Chicago guest, Miss Wells, visiting Miss Frances Capp near Rushville, joined farm hands in hay hauling to gain a tan. She worked briefly before succumbing to the sun's heat and had to remain at the Capp home overnight before returning to Rushville.
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Frances’. Capp
Chicago
Bumblebees Striking Clover Seed Crops in Southern County
Southern farmers warn of another poor clover seed crop due to a shortage of bumblebees. Bees once pests were nearly exterminated, harming pollination and yields. Farmers meet and agree to be lenient to protect pollination that supports clover profits.
Railroad Prepares for Nutmeg and Melon Crop
The E. and T. H. railroad plans refrigerator cars along its lines to handle a large melon crop. Decker is a major shipping point while Knox County leads in melon shipments. First cantaloupes should load between August 1 and 5, with watermelons slated for August 15 to 20.
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Decker
Knox County
Beer Return Ordered From Raid For Elks Club
Justice Iseminger ordered confiscated beer returned to the Elks club rooms after a raid. Chief Gratzer sent a drayman to move the suds from City Hall to the Elks quarters, costing $2.75. A motion to quash the affidavit against Gus Weyerbacker tied to the same raid awaits ruling.
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Iseminger
Gratzer
Elks Quarters
Chief Gratzer
Elks
Gus Weyerbacker
Blaylock Recaptured After Jail Trusty Scheme
Charis Blaylock of Orleans was jailed for beating a board bill and accused of defrauding his landlady at Mitchell. Sheriff Box arranged for Blaylock to be a trusty then he fled after one day on duty. He was arrested in Orleans and returned to Bedford jail for fifteen months.
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Charis Blaylock
Orleans
Mitchell
Blaylock
Sheriff Box
Bedford
Railroads Agree to Stop at Crossings Outside Cities
Indiana Railroad Commission and state railroad officials met yesterday to confirm adherence to the 1907 law requiring trains to stop at all crossings. Interurbans already complying. The agreement covers crossings outside cities, with the scope at urban crossings left undecided for now.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
Bereavement thanks from Ebelmesser family
The Ebelmesser family thanks friends and neighbors for assistance during the sad loss of their husband and father. Signed by Mrs. Ebelmesser and daughters.
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Ebelmesser
Beer Confiscation Wasted As Bloomington Sewers Drink It
Sheriff Ratliff dumped eight and a half barrels of beer into the Bloomington sewer after a blind tiger raid. Sherman Fitzpatrick, deputized to pour out the wet goods, expressed sadness as about 128 gallons disappeared into the gutter. Citizens divided on the destruction amid a dry town controversy.
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Bloomington
Ratliff
Milwaukee
Sherman Fitzpatrick
Sherman
Explosion Destroys Dye Roaster at Elks Band Night
A street blast during a Thursday Elks band concert destroyed B W Dye’s $250 pea nut and popcorn roaster near his business. Dye says a gasoline leak likely ignited by a burner caused the flare up, with four bushels of corn and peas burned and the roaster reduced to charred remains.
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Elks
B. W. Dye
Dye
Indiana school book law sparks county procurement clash
The new Indiana law requires county superintendents to appoint a county book dealer with a 15 percent commission from publishers. Publishers resist canceling existing contracts and fights loom as superintendents seek uniform county book systems before current agreements end.
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Indiana
Fassett A. Cotton
Indiana School Book Company
Indianapolis
Ginn & Company
Chicago
D. C. Heath & Co
MacMillan & Co
Silver Burdette Co
Longmanns, Green & Co
New York
Dr J W Newland Surprised on 60th Birthday Celebration
Dr J W Newland reached four score years with a country visit and a West 16th home party. Neighbors and old friends joined a 6 oclock five course dinner at First Christian church as Crd J W Newland was honored. Attendees included Col A C Voris M N Messick W P Hodge and others while County officials later returned from Indianapolis over tax assessment questions.
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J. W. Newland
West 16Th Street
Col
A. C. Voris
M. N. Messick
W. P. Hodge
Robert Newland
W. C. Winstandley
W. H. Martin
Robert N. Palmer
H. Clay Duncan
J. B. Duncan
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