Local Notices Mixed With Travel and Illness Reports
Walter Martin visits the city from Cale and Elsie Smith from Williams. Turley goes to Paoli this morning and Henry Terbeck to Bloomington. Jessie Mitchell to Indianapolis. Charles Carter travels via Heltonville. A son born to Mr and Mrs Walker of Q street. Walter Day returns from Indianapolis. Lola Patton back from Orleans. Mary Stone goes to New Albany. S G Pollard goes to Bloomington and Martinsville. Mrs Geo Elliott ill on North M. Frank Grafton ill with malarial fever on R street. Fall silk patterns shown by McCormick Bros. James Rae and wife depart for Indianapolis. Rev R Scott Hyde returns from Indianapolis. Mrs Anna Guthrie suffers throat trouble. Roy Ferguson and mother from Williams in city. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Jacob McVey northeast of the city. Nettie Ragsdale off to Odon. Nellie Lindley of Orleans visits B F Wible family. T J Brooks and family back from Martin county. Beatrice Correll of Odon visits Miss May Estes. Robert Campbell in Bloomington on business. Mrs Otis Rayburn and children visit Washington. Sword of Death claim short life of loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Elliott
M Street
Frank Grafton
R Street
McCormick Bros
James Rae
Indianapolis
R. Scott Hyde
Anna Guthrie
East 17Th St
Roy Ferguson
Williams
Jacob McVey
Nettie Ragsdale
Odon
Nellie Lindley
Orleans
B. F. Wible
T. J. Brooks
Martin County
Beatrice Correll
May Estes
North I Street
R. Lee Harold
Switz City
B. W. Dye
M. H. Seward
Eletric Theatre
Bloomington
Emma Hartman
Mary Rariden
J. L. Nichols
Heltonville
Kyden Wallner
Stinesville
Esther Tucker
Paris
Ill
Walter Mitchell
Helen Elrod
East 17Th Street
Nettie Martin
Indian Springs
W. A. Evans
Milton Montgomery
South I Street
Isis G. McDaniel
Homer Ragsdale and
Helton
Death of Mrs. M Montgomery in Bedford
Mrs. M Montgomery died at 2 15 a m Wednesday at her South I street home after days of septic poisoning. Born in Kentucky 37 years ago the eldest daughter of James M Harris she married Milton Montgomery in 1887 and leaves daughter Pearl and sons Clifford and Harry. Funeral held in the First Christian church Wednesday afternoon. Many local notices follow of residents travel visits and civic matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
James M. Harris
North H Street
Kentucky
Milton Montgomery
Pearl
Clifford
Harry
Pythian Sisters
Temple
Dell Spencer
Rhoda Frost
Salem
First Christian Church
James Douglas McAfee
Lawrence County
Leesville
Indiana
Erie Methodist Church
California
M. E
Erie
Old Boy in Blue Denies Bedford Drinking
James McNeill testifies in police court that he never drank whiskey in Bedford after being arrested for intoxication. Officer Payne says he found McNeill drunk near Foster shoe store. McNeill asserts he had just alighted from a Monon train. He is fined 1 dollar plus 11 dollars costs and remains jailed 11 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stipp
James McNeill
Bedford
Lucien Payne
McNeill
Monon
Payne
Foster Shoe Store
Ife
Weill
Marion
Male Duroc Jersey Hog For Sale In Indiana
Two year old registered Duroc Jersey hog offered for sale. Sold by Charles Lee at Heltonville Indiana R F D No 7. Terms available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duroc
Jersey
Charles Lee
Heltonville
Ind
Mrs Lewis Leaves All To Son In Will
The will of Helen Newland Lewis leaves all real and personal property valued at 15900 to her sole heir, Robert C. Newland. The document was written by Mrs Lewis and left six months ago with Hon. 8. B. Lowe for safekeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Newland Lewis
Robert C. Newland
Indiana Governor Proclaims Labor Day 1907 Observance
Gov. I J Frank Hanly issues a Labor Day proclamation designating Monday September 2 1907 as a legal holiday in Indiana. He praises labor as the bedrock of the state, urging observance and noting its role in fostering citizenship and achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
I. J. Frank Hanly
Commonwealth
Indiana State Fair trotting and pacing races offer record purses
The Indiana State Fair opens September 9 with total purses of 24600 across trotting and pacing events. Two and three year old closed classes feature Western Horseman stakes and large open purses daily, drawing about 600 horses from the grand circuit and attracting large grandstand crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Horseman Stake
