Burial Trades Council Formed By Chicago Undertakers
Telegraphic news reports a proposed Burial Trades Council in Chicago with undertakers grave diggers pallbearers and tombstone cutters weighing organization. Other items note Lord Kitchener praising a new America in South Africa and multiple local Indiana incidents including murders arsons and accidents.
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Burial Trades Council
London
Cape Town
Kitchener
America
South Africa
Bedford Fair Promises Extreme Excitement September Meet
The Bedford Fair runs September 3 to 6 with a rich purse drawing celebrities to a high speed competition. The event blends equine speed with agriculture and livestock displays, including Arizona cow roping and a bold horsemanship show staged by the Knights of the plains.
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Bedford
Arizona
Knights of the Plains
Bedford Fair
Bedford National Bank Plans New Business Block on 16th Street
Bedford National Bank will start constructing a handsome two story block on 16th Street from the bank east 123 feet to the alley. The front will feature solid store and plate glass with electric lights hot water heat sanitary facilities and all modern improvements. The Will Garrison brick building will be torn down and a full length basement added. The block will have five first floor rooms and nine on the second floor and is touted as among the season’s best city improvements.
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Bloomington
Ind
Henry W. Adams
Mr. Adams
Adams
Greensburg
Will
Greencastle
H. C. Black
Bainbridge
Here
James Wray
Hamblem
Butte
Mont
Rocky Mountain
Alfred E. Rhodes
Aurora, Ill
Cudahy Packing Company
The
Bedford National Bank
16Th Street
Bank
Will Garrison
American draft horse boom fuels world market demand
The growth of cities and industry raises demand for superior draft horses. Imports from France Belgium England and Scotland rise as prices soar. American farmers shift to high quality stock to meet global needs, aided by ongoing export trade and improved breeding.
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America
Surrey
Europe
France
Ohio
Indiana
Illinis
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
England
Germany
Russia
Scientific American
Company G Reunion Comes to Bedford Court House Park
Second annual reunion of Co. G 4th Indiana Cavalry set for Tuesday August 12 1902 at 10 a.m. in Bedford Indiana courthouse park. Families of deceased comrades invited. Bring well filled baskets and be prepared to enjoy the day.
Residents and travelers frequent Fort Ritner area during week
Local notes report William Woods and Hooch Dixon visiting Fort Ritner on Monday while others from Washington county, Bedford, Seymour, Bono, Pinhook, and Lawrenceport travel or call on business. Several residents move with family members, attend basket meetings, or seek medical care as rail work updates emerge on the Monon line near Clear Creek to Harrodsburg.
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William EF. Woods
Fort Ritner
Hooch B. Dixon
John Howell
Washington County
Henry Harris
W. A. Holland
Thomas Thurman
Alfred Guthrie and Son
Blaine
Bedford
Maresha
George Hayes
Lawrenceport
George Myres
Seymour
John Grubb
Floyd Allen
Stonington
Ulysses Dodd
Iowa
Fidward A. Dixon
Bono
Andrew J Speer
Pinhook
William Reynolds
John Reynolds
Isaac Henderson
Vincennes
Nobel Reynolds
Charles Pickett
Hugh Coots
Will F. Woods
William P. Dowling
Missouri
John W. Dowling
Levi Matthews
Indianapolis
Hugh Gros
Edward Love
Wilcox
Shooger Creek
Elisha Lee
Harry
Alfred and Son
Odon
Marshall Township Announces New Term Teachers
The district lists employments for the coming term across districts 1 through 12. Guthrie Olive V. Dunn leads District 1, Needmore Jesse D. Knight District 2, Avoca H. H. Harrell District 8, Intermediate Lucy Nugent, Primary Margaret Allen District 8, Deckard D. D. Fish District 4, Anderson Achsah Bennett District 5. Donica J. W. Anderson District 6 Judah Laura Hayes District 7, Valley Frank District 8, Edwards May Malott District 9 McFadden Nannie Fry District 10 Torphy Oliver L. Rayburn District 11 Peerless Flora Knight District 12.
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Guthrie
Olive V. Dunn
Needmore
Jesse D. Knight
Avoca
H. H. Harrell
Lucy Nugent
Margaret Allen
Deckard
D. D. Fish
Anderson, Ach
McFadden
Nannie Fry
Torphy
Oliver L. Rayburn
Peerless
Flora Knight
Shirt Waist Party Honors Miss Elizabeth Duncan in Bowling Green
Miss Georgia Duncan hosted a Saturday evening event for Miss Elizabeth Duncan of Bowling Green Kentucky. Guests wore shirt waists and played a ping pong contest, followed by summer refreshments. The gathering, deemed a success, promises similar future entertainments. Attendees included Lois Webb Mae Hitchcock Leah Messick Willa Cosner Pansy Matthews Grace Owen Jessie Lemon Miss Houston Jessie Ferguson Will Houston Robert Morrison George Beddoe Orin Mitchell John Murphy Mack Norton James Thornton Ross Barnard Dunlap Wakefield and Dr and Mrs H Emery’s guest.
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Georgia Duncan
Elizabeth Duncan
Bowling Green
Lois Webb
Mae Hitchcock
Leah Messick
Willa Cosner
Pansy Matthews
Loss of the blue in the old army colors and public notices
The article traces the shift from the blue military color to olive drab, reflecting on its meaning from Civil War era memory to the present. It notes Indiana’s shoemaking output in 1900, and lists several rail and lodge notices, including Knights of Columbus outings, Monon Railway trips, Elks reunion plans, and unclaimed post office items in Bedford July 26, 1902.
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United States Army
Francis M. Finch
Bedford
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