Local notices from Seymour and surrounding areas
Elsie Herndon visits relatives in Odon while Mrs. James Frost travels to Limon Colorado. Frank Owen and F D Norton return from Chicago. Monon engineer Frank Kiser visits. Attendees include J C Hostetler, Mrs Carrie Hostetler, and Miss Genevieve Knapp in Decatur Illinois. Various local moves, visits, and business notices populate this community update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hostetler
Carrie Hostetler
Genevieve Knapp
Decatur, Ill
Big Farm Sold to Scherschel Group in Coxton
The W. S. Richey Co. sold 1 020 acres of the old Newland farm at Coxton for 26000 to Joseph R cherschel Frederick P Scherschel and Rudolph J Scherschel grantees are Martin Bros of Salem. The Scherschels, from Wabash county Indiana, plan to run a top farm and attract northern citizens to Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Richey Co
Joseph R.cherschel
Frederick P. Scherschel
Rudolph J. Scherschel
Newland
Coxton
Martin Bros
Saem
Messrs. Scherschel
Wabashounty
Indiana
W.S. Richey Company
Scherschel
Bedford
Local Notes and Notices From Shoals and Nearby
Miss Mabel Evans of Pearless visits friends. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Walter Johnson ill with pneumonia. Mrs John Naughe suffers rheumatism. Walter Hunter and Alice Schofield issued marriage license. Miss Anna Brown returns from Campbellsburg. Rev Mattingly ill but better. Mrs Jno Helms returns from Bloomington. Edwina Day and Stella Deckard visit Indianapolis to see Ben Hur. Mr and Mrs Millican return from Madison visit. Stone City voyagers report Hartlettsburg delay due to high wind. Senator Cy Davis to vote for Kern or Shively for US Senate. Daugherty of Missouri leaves for Washington. Showers Bros Bloomington signs 75 car Harttan Furniture order worth 115000. Five months old son of Geo Molineux dies in New Albany. burial in New Albany. S. M. Williams arrives in city after trip via Indian Springs to avoid smallpox quarantine. John Benzel and Amelia Zack wed at Ripper Wisconsin Thanksgiving Day. to visit relatives here.
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John Benzel
Amelia Zack
Ripper
Wis
August Benzal
Fall from lad der injures Fred Anderson at Bedford Works
Fred Anderson fell from a ladder at the Bedford Steam Stone Works about 9 am Tuesday, landing on his feet but injuring and dislocating one ankle. The article also notes the Royal Blue Limited now runs about eight and a half hours Cincinnati to St. Louis, faster than before. A wedding is planned in Mt. Vernon as Dr W L Miller marries Anna Weilbremer at Rev L Miller's German MBE church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Anderson
Bedford Steam Stone Works
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Marrigo
L. Miller
M. BE
W. L. Miller
Anna Weilbremer
Dr. Miller
Miller
Miss Weilbremer
Mr. Vernon
Andrew Weilbremer
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Oklahoma statesmen weigh future of territories and statehood
Senator Beveridge arrives with senate committee on territories but offers no official conclusions. Oklahoma shows strong case for statehood with population surpassing Arizona and New Mexico, while New Mexico and Arizona progress slowly yet have notable natural resources.
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Beveridge
Senate Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Courthouse and Community Notes from Bedford Area
Courtney Trissler returns from a visit in Indianapolis. Local people include a business college seeker, and Mrs. Effie Fullen visiting her sister in Salem. Illnesses, travel, and social events weave through Bedford in a broad community roundup with small-town concerns and a March to court cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Fullen
Paoli
Florence Walls
Wanted Girl for General Housework Ad
Classified notice seeking a girl to perform general housework at 2001 West 12th Street. Several local social notes list visits and arrivals including J Richardson returning from Westport and Miss Catherine Woody of Rockdale visiting Miss Irene West.
