Railroad Racket and Local Rail News In Indiana
Railroad notes from Bloomington area report B and O switch grading near the depot, repairs on caboose No 4 and Tank No 1, and staff changes including Conductor John Brown and Master Mechanic BE Walker. Negotiations probe through trains between Indianapolis and French Lick Springs with through service under study. Monon engineers voice grievances over new policy. local meeting in Lafayette deferred until President McDoel’s return. Ralph Gainey visits Red Cross with grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McDoel
The
Monon
Pennsylvania
Hine
Indianapolis
French Lick Springs
Vincennes
Springs
M. W. Mansfield
Indianapolis & Vincennes
West Baden
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Lafayette
McDoel
Chicago
Bedford Hosts Largest Methodist Conference Since 1868
The Bedford Methodist Church prepares to host the upcoming Annual Conference beginning September 17 with Bishop E G Andrews presiding. It will include roughly 350 ministers and lay members from across Indiana's southern half, with public sessions daily and support for visiting preachers. Local churches are urged to assist with housing and hospitality for the week, and an official meeting Friday evening will finalize arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Stephen Bowers
M. E
Indiana
General Conference
E. G. Andrews
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Church
M. E. Church
M. E. Parsonage
Reward Offered for Arrests in Bedford Indiana Murder Case
Bond notice from Lawrence County Indiana sheriff offers rewards of 300 dollars for three suspects Nelson Fritts Albert Fiddler and George Fritts. Each 100 dollars for arrest delivery of the named men to Bedford Jeffersonville or New Albany. Suspects described as adult males with varying ages complexions hair and builds. Murder suspect wanted. sheriff James F Smith issues the alert from Bedford Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Fritts
Albert Fiddler
George Fritts
Talam
Lawrence Circuit
Bedford
Jeffersonville
New Albany
Ind
Pritts
Smith
Martin
Albert Fiddier
Kentucky
Typhoid illness and local notices from Weddleville
Miss Clara Alsup and Henry Crocket are very ill with typhoid fever. Neal Matlock has rented space in Medora to practice medicine. Hiram Todd and family of Bloomington visited David Martin. Erastus Lockman and wife with T. J. Plummer family. Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Wm Scoopmire on Sunday July 28 1901. Joseph Trueblood is very ill with typhoid. Harvest Home picnic at Henderson grove August 10 with Evangelist Austin Sommer. Mrs Scoopmire of Leesville area visiting kin in Seymour. Mrs S A Snyder returned from two weeks in Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Alsup
Henry Crocket
Neal Matlock
Kentucky School of Medicine
Louisville
Bank
Medora
Hiram Todd
Bloomington
David Martin
Erastus Lockman
T. J. Plummer
Wm. Scoopmire
Joseph Trueblood
Henderson Grove
Driving Park
Austin Sommer
Bedford
Church of Christ
Scoopmire
Leesville
Satin Seymour
M. V. Wilson
Ethel Finsér
Williams
Reunion Of Sixty Sixth Indiana Veterans At Salem
Telegraph dispatches report the Sixty sixth Indiana Infantry reunion set for August 19 at Salem. Also covered are a fatal assault in Paoli, school funding fights in Shoals, Knox County burial fund suit, a Greensburg divorce suit, whitecapping in Bloomfield, and a brutal mob burning at stake in Enterprise Alabama, plus regional notices and a rural horticulture program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixty Sixth
Indiana Infantry
Salem
New Albany
Richmond
District Horticultural Institute at Orleans set for Aug 20-21 1901
Under Purdue University School of Agriculture the District Horticultural Institute at Orleans invites fruit growers of Southern Indiana to the Town Hall August 20 21. Sessions include opening remarks by Rev T J Shrode and W C Latta with talks on fruit possibilities and conditions of success in fruit growing. Discussions feature judges from Princeton Bloomington Edwardsville Orleans Salem and more with a program of musical interludes and expert addresses by S B Fulton and C M Hobbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E S. Goff
Wisconsin
Jonathan Beard
New Albany
H. F. McMahan
C. N. Lindley
Salem
Business Men of
Orleans
Gossard
C. M. Hobbs
Bridgeport
A. M. Stewart
Madison
H. A. Huston
LaFayette
Ind
Purdue University School of Agriculture
