Attack With Fence Board Ends in Mitchell Homicide
A quarrel between two young Black men near Mitchell church Sunday night led to James Thornton of New Albany striking Commodore Turrell with a board. Turrell fought back and Thornton died about an hour later from his injuries. Elder Isaac Ross and family arrived in Mitchell to visit friends and remain until Sept. 1. The piece also includes local politics critique and a lengthy note on Indiana apple crops and farming practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
James Thornton
New Albany
Commodore Turrell
Second Baptist Church
Turrell
Thornton
Isaac Ross
Sanoma
Charleston
Bartlettsville
Sheltonville
Ross
Lawrence County
Tragic death linked to carbolic acid at Central Union depot
Mrs Elmer Chambers who earlier survived a carbolic acid incident at the Central Union Telephone Exchange killed herself Friday after arriving from Danville Illinois. She spent afternoon with Daddy Flynn the flagman then drank two ounces of carbolic acid in the depot ladies room. Dr Freeland arrived after the action but she died before aid. Her husband Elmer Chambers works as a lineman for Central Union. The cause of death by own action remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Chambers
Central Union Telephone Exchange
Indiana
Danville
Ill
Daddy Flynn
Southern Indiana
Dr.Freeland
Chambers
Central Union Telephone Co
Lawrence County Teachers Institute Session Set in Bedford
The Lawrence County Teachers Institute will meet September 1 to 5 at the Christian church in Bedford. Instructors include J. B. McGilvey of Cleveland Emma Mont McRea of Lafayette H H Holmes of Kansas City and E R Mason of Chicago. A speaking contest features a representative from each township with a $20 gold prize for the best speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Teachers’ Institute
the Christian Church
Bedford
J. B
McGilvey
Cleveland
Emma Mont McRea
Lafayette
Ind
H. H. Holmes
Kansas City
E. R. Mason
Chicago
Juvenile Picnic at Uncle Moses Cobb’s Farm
Uncle Moses Cobb hosted a children’s picnic two and a half miles southeast of Springville. The event featured a day of fellowship and a repast with numerous attendees including Doris Miller Ida Deford Mary Holmes Mary Gray Anita Shacklett Grace Dean Selah Whitted May Duncap Ruth Van Tuyle Mary Hammond Grace Hammond Nina Holmes Gladys Miller Thorn Evans Walter Hammond Clarence Cathers Ray Deford Lex Gainey and the Sipes boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Cobb
Springville
Doris Miller
Ida Deford
Mary Holmes
Mary Gray
Anita Shacklett
Grace Dean
Selah Whitted
May Duncap
Ruth van Tuyle
Mary Hammond
Grace Hammond
Nina Holmes
Gladys Miller
Masters Thorn Evans
Walter Hammond
Clarence Cathers
Ray Deford
Lex Gainey
Walter
Tray Sipes
Gravel roads approve 36 street upgrades in township
Voters on Saturday approved all 36 gravel and macadam streets and roads despite low turnout and little opposition. Kelle and Dillard, tombstone makers, completed a 55,000 pound Purcell family monument in Vincennes, thirty feet tall. Col N E Strout and family return from a northern trip via Niagara Falls, with souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelle & Dillard
Indiana
Purcell
Vincennes
Washington Democrat
Riverdale tragedy claims a Vincennes excursion rider
Mitchell Indiana reports George Megher a thirty year old Lexington man was killed instantly after attempting to cross the main track at Riverdale as Vincennes excursion train was sidetracked. The incident occurred as No. 1 west bound mail train approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Ind
George Megher
Lexington
Riverdale
Megher
Vincennes
Rivervale
Cincinnati
Drowned the horse mystery shocks Indiana town
Nighttime horse theft ends in tragedy as a delivery animal is driven into a cistern and drowned. The horse belonged to Howard McKinney, a North I street merchant, whose loss sparks investigation and concerns over local property. A separate report notes a disastrous Railroad dispute and a fatal accident at Rivervale involving an intoxicated man on the main track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard McKinney
North I Street
Indiana
Mr. McKinney
McKinney
Bedford Fair Draws Top Horses With Open Purses
The Bedford Fair managers have ample funds and pay strong purses, attracting the best horses and races, a recipe for a successful fair according to the Bloomington World.
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Bedford Fair
Bloomington World
Social Week at A K Sears Farm Attended by Notables
Prof. and Mrs. G C Bush, B Nicholson and wife, A K Sears and family, and Miss Achsah Bennett spent the week at A K Sears's farm. They were visited by Misses Iva and Bertha Buchanan, Mrs. H H Greife, Miss Iva Jordan, and Miss Rose Shockmiller, guest of Miss Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Bush
B. Nicholson
A. K. Sears
Achsah Bennett
Iva
Bertha Buchanan
H. H. Greife
Iva Jordan
Indiana State Fair Races Offer Rich Purses at Indianapolis
The Indiana State Fair week of September 15 at Indianapolis features purses totaling 14600 across 13 races with free for all events at 1000. Races include 2:30 trot 500 and 2:11 trot 800 while Sousa band will play at the grandstand before racing begins drawing horses from many circuits for a star studded show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Sousa
Fair Grounds
Samantha Rachel Quackenbush obituary memorial
The obituary honors Samantha Rachel Quackenbush, Uriah Quackenbush’s sister and Bedford Indiana native born December 25, 1837, who died in Anaheim California July 29, 1902. It notes her California migration in 1862, marriage at Robert Bryant’s Bedford home in 1853, seven children with three living, and the long motherhood devotion after her husband’s 1870 death. Her illness involved narcotics. she died peacefully after a final struggle.
