Bedford Man Ties for Honors in Lafayette Gun Meet
In Lafayette Indiana August 7 the Lafayette Gun Club closed its sixteenth annual tournament at Myer's Park amid high winds. The Diamond badge shoot for fifty targets was won by Whitney Thompson of Lafayette with 46 birds. Mike Glover of Bedford tied at 46 and lost the shoot-off 14 to 13. Hugh Clark of Wabash led in the day with 44. Phellis shot 47 but was ineligible.
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Lafayette
Ind
Myer’s Park
Whitney Thompson
Thompson
Glover
Bedford
Hugh Clark
Wabash
Phellis
Dam Break Floods Bloomington Lake At Fairgrounds
Early Tuesday a dam at Monon’s lake near Bloomington’s old fairgrounds failed releasing a thirty foot water column. The break, caused by insufficient strength, flooded the southwest city and caused about 500 dollars in damage. The lake, built six months earlier under Civil Engineer W A Wallace, drained by nine am as water ran out through the overflow wall at the race track. The Monon plans to pipe water to yards for engines. Hopewell spring fed the lake which has been full two months.
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Monon
Bloomington
The
W. A. Wallace
Hopewell
Vigo County Fair Opens With Big Dreams and Attractions
The Vigo County Fair returns August 11 to 16 at Terre Haute with a modernized exposition. Ten thousand dollars in prizes across farm and craft categories, 1,000,000 candle electric lights, 2:03 racing track events, bands, free shows, and half fare rail rates. Admission is ten cents with free vehicle parking.
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Vigo County
Terre Haute
Indiana
Bedford Fire Prompts Plan For Grand New Station
Amind the blaze that damaged the Monon passenger depot in Bedford Chief Engineer Wallace seeks a larger stone station similar to Lafayette. President McDoel’s return this week could authorize the plan while merchants urge a public square site near Lawrence Park Fountain.
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McDoel
New York
Wallace
Lafayette
Monon
Indiana
Lawrence Park Fountain
Bedford
Kann
Brooks & Curtis
Jordan Poultry
John Harvey
Harry Dillman
John Fisher
John
Lawrence Park
Walshs Roads extension eyed from Salem to Terre Haute
Illinois Southern line may extend from Salem Illinois to Terre Haute Indiana tapping Indiana Southern at Terre Haute. Route would pass Omega Louisville Newton Fate Springs Robinson and Palestine with right of way talks under way and start of work before winter. Perry Walsh seeks Gould connections with Missouri side line.
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St. Louis
Illinois Southern
Salem
Terre Haute
Ind
Walsh
Chester
Mississippi River
Omega
Louisville
Newton
Sailor Springs
Robinson
Palestine
Indiana Southern
Missouri
U S Apple and Potato Outlook From 1900 Census and State Report
The twelfth census counts 210 million bearing age trees in U S commercial orchards, up 75 million since 1890. Ben Davis Wine Sap area now has nearly twice Baldwin Norther Spy trees, while the apple belt shifts west of the Alleghenies. Indiana may exceed 5 million extra bushels of potatoes, after a drought year with 1.475 million bushels. Acreage and yields are discussed, noting Indiana’s small commercial potato farms and reliance on Michigan and Wisconsin for much production.
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United States
Ben Davis
Baldwin-Northern
Spy
Alleghanies
Indiana
B.&. Johnson
Indianapolis
Michigan
Wisconsin
Walsh Files Suits For False Imprisonment In St Louis
John R. Walsh of Chicago president of the Illinois Southern railway files a federal damage suit in St Louis on behalf of twenty employees against the St Genevieve county sheriff and bondsmen for alleged false imprisonment following a crossing rights clash with the St Louis Memphis and Southeastern railroad. The incident left cars wrecked and several men jailed.
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John R. Walsh
Chicago
Illinois Southern Railway
St. Louis
St. Genevieve County
Ill
Illinois Southern
Walsh
Victors Loss in Strikes Warns Against War of Interests
Indianapolis Journal reports Chautauqua Senator Hanna arguing that strikes harm both labor and capital. He cites Pennsylvania anthracite losses from flooding, delayed resumption, and mine closures, urging arbitration over confrontation to avoid mutual collapse.