Indiana
T. J. Shrode
Johnson Monahan
W.C. Latta
Istitutes
Judge Buskirk
Princeton
Gibson County
Gee
P. Campbell
Bloomington
Monroe County
Edwardsville
Floyd County
H. ¥. McMahan
Fairfield
Union County
State Fair Promises A Grand Exhibition With Sousa Band
Secretary Downing of the State Board of Agriculture says only a rainy week could stop the fall fair from being the best ever. Transportation plans include special trains and rail lines to handle crowds, with night lighting and evening halls. The event aims to be a genuine state institution and judged by the people after the exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Sousa
Fair Grounds
Union Traction Company
Indiana
Reward Offered for Arrest of Nelson Fritz
Officials in contact with Kentucky officers on Wednesday learned a $100 reward was offered for the arrest of Nelson Fritz, the man wanted for the killing of John Pfeester. They believed Fritz is located and expect the reward from Sheriff Frank Smith to aid apprehension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Nelson Fritz
John Pfeester
Frank Smith
Weather Bureau reports crop conditions improve in many regions
Washington August 6 The Weather Bureau weekly crop report notes moderating temperatures and rains benefiting central valley drought areas while eastern regions see limited relief. Late corn shows promise in many states though early corn is damaged, with Michigan Indiana Ohio Missouri Illinois and Nebraska reporting mixed results and harvests in Washington and Oregon expected strong. Oats harvest near completion with generally poor yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Weather Bureau
East Gulf
South Atlantic
Texas
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Pacific Coast District
Great Corn
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Middle Atlantic
South Dakota
North Dakota
Oregon
Indiana crops suffer as dry spell bleeds yield
USDA Indiana climate bulletin reports continued dry weather with moderate temperatures. Early week showers aided vegetation in spots but overall upland and late planted crops are nearly beyond recovery. immediate rains may save lowland crops. Tobacco needs rain. late potatoes may fail. apples drop, fruit drying on trees. pastures failing. threshing ongoing with fair to good oat and wheat yields. clover-seed future shortened. L. Jacobs returns to New Albany. reward raised to 300 for Nelson Fritts, George Fritts, and Albert Fiddier. sheriff canvassed Kentucky jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture Climate and Crop Bulletin
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Local notes from Fort Ritner and nearby towns
Dr W M Smith called by phone to see a Beavers child. A series of visits, business trips, and social calls occur around Fort Ritner and Tunnelton. Land purchases, new well drilling by Dixon, and a street fair promoter from Bedford appear among residents and visitors.
Indian Creek Township Expenditures And Tax Levies
Indian Creek Township trustees propose annual expenditures and tax levies for 1901 at the Fayetteville office on Sept 3. Items include township expenditures 800 with 6c tax, local tuition 2250 with 35c, special school 1250 with 20c, road tax 190 with 3c, additional road tax 190 08 with 3c, poor expenditures 5c, total expenditures 74580 and total tax 72c per dollar. Assessed property value 653385 and 370 polls. W L Kern, Trustee, dated Aug 5 1901.
Guthrie Township Expenditures And Tax Levies
Guthrie Township Trustee George A. Dodd announces proposed expenditures and tax levies for the year at an advisory meeting set for Sept 3 1901 in School District No 3. Items include township expenditures 415 tax 7 cents per dollar, local tuition 1779 tax 30 cents, special school 74.40 tax 0.0, additional road tax 259.30 tax 1 cent, poor expenditures 185 tax 4 cents, total expenditures 2864.60 and total tax 50 cents per dollar. township property valued at 503000 with 208 polls in Guthrie Township. Aug 1 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie Township
Lawrence County
Geo. A. Dodd
Pinhook Community Guest Visits and Local Busyness
Local notes recount visits among the Brooking Dixon Crawford and Mathis families in Pinhook, with many guests to Mrs. John Dixon and others. Social gatherings, church lodge attendance, singing nights, and multiple trips to Bedford and Tunnelton are mentioned amid farm work and small-town chatter.
