State Railway Commission to Visit Fort Ritner Crossing
Local residents who traveled to Indianapolis to appeal to the Indiana Railway Commission failed to secure a hearing there. They gained a promised hearing at the crossing site on Saturday August 31. They seek a grade crossing, opposing the current culvert under the B&O and SW lines which floods and blocks the pike road. The company offers only a grade crossing.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Railway Commission
Ft. Ritner
S. W
Back to Bed After Breakfast Went Wife in Divorce Suit
Charles Mann files for absolute divorce from Georgia I Mann in Lawrence circuit court alleging they married May 20 1912 and separated June 20 1912 Cruel and inhuman treatment includes her not rising for breakfast and returning to bed after meals while flirting with others and stating she never loved him through his attorney J L Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mann
J.L. Smith
Lawrence
Georgia I. Mann
Rattler détente ends car party near Weed Patch hill
A Martinsville auto party en route to Weed Patch hill encountered a large brown county rattlesnake coiled in the road about a mile before the hill. Fearing the painted car might attract the reptile, the group backed off and returned to Bloomington. Names of the travelers were not released.
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Brown County
Martinsville
Weed Patch Hill
Bloomington
Bedford Motor Tours Grow in Popularity Across State Roads
George W. Hay and family and George W. McDaniel and family returned home Saturday after a several days tour of the northern part of the state in their automobiles. Local Bedford motorists are increasingly taking multi day trips with their families as such excursions become common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hay
George W. McDaniel
Bedford
The Weekly Mail Offer Ends After Election
The Weekly Mail will be sent to any address until after the election for 25 cents paid in advance.
Flying Match Head Burns Eye Of Child
A child of Alexander Lateral on 6th street was injured while playing with matches. A burning match head struck his eye, causing a sulphur burn and a serious ulcer that threatened sight, though doctors were not summoned immediately.
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Alexander Lateral
6Th Street
Relative circle attends funeral in Blooming en
Mrs. Quincy Rainbolt and Mr and Mrs Joseph Armstrong and relatives return from Blooming en after funeral of Mrs J T Oliphant held Thursday afternoon. Capt J D Alexander also attended while summering in Greene county. Mrs Oliphant grandmother to several local residents and Missouri native S N Frazier among others in this county.
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Quincy Rainbolt
Joseph Armstrong
Dennis Armstrong
S. H. Frazier
Bloomingen
J. T. Oliphant
J. D. Alexander
Greene County
Oliphant
Dennis Blain
Felix Armstrong
C. B. Moore
Lydia Armstrong
Farnehg Pigirl at Heltonville August 17 Picnic
The annual all day program of the Farmer's Co operative Insurance Association of Lawrence Monroe and Jackson counties is Saturday in Ragsdale's Grove near Yeltonville. Morning events include a board meeting music reading of minutes discussion music and officer elections. Afternoon offers more entertainment.
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Farmer's Co-operative Insurance Association of
Lawrence, Monroe and Jackson Countise
Ragsdale’s Grove
Yeltonville
Pleasant Run Township tax levy proposal 1912
Notice from Perry Woolery Trustee of Pleasant Run Township Lawrence County Indiana proposes for the next year a township tax of 20 cents per hundred, tuition tax 50 cents, special school tax 50 cents, road tax 5 cents, poor tax 3 cents, totaling 1.28 dollars per hundred. Dated August 3 1912.
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Pleasant Run Township
Lawrence County
Indiana
Runaway Boys 12th Sought In Chicago Suburb
Public notice from J A West of Chicago seeks help locating two boys who ran away from a Chicago area boys' school on July 12. Francis Angus Gerrard, 12, dark complexion with blue eyes. Otis Stillwell, 15, light hair and rough skin. Rewards offered for each capture.
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J. A. West
West Jackson Blvd
Chicago
Francis Angus Gerrard
Otis Stillwell
Central Indiana Poultry Association Plans First Show
Bloomington hosts the Central Indiana poultry association's inaugural show January 20 to 24, 1913 in the new Baurd Building with space for 3,000 birds. Bloomington Commercial Club offers free coop and feed. judges are top national names. prizes, specials, and trophies promised. breeders urged to join and support Indiana poultry.
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Martinsville
Bedford
Spencer
Gosport
Bloomington
Bloomingon
Central Indiana Poultry Association
Commercial Club
Central Indiana, Poultry Association
Indiana
Borrowing the Paper Ends in a Harvest of Misfortune
A frugal farmer avoids subscribing and sends his boy to borrow a paper. A bee sting, a barbed wire accident, a cow's death, a churn spill, broken teeth, a ruined carpet, a runaway daughter, escaped calves, and a disrupted hen flock follow in a comic chain of calamities.
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Corydon Republican
Injured News Agent Reaches Marion Home
A. A. Barker traveling agent for the Indianapolis News and resident of Marion arrived home Friday morning after being injured in the Southeastern wreck east of town Thursday. He traveled on a cot with Dr. Merrill Simpson and stopped in Indianapolis for care at St. Vincent Hospital before continuing home.