Sete
Ocean
Beasley Trial Set in Bloomfield for Wife Murder Case
The State of Indiana versus George R. Beasley, charged with first degree murder, is scheduled for trial in Bloomfield on Monday September 16. Both sides expect readiness. defense pleads insanity. Beasley, a Linton merchant, shot his wife to death at their home a few weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
George R. Beasley
Bloomfield
Beasley
Linton
One Year Wedded Separate for Divorce Petition Filed
Addie Brooks filed in Lawrence Circuit Court for divorce from George Brooks alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. Both are over 50, married last September and separated last Thursday. Mrs Brooks has five children from a prior marriage, two of whom are married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Brooks
Lawrence
George Brooks
Standstill in Telegraph Strike as Union Threatens Key Men
A New York union statement declares any wire operator at a Western Union or Postal facility after tomorrow noon will be branded a scab. The ultimatum warns members working for the companies will be ousted from the union and treated as enemies of organized labor. Leaders claim the strike is a life or death battle for the union, with many nonmember workers expected to join. Tomorrow could mark a new chapter in the 1907 fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union
Postal
the Keys
Widow Sole Beneficiary Of $50 000 Hinshaw Estate
The will drafted in September 1878 by George Dunn and witnessed in 1875 secures Mrs. C. A. Hinshaw as sole beneficiary of A D Hinshaw. Probate filed Wednesday in Lawrence County shows the estate valued at about $50 000 with no children. The property includes farming lands in Lawrence and Martin counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
C. A. Hinshaw
George Dunn
Lawrence’ County
Hinshaw
Williams
Nartin
Water for Cows Suit Over Damaged Springs
Arthur H Bailey owner of a dairy and cow herd sued Perry Matthews Buskirk Stone Co in Lawrence circuit court for 5000 dollars. He alleges artificial channels from the mill dumped slush and sand onto his land flooding pastures and ruining springs that supplied water for dairy cows. He seeks judgment and lawful relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Bailey
Lawrence
Perry, Matthews & Buskirk Stone Company
Boruff & Boruff
Bailey
Lawrence County
Defendant Stone Company
Adam Forepaugh Circus Returns to Bedford with Daring Auto Somersault
The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. circus performs in Bedford on Monday September 9 led by Mlle La Roque a young French performer who executes a full somersault in an automobile launched along a steel track. The program opens with Fighting the Flames featuring 1 200 actors 500 horses and extensive scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros
Bedford
Mlle. la Roque
Somerset
America
Monte Cristo at Stone City Opera House by Eugene Moore
Eugene Moore presents Monte Cristo at the Stone City opera house in Bedford Indiana on Saturday September 7 directed by Fred Conrad. The production features a strong company and elaborate scenery with Moore delivering a powerful interpretation of the vengeful nobleman whose passion tests moral strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Moore
Moore
Tax Suits Filed in Monroe County
Prosecutor Fred Fletcher filed eleven tax suits against Monroe county parties for failure to pay taxes owed to the State of Indiana as of January 1, 1907. Delinquent taxes, interest, and penalties were offered for sale for three years with no bids meeting the amount due. W. E. Clark was at Campbellsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fletcher
Monroe County
State of
Indiana
Wild West stunt ends with auction chaos at Bedford stock yards
A blooded-horse sale at the B and O stock yards drew Bedford horsemen and locals as bucking horses arrived tired from the plains. A fence collapsed injuring a boy outside the ring, a bay mare sold to Sheriff Tom Box for 48 dollars then died after a freak accident, and roping surged as traders recounted old boss trades amid dust and excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Buffalo Bill
Western Plains
Halycon
Stock Yard
Stertonian
Dick Owens
North J Street