Marshall Township Expenditures and Tax Proposals
Marshall Township trustees propose annual expenditures and taxes for 1901 at a Sept 3 meeting in District No. 10 Schoolhouse. Items include township expenditures 650 dollars with 0 tax per hundred, local tuition 1500 dollars with 22 cents, special school tax 2500 dollars with 45 cents, additional road tax 000 dollars with 4 cents, poor expenditures 220 dollars with 4 cents, total 1700 dollars and 74 cents per hundred. Gannon assessed valuation 710 and polls 411. James M. McFadden Trustee. Aug 1, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Township
Lawrence County
Oard
Gannon
James M. McFadden
Shawswick Township
Aard
Bedford
Township
Cc. E. Ray
Perry Township Expenditures And Tax Levies
Sylvanus Jackson trustee lists Perry township Lawrence county estimates for 1901. Includes township local tuition special school poor expenditures and taxes totaling 44 cents per hundred dollars on property valued at 306 715 with 14 polls. Meeting set at trustee's office September 3 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Township
Lawrences County
Sylvanus Jackson
Flinn Township Trustees Propose 1901 Tax Levy Plan
Flinn Township Lawrence county trustee GEO. B. JACKSON announces 1901 fiscal plan with estimates for township, local tuition, special school, and road expenditures. Total expenditures set at 2752.09 with a property tax base of 244,780.00 and 184 polls. Dated August 1, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flinn Township
Lawrence County
Geo. B. Jackson
Fairview Social News Reports Visitations and an Ice Cream Supper
Miss Carrie Ellison returned from Bedford where she visited her sister Mrs. J S Ramsey. Mr and Mrs H D Flinn and Mrs J B Flinn were in Stone City Saturday. Mr and Mrs Ivan Weaver and Mr and Mrs Otto Crawford visited Wilson Flinn Sunday. George C Woolery attended an ice cream supper at Reads Saturday night and noted many pretty girls and flying time. An ice cream supper is planned for Saturday night Aug 10 with music by the Leesville and Fairview Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Ellison
Bedford
J.S. Ramsey
H. D. Flinn
J. B. Flinn
Stone City
Ivan Weaver
Otto Crawford
Leesville
Wilson Flinn
George C. Woolery
Reads
Leesville and Fairview
Notice to non residents in Indiana partition suit
In the Lawrence Circuit Court of Lawrence County Indiana a partition action by James Fitch et al against non resident defendants Ida Edwards Woods Thomas D Edwards James Wilson Albert Wilson Elizabeth Wilson Nancy Fitch Wilson and others is filed. Defendants must appear and answer by September term on or before the first Monday in September 1901 at Bedford Court House or risk default. Boone Leonard Clerk Lawrence Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Indiana
Lawrence County
Lawrence
James Fitch
Zora Edwards Lyon
Tesla Eliott
Thomas Eliott
Harvey Elliott
Peter Elliott
Lawrence Circuit
A. D
Bedford
Abram Starr
City of
Notice Of Appointment Indiana Administrator Named
State of Indiana Lawrence County notices the undersigned Fred A. Gregory appointed Administrator of the estate of William H. A. Dell deceased. The estate is stated as solvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Indiana
Lawrence County
William H. A. Dell
Tate