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A. A. Barker
Indianapolis News
Marion
Barker
Merrill Simpson
Indianapolis
St. Vincent Hospital
Wrecking Train Wreck Leaves Man Severely Injured at Leatherwood
Geo Gavin a Swift & Co. salesman is bedridden with severe injuries after Southeastern train No. 1 plunged through a trestle at Leatherwood seven miles east of Bedford yesterday morning. He woke to find himself unconscious, then treated in Bedford for a scalp wound. The incident described by Linton Call notes the rear coach derailment and car turnover.
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Geo. Gavin
Swift & Co
Mr. Gavin
Southeastern
Leatherwood
Bedford
Linton Call
Salvation Army Seeks $100 to Clear Local Debt
The Salvation Army prepares for winter work and announces a special canvass to wipe out a local debt it believes should be cleared. Captain Schnarr will tour the city to raise the $100 needed and urges maximum support before winter arrives.
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Salvation Army
Schnarr
Doctor Narrowly Avoids Death In Street Crossing Crash
Dr E L Perkins of this city escaped unharmed after a switch engine on the Belt struck his car at the Fifth Street crossing. The westbound physician saw the Monon track clear but could not detect the approaching engine from the north, leaving the car wrecked though the occupant unscathed. The crossing lacks a flagman and is noted as dangerous with multiple tracks. The railroad company was expected to cover the vehicle damage.
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E. L. Perkins
Perkins
Local Hunters Report Squirrel Shortage This Season
Squirrels around the city are scarce this year though a good hickory nut crop exists in some areas. Hunters recall times of plenty and predict better hunting once the squirrels start cutting in.
Mrs Todd and Daughter Visit Relatives in Bedford
Mrs Thomas Todd and her daughter Miss Lela Todd return from a visit with relatives at Bedford accompanied by Miss Nora Gladstone of New York City who will stay two weeks. W A Webb travels to Hast then New York for ten days seeking new goods for the Webb store and will tour Boston Cleveland and Detroit manufacturers before returning.
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Thomas Todd
Lela Todd
Bedford
Nora Gladstone
New York City
Bloomington World
W. A. Webb
Hast
New York
Webb
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Former Bedfordman in court dispute escalates in Indianapolis
Willis D. Williams formerly of Bedford now living in Indiana faced a fresh clash with Miss Margaret Easton a 19 year old woman who sued him in Lawrence circuit court for breach of promise. In Indianapolis detectives arrested both after a garage confrontation with Easton alleging Williams struck her with a telephone and threw her into the street resulting in a bleeding nose and bruises.
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City
Indianapolis
Margaret Easton
Lawrence Circuit Court
Williams
Indianapolis Star
Willis D. Williams
Hall
Lowe
Massachusetts Avenue
Maryland Street
Kentucky Avenue
Miss Easton
Harry Wilson Injured by Rusty Nail on Road
Harry Wilson of North H street stepped on a rusty nail along the road near his home Friday night. The nail penetrated the foot deeply and, due to rust, the injury is considered serious though his condition is described as improving.
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Harry Wilson
North H Street
Wilson
Urn of Ashes Interred for Miss Sue C Winstandley
Urn containing the ashes of Miss Sue C. Winstandley, sister of W. C. Winstandley of this city, was interred Thursday in the family lot at Fairview Cemetery in New Albany. She died at Lake George New York and had often visited relatives here with funeral services held there and here drawing large crowds.
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Sue C. Winstandley
W. C. Winstandley
Lake George
N. Y
Fairview
New Albany
Cluster Lights at Public Square to Shine First Time
Electricians announce that the cluster lights around the courthouse park will be lit this evening for the first time. The park section will join the city street lights and stay on nightly likely until midnight, drawing visitors curiosity about the new system.
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Court House Park
Mrs. J G Kinnieman Family Visitation at South M Street
Mrs. J G Kinnieman and her son John joins Doris of Goodland for a quiet visit with Mr. and Mrs. C E Franklin at South M street. The gathering centers on family greetings and local social ties in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Doris
Goodland
C. E. Franklin
South M Street
Dream Letter Tied to English Prisoner Reaches Brookes in Penzance
Nehemiah Brookes, once with the Salvation Army in Illinois and later in England, received a clipping about a US prisoner in a dream linked to his family. The letter claims the prisoner was convicted of robbery with pennies found on him and later says Mrs. Brookes appeared in a cell guiding Brookes to Truro, then Penzance.
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Nehemiah Brookes
Salvation Army
England
Penzance
Medrose Terrace
Illinois
U.S. A
Prisioner
Brookes
America
Mr. Brookes
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State Railway Commission
FT Ritner
Cording
Snake Bluffs
Sturn
Farnehg Pigril
Heltonville
Perry
LA Verne
W. Noyes
Wade
BS Venator Severidge
Sidney Stat
Rome
Dr. Simpson
Dre Sperring
Fifth Street
Ouanle Aay
This
Sue C
Standley
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