Health, youth, and beauty through vitality and care
A vintage interview extols mind over matter while stressing health as the foundation of beauty. It urges women to learn their bodies, follow a regimen of work, sunshine, exercise, water, soap, nourishing food, fresh air, and a contented spirit, and to consult Dr. Pierce’s medical guides and Favorite Prescription for female troubles.
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Mra
Lily Ngtry
People
Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Bedford Boy Confesses to Stealing Horse and Buggy
Wednesday night a horse and buggy owned by Alvin Corbett near Kurtz was taken. Constable Cornelius Hays and William Hendricks of Columbus arrested two 17 year old suspects, Grover Meyers and Harvey Ogle. After viewing a newspaper clipping, the younger youth confessed to the theft.
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Alvin Corbett
Kurtz
Cornelius Hays
William Hendricks
Columbus
Grover Meyers
Bedford
Harvey Ogle
Shelbyville
Bloomington Mayor Claude Malott Visits Bedford
Claude G. Malott Blooming ton mayor was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. A H Guthrie in Bedford on Thursday. As Bloomingtons chief executive he is described as a good clean official and will seek a second term leading the citys municipal affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude G. Malott
Bloomington
Bedford
A. H. Guthrie
Claude
Runaway in Bloomington procession injures family
In a burial procession east of Bloomington on Friday, horses pulling Henry Eads family’s vehicle bolted. Mrs. Eads was seriously hurt and her young son suffered a fractured skull. he may die. The child was the son of James Sanders.
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James Sanders
Bloomington
Henry Eads
Indiana Horticultural Society Midsummer Meeting Set
The forty four annual midsummer meeting of the Indiana Horticultural Society will be August 9 and 10 at the new State Forestry Reservation near Henryville. Joe A. Burton of the county appears on the program with papers on How To Care For a Bearing Orchard and Quality vs Quantity. Premiums are offered for the best collections of apples pears peaches plums melons garden vegetables cut flowers and youth entries. The Henryville area is noted for fruit growing and the event is expected to be highly successful.
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Indiana Horticultural Society
Henryville
Joe A. Burton
Comedy of errors in mayor court delays Graves case
In Mayor Smiths Court Saturday a.m. the State vs Graves trial faced a mix up. Prosecuting witness Lena Mathews testified amid a clerkly misstep that wrong Graves was summoned, leading to Frank Graves being discharged and a new summons issued for his brother.
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Smith
Graves
Lena Mathews
Mitchell
Fletcher
Orleans
Frank Graves
Miss Mathews
Frank
Bedford favored for new Southeastern Hospital site
The Indianapolis News reports Bedford is favored to host the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane. A six-member commission led by Governor Hanly weighs factors including cost 23000 versus 52000 for Columbus, coal and drainage, rail access, and nearby Bedford land. The decision remains unofficial.
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State House
Bedford
Hanly
Southeastern Hospital For
Charlestown
New Albany
North Vernon
Madison
Columbus
Btill
G. A. H. Shideler
Marion
Duane D. Jacobs
Lafayette
Eph Inman
Washington
John McCardle
New Richmond
Reward Offered for Arrest of Bedford Robbers Hitchcock and Carter
A reward of fifty dollars is offered for information leading to the arrest of Mace Hitchcock and his accomplice John Carter, who stole six hundred dollars from their employer Wednesday. Police report no sightings, and Hitchcock’s rheumatic condition may aid recognition. Milt Myers vows to pursue the pair and press charges to the full extent of the law.
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Mace Hitchcock
Hia
John Carter
Hot Springs
Louisville
Hitchcock
Milt Myers
Bloomington and Bedford Battle At Washington Park
The Bloomington and Bedford clubs played their third game of the series at Washington Park before a large crowd. A serious accident to Bloomington’s Joe Hardy at the start marred the day as pitcher Bringhans hit him in the head causing a brain contusion. Hardy, later able to join his teammates, faced lingering effects. Bedford won 4 to 2.
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Bloomington
Bedford
Washington Park
Joe Hardy
Bringhans
Hardy
Monon Struggles With New Schedule For North Bound Train
The Monon reports difficulties meeting the new schedule on the Louisville and Chicago north bound line. Train No. 6 ran thirty five minutes late Sunday while engineer Strang attempted to push the schedule. Monday arrivals into Bedford were also late. Firemen face challenges shoveling coal at high speeds on the nine mile stretch from Terre Haute Creek, Indiana. Southbound trains report no schedule issues.