Lawrence Gouney
Indiana
Fred A. Gregory
Coroner's Report on John Pfister Fatal Shooting
Coroner Harvey Voyles concludes John Pfister aged 38 died from a shotgun wound to the abdomen inflicted by Nelson Fritz. The entry shows multiple abdominal injuries including a severed small intestine and internal vessel damage, with a leg bruise noted. Fully examined, the verdict states intentional shooting caused his death at Reed's Station on July 28, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pfister
Reed's Station
Nelson Fritz
Harvey Voyles
Notice to W Non-Resi in Lawrence Circuit Court 1901
Notice to Edward E Farmer, non resident defendant, that a complaint to set aside a deed and remove trustees has been filed in Lawrence Circuit Court Bedford Indiana. He must appear and answer by September 19, 1901 or default will be entered. Witness and seal dated August 1, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E Farmer
Brooks & Brooks
Ames D. Farmer
Edward E. Farmer
Indiana
Lawrence Circuit
Bedford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas J. Brooks
Fred B. Otis
Borrors
Otis & Brooks
Proprietors
Republican
John Brown
Beecher Stalcup
Elnora
BE. S. Walker
S. S
Belt Ry
M. C. Hackett
Louisville and Bloomington
Lake Calumet
Ralph Gainey
Red Cross
Methodist Conference
James F. Smith
Weddleville
Telegraphic News
Paoli
Stephen Mick
Isom
French Lick
Stephen Flick
Stone
H. B. Duesterburg & Sons
Duesterburgs
Knox County
Greensburg
Morgan JL. Miers
S. P Minear
Minear
Harry Collins
St. Louis
Harry Buchannan
Roy Christian
Memphis
Matthew McKinney
Dolan
McKinney
Birmingham
Ala
John Wesley Pennington
Enterprise
Coffee County
Pennington
J.C. Davis
Oito
District Horticultural Institute At
Indiana Crop Report
HE. L. Jacobs
Hugh McLean & Co
Fort Ritner
Wm. Beavers
D. A. Lee
Leroy Mce-Kinney
Frank Dixon
Tunnelton
Alexander Reed
Elisha Lee
H. H. Dixon
J. C. Dixon
John F. Bolding
Washington County
A. Holland
J. F. Bolding
W.d. Dixon
Arthur Lee
Dorse Clark
Stout
Wayne
Joll Dixon
Here
H. Dixon
Jackson County
S. W. Smith
G. H. Hogan
Jacob Mathis
Dixon
Hiram Flinn
Henry Allen
Butler
Elisha Gee
Indian Creek Township
Fayetteville
W. L. Kern
Josie Mathis
Crawford
J. L. Crawford
Robert Brooking and Sons
C. M. Brooking
J. C. Brooking
W.O. Mitchell
Peter Mathis
Crawford and Mason
James Alien
Denniston
W. V. Haws
Fiona Crawford
Jack Ingle
Oscar Thomas
Dessie
Jessie
Leonard Crawford
Maud
Clema Crawford
Edith Whisley
Josie
Odise Mathis
Elia Beaver
Charles Guthrie
Joe Williams
W. H. Crawford
Commodore Double
Harvey Guthrie
Otis Crawford
John Kerns
Clarence Williams
T. V. Root
W.H. Crawford
J. A. Brooking
Noble Reynold
Eid J. Skerd Ail
John Dixon
Claud Williams
Ose
J.C. Brooking
Mathew Mathis
H. V. Haws
A. D. Guthrie
Demna Ingle
Jennie
Melvina Dixon
M. Brooking
Crawford & Dixon
Brooking
Samuel Mills
Ambrose Crawford
Homer Brooking
James Doddson
Jack . Mitchell
Aaron Mitchell
Will Williams
John Preston
Lyuuu
Era Lackey
C. H. Emery
Levies
Fairview
Boone Leonard
Lawrence Circuit Court
James D. Farmer
Pleasant Run Township
J. M. Sowder
Abram G. Rush
Bono Township
Towit
J. H. Underwood
Lawrence ‘County
Lee's
St. Township
George W. Smith
Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law
Gunn
Richard B. Short
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!