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Anaheim Gazette
California
Uriah Quackenbush
Robert Bryant
Bedford
Steuben County
New York
West Virginia
Samantha Rachel
Indiana
Silient Valley
Elysium
Bedford residents seek Monon station rebuilding on public square
Salem Leader criticizes the plan as a mistake and suggests instead donating a right of way and moving tracks back to a vacated alley to improve the public square area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Monon
Salem Leader
Local Couple Moves Back to Chicago for New Job
Frank Graves left Saturday for Chicago where he has accepted a good position. He formerly lived there and plans to move his family back. Mr and Mrs Graves are well known here with many friends who will regret their departure. We wish them success in their new home.
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Frank Graves
Chicago
Professor Smith Passes Through Mitchell En Route to Kansas
Professor Frank Smith once a high school teacher in Orleans thirteen years ago travels through Mitchell on Sunday toward his Kansas home where he serves as superintendent over fifty teachers with a yearly salary of 1800 dollars. He has been visiting at Salem. The cross tie trade thrives in this city with barges delivering ties from river towns and rail shipments sending them nationwide. Jank Keller has ordered 250000 ties from Pennsylvania Company and Big Four for immediate delivery. In Bloomington Bedford papers note McKinney may appear at the Bedford fair. Henry B Gentry says he will support 24000 if he can secure the other thousand, likely ending rumors of McKinney’s fair appearance.
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Big Four Stone Company
Newpoint
Big Four Railway Company
Osgood
Stone Company
Big Four Railway Co
Greensburg News
Eward
Harris City
Decatur County
Big Four Co
Greensburg
Westport
Chicago
Monon
Louisville
Nashville
McDoel
Southern
Louisville and Nashville
Frank Smith
Orleans
Mitchell
Kansas
Salem
Mitchell Tribune
Jank Keller
Pennsylvania Company
Big Four
New Albany Tribune
McKinney
Bloomington
Bedford
Bedford Fair
Henry B .Gentry
Gentry
Niagara Falls
Atlantic City
Lake Erie & Western
Michigan City
Indianapolis
Sandusky
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Vandalia
Seymour 3, Bedford 5 and rail saga highlights
The report notes Seymour losing 3 to 5 to Bedford after 110 tickets were sold for a Sunday ball game. It includes pension rulings for Jesse Harden and Abraham J. Kline, a Georgia railroad suit over a wrecked trip, a Monon damages suit by Tolbert C. Fear, and a matchfire incident harming a farm family. It also mentions McKinney insurance limits, Conductor Steve Lockwood’s defendable fights, a Terre Haute street fair funding outlook, and a surge in Sunday excursion traffic boosting regional rail revenue with record patronage on multiple lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Bedford
Southern Indiana By
Seymour Reds
Messrs. Duffin and Myers
Terre Haute
Man Shoots Himself in Despair Over Land Purchase
Frank Wright aged 44 of 6 and 9th streets attempted suicide Monday night by shooting his head with a 32 caliber pistol. He is an engineer at the Heading Factory and recently bought property including a North Bedford house and a small farm for 800 dollars. Disturbed by feeling he paid $80 too much, Wright remained in a gloom that led to the act. A physician reports the inner skull plate likely saved, with recovery possible. Wright has a wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wright
Wright
Bedford
Freeland
County events mix politics, roads, fairs and crimes
Hon J B Wilson spoke at a Lawrence county Farmers Co operative Insurance meeting. A twenty three mile gravel road contract in Knox county was let to Cloud Carr and Monical for 43.47. Lawrence county plans a new jail. Bedford croquet champs ponder challengers. Effie Bottorff visits from Colorado. A tortoise with carved date marks reappears near Loogootee. Monon shops may get a Y M C A building by September. Bedford Fair showcases a hair suspension act and Mrs Hayden’s seance draws crowds. An elderly rape case near Buddha opens in court with Sallee brothers bound over at $500 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B.wilson
Heltonville
Lawrence County’ Farmers’ Co-operative Insurance Company
Washington Township
Knox County
Cloud, Carr and Monical
Orleans
Elmer Sallee
Henry Sallee
Buddha
Pearl Hedrick
Fletcher
Fred Dodd
B. Stephenson
4. P. Pearson
McHenry Owen
Dodd
Alexander & Harris
Brooks & Brooks
Sallee
Clay Hedrick
Sallees
James A. Sallee
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Standard Oil CO
James
Heltonville News
Illinois
West
America
Harry Morrison
Harry
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Brownstown
Mitchell Commercial
Sixty-seventh Regimental Association
Madison
Company C
Munfordsville
W. P. Graham
Co. C
R. B. Scort
Seec’y
Lawrence County Teachers’ Institute
Col
N. E. Strout
Fred
Mary
Mr. Strout
Portland
Medora
North Vernon
Badford
Brgain Sale
Hughes
Tunnelton
Steed
A. W. Jones
Jesse Harden
Abraham J. Kline
Georgia Railroad
Tolbert C. Fear
The
Allen County
H. B. Gentry
Steve Lockwood
Elnora
Lene
Lockwood
Menon
H.e.johnson
Scott
Moses Young
Suakes
Nebraska
Agricultural Department
Congressional
Department of Agriculture
State Grange Organization
William G. Miller
Stinesville
Lawrence
Metropolitan Pas
Geo
Henry Campbell
Cameron
Duncan
Lon Cameron
Effie Botorff
Canyon City
Colorado
Ellen Johnson
Catherine
Clare
Miss Bottorff
Courtland
Bert
Lewis Lewis
S-W
Loogootee
Montgomery
Phylic
Miers
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