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Monon
Strang
Bedford
Gus F Railroad
Tousdate
Beer Creek
Icindiana
Stone Road
Police clamp down on Sunday saloon sale in Bedford
Chief Myers vows strict enforcement of the Nicholson Sunday closing law in Bedford. Four cases against North I Street saloon operators Lynch and Launis were filed, with both arrested on warrants, arraigned of Monday, pleas of not guilty, and trials set for Wednesday, August 9.
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Myers
Bedford
Harvey Launis
North I Street
Chief Myers
Lynch
Launis
Smith
Divorce Petition Alleges Cruelty Adultery In Indiana Case
Anna Murray of Lawrence files for divorce from Ralph Murry citing cruel inhuman treatment and abandonment on September 23 1908. She seeks restoration of her maiden name and 5000 alimony and names Victoria Vincent as co respondent alleging adultery and future inheritance of 15000. The couple married November 18 1896 and separated after his alleged affair.
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Anna Murray Friday
Lawrence
Ralph Murry
Victoria Vincent
Murry
Vincennes and
Carmi
Ills
Saloon proprietor John Sehr faces dual liquor charge cases
South side saloon owner John Sehr, under Chief Myers, is defendant in two suits alleging illegal liquor sales. Schon, after license revocation by Justice J W Harris, contested bond paperwork, while a stay of execution was mistaken for appeal. Harris certified the appeal, sending the matter to the Circuit Court. Sehr may continue dispensing liquor until Judge Wilson rules.
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John Sehr
Chief Myers
Sehr
J.W. Harris
Lehr
Myers Friday
Court of Justice
Sehrs
Harris
Lears
Circuit Court
Wilson
Cumback Near Deaths Door
Former Lieutenant Governor Will Cumback of Greensburg lies near death from araemic poisoning after a Saturday dinner party. His son Will Cumback Jr. of Indianapolis has been summoned as family members gather at his bedside. Cumback, born in Franklin County, rose from farm labor to Congress, Senate president, and lieutenant governor, with notable early GOP ties and a declined 1870 Idaho governorship offer.
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Will Cumback
Greensburg
Will Cumback, Jr
Indianapolis
Franklin County
Cincinnati
Martha Hulbert
Wesleyan Female College
Republican Party
Young Cumback
Congress
William S. Holman
Indiana Infantry
State Senate
Cumback
United States
Grant
Idaho
Portugal
Walkway War Between Yazel and Railroad in Elnora
Arch Yazel a druggist in Elnora has moved a saloon building to the railroad right of way and built a fifteen foot walkway to the track. The railroad orders removal and a survey shows the building intrudes on their land. Yazel threatens suit and the railroad may demand removal of parts of the depot platform.
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Arch Yazel
Elnora
the Tribune
Yazel
T. J. Pope
Southern Indiana
Southern Indiana Railroad
Mr. Yatel
Yatel
Evansville & Indianapolis Railroad
Eastend
Trustee Dalton Refused to Kill for a Watch
In Bedford township trustee Archibald Dalton faced an unusual plea as Charles McLaughlin, a quarry worker, begged him to kill him. Dalton refused, after McLaughlin threatened self harm and attempted to solicit police help, planning to die before dawn Friday for attention and business for the coroner.
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Archibald Dalton
Shanswick Township
Bedford
Dalton
Charles McLaughlin
Lawrence County
McLaughlin
Payne
Central Union plans new exchange and upgrades
The Central Union Telephone Company considers moving the main exchange to a new site and spending several thousand dollars on improvements. Division Supt. L N Whitney and agents E T Bonds and A Rambo toured potential buildings, aiming for a modern switchboard and a central office in Bedford with a link to Bryantsville. Construction on the Oolitic exchange starts this week as officials decide the Bedford location.
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Central Union Telephone Company
Supt
L. N. Whitney
E. T. Bonds
A. Rambo
Oolitic
Bryantsville
Oolitic Exchange
Bedford
Exchange
Mayor Remands Keith on Assault Charge at Plant Incident
Keith was remanded to the Circuit Court Thursday by Mayor Smith under bond of 200 dollars for assault and battery with intent to kill John Koch. The men are principals in a cutting affray at the cement plant a few Sundays ago.
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Keith
Smith
John Koch
Gipsy Queens Gang Strikes Town and Flees at Noon
A group of copper skinned women claiming to be Gipsy Queens robbed and foretold futures, forcing witnesses to pay for luck. Chief Myers ordered the gang to leave or be jailed. Les Barney Clark faced assault charges in court for an alleged fence-picket blow. Clark pleads not guilty and seeks an alibi.