Tom Box
Lawrence County
Sheriff Box
Divorce Petition Sought by Minnie Walters in Lawrence Court
Minnie E Walters filed in Lawrence circuit court for divorce from Fred Walters and alimony of 400. She states marriage on August 25 1897 separation August 28 1907 and alleges habitual drunkenness cruelty threats with a knife and frequent beatings. She reports 1200 in property and seeks custody of Bertha nine and Minnie seven with support. Walters was fined for intoxication in Police Court and warned to Treated family better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Walters
East End
Chief Gratzer
Walters
Minnie E. Walters
Lawrence
Boruff & Boruff
Bertha
Minnie
Gratzer
Bedford Bride-to-Be Weds Linton Teacher in Simple Home Ceremony
Miss Orda Anna Carter a Bedford teacher will wed Walter E. Stover of Linton this Sunday at her mother Mrs. Sarah Willey’s North I Street home. The couple, both educators, met in Linton last year while studying Greene County’s bustling school scene. The ceremony will end at Haymen's after Sabbath day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orda Anna Carter
Bedford
Sarah E. Willey
North I Street
Walter E. Stover
Linton
Miss Carter
Mr. Stover
Greene County
Cupid
Haymen’s
Mrs Jane Davis Pioneer of Southern Indiana Dies at 89
Mrs Jane Davis a Harrison county native and daughter of Dennis Pennington who helped build the old state capitol in Corydon died this morning at 1 o'clock at the home of her daughter Mrs Stephen Main located at 1203 Culbertson Avenue New Albany at the age of eighty nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Davis
Indiana
Harrison County
Dennis. Pennington
State Capitol
Corydon
Stephen Main
Culbertson Avenue
New Albany
Miss Hobson Dies Suddenly in Mitchel
Miss Dessie Hobson aged 20 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A L Hobson of Mitchel died this morning from bowel consumption. The burial will pass Bedford for Fairview at 11 tomorrow with services at 1. The 18 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Moore died this afternoon at 2 from whooping cough. funeral plans are not yet made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dessie Hobson
Mitchel
A. L. Hobson
Bedford
Fairview
Herschel Moore
Circus worker Charles Smith held after Monon train dispute
Charles Smith ejected by Conductor Michae Hackett on a northbound Monon train near the city limits last night. Police Patrolmen Wallis and Fess arrested him minutes later. Smith faces a drunkenness charge before City Judge Paris this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
Monon
Michae Hackett
Wallis and
Fess
Paris
New Albany Tribune
Hackett
Smith
John Jolly
James Rowe
Bloomington
Law limits speeds for automobiles on town streets
A synopsis from a noted lawyer explains an act restricting auto speed to eight miles per hour in business districts and fifteen in whole towns. Run must slow to six when meeting horse riders, give aid to frightened animals, and riders must stay to the right. Fines rise with offenses up to two hundred dollars.
Marshall Township Teachers List and Local Events
The report lists teachers for Marshall township districts including Guthrie Needmore Avoca and others with principal and room assignments. Local events mention a Washington Park Labor Day goat race with prizes and a Court Park band concert contingent on weather, plus a crowd fund drive to support the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Township
Guthrie
Dessie Hert
Needmore
Lawrence Knight
Mary Mavity
Avoca
E. C. Consolus
Lena Fish
Emmé Fry
Dora Mitchell
Deckard
Talmage Bartlett
Anderson
Effie Davis
Donica
Lola Hopping Gree
Washington Park
Court Park
Prosecutor to file nuisance charges against North I Street saloonists
Prosecutor Fred N. Fletcher returned to Bedford and said he would file nuisance charges in the Lawrence circuit court Monday against North I Street saloonists. He cited an agreement with defense counsel to proceed at the next term. Fletcher is also assisting in Indiana polis with the State v Axtell bond case involving Hegwood, a Bloomington rape suspect, who fled after posting bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred N. Fletcher
Bedford
North I Street
Lawrence
Indianapolis
Bingham
Harry A. Axtell
Bloomington
Charles Hegwood
Hegwood
Monroe
Axtell
Supreme Court
Fletcher