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West 12Th Street
J. Richardson
Westport
Catherine Woody
Rockdale, Texas
Irene West
Wicker verdict awarded in Bloomfield collision case
In Bloomfield the jury found for plaintiff Wicker in a suit over the death of Conductor Elmer Wicker near Greencastle. The wreck occurred when a locomotive rear ended a slowly moving coal train at night with no rear signal lights visible, Killing Wicker instantly as he tried to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wicker
S. B. Lowe
T. J. Brooks
Bloomfield
Wicker
the Manon
Elmer Wicker
Bainbridge
Manon
Greencastle
Lafayette
Prison labor program eyed by Bedford and Lawrence county
The Bedford mayor and Lawrence county commissioners arranged a plan to employ jail prisoners on city streets, a model that could benefit other towns by turning idle inmates to road work while avoiding labor protests. The note cites cost savings and practicality in such projects. The piece also references silver prices affecting Far East and Mexican trade, plus the Daggy vs Wells trial at Brownstown with locals attending and listed witnesses and lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
Lawrence County
Indianapolis Journal
Christmas Turkeys Wanted By Local Poultry House
Farmers urged to sell turkeys to J. W. Harvey M'gr at the old stand near Monon passenger station for top market prices. Avoid losses by trading with the reliable Poultry House. post free before selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon
J. W. Harvey
M’gr
Longest living Indiana resident dies at 105
Mrs. Malinda Lovell nearly 106, born North Carolina April 17, 1797, died Wednesday morning at her son in law J. L Hast home near Heltonville. Funeral held Leatherwood church Thursday at 11 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malinda Lovell
Indiana
J. L Hast
Heltonville
Grand Jury Postponed Pending State Cases
The Grand Jury will not be impaneled until next Monday due to the prosecutor handling several State cases this week. Bedford saloon keepers faces liquor law violations from the Street Fair in 1901 tried Thursday before Judge Wilson. The State v John Slinkard had a morning instruction, verdict of guilty of assault and battery with intent to murder returned at 1:00 PM Tuesday, with sentencing pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Slinkard
Frank Jones
Wilson
Bedford
Slinkard
City Police Court records on intoxication and peace case
John Burns fined ten dollars fifty cents and costs for intoxication with stay. John Stricker fined for intoxication and jailed. William Illingsworth fined ten fifty for intoxication by Mayor Smith with stay. Roberts Oats jailed after arriving under influence, stayed. State v Sewell for surety to keep peace set for 2 pm then continued. about 25 witnesses. Sewell to leave city to dismiss wife’s suit and divorce pending. fear of bodily harm cited.
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William Illingsworth
Smith
Roberts Oats
Joseph A. Sewell
Keap
Jennie Sewell
Joseph H. Sewell
Sewell
Church name change urged by bishop in Illinois diocese
Harve Donica Jr visits from Peerness on business. Rev Samuel Dwyer sues for 10000 over a sudden train stop causing permanent injuries. Photographer Ennis remains unconscious after a Wednesday stroke. Henrietta Haase moves into a new South H Street home. Bishop Seymour advocates renaming the church to American Catholic Church to better reflect gospel outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Springville, Ill
Washington
Ind
Samuel Dwyer
First Christian Church
Elnora
Evansville
Indianapolis
Bloomington captaincy for 1903 named
Fab XN John Dolan full back on the Bloomington eleven has been chosen captain of the team for 1903. In Columbus Indiana John Reed, a brake man on the Madison branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, survived an unusual accident when a box car roof blew off and landed inverted in mud near the Rider car factory. he was treated and is reported little worse for the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dolan
Bloomington
Columbus
Ind
John Reed
Jeffersonville
Madison
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rider Carnig
Reed
Read
Bedford couple wed at First Christian church
Walter Chilton of Bedford married Miss Nannie Trueblood of Bryantsville in a Wednesday ceremony at Pastor E. Richard Edwards home church. They will live in Bedford at 1412 North J street after the wedding.