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Myers
Hag
Bloomington
Les
Barney Clark
Tunnelton
Othmyr” Crawford
Fletcher
Aled
Crawford
Clark
Degree of Pocahontas installs officers
The Degree of Pocahontas installed officers Thursday with Mrs. Jamison as prophetess, Mrs. J. M. Myers, Poca hontas, Mrs. Keys, Wenonah, Mrs. Homer Crawford, Keeper of Records, Mrs. Homer, first scout, Mrs. Thorn ton Dodds, second scout, Mrs. Charles Coulter, first runner, Mrs. Caley, second runner, Mr. Jamison, Powhattan, Mrs. Charles Malott and Mrs. Palmer, guards.
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Degree of
Pocahontas
Jamison
J. M. Myers
Keys
Wenonah
Homer Crawford
Homer
Thornton Dodds
Charles Coulter
Caley
Powhattan
Charles Malott
Palmer
Stone to Lead Richmond Marble and Onyx Quarry
Albert Stone, longtime superintendent of the Consolidated Stone mill and noted stone business authority, accepts a position as superintendent of a large marble and onyx quarry near Richmond Virginia and will depart for his new post next Monday. Stone has been a fixture in Monroe and Lawrence counties for the past fifteen years.
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Albert Stone
Consolidated Stone Mill
Richmond
Virginia
Stone
Monroe
Law‘rence
Paralyzed 89 Year Old Resident Seeks County Record
A Pleasant Ridge neighborhood resident Mrs. Polly McKnight, 89, of Lawrence County, paralyzed since Saturday morning, remains in serious condition. Born in Lawrence County, she has never left the county or ridden a railroad or seen a steamboat, according to local notes from Bloomington Star.
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Polly’ “McKnight
Pleasant Rinteighborhood
Man Held for Indiana Mental Hospital Return
Samuel Harle has been declared insane in Brown County court. He was arrested six weeks ago in a highly excited violent state and remains wild and uncontrollable. He has been in the Central Hospital for the Insane at Indianapolis and will be returned there. His home is in Lawrence county.
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Samuel Harle
Brown
Harled
Central Hospital For the Insane
Indianapolis
Lawrence County
Terre Haute Tribune
Woman with mental illness sets fire to Avoca home
Minnie Pierce, 35, described as demented and feared dead in the blaze near Avoca, later found wandering county roads with a pillow case of personal items. She has a long history of insanity care at Indianapolis and flagging trains, and authorities say she set the fire to escape.
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Minnie Pierce
Avoca
Josiah Pierce
Miss Pierce
Central Hospital of the Insane
Indianapolis
Monon
Mr. Pierce
Minnie
Bedford
Holmes
North I
Pierce
Circus comes to Bedford for two shows by Wallace troupe
Bedford will host The Great Wallace show on Friday September 1 as Col. F X Johnson earns credit for bringing the big circus to the stone city. The act promises a greatly enlarged menagerie with more than twenty cages of rare animals and a lively, skillful presentation for local crowds.
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Bedford
Wallace
Col. F. X. Johnson
Stone City
B. S. Wallace
Medalist Lieutenant Dillon Shines in Army Meet
Lieut. Theodore Dillon son of Mrs. John H. Underwood of West 14th street won a gold medal in the Atlantic Division Army competitive meet at Fort Niagara New York. He earned a high average among three gold medals four silver and twelve bronze. He will report to Fort Sheridan near Chicago for the upcoming army competition and briefly stopped in Bedford to spend Sunday with his mother.
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Theodore Dillon
John H. Underwood
West 14Th Street
Army
Dillon
Washington, D. C
U. S. Army
Ft. Niagra
N. Y
Ft. Sheridan
Chicago
Bedford
Death of Mrs. Lucien Q. Hoggatt at Ames Iowa
Mrs. Wm Erwin received a telegram announcing the death of her aunt Mrs Lucien Q Hoggatt at Ames Iowa aged about 85 The Hoggatts formerly lived here and have many relatives in this county Mr Hoggatt had served as County Sheriff
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Wm. Erwin
Lucien Q. Hoggatt
Ames
Iowa
Hoggatts
Mr. Hoggatt
Quarry Accident Injures P. M. and B. Stone Employee
Asa Pollard suffered a fractured left jaw in a quarry accident Monday morning. While moving a large slab with a crow bar the bar slipped and the stone struck him in the face. He was taken to the City hospital for treatment.