Strangled on Greenville sidewalk in odd accident
Grover Collins twenty one year old was strangled Wednesday at his Greenville home in a strange sidewalk accident. He slipped on a raised sidewalk and his head became wedged in the railing braces, choking him before his sister could free him. He was a son of James Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Collins
Greenville
James Collins
Horses Die From Oats Rust In County
In recent weeks a surge of horse deaths is blamed on rust in oats. Tom Cross of Honeytown reports losing a filly worth 175 dollars. Banner's Fertilizer Factory at Seymour has hauled about forty dead horses countywide, with rusted oats cited as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cross
Honeytown
Banner
Seymour
Brownstown
Postal Auto & Engine to نمایش state fair entry
The Postal Auto and Engine Company finishes two machines at their West 14th Street factory and will transport them to Indianapolis at the end of next week for display at the State fair. George Park and Newton Anderson will drive the car to the capital. The car is entered in a contest to determine the best postal service vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Postal Auto & Engine Company
West 14Th Street
Indianapolis
George Park
Newton Anderson
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Walter Martin
Cale
Elsie Smith
Lester Turley
Paoli
Henry Terbeck
Jessie Mitchell
Charles Carter
Lola Patton
Mary Stone
S. G. Pollard
Martinsville
Robert Campbell
Otis Rayburn
Washington
Sword OF Death
Ness Among the Living
Mrs. Lewis
Frank Woodward
Roy
Harry Beddoe
Mack Norton
Opecomeco
Lottie Walls
Anie Lietzer
Louisville
W. L. Bailey
Electric Theatre
Amy Litzer
Mrs. Litzer
Nellie
Katie Pace
Owensburg
Nellie Ackers
Michael Warner and
13Th
L Streets
Jessie Johnson
W. F. Stilwell
Lafayette
Fred J. Pace
Debora Ard
James S. Stephenson
Eunice Rout
Tunnelton
Sylvia Harris
Terre Haute
Henry Ault
Niagara Falls
Cincinnati
BL & O
Charles Brooking
Pinhook
Thomas Drake
William Finn
Ned Mitchell
West Bader
Lemuel Roste
Ed Cornwell
Mitchell
Vivian Fultz
Will Roberts
Ed Bush
W. W. Witty
Jimmie Brooking
Melvina Blackburn
T. Suffrage
Charles and
Oliver
Zora Johnson
George Alexander
Montepolier
Nick Carter
Joe Melter
Hiram Burch
Clara Wilson
Jordan’s Station
Daviess County
Horatio Harryman
Master Wayne
Mr. Harryman
Julius Beavers
Dick Rifle
Stalter, Ind
A. J. McDonald
West Baden
James H. Malott
Noble Malott
George McElhaney
Richmond
John H. Edwards
Mort Shortridge
Daugter
Ruth
Medora
Helen Seward
Wolfe
Highland Park
Washington, D. C
Michigan Lake
W. N. Croke
American Express
Harry Cowen
Michigan
Rev. Jacobager, Astor
M. E. Church
South G Street
Will Judah
East 18Th Street
George M. Elhaney
14Th Street
Hester Ann Bass
Elksville
Ills
Will Embree
Bryantsville
William Bass
J.C. Hostettler
Decatur, N
Robert N. Palmer
George Fields
Shoals
Mr. Field
Albert Fields
A. H. Guthrie
Crawfordsville
Providence
Leola Chesnut
Harvey Fletcher
James Cather
Indiana Reformatory
Madeline Hawkins
Lon Hawkins
Frank Miers
J. T. Freeland
Freelandsville
Knox County
L. H. Parker
Consolidated Stone Company
Chicago
Dark Hollow
Hattie Jones
Home
Colorado
Ralph Cosner
New York City
J.C. Stevens
Grand Central Traction Line
Ed Sohn
R. W. Miers
Farmers
Edith Vickery
Henry P. Pearson
Evansville
Bert Hughes
Seymour Air Dome
Bedford Relatves
B. C. Robbins
Freelandeville
Frank L. Reed
Fannie
Rosa Malott
Oliver McAfee
W.M. Denniston
Cosner
Cal Bair
East 16Th Street
Mary Walheiser
Irene Bates
Fred Hoover
Col. Alexander
John Mitchell
Monon Day
Pullman
W. A. Holland
Lida Holland
L. D. Terrell
Hastings
Nebraska
West Baden Springs
Nobel Quackenbush
St. Paul
Baptist Church
Shawswick
Scoggan
William Jackson
Forepaugh and Sells Bros
Arizona
Old Boy In Blue
Bedford Town
Will Rariden
Canton, O
Bob’’ Wicker
Milwaukee
Columbus
Colonels
N. C. Younger
J Street
Bedford National Bank
Edna Ormrill
Cash Scoggan
Denver
Colo
Benson, Ariz
Estella Wolfe
Dorothy E. Wolfe
Greenlawn
Miss Wolfe
Washington City
Mrs. Lewis’ Will
Gov. Hanly
Tion
Indiana Exposition
Mrs. Brooks
Sul
W. E. Clark
Campbellsburg
Mrs Walters
Bedford School
Miss Hobson
Juda
Laura Hays
Vallie
Fannie Fish
Edwards
Ollie Fish
McFadden
Dessie Harrell
Torphy
Roy McPike
Peerless
Kate Williams
Lemon
Lillian Hays
Fugvitie
Harry Axtell
Bond
China
Bedford Tea Store
Citizens Trust Company
Wilsons Dept Store