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Homer A. Corbin
Daisy May Gray
E. Richard Edwards
First Christian Church
Walter Chilton
Bedford
Nannie Trueblood
Bryantsville
North & Street
Pneumonia risks and winter prevalence warned by health board
Indiana State Board of Health Bulletin notes pneumonia predominates in November through March with October deaths near 157 and almost 2,000 cases. It links illness to cold exposure, fatigue, alcoholism, and poor oxygenation, urging avoidance of neglected colds and ensuring fresh air for proper blood oxygen levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana State Board of Health Bulletin
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Odon
James Frost
Limon
Colorado
Frank Owen
F. D. Norton
Chicago
Frank Kiser
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E. F. Chapman
Williams
John Felkner
Tom Keeth
Helen Lewis
161Th
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J. D. Fuitz
A. H. Harbaugh
16Th Street
J. H. LaPearl
Texas
G. A. Hamer
Flora, Ill
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George L. Tovey
C. Landau
Berley Mabrey
Uncle Sam
Sallie Owens
The
Indianapolis Business University
A. W. Jones
Mitchell
Cavanaugh Harryman
Silverville
Zollman & Wilson
Will Owen
Mr. Owen
K.D. Owen & Son
Pearle Smith
Alice Morgan
Ella Mitchell
Winifred Whitney
Elizabeth Coleman
Micajah Peyton
Ander
Miss Lou Anderson
Geo. McDaniel
Miss Anderson
Frank Owens
California
Owens
H.C. Stone
Prairie Farmer
Mother Earth
Prairie Farmer Weekly
Prairie Farmer Home Magazine Monthly
Adams St
Father Mattingly
Levi Hawkins
Pleasant Run
Clyde Trueblood
Robert Morrison
Orleans
J. A. Gubn
L Montgomery
James Peake
Louisville
Homer West
Rex Stout
Corrie Lee
Joseph Duncan
Mamie Capshaw
Southern Indiana Road
Lesh Giles
New York State
Oscar Edwards
George Owens
Butler University
Albert Andrews
Rivervale
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Gladys Blackburn
Mary Blackburn
West 14Th Street
Lee Withers
A. T. Withers
Charles Drake
Thomas Drake
John W. Ira
Pearl B. Taber
Elsworth Bragzel
Nora Byers
William C. Flinn
Judith H. Lee
Finlay B. Simms
Susie Massingill
Prairie Farmer Home Magazine
R. H. Williams
Mabel Evans
Pearless
Walter Johnson
John Naughe
Walter Hunter
Alice Schofield
Anna Brown
Campbellsburg
Rev. Mattingly
Jno. Helms
Edwina Day
Stella Deckard
Ben Hur
Stone City
Hartlettsburg
Ill
Cy Davis
Kern
Shively
United States
Bob Miers
Washington Gazette
Daugherty
Missouri
W. H. Martin
S. 1
Congress
Showers Bros
Harttan Furniture & Carpet Company
Geo. Molineux
L. A Morgan
M. Williams
Indian Springs
Southern Indiana
Shoals
Howard Fields
C. K. Brock
P Street
Harley Mcllroy
Terre Haute
Mcllroy
Mr Fields
West 16Th Street
Ayer
Buckingham
R. P. Hail & Co
Nashua
N.H
Courtney Trissler
Levi Naugle
Salem
Chester Tagalls
17Th
K Streets
J. A Coleman
Dennis Armstrong
Miss Lydia
Clayton Stone
Martin Martini
George Martini
Greenville
Ohio
Mr. Martini
Frank Ikerd
Lottie J. Ikerd
McKnight
R. C. Stone
Dugger
Gorbin- Gray
Richard T. Purrell
Daniel B. Storms
Bedford Journal
Omer Porter
Cloverdale
Belle Union
Putman County
Church of Christ
Porter
Taggart
Democratic
Bookwalter
B.B. Marley
Louns Losuranes
James M. Edwards
Gertrude Dunlavy
Livingstons
John A. Sanders
Sarah Girkin
Democrat
South I Street
Joseph G. Phipps
Frankfort
Josephine Maroney
Poseyville
Weather Bureau
Indianapolis News
Far East
Mexico
Oriental
New York Exchange
Daggy Vs. Wells
Brownstown Toursiay
Frank R. Ogg
John Mahaffle
W. A. Ragsdale, Jr
W. A. Martin
Hon. R. N. Palmer
BE. R. Dobbins
H. C. Malott
John L. Baker
John W. Hudson
W. A. Brown
Thomas
Theodore Thomas
N. B
Sie
Circuit Court Notes
Ambrose Nickless
Francis M. Huff
Margaret Huff
Nickless
City Police Court
John Burns
John Stricker
Henrietta Haase
South H Street
N. E. Ennis
Harve Donica, Jr
Mai
Miss Knox
Lee Bailey
Opal Little
Leona Gratzer
Roberta Noe
Chilton-Trueblood
Lewis Cooper
Popular Bluff
Celia Hubbard
Tilene
Leesville
Aaron Hitchcock
James B. Abell
H. H. Beever
Harry Hitchcock
Pleasant Durham
X-mas Furs
R. E. Dale
Bjeveler
North Side Sq
Bedford, Ind
Richey CO
Benzel Black Bedford
W. S. Holcombe
Haase & Owens
Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law
Bedford India Office
Gunn
Hodge & Ferguson
East Side
J. W. Trainor
Indians
HAMER
Northeast Corner Square
Jas. G. Stull
Attorney-at-Law
Bedford, Indiana
Merdieth & Son Nurserymen
Koleen
C. H. Emery
P. B. May
Allegal
Haase & Owen's Clothing
F. E. Stipp
South Street
Kodge & Ferguson
Undertakers
East Side Square
Manila
Philippine Commission
India
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