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Asa Pollard
P. M. & B. Stone Company
A. m. Pollard
New Mown Hay Fires A Barn Blaze In Town
Spontaneous combustion in newly mown clover hay ignited the Woolery barn on Seventeenth between Q and Pata causing a blaze that threatened nearby frame structures. Firemen aided by limited hose battled the flames, with total damage about 900 dollars including the Woolery property and adjacent sheds and shops. Transfer man Frank Hoppingarner saved his team during the inferno. The event drew large crowds as firefighters prevented further loss in a densely built area.
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George Woolery
Q and
Pata
Woolery
Frank Hoppingarner
James Culhan
Ernest Smith
Elbert Qwens
Chas. Quackenbush
Culhan
Smith and Quackenbush
Franchise plans drop for Bedford transit line
Indianapolis and Ohio Valley Traction will not seek a Bedford franchise this council night. Official says papers will arrive next week and foresees an assured road with no township subsidies. Also reports a quiet Sunday wedding of C A Knight and Frankie Knight and a chemistry professor from I U visiting relatives.
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Indianapolis and Ohio Valley Traction Company
Bedford
Zaring
Geo. L. McKay
Monon Hauls Record Train With Single Engine
The largest freight train ever pulled by one engine was operated by the Monon on Saturday. A 104 loaded car train ran from Hammond to Lafayette at an average speed of 24 miles per hour, a feat road officials deem unequalled by any line.
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Monon
Hammond
LaFayette
Polly Virginia Burton Celebrates Sixth Birthday Party
Virginia Burton celebrated her sixth birthday at home on West 7th Street. About twenty little friends attended a party with games and refreshments of cream cake and fudge. She received many presents to treasure as mementoes of her first birthday party.
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Polly Virginia Burton
West 7Th Street
Miss Virginia
Two Hurt In B&O S W Train Derailment Near Leatherwood Bridge
A B&O S W mixed train between Bedford and Riverdale jumped the track near Leatherwood bridge at noon Friday. Engineer Frank Day and fireman Ed Porter were severely injured while passengers escaped serious harm. Day suffered head injuries and Porter had leg injuries. both were treated in Rivervale. The train blocked the line for hours as cars stayed on the rails despite the high speed.
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Bedford
Riverdale
Leatherwood Bridge
Frank Day
Ed Porter
Engineer Day
Porter
Rivervale
Williams Family Reunion Draws 100 Plus in Burns City
The Williams clan gathered in Burns City for a reunion honoring Richard Williams an early settler. Elder J Williams of Bedford and Rev Buchanan of Oden led services. Attendees from Bedford and area shared greetings, memories spanned forty years, and a large meal followed. Aunt Nancy 98 attended despite age.
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Williams
Burns City
Richard Williams
J. Williams
Bedford
Rev. Buchanan
Oden
America
North Carolina
Edward
Lawrence County
Vinson
John
Henry Williams
Nancy
Hal Williams
Jane Erwin
Nina Shields
Mary Williams
Frank
Eliza
Misa Mittie McCain
Mattie Owens
John Owens
Bedford Railroads Plan Excursions After Police Lids
Bedford railroads respond to Chief Myers decision by running excursions in all directions. The B and C announces a special train to Cincinnati at a round trip fare of 1.25 dollars. The Monon also plans a cheap Louisville excursion. The lid is expected to be off in both cities.
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Bedford
Myers
Cincinnati
Monon
Louisville
Rural Beavers Host Pretty Wedding for Elta Beavers and Fred A Johnson
Thursday evening July 27 Miss Elta Beavers wed Fred A Johnson in a small ceremony at the Beavers home east of Pinhook. Rev J S Kern officiated with close relatives present. The couple will reside on North L Street after August.
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L. P. Beavers
Elta
Marrage
Fred A. Johnson
J. S. Kern
Misa Goldie Henderson
Wilhelminia Cornelius
Indianapolis
Miss Beavers
Pinhook
Johnson
Monon
Augist
North
L Street
Train shooting tragedy ends with suspect jailed
Indianapolis brakeman Joseph E. Sherber shot his wife aboard a southbound Pennsylvania train near Seymour after a two week separation. Conductor and brakeman restrained him at Rockford. she suffered five bullet wounds, doctors say recovery unlikely.
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Joseph E. Sherber
Belt
Indianapolis
Rockford
Seymour
Sherber
Brownstown
Musical Duel Promised Between Oolitic And Bedford Bands
Citizens back a bloodless contest to settle band rivalry in Lawrence county. A three judge panel from outside the county would award 100 in gold to the better performing organization in a two and a half hour program at Court Park. Directors Reed and Gobat approve the plan.
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Oelitic
Bedford
Court Park
Frank 2 Reed
Gobat
Oolitic Band
Lawrence County
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