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Urbana
Chautauqua
Hanna
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis Journal
Robbery Report and GOP Prospect Commentary
A quarry worker, Bert Edmondson, was robbed of $17 after being accosted by a tall dark man near 21st Street. Edmondson described the thief. a suspect was briefly detained but not identified. The item includes a brief note on a wage hike in New Albany and ends with Washington Gazette’s view that Republican dominance remains secure into 1904.
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Bert Edmondson
Edmondson
Myers
New Albany
Ind
Washington Gazette
J D Sears Awards Foundation Contract for New House
J D Sears awards the foundation contract for his new South H street house to Bart Short. The woodwork contract will be let tonight and work is expected to proceed promptly.
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J. D. Sears
South Hstreet
Bart Short
Sousa Band Concerts at Indiana State Fair Jubilee
Sousa and his sixty man band return to Indianapolis for four concerts as part of the Indiana State Fair jubilee. Tickets cover all actions at the fair with fifty cent admission, and the program includes marches such as King Edward VII. The visit follows a European tour and decorations awarded to the band director.
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Sousa
Indianapolis
Indiana
England
Germany
Europe
King Edward VII
Delightful Bedford Picnic to West Baden and French Lick
A Priday picnic on August 8 drew a notable group from Bedford traveling to West Baden and French Lick Springs. Guests included Mrs Juane and son Carlton Lane of San Francisco with Mrs R F McKinley and Mr and Mrs Robert Houston of Marion, plus Dr and Mrs J T Freeland. The party toured West Baden Hotel and the Colonial Hotel, visited West Baden Grove for luncheon, and captured Kodak memories.
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Priday
Bedford
West Baden
French Lick Springs
Juane and Son
Carlton Lane
San Francisco
Cal
R. F. McKinley
Robert Houston
Marion
Ind
J. T. Freeland
E. B. Thornton
James Thornton
George Thornton
Eddie Thornton
G. M. Dodd
William Kelly Houston
J. M. Winstand- Jey
Indianapolis
Charles E. Francis
J. W. Strout
J. F. Hamer
C. H. Emery
Jessie Ferguson
Defiance
J. W. Trainor
Martha Johnson
Harry Gainey
Mary
Harry G. Emery
Cora Malott
Vincennes
Jessie Dunihbue
Georgia Priedley
T. J. Brooks
May
Myra Owen
William Mc.Kinley
Henry Owen
Homer Fisher
Carlton Gane
Kodak
West Baden Grove
Plucky Woman Recovers Jewelry After Burglar Arrest
Miss Gertrude Akles of Shoals pursues a suspected burglar, Curtis Jones of Bedford, after discovering thefts at her home. Jones is arrested at Williams and pleads guilty to grand larceny, then jailed. The article also notes state crime costs and counts of intoxication confinement across Indiana counties, and discusses locomotive engine trends and classifications.
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Shoals
Ind
Gertrude Akles
Williams
Curtis Jones
Bedford
Ohio
Indiana
Akles
New Chicago line speculation ties local spur to direct Chicago route
Terre Haute Tribune reports a reliable source says a South Indiana railroad spur south of the city is intended as a new line from Terre Haute to Chicago, promising a direct connection for coal and freight. Surveys target Illinois and Indiana cities with ties to the Chicago market.
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Southern Indiana Railroad
the Tribune
Chicago
Southern Indiana
Walsh
Southern Illinois
Terre Haute
State Line
Indiana City
Indiana
Bluffs
Illinois
Danville
Chicago Heights
John R. Walsh
S.I. A
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Line
Terre Haute Tribune
Bedford Fair lands sensational slide act contract
Bedford Fair managers announce a contract with Adlai Melle for a bloodcurdling life slide suspended on an 800 foot incline cable. W. W. Wicks buys half of the Hunter Valley stone firm from Capt. Henry Henley for $6000. Henry Woollery holds the other half. The quarry operates daily and is well managed.
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Bedford Fair
Melle Adlai
W. W. Wicks
Hunter Valley Stone Company
Henry Henley
Henry Woollery
Bloomington World
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